Hitting two home runs in the same game, while impressive, isn’t exactly rare. But delivering both an inside-the-park home run and an over-the-wall roundtripper on the same night? Now we’re talking.
Ryan Wideman, the Padres’ No. 9 prospect, notched the feat during Single-A Lake Elsinore's 17-7 victory over Visalia at The Diamond on Tuesday night.
Just 15 Major League players over the past 10 years have accomplished the same unique qualifiers, headlined by Wilyer Abreu (Red Sox) and Lawrence Butler (Athletics) last season.
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Traditionally, using your legs to notch a homer is the more difficult of the two-pronged achievement. But Wideman, whose 70-grade wheels are tops among all ranked Padres prospects, got to lean on his speed tool in the third inning after ripping a pitch by left-hander Wilkin Paredes (D-backs) past diving shortstop Kayson Cunningham (AZ No. 2). While there’s no question the 22-year-old was motoring, he got something of a break when left fielder Pedro Catuy threw up his hands in hopes of getting the ball ruled a ground-rule double. No dice.
Up to bat one final time in the eighth, Wideman capped a four-hit, four-RBI night by crushing a hanging breaking ball from righty Collin Rothermel off the batter’s eye in center field.
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Entering the night, Wideman had just one pro homer to his credit in 41 games -- a solo shot of the over-the-wall variety on April 4. While he hit 10 roundtrippers during a breakout campaign with Western Kentucky in 2025 that helped him land with San Diego in the third round of the Draft, it had been a while since he collected two homers in the same contest. That came on April 2, 2024 during his time at Georgia Highlands College. (In a neat baseball-centric twist, the opposing pitcher that day was named Ty Cobb.)
The power surge helped raise Wideman’s slash line on the year to .292/.373/.523 across 16 contests. Entering the night, he also ranked second among all qualified Padres Minor Leaguers in FanGraphs’ “Spd” metric (8.2), which evaluates players based on their baserunning ability, and you guessed it, speed.
After all, you never know when speed can run you right into some unique history.