Minnesota Twins first baseman Kody Clemens of Houston, Texas hit three home runs in a game on Friday in a 9-8 Twins win over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the 11th time in Twins history a player hit three home runs in a game according to Patrick Donnelly of mlb.com. Kody is best known of being the son of seven-time Cy Young champion Roger Clemens. His first name begins with K because his father had 4672 Major League strikeouts.
Clemens’s first home run was a solo shot in the bottom of the third inning that went 422 feet and tied the game at one. He then put the Twins up 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning with a 374 foot home run to right field, which scored third baseman Royce Lewis of Aliso Viejo, California. Clemens’s third home run was a solo shot that went 419 feet. It came in the bottom of the ninth inning, and pulled the Twins to within a single run (8-7 Arizona at the time).
Clemens had four extra base hits in the contest. He also had a double, scored three times, and five runs batted in.
For the season, Clemens is batting .216 with 19 home runs and 50 runs batted in with the Twins and Philadelphia Phillies. During 108 games, 310 at bats and 345 plate appearances, he has scored 43 runs and had 67 hits, 11 doubles, three triples, three stolen bases, 26 walks, 141 total bases, two sacrifice bunts, two sacrifice flies, an on base percentage of .286, and a slugging percentage of .455.
