The Mets become the first team to have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case ‘d’, when Travis d’arnaud, Jacob deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the Mets’ 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having to use an upside-down capital ‘P’ on d’arnaud’s jersey last season due to lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked Majestic, MLB’s uniform supplier, to make ‘small’ uniform letters available, knowing there would be even more of a need this season.

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The Mets become the first team to have three players appear in a game whose last name begins with a lower case ‘d’, when Travis d’arnaud, Jacob deGrom, and Matt den Dekker all play in the Mets’ 6-5 walk-off loss to Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. After having to use an upside-down capital ‘P’ on d’arnaud’s jersey last season due to lack of lower case letters, New York equipment manager Kevin Kierst asked Majestic, MLB’s uniform supplier, to make ‘small’ uniform letters available, knowing there would be even more of a need this season.

The host Houston Astros win the annual Civil Rights Game, 2 – 1, over the Orioles, for their seventh straight win. Brett Oberholtzer is a winner over Miguel Gonzalez. At the Beacon Awards luncheon which precedes the game, Major League Baseball honors a number of Civil Rights pioneers, including poet Maya Angelou, who passed away earlier in the week.

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The host Houston Astros win the annual Civil Rights Game, 2 – 1, over the Orioles, for their seventh straight win. Brett Oberholtzer is a winner over Miguel Gonzalez. At the Beacon Awards luncheon which precedes the game, Major League Baseball honors a number of Civil Rights pioneers, including poet Maya Angelou, who passed away earlier in the week.