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Didn't you put out some odds on when this might happen again? :)

Thome, Konerko, Ramirez, Uribe hit four straight homers in White Sox win
White Sox Tie MLB Record With Four Straight HRs In Wi



Historic Foursomes

The White Sox's four straight home runs in Thursday's win over the Royals moved them onto a short list of teams to record four consecutive homers in an inning. Here's a look at the list of teams and players to pull off the feat.
Four Consecutive HRs
In One Inning, MLB History Team Opponent Players
2008 White Sox Royals J. Thome, P. Konerko, A. Ramirez, J. Uribe
2007 Red Sox Yankees M. Ramirez, J. Drew, M. Lowell, J. Varitek
2006 Dodgers Padres J. Kent, J. Drew, R. Martin, M. Anderson
1964 Twins A's T. Oliva, B. Allison, J. Hall, H. Killebrew
1963 Indians Angels W. Held, P. Ramos, T. Francona, L. Brown
1961 Braves Reds E. Mathews, H. Aaron, J. Adcock, F. Thomas

Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning Thursday to tie a major-league record and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 9-2 to complete a three-game sweep.

Thome and Konerko went deep on consecutive pitches from Joel Peralta, and Ramirez chased the right-hander with his 11th of the season. Robinson Tejeda entered and promptly gave up a longball to Uribe, homerless in his previous 107 at-bats.

The back-to-back-to-back-to-back shots tied a major-league record -- the sixth time it's been accomplished.

"It was great. We kind of exploded," said Thome, whose homer was his 25th of the season and No. 532 for his career.

"It was kind of cool to sit back there and watch all that happen."

Toby Hall came to bat with the chance to make it five straight but struck out to end the inning. Hall, who was with the Dodgers when they hit four straight homers against the Padres in 2006, admitted he was trying to get another.

"That was the first time that I tried doing it. I was all in," Hall said.

The Boston Red Sox were the last team to hit four straight, doing it against the New York Yankees on April 22, 2007.