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Ernie Young's Three-Home-Run Game, 1996

DateMay 10, 1996
ScoreTwins 5, Athletics 15
TypeMulti homer

Ernie Young hit three home runs in one game for the Oakland Athletics against the Minnesota Twins on May 10, 1996. The Oakland Athletics won 15–5.

The game was played at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland. The announced attendance was 8,278. The game took 3h 05m. It was a night game, at 59 degrees.

It was the only time Ernie Young managed it. Frankie Rodriguez started for the Minnesota Twins. Jim McKean umpired behind the plate. It is the third of fifteen three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, OAK199605100
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:OAK199605100
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