The noise was surely loud on the street in Chicago that bears Addison Russell's first name when Russell launched the first World Series grand slam in Cubs history in Game 6 on Tuesday at Progressive Field.
Russell’s slam, which turned a 3-0 game into a rout, was the first World Series grand slam since Paul Konerko of the White Sox hit one in Game 2 of the 2005 World Series against the Astros (a game best known for Scott Podsednik’s walk-off home run). Russell’s other career grand slam happened to be against the White Sox earlier this season.
The slam gave Russell six RBIs in the game, which tied the World Series single-game record previously set by Bobby Richardson (1960 Yankees), Hideki Matsui (2009 Yankees) and Albert Pujols (2011). Russell is the first to have that many RBIs in the first three innings of a game. He's also the youngest hitter with six RBIs in any postseason game.
Russell also matched Bill Nicholson’s franchise record for RBIs in a World Series (8), set in 1945.
The Indians had never allowed a World Series grand slam. At 22, Russell is the second-youngest batter to hit one in the World Series, bettered only by 21-year-old Mickey Mantle for the 1953 Yankees against the Dodgers.
