Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suarez has had an all-or-nothing type of season.
It's safe to say his performance Saturday night falls squarely into the "all" category.
Suarez became the 19th player in Major League Baseball history to hit four homers in a single game, accomplishing the feat in an 8-7 loss to visiting Atlanta in 10 innings. The third baseman is the first player in the big leagues to do it since J.D. Martinez, also for the D-backs, in 2017.
"What can I say, obviously it's awesome," Suarez said. "I never thought in my life that I would be able to hit four homers in a game."
Suarez entered the game batting .167 with six homers and 15 runs batted in. After Saturday, he has 19 hits this season, including 10 homers.
The 33-year-old Suarez hit a solo shot in the second, a two-run homer in the fourth and two more solo homers in the sixth and the ninth to finish with five RBI. His fourth homer off Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias tied it 7-7 as the home crowd of more than 43,000 at Chase Field roared in disbelief.
D-backs manager Torey Lovullo admitted he couldn't believe Suarez had done it again.
"I thought there's no way he goes deep. When does that happen?" Lovullo said. "It's like a fairy tale. When it happened, I just was shaking my head. I couldn't believe it. He turned around a pretty good pitch. … It's one of those magical nights. It's hard to describe."
The four baseballs travelled a combined 1,655 feet, with the longest being a 443-foot shot to centre for his third homer. The first three homers came off Grant Holmes.
Atlanta rallied in the 10th to win after Matt Olson scored on a wild pitch.
"Mixed feelings right now because we didn't win the game," Suarez said. "But this is baseball, that's why this
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