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Richard Hidalgo's Three-Home-Run Game, 2003

DateSep 16, 2003
ScoreAstros 14, Rockies 4
TypeMulti homer

Richard Hidalgo hit three home runs in one game for the Houston Astros against the Colorado Rockies on September 16, 2003. The Houston Astros won 14–4.

The game was played at Coors Field in Denver. The announced attendance was 22,328. The game took 2h 41m. It was a night game under cloudy skies, at 77 degrees.

It was the only time Richard Hidalgo managed it. Chin-hui Tsao started for the Colorado Rockies. Laz Diaz umpired behind the plate. It is the last of eleven three-home-run games the archive records that season.

Key figures

Three-Home-Run Game

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, COL200309160
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:COL200309160
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