Guardians’ José Ramírez homers in first 3 at-bats against Red Sox

© Provided by The Associated Press Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez watches his home run against the Boston Red Sox during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Cleveland. It was Ramirez’s 200th career home run. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez homered in his first three at-bats on Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox.

© Provided by The Associated Press Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez, right, is greeted by Steven Kwan (38) after Ramirez’s home run against the Boston Red Sox during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Cleveland. It was Ramirez’s 200th career home run. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Ramírez connected for a solo shot in the first, a two-run homer — the 200th of his career — in the third and added another solo homer in the sixth.

The switch-hitter hit two of the homers right-handed, and the other from the left side of the plate.

Ramírez’s homer in the sixth came off former teammate Corey Kluber and gave the All-Star nine this season and moved him past Travis Hafner for ninth place on the club’s career homer list with 201.

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Ramírez came up again in the sixth as the Guardians sent 10 men to the plate and struck out to end the inning.

His three-homer game is the fourth in the majors this season, following Texas’ Adolis García on April 22, St. Louis’ Paul Goldschmidt on May 7 and Oakland’s Jordan Diaz on May 9.

© Provided by The Associated Press Cleveland Guardians’ Jose Ramirez hits a home run against the Boston Red Sox during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Cleveland has one four-homer game, by Rocky Colavito on June 10, 1959. The last four-homer game in the majors came from Arizona’s J.D. Martinez on Sept. 4, 2017.

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