On This Day: June 18

1953

Red Sox rookie Gene Stephens becomes the first A.L. player to get 3 hits in the same inning, as Boston scores 17 in the 7th inning of a 23-3 romp over the Tigers. The Sox send 23 to bat in the seventh, getting 14 hits and six walks—20 runners—before third baseman George Kell flies out to end it.