Joe Carter's Three-Home-Run Game, 1987
DateMay 28, 1987
TeamsCleveland Indians @ Boston Red Sox
ScoreIndians 8, Red Sox 12
Venue Fenway Park
TypeMulti homer
Joe Carter hit three home runs in one game for the Cleveland Indians against the Boston Red Sox on May 28, 1987. The Cleveland Indians lost 12–8.
The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston. The announced attendance was 22,305. The game took 3h 48m. It was a night game.
Joe Carter did it five times in all. John Leister started for the Boston Red Sox. Vic Voltaggio umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of fifteen three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, BOS198705280
- Retrosheet event files — event:BOS198705280
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