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September 1, 2020 Atlanta Braves Marcell Ozuna becomes the first National League player to have a three-homer game at Fenway Park. Atlanta defeats the Red Sox, 10 – 3. The second homer is also the 1,000th career hit for Ozuna. @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources…
September 1, 2020, Alex Dickerson hits three homers and two doubles in a 23 – 5 rout of the Rockies by the Giants. The Giants’ 23 runs and 27 hits both tie team records, while they are the first team to ever have three different players collect 6 RBIs in a game – Dickerson,…
Mookie Betts hits three solo homers to lead the Red Sox to a 5 – 4 win over the Royals. All three blasts come off Danny Duffy, with the last one breaking a 4 – 4 tie in the 7th. It is already the second three-homer game for Betts this season and the fourth of his career, tying him for the franchise record held by Ted Williams. At 26, he is the youngest player to have four such games.
The Red Sox continue to pound the ball as Mookie Betts hits three homers and drives in five runs in a 6 – 2 win over the Orioles. Xander Bogaerts extends his hitting streak to 24 games with a 7th-inning single. The Red Sox start off with a blast as Betts and Dustin Pedroia go deep back-to-back against Kevin Gausman to open the game.
In the Giants’ 8-3 victory over the Tigers at AT&T Park, Pablo Sandoval becomes the fourth major leaguer to hit three home runs in a World Series game. The San Francisco third baseman, with first, third, and fifth inning round-trippers in the opening game of the Fall Classic, joins Yankees outfielders Babe Ruth (1926, 28) and Reggie Jackson (1977) and Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols (2011) in accomplishing the feat.
On October 3, 2012.00 Dan Johnson goes deep three times for the White Sox. Before Longoria and Johnson had their three-homer days, only two players had ended their team’s season with three-homer contests: Gus Zernial and Richie Allen.
B.J. Upton hits three home runs to back the pitching of James Shields as Tampa Bay shuts out Texas, 6 – 0. With the Yankees beating the Orioles, 13 – 3, the standings in the AL East have New York one game in front of Baltimore, and two ahead of Tampa Bay.
Dustin Pedroia hits three homers, the last in the 10th inning at Coors Field, as the Red Sox defeat the Rockies, 13 – 11. The wild game takes 4 hours and 48 minutes to complete and ends when Jonathan Papelbonredeems himself for blowing an 11 – 9 lead in the 9th – his second blown save in a row – by setting down the Rox in the bottom of the 10th.
Jonny Gomes has the second three-homer game of his career as the Reds shut out the Nationals, 7 – 0. He hits two-run shots in the 2nd and 4th and a solo blast in the 6th in support of Bronson Arroyo’s two-hitter.
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