2012 – Ryan Braun hits three homers and a two-run triple, driving in 6 runs, in Milwaukee’s 8 – 3 win over the Padres. He is the first player to smash three long balls in a game in pitcher-friendly PETCO Park. No player had hit 3 homers and a triple in a game since Fred Lynn in 1975.

On April 30, 2012 — 2012 – Ryan Braun hits three homers and a two-run triple, driving in 6 runs, in Milwaukee’s 8 – 3 win over the Padres. He is the first player to smash three long balls in a game in pitcher-friendly PETCO Park. No player had hit 3 homers and a triple in a game since Fred Lynn in 1975.

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6/25/1958: Bob Boyd and Gus Triandos of the Orioles homered off Jim Bunning at Tiger Stadium in the first inning only to see them washed out. Boyd’s blast came with one out and no one on while Triandos hit his two batters later with a man aboard. Bunning didn’t last through the inning.

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6/25/1958: Bob Boyd and Gus Triandos of the Orioles homered off Jim Bunning at Tiger Stadium in the first inning only to see them washed out. Boyd’s blast came with one out and no one on while Triandos hit his two batters later with a man aboard. Bunning didn’t last through the inning.

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