Sammy Sosa's Three-Home-Run Game, 2001
DateSep 23, 2001
TeamsChicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
ScoreCubs 6, Astros 7
Venue Minute Maid Park
TypeMulti homer
Sammy Sosa hit three home runs in one game for the Chicago Cubs against the Houston Astros on September 23, 2001. The Chicago Cubs lost 7–6.
The game was played at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The announced attendance was 43,057. The game took 3h 05m. It was a day game indoors, at 72 degrees.
Sammy Sosa did it six times in all. Tim Redding started for the Houston Astros. Charlie Reliford umpired behind the plate. It is the nineteenth of 21 three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, HOU200109230
- Retrosheet event files — event:HOU200109230
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