There are seven extra-inning games out of 14 games played today, matching a mark set in 1918.
There are seven extra-inning games out of 14 games played today, matching a mark set in 1918.
There are seven extra-inning games out of 14 games played today, matching a mark set in 1918.
Toronto’s Roger Clemens strikes out 15 but gets a no-decision, as the Anaheim Angels win, 6 – 3.
In the Reds-Expos game, two pairs of brothers face each other, and three out of four go deep. Vladimir Guerrero and Wilton Guerrero homer for the Expos while Bret Boone hits a solo shot for the Reds. Aaron Boonefollows with a strikeout, but the Reds win, 6 – 4.
In a 15-3 rout of the Indians at Jacobs Field, Chris Hoiles becomes the ninth player in major league history and the only catcher to hit two grand slams in the same game. The Orioles backstop goes yard with the bases full in the third inning off Charles Nagy and does it again in the eighth off Ron Villone.
Baltimore’s Harold Baines becomes the all-time leader in RBIs by a designated hitter when he drives in his 824th run in a 7 – 4 win over the Indians. Hal McRae was the previous record holder.
Orlando Hernandez sets a Yankee rookie record by striking out 13 in beating Texas, 2 – 0.
Orlando Hernandez breaks a 30 year-old Yankee rookie record when he retires Mark McLemore on a called third strike to end the eighth inning of the team’s 2-0 victory over Texas in New York. El Duque’s 13 strikeouts, a total he will reach only once more in his career, surpasses the freshman mark established by Stan Bahnsen, the 1968 American League Rookie of the Year.
1998 – Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth youngest player to 100 home runs in a 11 – 5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
When 26,472 fans attend the Devil Rays’ 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.
The Yanks’ David Wells stops the Twins on a four-hitter to win‚ 7 – 0. In his last start the Yankee lefty pitched a perfect game against the Twins.
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