While the Majors' top sluggers slugged it out in the Home Run Derby on Monday night, Brent Rooker treated the fans at CHS Field to a show of their own.

The No. 10 Twins prospect went deep three times in the first four innings and finished with four hits and a career-high seven RBIs as Triple-A St. Paul rolled past Columbus, 19-1, on Tuesday night. Rooker is tied with Omaha's Ryan McBroom for the Triple-A East lead with 17 home runs.

"Anytime you hit three homers, you find yourself in a real zone and locked in," Rooker said. "It was a lot of fun. I had a good approach and some really good at-bats. Couple that with some good swings on some hittable pitches and that's when good things happen. It was exciting for sure."

After going deep eight times in June, the 26-year-old entered Tuesday's game with one roundtripper in 38 at-bats this month. Rooker equaled his July output in the first inning, connecting on a solo blast to left-center field. He powered a three-run shot to center in the third and bookended St. Paul's 10-run fourth with an RBI double and a two-run jack to left-center to complete the homer trifecta.

Rooker became the 16th Minor Leaguer to homer three times in one game in 2021 and the second Saints player to achieve the feat in less than three weeks. Twins' No. 16 prospect Jose Miranda clubbed three homers in his Triple-A debut on June 29.

Rooker equaled his career high with four hits, done three times previously and most recently in 2018 when he also collected both of his multihomer games. The Tennessee native is batting .245/.373/.569 with 26 extra-base hits and 41 RBIs in 53 games.

"I had a good June and even through the first week of July, I was pretty happy with my at-bats," Rooker said. "I wasn't getting the results, but I was hitting the ball hard or right at people. That's baseball. Sometimes it's not fair, but I just stayed patient while trusting the process. I know things even out eventually and I think that's what happened tonight."

Drafted 35th overall in 2017 out of Mississippi State, Rooker has been a prolific home run hitter from the moment he set foot on a Minor League diamond. Including his three-homer game, the 6-foot-3, 225-pounder has gone deep 71 times, homering once every 16.2 at-bats.

Rooker made his big league debut with the Twins last season and enjoyed early success, hitting .316 in his first seven games. He opened 2021 back in the Majors but didn't get the same results, going 3-for-29 (.103) before being returned to Triple-A on May 3.

Despite those struggles, Rooker has a pragmatic and positive view of his potential to stick in the Major Leagues.

"April didn’t go as well as I would have liked, but you still have to trust yourself, especially at that level," he said. "There's going to be ups and downs, and the pitching is so elite at this level, you have to just stay confident in yourself and make the right adjustments. I believe in myself and know I can be successful [in the Majors]."