Earlier this week, Baseball Roundtable posted an article on the Twins tying the 1977 Boston Red Sox for the most five-homer games in a season (eight). For that post, looking at how the Twins and Red Sox each reached that mark, click here. Well, last night, just three days after tying the mark, the Twins broke it – riding Nelson Cruz’ first-ever three-homer game to a ninth five-home run outburst and a 10-3 win over the White Sox in Chicago. Here is an update on the stats in those nine 5+-homer games.
- The Twins won all nine contests, outscoring their opponents 99-48.
- The Twins created a lot of disappointment in the ball park. racking up their five-home run games on the road six times and at home three.)
- Eleven different players homered for the Twins in those nine contests.
- Six different Twins delivered a combined 15 multi-homer games in the nine contests: Jonathan Schoop (four times); Nelson Cruz (four); Mitch Garver (three); Max Kepler (two); C.J. Cron; and Miguel Sano. Cruz’ Thursday output was the only three-homer game.
- The Twins’ home run total in the nine games: 53 home runs – five games with five HRs, two games with six, two with eight.
- At the end of play July 25, the Twins led all of MLB with 199 home runs (25 ahead of the next-best Dodgers and Yankees); with just one player in the MLB top ten. Max Kepler was tied for tenth with 26 home runs and stood fourth in the American League.
- At the close of play on July 25, the Twins were on a pace to hit 316 home runs – well above the MLB record 267 hit by the Yankees last seasons.
- At the end of play on July 25, the Twins had six players on a pace to hit 25 or more home runs for the season – and had ten players who were already in double-digits for dingers.
Primary Resources: Baseball-Reference.com; MLB.com
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