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Dave Kingman's Three-Home-Run Game, 1978

DateMay 14, 1978
ScoreCubs 10, Dodgers 7
TypeMulti homer

Dave Kingman hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 14, 1978. The Chicago Cubs won 10–7.

The game was played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. It went fifteen innings. The announced attendance was 31,698. The game took 5h 02m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 79 degrees.

Dave Kingman did it five times in all. Doug Rau started for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Andy Olsen umpired behind the plate. It is the second of three three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, LAN197805140
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:LAN197805140
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