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Eugenio Suárez had himself an evening. On Saturday at Chase Subject towards the Braves, the Diamondbacks third baseman homered 4 occasions, changing into the nineteenth participant in main league historical past to take action in a single sport. The fourth of these pictures tied the rating within the backside of the ninth, however sadly for Suárez and Arizona, his unimaginable efficiency wasn’t sufficient. The D-backs misplaced in 10 innings, 8-7.
The 33-year-old Suárez is the primary participant to homer 4 occasions in a sport since one other Diamondback, JD Martinezdid so towards the Dodgers on September 4, 2017. Suárez is simply the third participant ever to homer 4 occasions in a dropping trigger — it occurred simply as soon as over a 128-year stretch — and solely the second to make simply 4 plate appearances in his four-homer sport.
Gamers with 4 Residence Runs in a Sport
Participant
Group
Opp
Date
End result
PA
H
HR
RBI
TB
Bobby Lowe
BSN
CIN
5/30/1896
W, 20-11
6
5
4
9
17
Ed Delahanty
Ph Chc 7/13/1961 l, 9-8 5 5 4 7
Lou Gehrig
Nyy @ phare 6/3/1932 w, 20-13 6 4 4 6 16
Chuck Klein
Phi @ pit 7/10/1936 W, 9-6 (10) 5 4 4 6 16
Patre
CHW
@
PHA
7/18/1948 (1st)
W, 12-11 (11)
7
4
4
7
16
Gil Hodges
BRO
BSN
8/31/1950
W, 19-3
6
5
4
9
17
Joe Adcock
Million @ Bro 7/31/1954 W, 15-7 5 5 4 7 18
Rocky Colavito
CLE
@
BAL
6/10/1959
W, 11-8
5
4
4
6
16
Willie Mays
SFG @ million 4/30/1961 W, 14-4 5 4 4 8 16
Mike Schmidt
Phi @ chc 4/17/1976 W, 18-16 (10) 6 5 4 8 17
Bob Horner
ATL
MON
7/6/1986
L, 8-11
5
4
4
6
16
Mark Whiten
Stl @ Cin 9/7/1993 (2nd) W, 15-2 5 4 4 12 16
Mike Cameron
SEA
@
CHW
5/2/2002
W, 15-4
6
4
4
4
16
Shawn Inexperienced
LAD
@
MIL
5/23/2002
W, 16-3
6
6
4
7
19
Carlos Delgado
TOR
TBD
9/25/2003
W, 10-8
4
4
4
6
16
Josh Hamilton
TEX
@
BAL
5/8/2012
W, 10-3
5
5
4
8
18
Scooter Gennett
CIN
STL
6/6/2017
W, 13-1
5
5
4
10
17
JD Martinez
ARI
@
LAD
9/4/2017
W, 13-0
5
4
4
6
16
Eugenio Suárez
ARI
ATL
4/26/2025
L, 7-8 (10)
4
4
4
5
16
SOURCE: Baseball-Reference
Yellow = homered 4 occasions in a loss
Batting sixth, Suárez acquired his first crack towards starter Grant Holmes with two outs within the second inning, crushing a low-middle four-seamer to placing the Diamondbacks on the board after that they had fallen behind 2-0. Within the fourth, with the Diamondbacks having simply taken a 3-2 lead following Gabriel Moreno’s two-run single, Suárez went yard towards Holmes once more, this time towards a four-seamer on the prime of the zone. He acquired another likelihood on the starter with two outs within the sixth; Holmes hung a slider and Suárez completely obliterated it for a 443-foot homer, his longest of the evening, giving the Diamondbacks a 6-2 lead. With that, he additionally tied his earlier private finest, having homered 3 times in a sport twice earlier than, first on September 5, 2020 towards the Pirates whereas enjoying for the Reds, after which final July 30 with Arizona towards the Nationals.
Alas, the D-backs bullpen couldn’t maintain that beneficiant lead, as Ryan Thompson served up a two-run homer to Eli White within the seventh and Jalen Beeks allowed three runs within the eighth. The Diamondbacks trailed 7-6 heading into the ninth when Suárez, dealing with Raisel Iglesiasbattled to a full rely after which smacked a excessive fastball on the outer third over the left area wall, tying the sport.
Although Alek Thomas adopted with a single, Arizona couldn’t break the tie. The Braves scored the go-ahead run on Justin Martinez’s wild pitch within the tenth, whereas Atlanta lefty Dylan Lee retired the facet as a way to ship the Diamondbacks to defeat, their fourth loss in a row.
“Clearly there’s some combined emotions proper now as a result of we didn’t win the sport,” Suárez mentioned afterward. “However that is baseball. That’s why this sport is so particular. … It’s a present. I don’t take it without any consideration.”
The slugger recalled watching the four-homer sport of his Reds teammate, Gennett, in June 2017. “I feel that sooner or later (tonight) that got here into my thoughts that I used to be there then and that was superior to see Scooter hit 4 homers for us,” he mentioned. “I all the time thought that has to really feel actually good to hit 4 homers in a sport and right this moment the dream got here true.”
With Suárez and Martinez, Torey Vids grew to become the primary supervisor ever to preside over a number of four-home video games. “I used to be left feeling the identical means (relating to Martinez’s four-homer sport) that I really feel proper now,” he mentioned. “It’s superior. You don’t see it fairly often, and also you’ve acquired to understand it. You’ve acquired to actually embrace this second that you simply’re watching one thing particular.”
The house runs gave Suárez the foremost league lead with 10, and ended a relatively dry spell. After homering 4 occasions throughout the first three video games of Arizona’s four-game sequence with the Cubs to open the season, after which once more within the fifth sport of the 12 months, on April 1 towards the Yankees, he fell right into a dreadful stoop. From April 2–24, he went simply 10-for-72 with 4 doubles, one homer, and 9 walks. Just lately, nonetheless, he had began to indicate indicators of life. Coming into Saturday, he had collected hits in three straight video games for the primary time since that Cubs sequence, besides, he was hitting simply .167/.279/.411 (90 wRC+). Together with Sunday’s efficiency (1-for-3 with a stroll in a 6-4 win), he’s now as much as .206/.313/.557 (135 wRC+).
For as unhealthy as Suárez’s batting common and on-base proportion had been, he was hitting the ball laborious even throughout that drought, with a 91.9-mph common exit velocity and a 52.2% hard-hit charge — however he additionally struck out 31.3% of the time throughout that stretch. His general Statcast numbers, bookended by these two house run binges, are eye-opening. Aided by a some changes to his setup and stance, recently he’s been hitting the ball about as laborious as he ever has:
Eugenio Suárez Statcast Profile
Season
Group
BBE
EV
LA
Brl%
HH%
AVG
xBA
SLG
xSLG
wOBA
xwOBA
2022
SEA
352
89.8
19.9
14.8%
43.5%
.236
.220
.459
.454
.344
.339
2023
SEA
395
90.3
18.9
12.7%
43.0%
.232
.223
.391
.419
.313
.324
2024
ARI
406
89.2
19.3
11.3%
42.4%
.256
.247
.469
.447
.337
.330
2025
ARI
66
93.8
23.8
19.7%
57.6%
.206
.226
.557
.567
.372
.374
Suárez’s common exit velocity and barrel charge each rank within the 93rd percentile, up from the 51st and 78th percentiles final 12 months, respectively. His hard-hit charge ranks within the ninety fifth percentile, up from the 63rd final 12 months. For as early as it’s within the season, we are able to begin taking not less than a few of these numbers critically. In accordance to Baseball Prospectus’ Russell Carlton, exit velocity stabilizes on the 40 batted-ball-event mark and barrel charge on the 50 BBE mark (hard-hit charge not till 80 BBE), so what Suárez is doing not only a fluke. Actually, his 4.6-mph bounce in exit velocity is the sixth largest within the majors:
Largest Beneficial properties in Exit Velocity Since 2024
Minimal 300 plate appearances in 2024, 75 in ‘25.
In the meantime, Suárez’s 15.2-percentage level enhance in hard-hit charge ranks fifth, his 8.4-point enhance in barrel charge eighth.
What’s occurred to Suárez isn’t so simple as a single stance change. As I famous on this area final September, he turned a gradual begin round in midseason as soon as he began utilizing a Trajekt Arc hitting machine, which tasks video of a pitcher’s supply at sport velocity and marries it up with an correct approximation of his choices, together with the discharge level and tempo. Earlier than each house sport, Suárez cycles by means of every pitcher’s repertoire. After hitting .196/.279/.312 (66 wRC+) with simply six homers by means of the tip of June, he batted .312/.357/.617 (162 wRC+) from July 1 onward, rating eighth within the majors in SLG and tenth in wRC+ throughout that span.
Because of the latest launch of Statcast’s batting stance information, we now have some extra quantitative insights so as to add relating to Suárez’s turnaround. A easy comparability of this 12 months’s averages to these from final season exhibits that Suárez has moved nearer to each the pitcher and the plate whereas opening his stance up significantly and intercepting the ball even additional in entrance of the plate than earlier than. (Aside from stance angle, all batting stance information are measured in inches.)
Eugenio Suárez Stance Modifications
Season
vs. Entrance of Plate
vs. Middle of Mass
Depth in Field
Distance off Plate
Distance Between Toes
Stance Angle
2023
4.8
31.3
26.5
26.3
28.2
4° OPEN
2024
8.9
32.8
24.0
24.8
26.9
12° OPEN
2025
16.6
35.7
19.1
22.9
26.1
19° OPEN
SOURCE: Baseball Savant
Whereas that’s fascinating sufficient, the month-to-month information for 2024 (probably the most granular chronological breakdown obtainable through the interface) present that these modifications had been gradual:
Eugenio Suárez Stance Modifications by Month
Season
Cut up
vs. Entrance of Plate
vs. Middle of Mass
Depth in Field
Distance off Plate
2024
March/April
2.8
30.4
27.6
25.1
2024
Could
4.4
32.3
27.8
25.3
2024
June
7.1
33.5
26.4
25.3
2024
July
9.0
32.8
23.8
25.6
2024
August
12.8
33.8
21.0
24.3
2024
September/October
15.1
33.8
18.7
23.6
2025
March/April
16.6
35.7
19.1
22.9
SOURCE: Baseball Savant
Sadly, the month-to-month splits don’t embrace the space between his ft or the stance angle, however right here’s a comparability juxtaposing final March/April and July, after which final September and this March/April:
There’s a lot much less change within the latter comparability. By September, Suárez had already opened his stance to the 19-degree angle he’s at present utilizing. As for some motion pictures, right here’s a comparability between house runs he hit at Chase Subject, beginning together with his first one as a Diamondback on March 30, 2024, with a stance that’s barely open:
Right here’s one from September 1, 2024, together with his stance way more open:
And right here’s one from March 29 of this 12 months, once more with the extra open stance:
Listed here are the stills from the start of every video:
Screenshot
As for his bat monitoring information, Suárez is attending to his quick swing extra typically than he did even within the second half of final season. His swing has gotten longer, and whereas his squared-up and blast charges aren’t nearly as good as they had been within the second half of 2024, they’re a lot better than they had been within the first half.
Eugenio Suárez Bat Monitoring
Cut up
Avg Bat Velocity
Quick%
Squared-Up Swing%
Blast Swing%
Size
2024 By June 30
72.1 mph
20.3%
19.5%
7.7%
7.7 ft
2024 July 1 Onward
72.3 mph
22.5%
24.7%
13.5%
7.8 ft
2025
72.8 mph
28.9%
25.9%
12.2%
7.9 ft
Whereas Suárez is chasing pitches outdoors the zone extra typically than he did final 12 months (28.9%, up from 26.8%) and swinging and lacking extra (13.3%, up from 12.8%), his 27.7% strikeout charge is nearly the identical, over 4 factors beneath his 2023 mark, when he struck out a whopping 214 occasions. It’s been a formidable evolution.
One huge evening doesn’t show that Suárez is fully again to his scorching 2024 second-half kind. Even so, Saturday’s breakout helps for example that regardless of his gradual begin, the modifications he instituted final 12 months are working. If he continues to hit the ball this difficult, he’ll stay a pressure in the midst of the Diamondbacks lineup.
