Twins' Byron Buxton had an unprecedented 1-man team hitting game
No one has ever done this before.
Twins' Byron Buxton had an unprecedented 1-man team hitting game originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It's a good thing the Minnesota Twins had Byron Buxton in the batting lineup on Saturday night against the Cleveland Guardians .
Turns out, they didn't need to let anyone else hit. Buxton went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI in a 2-1 win over the Guardians. He led the game off with a homer for a 1-0 lead.
And then in the top of the 11th, he hit an RBI double to score Matt Wallner, who was the bonus runner on base in the extra frame. MORE: Why MLB's pink bat tradition works so well Buxton is the first player in MLB history to have a night like that, according to OptaStats -- no one in baseball history had ever put together a game in which he hit a leadoff home run, had all of his team's hits and drove in all of his team's runs while also having his team actually win the game. Tonight the @Twins ' Byron Buxton: - hit a leadoff HR - had all of his team's hits - drove in all of his team's runs No other MLB player has done all of that in a victory (since RBI became official in 1920).
pic. twitter. com/pYn85IEazC ā OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) May 10, 2026 MORE: MLB's 3-inning save rule is trending Yep, the rest of the Twins' lineup went 0-for-30 aside from Buxton.