Trot Nixon's Three-Home-Run Game, 1999
DateJul 24, 1999
TeamsBoston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers
ScoreRed Sox 11, Tigers 4
Venue Tiger Stadium
TypeMulti homer
Trot Nixon hit three home runs in one game for the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on July 24, 1999. The Boston Red Sox won 11–4.
The game was played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. The announced attendance was 37,149. The game took 2h 37m. It was a night game under cloudy skies, at 89 degrees.
It was the only time Trot Nixon managed it. Jeff Weaver started for the Detroit Tigers. Richard Shulock umpired behind the plate. It is the ninth of 16 three-home-run games the archive records that season.
Key figures
Three-Home-Run Game
Sources
- Retrosheet, DET199907240
- Retrosheet event files — event:DET199907240
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