For the first time since April 10th, no major league games are shutouts, ending a streak of 29 consecutive days with at least one shutout.
A’s slugger Jose Canseco undergoes an operation to repair a stress fracture in his left hand and will miss the first half of the season. The injury occurred after just nine at-bats in the Cactus League.
On May 9, 1989, Kevin Elster’s record-setting errorless streak comes to an end. The New York Mets’ shortstop makes his first error after 88 consecutive games without a miscue on the same day Red Sox catcher Rick Cerone end his major league-record errorless game streak at 159.
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