On June 10, 1983 Dave Kingman cracks a 2-run 2-out home run in the bottom of the 17th inning to give the Mets a 4 – 2 win over the Expos. Kingman has 3 RBI in the game.
June 9 1983 A smooch for Fred Lynn A California Angels fan known as Morganna, runs across the field toward Angels’ Fred Lynn to give him a kiss during the first inning in the game with the Chicago White Sox at Anaheim CA Morganna, on a number of occasions, has run onto the field and…
On June 7, 1983, Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies surpasses Nolan Ryan in the all-time strikeout chase. Carlton’s third-inning punch-out of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lonnie Smith gives him a career total of 3,522, overall he fans six batters in a 2 – 1 loss to St. Louis to bring his career total to…
1983 – The Minnesota Twins select pitcher Tim Belcher with the first pick in the annual June free-agent draft, but Belcher will reject their $125,000 signing bonus offer and pitch for Team USA in the Pan American Games instead. Belcher will be the first person selected in the January 1984 draft. The Cincinnati Reds select infielder Kurt Stillwell with the second pick and pitcher Roger Clemens is taken with the 19th pick by the Boston Red Sox.
On June 5, 1983, Chili Davis hit a home run from each side of the plate in the same game, the first of nine such games in his career, and the first ever by a player from the San Francisco Giants.
1983 – Alan Ashby smashes two homers and a double, driving in six, to rout the Reds, 13-0. Mike Scott wins his first game as an Astro. Ray Knight contributes four hits.
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