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Boston Red Sox Star Becomes Just Fourth Player in Team History to Accomplish Rare Feat

The Boston Red Sox swept the Minnesota Twins in a doubleheader on Sunday as Triston Casas stole the show with a historic performance in Game 1.

Brady Farkas

Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas (36) celebrates his three run home run with shortstop Trevor Story (10) during the third inning against the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park on Sept 22.
Boston Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas (36) celebrates his three run home run with shortstop Trevor Story (10) during the third inning against the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park on Sept 22. / Eric Canha-Imagn Images
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The Boston Red Sox swept the Minnesota Twins in a Sunday doubleheader at Fenway Park, winning by scores of 8-1 and 9-3.

Though impressive, the wins are likely too little, too late for the Red Sox, who are now 78-78 and 4.0 games back in the American League wild card chase with just six games to play.

In Game 1, first baseman Triston Casas carried the offense, going 3-for-4 with three home runs and seven RBI. His three home runs all came in the first five innings of the game, making some rare team history.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

Red Sox with 3 HR in first 5 innings of a game:

Today Triston Casas
7/26/19 Mookie Betts
8/14/16 Mookie Betts
7/23/02 Nomar Garciaparra
5/27/55 Norm Zauchin

It's a nice end to the season for Casas, who missed most of the season with a rib injury. Through just 191 at-bats, the 24-year-old is hitting .241 with 12 homers and 29 RBI. One of the great young hitters in baseball, he'll hope for a fully healthy season in 2025. Provided he's not traded this offseason (as has been speculated by some), he'll pair with Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and Trevor Story to make up the nucleus of the Red Sox next year.

Boston will be back in action on Monday night when they embark on their final road trip of the season. They'll take on the Toronto Blue Jays with first pitch coming at 7:07 p.m. ET. Tanner Houck will pitch for Boston against Chris Bassitt. It will likely be Houck's final start of the year.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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