 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 8-3 win over the cardinals rockies hit six out to down the mets 8-5 michael tolia had three of them