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Bill Madlock's Three-Home-Run Game, 1987

DateJun 28, 1987
ScoreOrioles 7, Tigers 8
TypeMulti homer

Bill Madlock hit three home runs in one game for the Detroit Tigers against the Baltimore Orioles on June 28, 1987. The Detroit Tigers won 8–7.

The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. It went eleven innings. The announced attendance was 31,606. The game took 3h 32m. It was a day game.

It was the only time Bill Madlock managed it. Eric Bell started for the Baltimore Orioles. Derryl Cousins umpired behind the plate. It is the seventh of fifteen three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, DET198706280
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET198706280
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