Dodger Stadium History Of Games With Leadoff And Inside-The-Park Home Runs

"It became just the fourth time in Dodger Stadium history that featured both a leadoff home run and an inside-the-park homer in the same game. It also was just the second time that the leadoff home run and inside-the-park homer have been on separate swings. Here are all the times that occurrences have happened at Dodger Stadium in its 64-year history. Dodger Stadium games with leadoff home run and inside-the-park homer"

"On Thursday, Will Smith started the Dodgers' half of the first inning with a leadoff home run. He was in the leadoff spot for the first time in his career with Shohei Ohtani out of the lineup for the second straight day. Smith took the fourth pitch he saw in the at-bat against Landen Roupp and hit it over the right-center field wall. With that, it also marked the first leadoff homer of his career in just his first at-bat from the leadoff spot."

"The inside-the-park home run was hit by Jung Hoo Lee in the fifth inning against Emmet Sheehan. Lee hit a ball down the left field line that dropped into fair territory before bouncing left. It then bounced left and stayed in play, allowing Lee to reach the inside-the-park homer."

The Dodgers defeated the Giants to complete a four-game series and produced a rare combination at Dodger Stadium. The game marked only the fourth time in the stadium’s 64-year history that a leadoff home run and an inside-the-park homer occurred in the same game. It was also only the second time those two events happened on separate swings. Will Smith hit a leadoff home run in the first inning, his first career leadoff homer and first at-bat from the leadoff spot. Jung Hoo Lee later hit an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning after a ball down the left-field line bounced into fair territory and caromed left.

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