PITTSBURGH — Three, indeed, is the magic number in Pittsburgh.
A day after Bryan Reynolds hit three home runs, catcher Michael Perez followed up with a three-piece of his own as the Pirates beat the Brewers, 8-7, on Thursday night at PNC Park. It was an appropriate end to a month that has now been defined by the trifecta.
Along with Reynolds and Perez, Jack Suwinski hit three homers of his own on Father’s Day, an afternoon he capped off with a walk-off. The Pirates become the first team in AL/NL history to have three players log three-homer games in the same month. No other team in 2022 has had more than one instance of a player hitting three home runs in the same month.
The Bucs became the second team in AL/NL history to have players hit three home runs in back-to-back games, joining the Braves, who saw Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall achieve the feat on Sept. 1-2, 2020, respectively.