Yankees' Jasson Dominguez joins rare company, including Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray, after superb 3-HR game
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Friday night was one to remember for Jasson Dominguez.
Once dubbed the New York Yankees' top prospect, this is Dominguez's first full season, and we are now seeing why the Yankees have touted him so highly ever since he was 16 years old.
At age 22, Dominguez made history as the youngest Yankee to ever hit three home runs in a game, doing so against the Athletics in Sacramento.
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Jasson Dominguez became the 16th player in MLB history to have a three-homer game with at least one coming from both sides of the plate. (Getty Images)
However, there's quite a twist to this historic achievement: The switch-hitter actually hit home runs from both sides of the plate.
Dominguez belted his first blast of the night from the left side in the third inning, going back-to-back with Paul Goldschmidt. In the seventh, this time from the right side, he went deep for a solo shot. But to cap it all off, he hit a grand slam in the eighth, back to the left side of the box.
New York Yankees outfielder Jasson Dominguez (24) rounds the bases after hitting a grand slam against the Athletics during the eighth inning at Sutter Health Park. (Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images)
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Dominguez joined Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray and only 13 other players to have a three-home run game with at least one coming from each side of the plate. It was just the 20th such occurrence in MLB history, and had not been done since 2018, when Aaron Hicks did it in a Yankee uniform.
Other Yankees to accomplish the feat include Tom Tresh, Roy White and Mark