BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

8/26
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BIRTHDAYS
1909 Gene Moore player, Boston B's born in Lancaster, Texas (d. 1978)

1924 Alex Kellner pithcher A's, born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1996)

1957 Alex Trevino catcher (LA Dodgers,Reds), born in Monterrey, Mexico

1961 Jeff Parrett pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

1964 Chad Kreuter, catcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Marin County, California

1969 Ricky Bottalico, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in New Britain, Connecticut
1975 Morgan Ensberg player, born in Hermosa Beach, California03; Baltimore Ravens), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1980 Brendan Harris player, born in Queensbury, New York
1985 David Price player (2012 Cy Young Award), born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1912 At Forbes Field, Owen Wilson hits three triples in the doubleheader against the Braves. The Pirates center fielder's third triple, his second in the nightcap, establishes a new major league record for three-baggers with 32, breaking the mark he shared with Dave Orr (1886 Metropolitans/AA) and Heinie Reitz (1894 Orioles/NL).

1916 A's hurler Joe Bush no-hits the Indians at Philadelphia's Shibe Park, 5-0. 'Bullet Joe,' who will win 15 of the last-place Athletics' 36 victories this season, allows his only baserunner in the first inning when he issues a walk to Jack Graney.

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1926 Senators hurler Walter Johnson (408) bests Red Faber (197) and the White Sox at Griffith Stadium, 9-3. The veteran pitchers have accumulated the largest amount of victories, a total of 605, for two hurlers who start the same game, a record not surpassed until 1986 when Tom Seaver faces Don Sutton.

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1939 At Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, NBC televises the first major league game in history on experimental station W2XBS, covering a doubleheader where the Reds win the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers take a 6-1 victory in the nightcap. The network employs two cameras, one behind home plate, showing an expansive view of the field, and the other on the third-base line to capture the plays at first base.
1947 Dan Bankhead becomes the major league's first black pitcher. The 27-year-old right-hander doesn't do well in a relief stint, giving up ten hits and six runs in 3.1 innings in a 16-3 loss to the Pirates, but the Dodger rookie hits his only big-league home run in his first major league at-bat.

 

1961 Roger Maris, hitting his 51st round-tripper of the season, has the most homers in major league history at this point in the season. The Yankees' right fielder goes deep off right-hander Jerry Walker in the sixth inning of the team's 5-1 victory over Kansas City at Municipal Stadium.

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1962 The Orioles complete a five-game sweep of the Yankees when right-hander Robin Roberts, released by New York during the first week of the season, beats Whitey Ford at Memorial Stadium, 2-1. Homers by Brooks Robinson and Jim Gentile account for Baltimore's only runs.
1962 At Metropolitan Stadium, Twins' left-hander Jack Kralick throws the team's first no-hitter since the franchise moved to Minnesota last season, and the fifth no-no hurled this season in the major leagues. The slight southpaw retires the first 25 A's batters he faces before a walk to George Alusik ends his bid for a perfect game, but he retires the next two hitters to no-hit Kansas City, 1-0.

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1965 At Shea Stadium, the Mets beat the Dodgers, 5-2, making rookie southpaw Tug McGraw (2-2) the first Mets pitcher to defeat Sandy Koufax (21-7). Previously, New York had lost 13 consecutive times to the future Hall of Fame southpaw.

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1966 After seeing a caricature of himself on the scoreboard, an angry Leo Durocher calls the Astrodome's press box to have it removed. When nothing happens, the enraged Cubs manager rips the phone out of the dugout wall and tosses it onto the infield.
1966 Coming off the Orioles bench, Vic Roznovsky and Boog Powell hit consecutive pinch-hit homers, tying the game in the ninth in an eventual 12-inning, 3-2 victory over the Red Sox. The consecutive round-trippers mark only the third time back-to-back pinch-hit home runs have occurred in major league history.
1968 After starting his career 0-5, Jim McAndrew gets his first major league victory when he goes the distance at Busch Stadium, blanking St. Louis on five hits, 1-0. In his first four major league starts, the Mets failed to score a run, resulting in two 2-0 and two 1-0 defeats for the 24-year-old rookie right-hander.
1972 Ron Santo's three-run home run off Ron Bryant proves to be the difference in the Cubs' 10-9 victory over San Francisco at Wrigley Field. The third-inning round-tripper, the first of a pair he hits in the game, is the third baseman's 2,000th career hit and drives in his 1,200th run.

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1973 In a 10-1 Oriole victory over the A's in Baltimore, Paul Blair hits a rare inside-the-park grand slam. The fleet-footed outfielder circles the bases when Amos Otis and Steve Hovley collide chasing down his gapper in right-center field.
1975 Luis Tiant Sr., recently allowed by Fidel Castro to leave Cuba to travel to Boston, throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park as his proud son stands behind him on the mound. The former Negro League star, dissatisfied with his first effort, flutters a knuckleball over the plate with his second effort, much to the sold-out crowd's delight.

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1980 George Brett strokes four singles and a double in five at-bats when the Royals edge Milwaukee at County Stadium, 7-6. The Kansas City third baseman's 5-for-5 performance raises his league-leading batting average to .407.
1981 Cardinals' manager Whitey Herzog fines Garry Templeton $5,000 and suspends him indefinitely without pay for his rude behavior that includes an obscene gesture directed toward Redbird fans after they boo him in the first inning for not hustling to first base. The St. Louis shortstop, who will be traded to the Padres in the offseason for Ozzie Smith, agrees to seek psychiatric help and will be reinstated to the lineup on September 15.
1987 Paul Molitor's 39-game hit streak comes to an end as he waits in the on-deck circle, watching pinch-hitter Rick Manning single home the winning run in the tenth inning to give the Brewers a 1-0 walk-off victory over Cleveland at County Stadium. The Ignitor's accomplishment remains the longest consecutive hitting streak in franchise history.

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1989 The Trumbull (CT) All-Stars become the first American team to win the Little League World Series since 1983, snapping Asia's six-year hold on the title. The U.S. National team defeats Chinese Taipei, 5-2, behind the complete game, five-hitter thrown by 12-year-old Chris Drury, who goes on to win NHL's Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001.
1990 Returning from the disabled list after dislocating his shoulder, Bo Jackson homers in his first plate appearance back in the Royals' lineup. The round-tripper gives the slugging outfielder home runs in four consecutive at-bats forty days apart, having gone deep three straight times before getting injured attempting to catch a Deion Sanders fly ball in July.

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1991 The Yankees reluctantly agree to a record $1.55 million contract with 19-year-old high school southpaw Brien Taylor, the overall number one pick from the June amateur draft. George Steinbrenner is outraged by the deal, but the suspended owner had driven up the price when he publicly makes his wishes known to Newsday two days before the signing by saying, "If they (Gene Michael) let him go, they ought to be shot."
1991 With the help of a questionable scorer's decision in the fifth inning, 27-year-old Bret Saberhagen fires a no-hitter, beating the White Sox at Royals Stadium, 7-0. When Royals' left fielder Kirk Gibson misses Dan Pasqua's slicing line drive, Del Black changes his ruling from a double to a two-base error, after viewing several replays.

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1993 The Mets announce that Vince Coleman will remain on paid administrative leave until the end of the season, effectively ending his playing career with the team. Fred Wilpon's decision that the outfielder, who signed a four-year $11.95 million deal before the 1991 season, will never put on a Mets uniform again results from Coleman admission of tossing an M-100 leaving a Dodger Stadium parking lot last month that injured three people.
1996 The Mets replaced Dallas Green as their manager with Bobby Valentine, a former coach who left the organization to manage Texas. During his stormy seven-year tenure in New York, Bobby 'V' will compile a 536-467 (.534) record and lead the team to an NL pennant in 2000.
1996 With a ten year, $20 million deal, Pro Player, the sports apparel division of Fruit of the Loom, becomes the first sports marketing and products company to have its name used as the moniker for a stadium. The renaming of Joe Robbie Stadium, the home of the Florida Marlins, to Pro Player Stadium sparks controversy as many Miamians believe the benefactor's name should remain due to his generosity and efforts to fund the original project.
1998 Phil Garner earns his 500th victory at the Brewers helm, making him the only manager in team history to reach that milestone when Milwaukee beats Colorado at Coors Field, 6-5. 'Scrap Iron' will finish his eight-year stint with the Brew Crew with a 563-617 (.477) record.

1999 Achieving the mark in his 29th start, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson reaches the 300-strikeout milestone in record time, surpassing Pedro Martinez, who reached the milestone in 31 starts in 1997. The 'Big Unit' reaches the plateau when he whiffs Kevin Millar to end the fifth inning in the team's 12-2 victory over the Marlins, en route to finishing the season with 364 strikeouts.

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2001 Sammy Sosa becomes the third player in baseball history to hit 50 homers in a season four times when he blasts a two-run shot off Dustin Hermanson in the first inning of the Cubs' 6-1 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field. Slammin' Sammy joins Babe Ruth (1920-21 and 1927-28) and Mark McGwire (1996-99), (1998-2001) to accomplish the feat.

2001 In the 18th inning, second-string catcher Bill Haselman beats out a bases-loaded potential inning-ending double-play grounder, allowing Chad Curtis to score the winning run in the Rangers' 8-7 victory over the Red Sox. The six-hour and 35-minute contest is the longest game ever played in Ranger history.
2002 At Yankee Stadium, Alfonso Soriano, with a solo shot in the fourth inning in the teams 10-3 victory over the Rangers, sets a team record for home runs by a second baseman. The previous mark of 30 was established in 1940 by Joe Gordon.

2002 Sixty-three years to the day after the first televised contest, the first video streaming coverage of a major league baseball game takes place on the internet. Approximately 30,000 fans visit MLB.com to see the Yankees defeat the Rangers, 10-3, far less than the 42,000 watching the game at the Bronx ballpark.
2002 Derek Jeter becomes only the third player to score at least 100 runs in his first seven major league seasons. The Yankees' shortstop joins Hall of Fame outfielders Ted Williams (Red Sox, 1939-49) and Earle Combs (Yankees, 1925-32) as the only big leaguers to accomplish the feat.
2003 The Padres trade starting pitcher Oliver Perez, along with prospect Jason Bay, to the Pirates for outfielder Brian Giles. The Canadian-born Bay will be selected as the National League's Rookie of the Year next season.

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2004 Ichiro Suzuki becomes the only player to collect at least 200 hits in each of his first four seasons in the big leagues. The milestone hit is a ninth-inning homer in the Mariners' 7-3 loss to the Royals at Safeco Field.

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2007 Warner Robins, Georgia captures the Little League World Series when 12-year-old Dalton Carriker's extra-inning (8th) walk-off home run beats Tokyo, 3-2. The victory is the third consecutive LLWS championship for the United States, its longest streak since winning eight straight titles from 1959-1966.

2007 At Comiskey Park, the Red Sox complete a four-game sweep of the White Sox, 11-1. Boston, tallying at least ten runs in every contest, outscores their Windy City opponents, 46-7.
2008 Driving in Damion Easley with a fourth-inning groundout at Citizens Bank Park, Mets infielder David Wright becomes the first player in franchise history to have four 100-RBIs seasons. The 25-year-old has reached the plateau every year since becoming the team's regular third baseman.

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2008 Before the Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, Kenny Campbell falls more than 15 feet from the stands onto the right-field warning track after catching a batting practice home run. The ten-year-old fan, shaken and bruised, but unhurt, is comforted by Mike Pelfrey and other Mets until a medical unit arrives.
2008 Teddy Roosevelt gets off to a fast start, and it appears that T.R. will finally beat his Mount Rushmore teammates, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington to win his first-ever President Race at Nationals Park. When the blue do-rag clad presidential character sporting dreadlocks stops to high-five fans sitting in the right-field stands, with the public address announcer explaining the mascot's behavior as 'Teddy being Teddy,' the big lead disappears.
2008 The Phillies, trailing 7-0 early in the game, rally to beat the Mets at Citizens Bank Park, 8-7. Chris Coste, who goes 4-for-4 after entering the game as a pinch-hitter in the 8th inning, delivers the walk-off single in the bottom of the 13th to put Philadelphia back into first place, a half a game ahead of New York.

2018 Cardinal first baseman Matt Carpenter ties an 81-year-old franchise mark when he strokes four doubles in the team's 12-3 rout of the Rockies at Coors Field. Joe Medwick established the record, hitting four two-baggers against the Boston Bees in on August 4th, 1937.

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On August 26 in Baseball History...

• • 1898 - Cleveland plays its final home game of the season and only the fourth at League Park since July ninth. With 83 of its final 87 games on the road, the Spiders have earned nicknames such as the Nomads, Exiles, Misfits and Wanderers.
  • 1912 - Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends under rules that have since been changed. In the second game of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns, he relieves Tom Hughes with one out and two on in the seventh inning of a 2-2 game. Both runners score and the Nationals lose 4-3. The two runs are charged to Johnson, not Hughes.
  • 1916 - Philadelphia's Joe Bush pitched a no-hitter, beating Cleveland, 5-0.
  • 1930 - Hack Wilson hits his 44th home run, breaking Chuck Klein one-year-old National League record, as the Cubs defeat the Pirates 7-5.
  • 1939 - Ebbets Field is the site of the first telecast of a major league baseball game. The Reds play the Dodgers in a doubleheader. Red Barber handles the broadcasts over W2XBS. The Dodgers take the first game 6-2, and the Reds take the second 5-1.
  • 1947 - Brooklyn's Dan Bankhead debuted with a home run in his first major-league plate appearance, but didn't fare well on the mound. In 3 1/3 innings of relief, he gave up 10 hits and six earned runs to the Pirates. Pittsburgh won, 16-3.
  • 1961 - Roger Maris hit his 51st homer of the year against the Kansas City Athletics. The 51 homers were the most ever by a player at this point in the season.
  • 1967 - Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and the Twins sweep Cleveland to take the American League lead. The victory gives Chance a 17-9 record and lowers his ERA to 2.42.
  • 1972 - Leo Durocher, formerly of the Cubs, replaces Harry Walker as manager of the Astros. It is only the second time someone has managed two National League teams in the same season. The first was in 1948, when Durocher piloted the Dodgers and the Giants.
  • 1987 - Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 in Milwaukee's 1-0, 10-inning win over the Indians, ending his hitting streak at 39 consecutive games. His streak was the seventh longest in major league history and the longest in the American League since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game streak in 1941.
  • 1990 - In his first game after six weeks on the disabled list, Bo Jackson homers in his first at-bat to tie a major league record with four consecutive homers.
  • 1992 - In the first matchup of National League knuckleballers in ten years, Pittsburgh's Tim Wakefield outduels Tom Candiotti of the Dodgers. The last time knuckleballs floated to batters on both teams came when Phil and Joe Niekro squared off in 1982.

Baseball Birthdays on August 26...

• • 1877 - Williams, Art
  • 1882 - Corcoran, Mickey
  • 1887 - Drohan, Tom
  • 1889 - Allen, Frank
  • 1892 - Barnes, Jesse
  • 1894 - Adams, Sparky
  • 1895 - Lindstrom, Axel
  • 1899 - Day, Pea Ridge
  • 1906 - Klumpp, Elmer
  • 1909 - Moore, Gene
  • 1913 - Helf, Hank
  • 1915 - Becker, Heinz
  • 1916 - Zabala, Adrian
  • 1917 - Barnicle, George
  • 1924 - Kellner, Alex
  • 1925 - DeMars, Billy
  • 1926 - Barnes, Frank
  • 1929 - Poholsky, Tom
  • 1935 - Silvera, Al
  • 1941 - Wenz, Fred
  • 1956 - Bjorkman, George
  • 1957 - Trevino, Alex
  • 1961 - Parrett, Jeff
  • 1964 - Kreuter, Chad
  • 1965 - Richardson, Jeff
  • 1965 - Quintana, Carlos
  • 1966 - Rosario, Victor
  • 1968 - Bark, Brian
  • 1969 - Grundt, Ken
  • 1969 - Bottalico, Ricky
  • 1975 - Mattes, Troy
  • 1975 - Ensberg, Morgan
  • 1976 - Sanchez, Alex

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8/27
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BIRTHDAYS
1917 Peanuts Lowrey, player, born in Culver City, California (d. 1986)

1931 Joe Cunningham player

1935 Ernie Broglio, player

1947 Ed Herrmann catcher (White Sox), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)

1970 Jim Thome HOF infielder (5 x MLB All Star; Roberto Clemente Award 2002; NL HR leader 2003; Cleveland Indians, Chicago WS), born in Peoria, Illinois

1974 José Vidro baseball player

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1897 Washington Senator (NL) 18-year-old right-hander Roger Bresnahan makes his major league debut, shutting out the St. Louis Browns, 3-0, en route to posting a perfect 4-0 record along with a 3.95 ERA this season. The teenager's pitching time on the mound will be short-lived when the 'The Duke Of Tralee' switches to behind the plate to start a Hall of Fame career as a catcher.

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1911 At Comiskey Park, Chicago hurler Ed Walsh, Sr. no-hits the Red Sox, 5-0. The future Hall of Famer's son, Edward Arthur, will also pitch for the White Sox from 1928-1932.

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1937 Dodger right-hander Fred Frankhouse holds the Reds hitless for 7.2 innings before a heavy downpour ends the Ebbets Field contest. The right-hander's 5-0 victory will be one of the 31 "no-no's" erased when MLB redefines a no-hitter in 1991 as a game in which a pitcher throws nine innings or more without giving up a hit.
1938 In the first game of a twin bill at the Bronx ballpark, Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive triples. The Yankee Clipper's offensive outburst helps the Bombers edge Cleveland, 8-7.

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1938 Monte Pearson becomes the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Yankee Stadium, beating the Indians, 13-0. Thanks to two double plays, the 29-year-old right-hander faces the minimum 27 batters when he records his tenth consecutive victory.

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1941 Dodger right-hander Fred Frankhouse holds the Reds hitless for 7.2 innings before a heavy downpour ends the Ebbets Field contest. The right-hander's 5-0 victory will be one of the 31 "no-no's" erased when MLB redefines a no-hitter in 1991 as a game in which a pitcher throws nine innings or more without giving up a hit.
1946 While traveling in a caravan to East Douglas (MA) for an exhibition game against the Indians, Ted Williams, along with his wife and two friends, is involved in an auto accident when his new Pontiac hits a car owned by George Doncaster. Although no one is seriously hurt, including Doncaster's wife and daughter, the media widely reports the Red Sox outfielder's crash in Holliston on Sherborn Road.
1946 A committee formed to study integration, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey delivers its secretive report during an Owners' Meeting, defending the covert color barrier in professional baseball. The reasons cited include the black's lack of fundamentals and skills, the respect of Negro League contracts, the reluctance to lose rental revenues from the Negro League teams, and the fear of white fans not attending games if black players attracted more minorities to the ballpark.

 

1951 A prolonged delay occurs at Olean's (NY) Bradner Stadium when a skunk refuses to leave the infield during a Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League game between Batavia and the hometown Oilers. The minor leaguers try to shoo the crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk) mammal away but result in the players running off the field with the uninvited guest staying put for an hour before moving on, allowing the contest to resume, albeit with a lot fewer fans in the stands.
1951 Dodger right fielder Carl Furillo, in the top of the third inning in the team's 5-0 victory over Pittsburgh at Ebbets Field, throws out Mel Queen by two feet at first base, after the Pirates pitcher had apparently singled into right field. The 'Reading Rifle' will lead the NL in assists for the second consecutive season, with opponents becoming increasingly reluctant to challenge the Brooklyn outfielder's strong arm.

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1951 Del Wilber hits three solo home runs in the Phillies' victory over Cincinnati in the nightcap at Shibe Park, making it the first time a player has accounted for all the runs in a 3-0 game with round-trippers. The 32-year-old catcher will hit a total of only 19 homers during his major league career.
1952 The Dodgers set the National League mark for consecutive games with a double play when they complete a twin killing in their twenty-third straight contest, a 10-5 loss to Chicago at Wrigley Field. The fifth inning 1-4-3 DP, pitcher Clyde King to second baseman Jackie Robinson to first baseman Gil Hodges, leaves Brooklyn two shy of the major league record.
1955 Sandy Koufax, in his second big league start, two-hits the Reds at Ebbets Field, 7-0. The 19-year-old bonus baby, displaying the dominance that he will feature during the 1960s, goes the distance, striking out 14 Cincinnati batters.

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1960 Ernie Banks knocks in his 100th run of the season when he grounds out in the first inning of the Cubs' 5-4 victory over Philadelphia at Wrigley Field. The Chicago infielder, finishing the season with 117 RBIs, will be the last National League shortstop to reach the milestone until 1985, when Hubie Brooks accomplishes the feat with the Expos.

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1974 Benny Ayala becomes 40th major leaguer and the first player in National League in 13 years to homer in his first major league at-bat, going deep off Astros' hurler Tom Griffin in the second inning of New York's 4-2 win at Shea Stadium. In 1961, Cubs rookie Cuno Barragan also accomplished the feat playing in the Senior Circuit, hitting what proved to be his only big-league home run.
1975 At Candlestick Park, nearly half the outs in the Giants' 9-1 victory over the Expos come via the strikeout. John Montefusco, who goes the distance to get the win, strikes out 14 Montreal batters, and the 'Count' and his teammates reciprocate by whiffing 11 times, including the three times he goes back to the dugout with a bat in his hands.

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1975 Craig Kusick gains the dubious distinction of being hit by a pitch three times in one game, tying a major league record. The 11th inning plunking of the Twins' first baseman leads to the decisive run in the team's 1-0 victory over Milwaukee.
1977 In an 8-2 win at Yankee Stadium, Ranger teammate Bump Wills and Toby Harrah hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on consecutive pitches. The pair of IPHRs marks the first time the oddity occurs in baseball history.

1978 Joe Morgan hits his 200th home run when he goes deep off Mike Krukow in the third inning of the Reds' 5-1 loss to the Cubs at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati second baseman becomes the first major leaguer to reach the milestone, having also stolen 500 bases.

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1982 Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brock's 1974 single-season record of 118 stolen bases in the team's 5-4 loss to the Brewers. The A's outfielder, who will finish the season with 130, ends the day with 122 after swiping four bases in today's County Stadium contest.

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1986 With one out in the bottom of the eleventh inning and the visiting Mets ahead of the Padres, 6-5, Lenny Dykstra's throw nails Gary Templeton at the plate when he tries to score from second base on Tim Flannery's single to center field. Knocked on his back by the runner, catcher John Gibbons throws a strike from a prone position to Howard Johnson, who tags out Flannery, trying to get to third base, to end the game with an unusual 8-2-5 double play.
1988 Kansas City's right-hander Mark Gubicza strikes out 14 Twins in the team's 4-1 victory at Royals Stadium, establishing a franchise record that lasts for almost 21 years. The mark will be eclipsed in 2009 by Zack Greinke, who will fan 15 batters in a contest against the Indians.

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