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| 1964 | 🇯🇵 At Shea Stadium, Masanori Murakami becomes the first native-born Japanese player to appear in the U.S. major leagues when he throws a scoreless eighth inning that includes striking out Charlie Smith and Ed Kranepool in the Giants' 4-1 loss to the Mets. The 20-year-old southpaw, scheduled to play only minor league ball until June as an 'exchange player,' will be allowed to stay and play in one full season with San Francisco before returning to the Nankai Hawks, ending his brief American stint with a 5-1 record and an ERA of 3.75. |
| 1983 | Entering the game with 286 strikeouts, Lynchburg right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out a dozen batters in the first six frames of a scheduled seven-inning against Hagerstown, needing two more in the last frame to record 300 for the season. After the leadoff batter grounds out, the 18-year-old phenom whiffs the next two Suns hitters to secure the 1-0 victory, reaching the lofty plateau in 191 innings. |
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