Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers hits three homers against Orioles
The 27-year-old is the fourth player in Marlins history with a three-homer game and the first since Brian Anderson did it on Sept. 18, 2020, in the second game of a doubleheader against Washington. Mike Lowell (2004) and Cody Ross (2006) also did it.
Stowers, whom Baltimore selected in the second round of the 2019 amateur draft and traded to Miami last July as part of a package to land pitcher Trevor Rogers, homered in all three plate appearances against O's starter Brandon Young.
Stowers, who earned his first All-Star selection earlier this month, lofted a 1-1 pitch to right-center
to lead off the second inning
. The next inning, he lined
a first-pitch curveball to right-center
to make it 4-0.
After working a 2-2 count in the fifth, Stowers pulled a
two-run shot over the scoreboard in right
to extend the lead to 7-0.
It is Stowers' fourth multi-homer game this season.
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