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Michael Saunders's Three-Home-Run Game, 2016

DateJun 17, 2016
ScoreBlue Jays 13, Orioles 3
TypeMulti homer

Michael Saunders hit three home runs in one game for the Toronto Blue Jays against the Baltimore Orioles on June 17, 2016. The Toronto Blue Jays won 13–3.

The game was played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. The announced attendance was 38,306. The game took 2h 53m. It was a night game under cloudy skies, at 80 degrees.

It was the only time Michael Saunders managed it. Mike Wright started for the Baltimore Orioles. Lance Barrett umpired behind the plate. It is the ninth of 19 three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, BAL201606170
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:BAL201606170
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