four home runs were hit by a single player in one game.
four home runs were hit by a single player in one game.
most home runs by a single player in one game?
four
despite losing eaton and dropping the first two games of the three-game series against the mets, the nationals capped the month with a historic performance against their new york rivals on april 30, scoring in every inning but the second and winning 23–5 — the first time an mlb team had scored 23 or more runs in a game in nearly 10 years — and benefiting from a stellar performance from third baseman anthony rendon. rendon had never had more than four rbis in a game before, and during his 95 plate appearances of the season prior to april 30 had not a hit a home run and had driven in only five runs, but on april 30 he set a montreal-washington franchise record for runs batted in in a single game with 10, hitting three home runs and a three-run double while going 6-for-6 and scoring five runs. rendon became one of only six major league baseball players to go 6-for-6 and hit three home runs in a game, only the second player in history to do it while also driving in at least 10 runs, and only the 13th player in history with at least 10 rbis in a game. he also became only the fifth nationals player to hit three home runs in agame, joining adam dunn, bryce harper, alfonso soriano, and ryan zimmerman. bautista also made his major league debut in the game, batting twice against kevin plawecki, a catcher making his first-ever major league appearance as a pitcher, and going 0-for-2. plawecki pitched two innings for the mets, retiring the side in order in the seventh inning before giving up four runs in the eighth inning, allowing solo home runs by harper and rendon and a two-run pinch-hit home run by adam lind. the game's 23 runs and seven home runs were both nationals records, and the nationals tied the single-game club record for hits with 23. (coincidentally, on the same day as the nationals' 23–5 win, the team's class-a full season affiliate, the hagerstown suns, also won by 18 runs as they defeated the lexington legends 22–4. like rendon for washington, top nationals infield prospect carter kieboom hit three home runs for hagerstown in that game. the suns set a south atlantic league record with 30 hits in the game.)
2017 washington nationals season
on september 3, howard went 4-for-4 with three home runs and a double in an 8–7 win over the atlanta braves, to become the first philadelphia phillies batter and the 24th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in a season. howard became the first player to reach 50 home runs in a season since andruw jones, who hit 51 home runs the previous year. reaching 52 home runs in the game, howard also broke ralph kiner's 1947 record for home runs in a sophomore season, becoming just the second batter to hit 50 home runs in a second season. howard's performance from august 28 to september 3 earned him nl player of the week. during that span, howard batted .571 with six home runs and 12 runs batted in. on september 5, howard was named the nl player of the month for august. his 41 runs batted in were the most any player had in one month since frank howard had 41 in july 1962. with 14 home runs, he also set new franchise records for both statistics in the month of august. on september 22, howard became the 8th player in history to hit 58 home runs in a season, belting a three-run round-tripper off marlins pitcher ricky nolasco. on september 22, howard became the first hitter to drive in 140 runs since david ortiz in 2005. on september 27, in a game against the nationals, howard walked for the 100th time in the ninth inning. he was also be walked intentionally in the eleventh and thirteenth inning. howard became the first phillies' batter to walk 100 or more times since thome in 2004.
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