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09/11

How Meidroth Hit Two Homers With Almost No Barrels CWS 3–7 STL · 2 HR

+5.4σ

09/10

The Mariners Beat deGrom's Fastball Just Enough to Win TEX 3–4 SEA · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

09/09

Jackson Merrill Packed 8% of His Season Into One Night WSH 2–9 SD · 2 HR

+4.6σ

09/08

Schlittler's Fastball Beat Colorado Ten Times Over COL 3–5 NYY · 7.0 IP

+2.5σ

09/07

Twelve Strikeouts, One Run, and Nine Innings of Margin for Error ATL 0–1 PHI · 9.0 IP

+2.5σ

09/06

Two Swings Turned Jake Burger's Homer Pace on Its Head TB 6–8 TEX · 2 HR

+5.6σ

09/05

Koss's Two Homers Equaled a Third of His Career Total SF 9–5 NYM · 2 HR

+4.9σ

09/04

How Often Does a Catcher Hit Two Homers in One Night? SF 6–10 NYM · 2 HR

+4.9σ

09/02

Bolte's Quarter-Season in Home Runs, Compressed Into One Night ATH 9–2 TEX · 2 HR

+5.2σ

09/01

Saggese Tripled His Season Home Run Total in One Night STL 13–8 LAD · 2 HR

+4.9σ

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08/31

Bregman's Third Home Run Made It 17-3 in Chicago MIL 3–17 CHC · 3 HR

+6.9σ

08/30

Ten Strikeouts, Seven Shutout Innings, and a 42-Year-Old Arm SEA 0–7 TOR · 7.0 IP

+2.5σ

08/29

How Crow-Armstrong Turned Three Swings Into a 17-Run Rout CIN 5–17 CHC · 3 HR

+8.7σ

08/15

Three Homers, One .170 Average, and a Number Nobody Saw Coming STL 8–4 CHC · 3 HR

+8.1σ

08/14

Vargas's 28th and 29th Homers Landed in the Same Game CWS 9–5 DET · 2 HR

+5.1σ

08/13

Two Homers, 40 for the Season, and a 7-1 Rout PHI 7–1 MIN · 2 HR

+5.6σ

08/28

How Hunter Brown Turned 6.2 Innings Into Ten Strikeouts HOU 3–1 NYM · 6.2 IP

+2.5σ

08/27

In a 1-0 Atlanta Win, Sale Nearly Doubled the Day's Strikeout Pace LAD 0–1 ATL · 9.0 IP

+2.5σ

08/26

Rodríguez Had One Homer All Year. Then He Hit Two More. CIN 10–9 SF · 2 HR

+5.4σ

08/25

Gasper's Two Homers Were 40 Percent of His Season Total BOS 7–3 MIA · 2 HR

+5.5σ

08/24

A .165 Average, Three Long Balls, One Wild Mariners Night PHI 2–9 SEA · 3 HR

+7.9σ

08/23

How Often Does a Two-Homer Night Actually Happen? MIN 1–8 SD · 2 HR

+5.9σ

08/22

Robert Jr. Beat His Old Team Twice in One Night NYM 10–5 CWS · 2 HR

+4.9σ

08/21

Bregman Hit Two Homers. Chicago Lost by One Run Anyway. CHC 5–6 SEA · 2 HR

+5.7σ

08/20

Jacob deGrom, Age 38, Struck Out Ten Nationals in Six Innings WSH 0–2 TEX · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

08/19

Flores Jr. Hit a Third of His Season's Homers in One Night DET 3–4 PIT · 2 HR

+6.6σ

08/18

The Padres Needed Runs. Tatis Provided Half Of Them. SD 5–2 NYM · 2 HR

+5.4σ

08/17

In Coors Field's Thin Air, Ohtani's Homers Still Stood Alone LAD 11–5 COL · 2 HR

+5.2σ

08/12

What Does It Take to Hit Three Homers in One Night? CHC 12–6 WSH · 3 HR

+7.2σ

08/11

Taylor Walls Had Zero Homers. Then He Had Two. TB 12–4 ATH · 2 HR

+5.1σ

08/09

Alonso's 25th and 26th Homers Landed in the Same Game BAL 10–5 TEX · 2 HR

+5.1σ

08/08

Caglianone Went Deep Twice, and the League Almost Never Does CHC 3–6 KC · 2 HR

+5.2σ

08/07

Payton Tolle Struck Out 14 Batters. The Athletics Managed One Run. ATH 1–13 BOS · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

08/06

Chase Meidroth Went Deep Twice in a Fenway Slugfest CWS 11–12 BOS · 2 HR

+5.0σ

08/05

Two Homers, a 7-6 Final, and a Losing Locker Room LAD 6–7 CHC · 2 HR

+5.3σ

08/04

Two Homers From Abreu, Against a League Average of 0.12 CWS 2–14 BOS · 2 HR

+5.6σ

08/03

Three Home Runs, One Cardinal, and a Silent Bronx Night STL 13–7 NYY · 3 HR

+5.6σ

08/01

Boston Won by One Run. Rafaela Delivered Both Home Runs. BOS 3–2 LAD · 2 HR

+5.1σ

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07/30

Two Homers, One Loss, and a .248 Average Still Standing WSH 4–5 ATL · 2 HR

+5.8σ

07/29

Every Homer Daniel Susac Has Hit This Season Came in One Game MIL 3–16 SF · 2 HR

+6.6σ

07/28

Eduardo Valencia Has Four Homers. He Also Has Seven Games. BAL 0–14 DET · 2 HR

+5.5σ

07/27

Texas Needed Runs. Joc Pederson Delivered Two Home Runs. SEA 3–7 TEX · 2 HR

+5.0σ

07/26

A .239 Hitter With 22 Homers, and Two More in One Night HOU 3–12 CWS · 2 HR

+4.6σ

07/23

How Gavin Williams Struck Out Eleven and Still Lost MIN 3–1 CLE · 7.0 IP

+2.5σ

07/21

CJ Abrams Already Has 24 Homers. Two Came in One Night. WSH 7–8 COL · 2 HR

+5.2σ

07/19

Hunter Goodman Hit Three Homers. Colorado Lost Anyway. CIN 9–6 COL · 3 HR

+6.5σ

07/18

Torkelson's Power Showed Up. His Batting Average Didn't. DET 7–0 LAA · 2 HR

+4.9σ

07/11

McCann Hadn't Homered All Season. Then He Hit Two. AZ 9–2 LAD · 2 HR

+4.9σ

07/17

The Rays Survived One Abreu Homer. Not Two. TB 3–5 BOS · 2 HR

+4.7σ

07/16

A Two-Homer Game That Happens to Alvarez About Once a Year NYM 4–1 PHI · 2 HR

+3.1σ

07/12

Six Innings, Ten Strikeouts, Zero Runs for Detroit PHI 5–0 DET · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

07/10

12 Strikeouts, and a 6.97 ERA Hiding Right Behind Them CHC 0–4 CIN · 7.0 IP

+2.5σ

07/09

What Two Homers in a Blowout Say About Ben Rice's Year NYY 12–4 TB · 2 HR

+4.6σ

07/08

Two Swings, Two Homers, and a 22-Year-Old's Loudest Night Yet PHI 5–11 CIN · 2 HR

+5.0σ

07/07

Three Homers, One Blowout, and a 32-Year-Old's Best Year Yet ATL 4–12 PIT · 3 HR

+8.4σ

07/06

Matt Olson's Two Homers Weren't Enough to Beat the Mets NYM 7–6 ATL · 2 HR

+4.2σ

07/05

Devers Went Deep Twice, and Still Lost by One SF 6–7 COL · 2 HR

+5.0σ

07/04

Sean Burke Nearly Doubled His Own Strikeout Pace in One Night CWS 3–1 CLE · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

07/01

Dansby Swanson's Three-Homer Night Was a Six-Sigma Outlier SD 3–23 CHC · 3 HR

+6.7σ

07/03

Daylen Lile's Two-Homer Night Was a Once-a-Decade Data Point PIT 5–9 WSH · 2 HR

+4.3σ

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06/29

Casey Mize's 10 Strikeouts Hide a Stranger Season-Long Story DET 7–3 NYY · 7.0 IP

+2.5σ

06/28

Luis García Jr.'s Two-Homer Night Was a Five-Sigma Outlier WSH 6–4 BAL · 2 HR

+5.7σ

06/27

Hunter Goodman's Three-Homer Night Was Basically Unheard Of COL 8–5 MIN · 3 HR

+7.8σ

06/25

Junior Caminero's Three-Homer Night Defies The Odds KC 2–13 TB · 3 HR

+6.7σ

06/20

Kyle Schwarber's Three-Homer Night Was a Statistical Outlier NYM 3–15 PHI · 3 HR

+7.0σ

06/30

Two Homers, One Loss, and Tatis's Unanswered Power Question SD 7–9 CHC · 2 HR

+4.4σ

06/24

Samuel Basallo Just Had a Near-Impossible Night in Anaheim BAL 6–7 LAA · 2 HR

+5.0σ

06/23

Caglianone's Two-Homer Night Was Statistically Rarer Than It Looked KC 12–5 TB · 2 HR

+5.0σ

06/22

Ten Strikeouts, One Run: Woodruff's Surgical Night in Cincinnati MIL 2–1 CIN · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

06/21

Two Home Runs in a 22-Run Game—and a Season Taking Shape STL 12–10 KC · 2 HR

+4.9σ

06/19

Schlittler Dropped 13 Ks on the Reds and It Wasn't Close CIN 0–5 NYY · 6.0 IP

+2.5σ

06/18

Juan Soto Turned One Night in Philly Into a Statistical Event NYM 6–4 PHI · 2 HR

+5.0σ

06/17

Twelve Ks in Seattle: Has Kyle Bradish Found Another Level? BAL 5–3 SEA · 7.2 IP

+2.5σ

06/16

Reynolds' Two-Homer Night Pulled Pittsburgh Back From the Brink PIT 6–5 ATH · 2 HR

+5.4σ

06/15

Colt Keith Hit Three Home Runs. The Statcast Data Isn't Surprised. DET 9–3 HOU · 3 HR

+6.3σ

06/14

Willi Castro Went Deep Twice and Almost Nobody Noticed COL 23–9 ATH · 2 HR

+4.3σ

06/11

Brett Sullivan Hit Two Home Runs Nobody Saw Coming CHC 9–3 COL · 2 HR

+4.1σ

06/10

Chapman's Two-HR Night Was the Margin the Giants Needed WSH 10–11 SF · 2 HR

+4.6σ

06/09

Caglianone's Two-Homer Game Sits in Rarefied Statistical Air TEX 3–5 KC · 2 HR

+4.6σ

06/07

McLain's Two-Homer Night in St. Louis Tells Half a Story CIN 3–5 STL · 2 HR

+5.0σ

06/06

Pete Crow-Armstrong's Two-Homer Night Was a Statistical Near-Impossibility SF 2–3 CHC · 2 HR

+5.0σ

06/05

Ten Strikeouts in a 1-0 Cage: Sasaki Dismantled the Angels LAA 0–1 LAD · 7.0 IP

+2.5σ

06/02

Spencer Steer's Two-Homer Night Bails Out the Reds, 4-3 KC 3–4 CIN · 2 HR

+4.9σ

06/01

Dingler's Two-Homer Night Ranks Among Baseball's Rarest Single-Game Performances DET 10–9 TB · 2 HR

+4.1σ

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05/30

Two Home Runs from Acuña: A Rare Baseball Feat ATL 5–2 CIN · 2 HR

+4.8σ

05/29

A Shortstop Hit Two Home Runs. Seattle Needed Both. AZ 6–7 SEA · 2 HR

+4.2σ

05/25

Curtis Mead's Two-Homer Night Defied the Statistical Bell Curve WSH 10–2 CLE · 2 HR

+4.5σ

05/23

116 MPH, Two Home Runs, and a Catcher Rewriting Expectations NYM 1–4 MIA · 2 HR

+5.8σ

05/22

Zach Neto's Two-Homer Night Got Lost in a Rangers Rout TEX 6–9 LAA · 2 HR

+6.0σ

05/22

Eight Innings, Eleven Punchouts, One Run: Williams Shuts Down Philly CLE 1–0 PHI · 8.0 IP

+2.5σ

05/19

Two Home Runs, Five Sigmas: Bichette's Night Was Genuinely Unprecedented NYM 6–9 WSH · 2 HR

+5.1σ

05/19

Two Swings, Fifteen Times the Average: Freeman's Night in San Diego LAD 5–4 SD · 2 HR

+5.1σ

05/18

The Night Josh Bell's Home Runs Broke the Bell Curve HOU 3–6 MIN · 2 HR

+5.2σ

05/16

Thirteen Ks, Nine Innings: Sánchez Is No Longer Quietly Elite PHI 6–0 PIT · 9.0 IP

+2.5σ

05/16

Murakami Hit Two Home Runs. His Team Still Lost by Five. CHC 3–8 CWS · 2 HR

+5.2σ