2000 – The White Sox defeat the Angels, 13 – 6, as C Charles Johnson drives home seven runs on a three-run homer, a three-run double, and an RBI single.
Darin Erstad breaks the Angels’ club record for total hits in a season when he doubles in the second inning of the team’s 9-8 loss to the White Sox at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The 26 year-old Halo outfielder will finish the season with 240 hits, far surpassing Alex Johnson’s mark of 202, established in 1970.
The Reds ink Hawaiian Dane Sardinha‚ a 2nd-round draft pick in the June amateur draft‚ and high school SS David Espinosa‚ a 23rd-round pick. Both players are represented by agent Scott Boras and held out all summer for long-term major league contracts.
The Baltimore Orioles turn the season’s fifth triple play and the first triple-killing in Jacobs Field history in the 2nd inning against the Cleveland Indians. On a pop-up to short, the infield fly rule is not called. With runners at first and second and no outs‚ O’s SS Melvin Mora lets Sandy Alomar’s pop fly drop‚ apparently intentionally‚ and throws to 2B Jerry Hairston who tags the runner at second as well as the runner coming from first. Alomar‚ believing the infield fly rule has been called‚ retreats to the dugout and is called out for leaving the basepath, resulting in a 6-4-3 triple play. Charlie Manuel doesn’t agree and gets tossed. Cleveland overcomes the triple play to win‚ 5 – 2‚ behind Chuck Finley.
Rogers Communications Inc. purchases 80% of the Toronto Blue Jays with Interbrew (now InBev) maintaining a 20% interest and CIBC relinquishing its 10% share.
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