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Naylor brothers accomplish incredibly rare MLB feat vs. Rangers
Cleveland Guardians designated hitter Josh Naylor Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

Naylor brothers accomplish incredibly rare MLB feat vs. Rangers

Cleveland Guardians' Josh and Bo Naylor kicked off the second half of the MLB season by accomplishing an incredibly rare feat at the plate on Friday against the Texas Rangers. 

In the top of the third inning, Josh and Bo took turns taking Rangers' starter Jon Gray deep, becoming only the sixth pair of brothers to homer in the same inning in baseball history.

Bo started the party, smashing a 1-0 changeup from Gray 435 feet into the right-field seats at Globe Life Field. The long homer was the second of Bo's career; he tallied his first a little over two weeks ago against the Kansas City Royals on June 28. 

Not to be outdone by his younger brother, Josh matched Bo's longball three batters later, turning on a Gray slider for his 11th of the year. 

The Naylor brothers join B.J. and Justin Upton (Twice in 2013), Billy and Cal Ripken (1990, 1996), Hank and Tommie Aaron (1962), Lloyd and Paul Waner (1927, 1938) and Rick and Wes Ferrell (1933) as the only siblings to homer in the same inning, per Sarah Langs of ESPN.  

The Upton, Ripken and Waner brothers hit homers in the same inning twice, but with Josh in his fifth season and Bo playing his first full campaign in the Majors, they'll have plenty of opportunities to equal or surpass that. 

However, Josh and Bo do have bragging rights over the others. Not only did the brothers homer in the same inning, but they both hit two-run shots, catapulting the Guardians to an early 4-0 advantage. According to OptaStats, they're the first pair of brothers to hit multi-run homers for the same team in the same inning. 

Mike Santa Barbara

Mike Santa Barbara is a Wilmington, Delaware native (Yes, it's a real place) with over a decade of sports writing experience. A diehard Philadelphia sports fan, he has two dogs named after Flyers and cried real tears when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII. You can follow him on Twitter at @mike__sb

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