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Lance Berkman's Three-Home-Run Game, 2002

DateApr 16, 2002
ScoreAstros 8, Reds 3
TypeMulti homer

Lance Berkman hit three home runs in one game for the Houston Astros against the Cincinnati Reds on April 16, 2002. The Houston Astros won 8–3.

The game was played at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 15,853. The game took 2h 32m. It was a night game under sunny skies, at 83 degrees.

It was the only time Lance Berkman managed it. Jose Acevedo started for the Cincinnati Reds. Bill Miller umpired behind the plate. It is the first of twelve three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, CIN200204160
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CIN200204160
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