Astros' Jon Singleton hits first HRs in majors since 2015 - ESPN

HOUSTON — Houston's Jon Singleton joined his family, including 6-year-old daughter Maisyn, for a postgame fireworks display Friday night after hitting his first home runs in the majors since 2015.

His little girl was happy for his big game, but to her, watching fireworks with daddy was the best part of the night.

«Baseball is kind of on the side,» Singleton said. «But fireworks she loves.»

Before that display, Singleton provided plenty of his own fireworks with his first multihomer game and a career-high five RBIs in an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Singleton homered in his first two at-bats in his first game at Minute Maid Park since 2015, after his contract was selected from Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday.

Jon Singleton hadn't homered in the majors in over 8 years and then hit 2 Friday against the Angels. Elias Sports Bureau says that's the longest home run drought snapped with a multi-HR game in MLB history.

Out of baseball from 2017 to 2021 before restarting his career in the Mexican League, Friday was the kind of night that once seemed like a distant dream.

«There was this moment in time where I wouldn't say I didn't imagine it, but it wasn't even a thought in my mind,» he said. «But as life went on, things changed and it definitely was a thought in my mind that this could be my life again.»

He hit a soaring three-run shot to the second deck in right field off Reid Detmers to put Houston on top 3-1 in the second inning. He lightly flipped his bat after that one and stood at home plate for a couple of seconds to admire his work.

There was one on and one out in the third when he connected off Detmers again to make it 7-3 and end the left-hander's night. This time, he punctuated the shot with an epic bat