Curtis Granderson Goes 5 for 5 With 3 Home Runs

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Granderson hit two home runs during the 2006 American League Division Series and one in the 2006 American League Championship Series, but struggled in the 2006 World Series, batting .095, as the Cardinals defeated the Tigers. As a freshman at UIC in 2000, Granderson led the UIC Flames baseball team with seven home runs and 45 walks. He followed that by hitting .304 as a sophomore, leading the team in runs, home runs, and walks. Prior to the start of the 2008 season, the Tigers signed Granderson to a five-year, US$30.25 million contract with a club option for 2013. Granderson continued hitting well during the 2008 regular season, finishing with a .280 batting average, 13 triples and 22 home runs.

In his spring training debut against the Toronto Blue Jays on February 24, 2013, Granderson was hit by a pitch from J. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list to begin the 2013 season. On May 18, 2013, Granderson made his first start at right field. May 24, 2013, Granderson broke the knuckle of his left pinkie finger after getting hit by Tampa Bay's Cesar Ramos's pitch in the 5th inning.

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Raul Ibanez and Andruw Jones will play in left field while Brett Gardner is on the disabled list with a bone bruise and a strained muscle in his right elbow. Curtis Granderson after hitting his third home run of the game, in the fourth inning. Hughes did little to shore up his role Thursday and was booed after allowing six hits and six runs in five and a third innings. Granderson took a 3-2 pitch and skied it into right-center field, where it banged off the top of the wall. The ricochet split both outfielders as the ball made its way back towards the infield. With the speed Granderson had, he was off to the races.

Granderson was chosen to appear in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. In the game, he hit a triple in the top of the 8th inning and scored the winning run. Off the field, Granderson is recognized for his commitment to the community through outreach and charity work. Many of his charitable endeavors support inner-city children.

Curtis Granderson hits Yankees’ third grand slam of game

On June 14, 2017, Granderson hit his 300th career home run in a Mets win over the Chicago Cubs. He batted .228 with the Mets in 2017, and for the season had the highest number of pitches per plate appearance in the major leagues (4.52). Prior to the 2005 season, Baseball America rated Granderson as the 57th best prospect in baseball. With Toledo, he hit .290 with 15 home runs, 65 RBIs and 22 stolen bases.

Granderson played in a total of 205 games between May 15, 2013 and September 16, 2014, during which time he did not ground into a double play, a record which still stands as of 2020. Granderson sandwiched a two-run homer in the second inning between solo shots in the first and fourth, earning a curtain call from the crowd for becoming the first player to hit three homers in a game at the new Yankee Stadium. Granderson singled cleanly in the sixth and legged out an infield dribbler in the eighth to finish 5 for 5 as the Yankees earned a split of the four-game series.

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In the history, only 13 players had ever hit more than three home runs in one game. And Granderson, with Yankee Stadium's inviting left-field fence beckoning, figured to have two or three more shots at becoming No. 14. Off the field, Granderson has served as an ambassador for Major League Baseball International. He has traveled to England, Italy, the Netherlands, France, South Africa, China, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan to promote baseball.

Granderson hit three home runs in the first four innings and matched a career high with five hits, leading the New York Yankees to a 7-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. NEW YORK — Curtis Granderson felt like something just wasn’t right. For whatever reason, his timing at the plate had just been off this season. So before he took the field against the Minnesota Twins Thursday night, he took some extra batting practice with hitting coach Kevin Long standing behind him offering a yay or nay for each hack. Curtis Granderson hit three home runs in the first four innings and matched a career high with five hits, leading the New York Yankees to a 7-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

After leadoff hitter Denard Span grounded to shortstop, Jamey Carroll singled to right. Granderson is the first player in Yankees history to go 5-for-5 with three home runs and the first with three home runs at the new Yankee Stadium. Granderson belted three home runs in four innings on his way to a 5-for-5, four-RBI performance to help the Yankees overcome a rough first inning from starter Phil Hughes in a 7-6 victory before 40,327 at Yankee Stadium. Came out in the ninth inning to protect a 7-6 lead, and set a new record with his 606th save. On August 31, 2018, the Blue Jays traded Granderson to the Milwaukee Brewers for Demi Orimoloye. Granderson was recruited by a number of college baseball programs, and he chose the University of Illinois at Chicago , in part because they allowed him to play basketball in addition to baseball.

Granderson’s two-run triple gives the Yankees the lead in Game One of the 2010 ALDS

On May 29, 2013, Granderson underwent surgery in which a pin was inserted to the knuckle to stabilize the fracture. On August 2, 2013, Granderson was activated from the disabled list. Granderson was limited to only 61 games in 2013 batting .229 with 7 home runs and 15 RBI. He became a free agent for the first time of his career after the season. On May 27, 2016, Granderson hit a walkoff home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It was a close play at the plate, but Grandy was able to fly his way around the bases for an inside-the-park home run that extended the Yankees lead to two. Granderson was a vital piece for the Yankees in the four years he played in the Bronx, batting a .275 with 115 home runs before heading to the Mets. The 16-year outfielder announced his retirement on Saturday, so let’s take the time to look back on some of the top moments of his Yankees career.