MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa became the seventh trio of teammates to open a game with three straight home runs, starting a barrage of five long balls in 2 1/3 innings against New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole on Thursday night.
, hitting a tying drive 396 feet into the right-field seats for his second home run this season.
, 422 deep into the left-field upper deck for his 14th homer.
for his fourth homer and a 3-1 lead.
The previous trio to accomplish the feat was Arizona's Jarrod Dyson, Ketel Marte and David Peralta off Jerad Eickoff at Philadelphia on June 10, 2019.
After
Buxton gave the Twins a 6-3 lead in the bottom half with a
Buxton had three two-homer games this season and six in his career, with a three-homer game at Toronto on Aug. 27, 2017.
Cole, who gave up eight hits and lasted 70 pitches, had not allowed more than three home runs in a game in his big league career. He had given up just six in 11 previous starts this season.
Other trios accomplishing the feat starting the first were:
— Peralta, AJ Pollock and Jake Lamb against Max Scherzer at Washington on July 21, 2017;
— Baltimore's Ryan Flaherty, J.J. Hardy and Nick Markakis off Colby Lewis of visiting Texas in a doubleheader opener on May 10, 2012;
— Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks, Hardy and Ryan Braun against Phil Dumatrait at Cincinnati on Sept. 9, 2007;
— Atlanta's Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield off Jeff Austin of the visiting Reds on May 28, 2003; and
— San Diego's Marvell Wynne, Tony Gwynn and John Kruk against Roger Mason of visiting San Francisco on April 13, 1987.
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