NEW YORK -- Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe hit three home runs in a 12-2 rout of the New York Yankees on Saturday.
Lowe connected for a pair of early three-run shots off Jordan Montgomery, and then launched a leadoff drive in the seventh inning against Michael King, giving the second baseman a career-high seven RBI.
Lowe bounced to first base in the eighth.
Lowe is the fifth Rays player to hit three home runs in a game, joining Evan Longoria (2012 and 2008), Travis d'Arnaud (2019), B.J. Upton (2012), and Jonny Gomes (2005), according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
Lowe has gone deep in his past three games. He increased his career-high total to a team-leading 39 homers with his first three-homer game in the majors. It was his sixth career multihomer game and fourth this year.
New York had a chance to clinch an AL wild card with a win, or losses later in the day by Toronto and Seattle.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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