At Fenway Park, a moment of silence is observed in memory of Detective John Gibson, one of the police officers killed at the U.S. Capitol last month. The Waltham, Massachusetts resident was a lifelong Red Sox fan.
8/11/1998: Harold Baines lost a two-run dinger to umpire Al Clark. In Tropicana Field, Baines hit a ball that cleared the fence and bounced back. Clark ruled that the ball struck the top of the wall.
The Yanksâ David Wells stops the Twins on a four-hitter to winâ 7 â 0. In his last start the Yankee lefty pitched a perfect game against the Twins.
When 26,472 fans attend the Devil Raysâ 2-1 walk-off win over Baltimore at Tropicana Field, the team surpasses the two-million mark in home attendance in their inaugural season. Tampa Bay joins the Rockies, Marlins, and Diamondbacks as the only expansion teams to reach this mark.
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