PHOENIX — Eugenio Suárez turned Chase Field into his personal launching pad on April 26, 2025, smashing four home runs in a single game, a feat so rare it’s only happened 19 times in Major League Baseball history. But even that Herculean effort couldn’t save the Arizona Diamondbacks, who fell 8-7 to the Atlanta Braves in a gut-punch of a 10-inning loss.
Suárez, the D-backs’ veteran third baseman, was a one-man wrecking crew. He started early, crushing a 418-foot solo shot to left-center in the second inning off Braves starter Grant Holmes. Two innings later, he went deep again, this time a 411-foot, two-run blast that gave Arizona a 5-2 lead. In the sixth, he chased Holmes from the game with a monstrous 443-foot homer to center, pushing the D-backs ahead 6-2. Then, in the ninth, with Arizona trailing by one, Suárez faced Braves closer Raisel Iglesias and delivered his fourth homer—a 383-foot dagger to left that knotted the score at 7-7.
The crowd roared. Teammates mobbed him. Suárez, a 33-year-old Venezuelan who’s slugged 286 homers across a 12-year career, had just etched his name alongside legends like Mike Schmidt and J.D. Martinez, the last player to hit four in a game for Arizona back in 2017. Only one other third baseman, Schmidt in 1976, had ever done it.
But baseball’s a cruel game sometimes. The Braves, refusing to roll over, clawed back. Atlanta’s Eli White smacked a two-run homer in the seventh, narrowing the gap to 6-4. In the eighth, Michael Harris II ripped a two-run double to tie it. Then, in the 10th, with Matt Olson as the ghost runner on second, Arizona reliever Justin Martinez uncorked a wild pitch. Olson scampered home for the go-ahead run. The Braves held on, sealing Arizona’s fourth straight defeat.
Suárez’s night was historic but bittersweet. He became just the second player ever to hit four homers in a game his team lost, joining Atlanta’s Bob Horner, who did it in 1986 against Montreal. The D-backs, now 14-12, couldn’t capitalize on their slugger’s heroics. Starter Merrill Kelly tossed six solid innings, allowing two runs, but the bullpen faltered, with Martinez taking the loss.
Atlanta, improving to 12-14, got just enough from Holmes, who surrendered six earned runs—three on Suárez’s homers—over 5 2/3 innings. Iglesias, despite giving up Suárez’s game-tying blast, earned the win.
Suárez finished 4-for-4, with 10 home runs on the season, leading the majors. His batting average, a meager .167 before the game, climbed to .202. The D-backs, licking their wounds, turn to right-hander Brandon Pfaadt to face Atlanta’s Spencer Schwellenbach in the series finale on April 27.