Orlando Cepeda's Three-Home-Run Game, 1970
DateJul 26, 1970
TeamsAtlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs
ScoreBraves 8, Cubs 3
Venue Wrigley Field
TypeMulti homer
Orlando Cepeda hit three home runs in one game for the Atlanta Braves against the Chicago Cubs on July 26, 1970. The Atlanta Braves won 8–3.
The game was played at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The game took 2h 36m. It was a day game under cloudy skies, at 82 degrees.
It was the only time Orlando Cepeda managed it. Bill Hands started for the Chicago Cubs. Satch Davidson umpired behind the plate. It is the seventh of eight three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, CHN197007261
- Retrosheet event files — event:CHN197007261
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