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Eric Davis's Three-Home-Run Game, 1987

DateMay 3, 1987
ScoreReds 9, Phillies 6
TypeMulti homer

Eric Davis hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Reds against the Philadelphia Phillies on May 3, 1987. The Cincinnati Reds won 9–6.

The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 33,062. The game took 3h 02m. It was a day game.

Eric Davis did it twice in all. Kevin Gross started for the Philadelphia Phillies. Joe West umpired behind the plate. It is the first of fifteen three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PHI198705030
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHI198705030
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