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Monday’s epic home run barrage nearly makes MLB history
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Well, that's something you don't see every day. The MLB has recently been trending towards being more biased towards the offense. It's not uncommon for teams to score a lot of runs in their games. However, this Monday night was an even bigger abberation because of the amount of offense that teams put out.
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Nine MLB players hit more than one home run during their game on Monday. According to reporter Sarah Lang, we were just one player away from tying the record for most multi-run games in a single day. There have been three other days where nine players had multi-HR games, the most recent being in 2024. The record-setting day happened back in 2019.
The game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels alone accounted for one-third of the MLB's home run-heavy day. Yankees stars Trent Grisham and Aaron Judge had two HRs apiece to combat Angels legend Mike Trout 's two homers to come out with the win.
Another three of the multi-HR games came in the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Baltimore Orioles . Ketel Marte and Nolan Arenado had two home runs apiece, but they unfortunately lost to Baltimore, who got two homers from Jeremiah Jackson . Having two MLB games where three players hit two home runs is an insane anomaly.
The rest of the multi-home run games are scattered around the MLB. Kyle Schwarber had two for the Philadelphia Phillies in their 13-7 win over the Chicago Cubs . Jake Burger also hit two dingers in the Texas Rangers ' 8-1 win over the Athletics . Finally, Josh Naylor had the final multi-HR game: a two home run performance against the Houston Astros to get the win for the Seattle Mariners .
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Perhaps even more surprising is that the highest scoring MLB game on Monday did not see a player hit more than one home run. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 16 runs on the Washington Nationals , yet they only hit two home runs during the game.
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