A total of 52 homers pushes June’s average into near-record territory
Fifty-two home runs were hit on Sunday in MLB, the most on any single day in more than 10 years since June 11, 2006, to be exact, when 54 home runs were hit. This is just the latest example of the dramatic increase in the home-run rate over the first three month of this season, from 2.09 per game in April, to 2.28 in May, to a near-record 2.52 this month.
In fact, there have been only two months in the history of major-league baseball in which the per-game home-run average was as high is it has been this month (minimum: 10 games played). Those were the first two months of the 2000 season, at the height of home-run hysteria: 2.56 in April and 2.64 in May.
Twins shock Yankees with home-run blitz
The Twins defeated the Yankees, 7-1, yesterday in a game that proved the rule about the futility of trying to predict baseball. Minnesota arrived at Yankee Stadium with the lowest winning percentage in the majors (.311). But the Twins hit six home runs, which was their highest total in any game since 2007 and, perhaps more impressive, the highest total in franchise history in any of their 1887 games against the Yankees (including 1903 through 1960 as the Washington Senators). The last team with the worst record in the majors to hit six homers in one game was Tampa Bay in 2002 at Kansas City.
Twins nine inning games with 6 or more home runs
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1962-04-29 (2) | MIN | CLE | W 7-3 | 41 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | 1963-08-29 (1) | MIN | WSA | W 14-2 | 49 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | 1964-05-14 | MIN | CHW | W 15-7 | 44 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 1966-06-09 | MIN | KCA | W 9-4 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 1993-08-15 | MIN | OAK | W 12-5 | 44 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 2000-04-09 | MIN | KCR | W 13-7 | 43 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 2001-07-12 | MIN | MIL | W 13-5 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 2004-04-10 | MIN | DET | W 10-5 | 47 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | 2007-07-06 (2) | MIN | CHW | W 12-0 | 48 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | 2016-06-26 | MIN | NYY | W 7-1 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |