 scores eight runs in an inning it's called a snowman when a team hits eight home runs in a game i guess that's an avalanche the a's did just that on sunday flattening the phillies 18 to 3 lawrence butler went deep three times brent rooker and seth brown did it twice each and zach geloff topped it off with a granny in the ninth six home runs for the cubs and their eight three went over the cardinals rockies hit six out to down the mets eight five michael tolia had three of them