With a game-tying home run in the ninth inning, Eugenio Suárez became the first MLB player to hit four homers in a game since J.D. Martinez did it — also for the D-backs — in 2017.
Now that it has been one month since Opening Day, let’s take a look at the players, teams and even divisions that have provided unexpected performances so far.
You often see a veteran hurler who baffles hitters with an array of half a dozen pitches, but we are seeing a second-year player do it as Spencer Schwellenbach helps make up for the absence of Spencer Strider in Atlanta.
Triple-A Jacksonville third baseman Jack Winkler appeared to have misplayed a popup when the ball came out of his glove and rolled down his back, but he turned it into a highlight to remember with a barehanded stab for the out.
There are six days on the calendar that have featured a record six no-hitters, and the earliest happens to be April 27. Will Tarik Skubal or Max Fried join Derek Lowe and five others on the list today?
AL East foes square off with the Blue Jays vs. the Yankees at 1:30 p.m. ET in the first game of a doubleheader, followed by the Pirates and Dodgers joined in progress live on MLB Network.