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Willy Adames expands HR touch to 5 games, matching Makers' record

.MILWAUKEE-- Milwaukee Makers shortstop Willy Adames prolonged his home run streak to five activities to match a staff report as he belted a three-run go in the initial inning of Monday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals.Adames' homer came off Cardinals starter Andre Pallante for his 29th of the season and, coincidentally, it came on his 29th birthday.Most 3-run HRs in Single Season2024Willy Adames131996Ken Griffey Jr. 132000Sammy Sosa121997Tino Martinez121953Roy Campanella12Adames matched the mark prepared by Jeromy Burnitz in 1997 and also Eric Thames in 2017 as the only gamers in franchise record to accomplish the feat.It was additionally the 13th three-run homer of the period for Adames, as he joins Ken Griffey Jr. (1996) as the only gamers in major league past to accomplish so. Sammy Sosa, Tino Martinez and also Hall of Famer Roy Campanella each possessed 12 three-run homers in a singular season.The free-agent-to-be has begun all 138 ready the NL Central-leading Brewers.