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Andy Pages made MLB history during the Dodgers\u2019 12-2 win over the Astros, becoming only the third Cuban-born player under age 26 to hit three home runs in a single game.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> outfielder Andy Pages made rare MLB history Wednesday, blasting three home runs in a 12-2 rout<\/a> of the Houston Astros<\/a>, but that wasn\u2019t the only reason his day was historic.<\/p>\n Pages, the 25-year-old Havana-born center fielder, crossed into territory occupied by only two players before him. According to journalist Francys Romero of BeisbolFR<\/a>, Pages became only the third Cuban-born player ever to hit three homers in a single MLB game before turning 26, joining feats previously accomplished by Jos\u00e9 Canseco in 1988 and Yordan \u00c1lvarez, who did it twice in 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n Only one other Cuban-born player of any age has recorded a three-homer game. That was Jos\u00e9 Abreu, then of<\/a> the Chicago White Sox<\/a>, who did it in 2020 at the age of 33.<\/p>\n The three-home-run game by Pages was the 368th<\/a> in MLB history, making it a rare feat in the context of the estimated 238,000 games<\/a> played in major league history.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Pages Sets Career Highs Across the Board<\/p>\n The three-homer performance was a first in Pages\u2019 young big-league career. He finished the afternoon with six RBI and three runs scored, accounting for 12 total bases, all single-game career highs, according to Dodger Blue<\/a> reporter Blake Williams.<\/p>\n Pages also joined teammate Max Muncy<\/a> as the only two players in all of MLB to go deep three times in a single game during the 2026 season, as reported by MLB<\/a>.<\/p>\n His 2026 numbers tell the story of a player coming into his own. Through 36 games, Pages<\/a> is slashing .326\/.368\/.500 with five home runs and 27 RBI, good for a 144 OPS+, well above the league average mark of 100.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Dodgers Win Behind Pages\u2019 Massive Day<\/p>\n The victory was not without concern for the defending World Series champions. Starter Tyler Glasnow<\/a> exited after one inning with low back tightness, leaving manager Dave Roberts to lean on his bullpen for eight full innings. But Glasnow was in the game long enough to strike out \u00c1lvarez in the first inning for the 1,000th strikeout of his career, making him the fastest pitcher in MLB history to reach that plateau in innings pitched, according to Williams\u2019 recap.<\/p>\n The offense made the bullpen\u2019s task manageable from the outset. Three of Los Angeles\u2019 first runs crossed the plate not on hits but on wild pitches by Astros starter Lance McCullers<\/a> Jr., including the run that gave the Dodgers the lead for good. Shohei Ohtani<\/a> snapped an 0-for-18 hitless stretch with two hits as Los Angeles pulled away early.<\/p>\n Jack Dreyer, Edgardo Henriquez and Kyle Hurt each delivered multiple scoreless frames before Blake Treinen, Tanner Scott<\/a> and newly activated Brock Stewart closed out Houston the rest of the way.<\/p>\n Pages made his major league debut on April 16, 2024. Now in his third year with the club, the right-handed hitter is producing at a level that suggests his development arc is right on schedule, or ahead of it.<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2019s performance arrived on the final game of a road trip that had seen Los Angeles drop back-to-back series. The Dodgers head home having salvaged the finale, and they do so with Pages having announced himself as more than a complementary piece on a roster built around household names.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t \n\t\t\tJonathan Vankin<\/a> JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist who covers MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, boxing, golf, and Olympic sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Newspaper and Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering the Olympics, pro baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. 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