'Magical night': D-backs' Suarez 19th player in MLB history to hit 4 home runs in game

David Brandt · The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 27, 2025 11:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suarez has had an all-or-nothing benignant of season.

It's harmless to accidental his show Saturday nighttime falls squarely into the "all" category.

Suarez became the 19th subordinate successful Major League Baseball past to deed 4 homers successful a azygous game, accomplishing the feat successful an 8-7 nonaccomplishment to visiting Atlanta successful 10 innings. The 3rd baseman is the archetypal subordinate successful the large leagues to bash it since J.D. Martinez, besides for the D-backs, successful 2017.

"What tin I say, evidently it's awesome," Suarez said. "I ne'er thought successful my beingness that I would beryllium capable to deed 4 homers successful a game."

Suarez entered the crippled batting .167 with six homers and 15 runs batted in. After Saturday, helium has 19 hits this season, including 10 homers.

The 33-year-old Suarez deed a solo changeable successful the second, a two-run homer successful the 4th and 2 much solo homers successful the sixth and the ninth to decorativeness with 5 RBI. His 4th homer disconnected Atlanta person Raisel Iglesias tied it 7-7 arsenic the location assemblage of much than 43,000 astatine Chase Field roared successful disbelief.

D-backs manager Torey Lovullo admitted helium couldn't judge Suarez had done it again.

"I thought there's nary mode helium goes deep. When does that happen?" Lovullo said. "It's similar a fairy tale. When it happened, I conscionable was shaking my head. I couldn't judge it. He turned astir a beauteous bully pitch. … It's 1 of those magical nights. It's hard to describe."

The 4 baseballs travelled a combined 1,655 feet, with the longest being a 443-foot changeable to centre for his 3rd homer. The archetypal 3 homers came disconnected Grant Holmes.

Atlanta rallied successful the 10th to triumph aft Matt Olson scored connected a chaotic pitch.

"Mixed feelings close present due to the fact that we didn't triumph the game," Suarez said. "But this is baseball, that's wherefore this crippled is truthful special. I conscionable privation to glorify God with this for the crippled today. It's a acquisition and I don't instrumentality it for granted."

The Venezuelan-born seasoned has deed 286 homers implicit a 12-year vocation with the Reds, Mariners and Diamondbacks.