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1914 At Baker Bowl, Honus Wagner becomes the second player in the history of the game to collect 3000 hits when he doubles off Philadelphia's Erskine Mayer. Cap Anson is the only major leaguer to amass as many hits.
1919 Dodger standout pitcher Rube Marquard breaks his leg running the bases ending his season with a record of 3-3. The hurler will end his 18-year Hall of Fame career in 1925 after compiling a 201-177 record along with an ERA of 3.08.
1934 In the eighth inning of the Senators' 8-1 victory of the Red Sox, Boston hurler Lefty Grove becomes the first pitcher in major league history to yield six doubles in one frame. The future Hall of Famer, ailing from a sore arm‚ gives up five consecutive two-baggers during Washington's barrage.
1946 The usually mild mannered Giants manager Mel Ott is ejected from both games of a doubleheader for arguing with the umpires 'Master Melvin's' protests are to little avail as his team loses twice to Pittsburgh, 2-1 and 5-1.
1946 Ted Williams clouts the farthest home run ever hit at Fenway Park. The ball, estimated to have traveled 502 feet, lands in the straw hat of a fan sitting in the 37th row in the right field bleachers.
1949 In eighteen innings, the Phillies beat the Pirates at Shibe Park, 4-3. The intrastate rivals both have sixteen hits in sixty-eight at bats and commit three errors along with twenty-one assists.
1963 In the first major league game ever played on a Sunday night, the Colt 45's extend the Giants losing streak to seven games blanking the visiting team, 3-0. Due to the extreme heat during the days of the Texan summer months, baseball grants permission for games to be played in the evening at Colt Stadium.
1966 Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning at Metropolitan Stadium, the Twins erupt for the first five-home run inning in American League. history. Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher, and Harmon Killebrew all go deep to give the Twins a 9-4 victory over the A’s.
1973 Rightfielder Rusty Staub becomes the pivot man in a very unusual double play during a 4-2 Mets victory against the Dodgers at Shea Stadium. Racing in from the outfield, the 'Le Grand Orange' gets a throw near second base from first baseman John Milner and tags Davey Lopes, who was picked-off from first and then throws home to nail Tom Paciorek trying to score from second during the P-1B-SS-1B-2B-1B-2B-RF-C rundown.
1984 With the score tied 3-3 and the bases loaded in 12th inning, Garry Hancock decides to drop Pete O'Brien's long foul flyball to prevent the out from becoming a game-ending sacrifice fly. Wayne Tolleson tags up and scores the winning run for Texas when the umpires rule the left fielder had caught the ball.
1989 Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry hits his 200th career home run in a ten-inning, 4-3, loss to the Pirates. The six-foot, six-inch slugger will finish his 18-year major league career with 335 round-trippers.
1990 Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle's major league mark hitting a homer from both sides of the plate for the tenth time in his career. The first switch-hitting baseman's second home run of the game, batting left-handed against Eric Show, proves to be the eventual winning run in the Dodgers 5-4 victory over San Diego in the 11th inning at Jack Murphy Stadium.
1999 After being ejected in the 12th inning by plate umpire Randy Marsh for arguing a catcher's interference call, Bobby Valentine returns to the dugout with a fake mustache and glasses. The National League will suspend the Mets' manager for two games and fine him for using the disguise.
2005 Going yard twice in his 4-for-4 day, Alex Rodriquez becomes the 40th and youngest big leaguer to hit 400 career home runs. On the 316th day of 29th year of his life, the Yankee superstar third baseman, who surpasses Ken Griffey Jr. for the honor, connects for a solo shot off Brewers’ southpaw Jorge De La Rosa in the eighth inning for the milestone marker.
2007 At Jamsil Stadium in Seoul Yang, Jun-hyuk of the Samsung Lions becomes the first player in the 26-year history of the Korean baseball league to collect 2,000 hits. The 14-year veteran singled on a 2-1 pitch in the ninth inning much to the delight of the 23,000 Doosan Bears fans watching the visiting outfielder reached the unprecedented milestone.
2008 Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the sixth player in major league history to hit 600 home runs. With a runner on third, Junior goes deep in the first inning on 3-1 pitch thrown by Marlin's moundsman Mark Hendrickson in the Reds' 9-4 victory at Dolphin Stadium.
2010 The Diamondbacks beat Atlanta, 2-1, thanks to a bizarre two-run inside-the-park homer hit by Gerrado Parra in the eighth inning of the Chase Field contest. The decisive runs score when Nate McLouth and Jason Heyward violently collide after sprinting into the gap in left-center field trying to make the play.
17 Fact(s) Found