Tony Oliva's Three-Home-Run Game, 1973
Tony Oliva hit three home runs in one game for the Minnesota Twins against the Kansas City Royals on July 3, 1973. The Minnesota Twins lost 7–6.
The game was played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The announced attendance was 23,126. The game took 2h 43m. It was a night game, at 93 degrees.
It was the only time Tony Oliva managed it. Mark Littell started for the Kansas City Royals. Hank Soar umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of six three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, KCA197307030
- Retrosheet event files — event:KCA197307030
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