Art Shamsky is correct, although at least two other people knew it.
On August 12, 1966 the Pirates led the Reds 7-6 when Shamsky pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th inning. He hit a two-run homer and stayed in the game, which went into extra innings.
In the bottom of the 10th trailing 9-8, he hit a solo homer to tie the game.
In the bottom of the 11th, with the Pirates leading 11-9, he hit a two-run homer, his third straight, to tie it again at 11-11. The Pirates scored three runs in the top of 13th and won 14-11.
And what I discovered tonight is two days later Shamsky pinch hit yet another home run, his fourth straight.
Three homer games have probably occurred well over a hundred times in baseball history, but Shamsky's achievement is unique among them.
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