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Mike Schmidt's Three-Home-Run Game, 1979

DateJul 7, 1979
ScoreGiants 8, Phillies 6
TypeMulti homer

Mike Schmidt hit three home runs in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies against the San Francisco Giants on July 7, 1979. The Philadelphia Phillies lost 8–6.

The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 42,047. The game took 2h 41m. It was a night game.

Mike Schmidt did it three times in all. John Montefusco started for the San Francisco Giants. Ed Vargo umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of eleven three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PHI197907070
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PHI197907070
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