Facing just one batter, Doug Jones records his 300th career save when he gets the final out in the A’s 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field. The 42 year-old right-handed reliever, the 11th closer to reach the milestone, will retire at the end of next season with 303 saves.

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Facing just one batter, Doug Jones records his 300th career save when he gets the final out in the A’s 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field. The 42 year-old right-handed reliever, the 11th closer to reach the milestone, will retire at the end of next season with 303 saves.

Minnesota left-hander Eric Milton no-hits the Angels, 7-0

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test On September 11, 1999,  The Twins defeat the Angels, 7 – 0, as Eric Milton hurls the 3rd no-hitter of the season. The young lefthander fans 13 and allows just two walks in his masterpiece. There are just 11,222 fans to see the game, the third smallest crowd to witness a no-hitter in the…

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1999 – Ricky Gutierrez rips four hits and drives home the tying run in the bottom of the ninth before Carl Everett sends the crowd away happy with a two-run homer in the 13th for a 6-4 triumph over the Cubs, Houston’s eighth straight win. It’s Carl’s second homer of the night. Billy Wagner, the seventh Astro pitcher, gets the win. 

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1999 – Ricky Gutierrez rips four hits and drives home the tying run in the bottom of the ninth before Carl Everett sends the crowd away happy with a two-run homer in the 13th for a 6-4 triumph over the Cubs, Houston’s eighth straight win. It’s Carl’s second homer of the night. Billy Wagner, the seventh Astro pitcher, gets the win. 

The Rockies call up John Cangelosi from the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, where he has played the past month. The veteran needs 12 days of major league service to reach his 10-year pension.

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The Rockies call up John Cangelosi from the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, where he has played the past month. The veteran needs 12 days of major league service to reach his 10-year pension.

Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year strikes out 17 batters
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Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year strikes out 17 batters

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The Red Sox trip the Yankees, 3 – 1, as Pedro Martinez hurls an impressive one-hitter for his 21st victory of the year. Martinez strikes out 17 batters, the most Yankees ever fanned in a single game. DH Chili Davis’ 2nd-inning home run is New York’s only safety. Chuck Knoblauch, leading off the game, gives the Yankees their only other baserunner; he is caught stealing, so Martinez faces just one over the minimum.

The Indians score 12 runs in the 4th inning – one short of the American League record for the inning – on their way to a 14 – 6 win over the White Sox.

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The Indians score 12 runs in the 4th inning – one short of the American League record for the inning – on their way to a 14 – 6 win over the White Sox.

In the Cubs’ 5 – 3 loss to the Reds, Sammy Sosa hits his 59th homer. Sosa has more homers than the Cubs have wins: 56. They’ve lost 31 of their last 39 games.

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In the Cubs’ 5 – 3 loss to the Reds, Sammy Sosa hits his 59th homer. Sosa has more homers than the Cubs have wins: 56. They’ve lost 31 of their last 39 games.

The Padres defeat the Expos, 10 – 3, in a game in which they are nearly allowed four outs in the 7th inning. When San Diego’s Reggie Sanders strikes out for the 3rd out, the umpires don’t notice and the players do not leave the field. Phil Nevin comes to the plate and runs the count to 2-1 against Expos P Ted Lilly before someone in the Montreal dugout points out the problem to home plate umpire Jerry Layne.

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The Padres defeat the Expos, 10 – 3, in a game in which they are nearly allowed four outs in the 7th inning. When San Diego’s Reggie Sanders strikes out for the 3rd out, the umpires don’t notice and the players do not leave the field. Phil Nevin comes to the plate and runs the count to 2-1 against Expos P Ted Lilly before someone in the Montreal dugout points out the problem to home plate umpire Jerry Layne.