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Davey Lopes's Three-Home-Run Game, 1974

DateAug 20, 1974
ScoreDodgers 18, Cubs 8
TypeMulti homer

Davey Lopes hit three home runs in one game for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on August 20, 1974. The Los Angeles Dodgers won 18–8.

The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 19,736. The game took 2h 52m. It was a day game, at 90 degrees.

It was the only time Davey Lopes managed it. Tom Dettore started for the Chicago Cubs. Paul Pryor umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CHN197408200
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHN197408200
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