Joey Votto's Three-Home-Run Game, 2008
DateMay 7, 2008
TeamsChicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds
ScoreCubs 0, Reds 9
Venue Great American Ballpark
TypeMulti homer
Joey Votto hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Reds against the Chicago Cubs on May 7, 2008. The Cincinnati Reds won 9–0.
The game was played at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 28,418. The game took 2h 58m. It was a day game under cloudy skies, at 73 degrees.
Joey Votto did it three times in all. Jon Lieber started for the Chicago Cubs. Bill Welke umpired behind the plate. It is the first of five three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, CIN200805070
- Retrosheet event files — event:CIN200805070
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