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Johnny Bench's Three-Home-Run Game, 1970

DateJul 26, 1970
ScoreCardinals 5, Reds 12
TypeMulti homer

Johnny Bench hit three home runs in one game for the Cincinnati Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 26, 1970. The Cincinnati Reds won 12–5.

The game was played at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 40,202. The game took 2h 21m. It was a day game.

Johnny Bench did it three times in all. Steve Carlton started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Lee Weyer umpired behind the plate. It is the last of eight three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN197007260
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN197007260
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