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Darryl Strawberry's Three-Home-Run Game, 1985

DateAug 5, 1985
ScoreMets 7, Cubs 2
TypeMulti homer

Darryl Strawberry hit three home runs in one game for the New York Mets against the Chicago Cubs on August 5, 1985. The New York Mets won 7–2.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 34,167. The game took 3h 00m. It was a day game.

Darryl Strawberry did it twice in all. Derek Botelho started for the Chicago Cubs. Terry Tata umpired behind the plate. It is the third of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN198508050
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN198508050
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