Unbelievable Power Surge: The MLB Game That Shattered All Home Run Records

The Phillies tied the record with five against the Astros in Game 3 of the 2022 Fall Classic.
In just one game, Gennett surpassed his then-home run total of three on the season. He started the feat with a bang, hitting a grand slam in the third inning, and later, a pair of two-run homers and a solo moonshot. He finished the game with a career-high 10 RBIs and 17 total bags – and went on to hit three more grand slams during the 2017 season.

Suarez belted three solo shots and one two-run homer all to left and left-center at Chase Field in Arizona. His fourth dinger not only put him in the record book, but it also tied the game in the ninth inning off Braves closer Raisel Iglesias. Despite Suarez’s performance, Atlanta would go on to win the game 8-7 in 10 innings.

The rarity of multiple round-trippers in a game brings up the question: Who has hit the most home runs in a single game?

You had to figure there was something special happening in Game 2 of the 2025 season at Yankee Stadium when Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge homered on the first three pitches off former Yankee Nestor Cortes. Judge would go on to hit two more, giving him a chance to join the four-homer club. He couldn’t add a fourth, but New York set a franchise record for homers in the 20-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

In one of the most famous World Series games in MLB history, Jackson’s nickname, “Mr. October,” emerged. In the fourth inning, the outfielder hit a two-run dinger. He then followed up with another in the fifth and a solo shot in the eighth. The energy at Yankee Stadium was electric, with fans stunned by the fact that he hit the trio of homers on the first pitch of each at-bat. Jackson became the first player in nearly 50 years to have three knocks in a World Series game. More importantly, he helped the Yankees take home a title – a feat they would repeat the next year.

Most Home Runs in a Game (Modern Era Since 1901)

T-1. 4 – Kyle Schwarber, Phillies (Aug. 28, 2025 vs. Atlanta Braves)

The Cubs are also one of many tied for second on this list with five homers in a playoff game. They hit that number in Game 1 of the 1984 NLCS against the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers (2020 and 2021) and Oakland Athletics (1989, 2020) have done this twice and the Chicago White Sox (2005), Astros (2017), Yankees (1928), Padres (2020), Phillies (2022) and Cardinals (2004) once.

T-1. 4 – Nick Kurtz, Athletics (July 25, 2025 vs. Houston Astros)

Nearly five months after setting the franchise record against the Brewers, the Bronx Bombers did it again with nine homers in a 13-3 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays. Aaron Judge, Cody Bellinger and Giancarlo Stanton got it started with back-to-back-to-back home runs in the first inning. Bellinger, Stanton and former Ray Jose Caballero each went deep twice.

T-1. 4 – Eugenio Suarez, Arizona Diamondbacks (April 26, 2025 vs. Atlanta Braves)

In MLB history, there have been 3 games where a team had:

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