Fernando Tatis just hit a grand slam for the Mets.

It's impossible to mention "Fernando Tatis" and "grand slam" in the same sentence without recalling that Tatis is the only guy ever to hit two slams in the same inning.

Here is his home run log from 1999:

  Car#  Yr#  G# Date          Tm   Opp Pitcher           Score       Inn RoB Out Cnt Pit RBI Play Desc.
+-----+----+---+-------------+---+----+-----------------+-----------+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------------+
    20    1   1 1999-04-05    STL  MIL Chad Fox          down   2-7  b 8 ---   0 0-0   1   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    21    2   1 1999-04-07    STL  MIL Steve Woodard     ahead  2-1  b 6 --3   2 2-0   3   2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); McGwire Scores 
    22    3   1 1999-04-08    STL  MIL Jim Abbott        tied   3-3  b 5 12-   2 2-1   4   3 Home Run (Fly Ball); McGwire Scores; Davis Scores 
    23    4   1 1999-04-21    STL @MIL Rafael Roque      down   0-1  t 4 ---   1 0-0   1   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line) 
    24    5   1 1999-04-23    STL @LAD Chan Ho Park      down   0-2  t 3 123   0 2-0   3   4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Bragg Scores; Renteria Scores; McGwire Scores 
    25    6   2               STL @LAD Chan Ho Park      ahead  7-2  t 3 123   2 3-2   6   4 Home Run (Fly Ball); Jimenez Scores/unER; Bragg Scores/unER; Renteria Scores/unER; Tatis Scores/unER 
    26    7   1 1999-04-24    STL @LAD Ismael Valdez     down   0-6  t 7 ---   0 1-2   4   1 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line) 
    27    8   1 1999-05-01    STL @MON Mike Thurman      ahead  1-0  t 1 --3   1 2-2   6   2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); McGwire Scores/unER 
    28    9   1 1999-05-02    STL @MON Miguel Batista    tied   0-0  t 1 12-   1 2-2   5   3 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Drew Scores; Lankford Scores 
    29   10   1 1999-05-04    STL @ATL Justin Speier     ahead  8-0  t 7 ---   0 1-0   2   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    30   11   1 1999-05-06    STL  PIT Todd Ritchie      down   0-2  b 2 1--   0 1-2   6   2 Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Lankford Scores 
    31   12   1 1999-05-21    STL @LAD Onan Masaoka      ahead  6-4  t 7 ---   0 2-1   4   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF) 
    32   13   1 1999-05-22    STL @LAD Darren Dreifort   down   2-6  t 4 -23   0 1-0   2   3 Home Run (Fly Ball); McGwire Scores; Lankford Scores 
    33   14   1 1999-05-26    STL  SFG Kirk Rueter       down   1-7  b 7 ---   0 3-1   5   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    34   15   1 1999-06-09    STL @KCR Alvin Morman      down   5-7  t 7 ---   2 2-2   5   1 Home Run (Fly Ball)       
    35   16   1 1999-06-16    STL  MON Miguel Batista    ahead  4-0  b 3 ---   0 0-0   1   1 Home Run (Fly Ball)       
    36   17   1 1999-06-29    STL @HOU Shane Reynolds    tied   0-0  t 2 ---   1 0-0   1   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) 
    37   18   1 1999-07-10    STL @SFG Russ Ortiz        down   1-3  t 7 ---   1 2-1   4   1 Home Run (Fly Ball)       
    38   19   1 1999-07-17    STL  CHW James Baldwin     tied   0-0  b 2 ---   1 3-2   6   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    39   20   1 1999-07-19    STL  MIN Mike Lincoln      ahead  2-0  b 3 1--   2 2-0   3   2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Lankford Scores 
    40   21   2               STL  MIN Benj Sampson      ahead  6-2  b 4 1--   2 2-1   4   2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lankford Scores 
    41   22   1 1999-07-22    STL @CIN Brett Tomko       ahead  1-0  t 1 -2-   2 3-2   7   2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Lankford Scores 
    42   23   2               STL @CIN Danny Graves      down   4-5  t 9 1--   1 2-1   4   2 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lankford Scores 
    43   24   1 1999-07-31    STL  COL Bobby Jones       down   2-4  b 3 ---   0 0-1   2   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF) 
    44   25   1 1999-08-09    STL @PHI Billy Brewer      ahead  7-2  t 4 123   0 0-0   1   4 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); McGwire Scores; Lankford Scores; Howard Scores 
    45   26   1 1999-08-13    STL  CHC Kyle Farnsworth   ahead  3-1  b 4 ---   1 1-1   3   1 Home Run (Fly Ball)       
    46   27   1 1999-09-11    STL  PIT Chris Peters      tied   0-0  b 2 ---   0 0-1   2   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    47   28   1 1999-09-15    STL  MIL Bill Pulsipher    ahead  2-0  b 1 ---   1 2-1   4   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF) 
    48   29   1 1999-09-17    STL  HOU Jose Lima         ahead  8-4  b 4 ---   2 3-0   4   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    49   30   1 1999-09-21    STL @CHC Bobby Ayala       ahead  3-1  t 8 ---   2 2-0   3   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF) 
    50   31   1 1999-09-26    STL @CIN Juan Guzman       down   0-1  t 2 ---   2 1-1   3   1 Home Run (Fly Ball)       
    51   32   2               STL @CIN Danny Graves      down   2-4  t 9 1--   0 0-0   1   2 Home Run (Fly Ball); Marrero Scores 
    52   33   1 1999-09-29(2) STL  SDP Andy Ashby        down   4-5  b 6 ---   1 0-2   3   1 Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line) 
    53   34   1 1999-10-01    STL  CHC Jon Lieber        down   1-2  b 5 ---   0 1-0   2   1 Home Run (Fly Ball)       

His 5th and 6th homers of the year both came in the 3rd inning, both with the bases loaded, and amazingly both came off Chan Ho Park, who gave up 11 runs in the game (but only 6 earned.)

Tatis' slam today gives him 7 in his career, which is not bad for a guy who was out of the majors for a full year twice in his career.

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