Benito Santiago's Three-Home-Run Game, 1996
Benito Santiago hit three home runs in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the Chicago Cubs on September 15, 1996. The Philadelphia Phillies won 6–1.
The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 24,697. The game took 2h 38m. It was a night game under sunny skies, at 63 degrees.
It was the only time Benito Santiago managed it. Kevin Foster started for the Chicago Cubs. Brian Gibbons umpired behind the plate. It is the thirteenth of fifteen three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, CHN199609150
- Retrosheet event files — event:CHN199609150
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