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Freddie Patek's Three-Home-Run Game, 1980

DateJun 20, 1980
ScoreAngels 20, Red Sox 2
TypeMulti homer

Freddie Patek hit three home runs in one game for the California Angels against the Boston Red Sox on June 20, 1980. The California Angels won 20–2.

The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 28,780. The game took 2h 40m. It was a night game, at 64 degrees.

It was the only time Freddie Patek managed it. Steve Renko started for the Boston Red Sox. Larry Barnett umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of seven three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BOS198006200
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BOS198006200
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