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A player hitting three home runs in a game is a remarkable feat. It’s also both relatively rare and fairly fluky, not unlike hitting for the cycle or throwing a no-hitter.

So far this season, there have been four such games, by Adolis García, Paul Goldschmidt, Jordan Diaz and Trayce Thompson. Among the 14 three-homer performances last year, you might recall it was done by stars like Yordan Alvarez, Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Anthony Rizzo, as well as lesser-knowns like Isaac Paredes, Michael Perez, Jack Suwinski and Lane Thomas.

So while you might think most of the game’s best current sluggers would have pulled off a three-homer game, in fact, a number of big names have not. Here are the 10 active players with the most multi-dinger games who have not hit three long balls in a contest.

What could be more frustrating for an outfielder than getting a glove on a ball only for it to make it over the fence for a home run? For Daulton Varsho, it happened on back-to-back homers for the Twins.

Cardinals Minor Leaguer Luken Baker got jammed on an inside sinker and it sawed off his bat … but the ball still traveled 412 feet for an unreal home run.

The D-backs would be in the postseason if the season ended today, and there is plenty of evidence that their surprising start is no fluke.

Yesterday’s top play by Adolis García was impressive for multiple reasons. First he got to the ball, then he managed to make a snow cone grab and finally he somehow held on to the ball while hitting the wall.

HBO’s “Succession” airs its series finale tonight, and one theory about how things will play outrevolves around a play from the 1920 World Series.

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