HOUSTON (AP) \u2014 Colt Keith rediscovered his home run swing in Houston, swatting three round-trippers against the Astros on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Keith, who bats from the left side, hit a towering, two-out, two-run shot to right-center in the third inning, a two-run drive down the right-field line in the seventh, and an opposite-field solo homer in the ninth over the 19-foot left field wall at Daikin Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was up there and on-time for the fastballs tonight and I was able to do some damage,” Keith said after finishing with six RBIs in the Tigers’ 9-3 victory. \u201cWe all know they come in bunches in this game.”<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old Keith hit 13 home runs in each of his previous two major league seasons, but had just one this year before Monday night’s power display in Houston.<\/p>\n
The only Tigers player younger than Keith to launch three home runs in a game was Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline, who was 20 when he did it on April 17, 1955.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see the ball well here,\u201d said Keith, who was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the first. \u201dDefinitely one of the best games I’ve had in my life. It was a lot of fun. We’ve just got to keep stacking days, and keep doing it and get back in this thing.”<\/p>\n
The Tigers (30-42) have struggled for much of this season, but were six games out of the American League’s third and final wild-card playoff spot after Monday’s victory.<\/p>\n
Max Muncy and Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers are the only other major leaguers to hit three homers in a game this season. Muncy did it April 10 against Texas and Pages accomplished the feat May 6 \u2014 also in Houston.<\/p>\n
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