Gary Carter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1977
DateApr 20, 1977
TeamsPittsburgh Pirates @ Montreal Expos
ScorePirates 8, Expos 6
Venue Stade Olympique
TypeMulti homer
Gary Carter hit three home runs in one game for the Montreal Expos against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 20, 1977. The Montreal Expos lost 8–6.
The game was played at Stade Olympique in Montreal. The announced attendance was 12,607. The game took 2h 30m. It was a day game.
Gary Carter did it twice in all. Jim Rooker started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Paul Pryor umpired behind the plate. It is the first of seven three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, MON197704200
- Retrosheet event files — event:MON197704200
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