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PHOENIX -- Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez became the 19th player in major league history to hit four home runs in a game Saturday night. The feat came against the Braves , as Suarez homered in his first four at-bats of an eventual 8-7, 10-inning loss to Atlanta. The 33-year-old third baseman hit a solo shot in the second, a two-run homer in the fourth and another solo drive in the sixth, all off of Braves starter Grant Holmes .
The right-hander was taken out of the game following Suarez's third homer, which traveled 443 feet and over the center-field wall. Editor's Picks MLB Power Rankings: Who's No. 1 one month into the season? 3d ESPN Early MLB 2025 trade deadline preview: Player most likely to be traded for all 30 teams 5d David Schoenfield 'I tried it.
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Martinez in 2017, also while with the Diamondbacks. And Suarez became the second third baseman with a four-HR game, joining ex- Phillies great Mike Schmidt (April 17, 1976 at Cubs). Overall, there have been more perfect games in MLB history (24) than four-HR games.
Suarez now has a league-leading 10 homers this season. He previously had two three-HR games -- July 30, 2024, with the Diamondbacks, and Sept. 5, 2020, as a member of the Cincinnati Reds .
The Braves, though, got the last laugh in this one, as Matt Olson scored on a wild pitch in the 10th. Arizona became the second team to lose a game in which a player hit four home runs, joining the Braves in 1986, who lost in Bob Horner's 4-homer game. Information from ESPN Research and The Associated Press was used in this report.
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