Kirk Nieuwenhuis became the tenth Met to hit three home runs in a game on Sunday, and the first Met ever to hit three home runs in a single game at home. Here is the list of Mets who have homered three times in a game:
Here are some more notes on Nieuwenhuis, and the rest of the Mets home runs:
- The three home runs are a career-high in a single game for Nieuwenhuis.
- Nieuwenhuis became the fifth player in the majors to hit three home runs in a game this year (JD Martinez, Joey Votto, Bryce Harper, and Adrian Gonzalez are the others).
- The Mets have homered in four straight games, the first time they’ve done so since June 4-7.
- The last 15 runs the club has scored (all of the runs in this series and their last two runs against the Giants on Wednesday) have been scored via the home run.
- The seven home runs over their last two games is the most over a two-game span since they hit seven homers in two games against the cardinals on July 26-27, 2008.
- Sunday marked the fourth time in 2015 the club has hit four home runs in a game.
- For the first time since July 5-7, 2012, the Mets have hit multiple home runs in three consecutive games.
- According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the nine home runs in their three-game series against the Diamondbacks ties a franchise record – the last time the Mets hit nine homers in a three-game series was on July 25-27, 2008 against the Cardinals.
- The nine home runs in this three-game series are the most in such a series in Citi Field history.
- The Mets improved to 34-5 when scoring four or more runs on Sunday.
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