Lucas Spence entered Friday night still looking for his first MLB home run.
The Houston Astros rookie won’t have to look too far to remember it when he wakes up on Saturday morning, though. In fact, he’ll have to remember which of the three homers he hit on Friday night was actually the first one.
It surely is all a blur for Spence, who hit his first long ball in the major leagues and then promptly hit his second and third in short order.
It’s one of those things that makes you sit there and marvel at the fact that it really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
THREE HOMERS FOR LUCAS SPENCE ‼️
His first 3 career home runs all come in the same game 🤯 pic.twitter.com/AZk2laJRWg
— MLB (@MLB) September 25, 2026
But hey, baseball is one of those things you simply can’t predict. You never know when you’re going to see something remarkable.
Lucas Spence Makes Baseball History
Spence’s night in Sacramento against the Athletics made him just the third player in MLB history to hit his first three career home runs all in the same game, according to MLB Network’s Sarah Langs.
The first to do so was the catcher Seby Zavala, who pulled it off on July 31, 2021.
The second was earlier this year when Cardinals rookie Joshua Baez amazingly did it in his MLB debut on August 15.
And now Spence, less than 50 at bats into his career, pulls it off.
This was just his 16th game in the majors. He had one double prior to this, along with five singles.
And now, he’s got three home runs.
Who is Lucas Spence?
Spence is an astounding story.
The 23-year old from Chicago Heights, Illinois had to start his college baseball career at Black Hawk College, a junior college. He then went to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Neither are baseball factories.
In fact, Spence wasn’t even drafted out of college in the 2024 MLB Draft. He managed to snag an undrafted free agent contract with the Astros, and he quickly moved up the ladder.
Turns out, if you can hit, you’ll get a chance — even if your pedigree isn’t as flashy as some of the prospects around you.
Spence actually amused fans around his MLB debut in July when he shared that he was returning from a fishing trip, on which he caught a personal-best 11-pound, 30.5-ounce walleye, that he got the call that he was getting called up to Houston.
He may have a chance to top that walleye catch in the future. It’ll sure be tough to top hitting his first three career home runs all in the same game.
Astros’ Lucas Spence Makes Absurd Baseball History