Tim Laudner becomes the second Twins player in four days to homer in his first ML game, a 6 – 0 win over the Tigers.
Tim Laudner becomes the second Twins player in four days to homer in his first ML game, a 6 – 0 win over the Tigers.
Tim Laudner becomes the second Twins player in four days to homer in his first ML game, a 6 – 0 win over the Tigers.
Cleveland’s John Denny shuts out Seattle, 1 – 0.
1981 – Chicago’s Dennis Lamp loses his no-hitter when the Brewers’ Robin Yount leads off the 9th inning with a bloop double. Lamp settles for a one-hit 5 – 1 win.
The Reds top the visiting Mets, 2 – 0, behind Bruce Berenyi’s 2-hitter.
1981 – In a Pioneer League game at Helena, Lethbridge’s Sid Fernandez strikes out 21 Phillies batters. El Sid wins, 6 – 0.
Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off Mike Scott as Philadelphia beats the Mets, 8 – 4.
Jeff Burroughs hits three home runs off three different pitchers in the Mariners’ 13-3 defeat over Minnesota in the second game of a doubleheader. The M’s right fielder drives in six runs with his two-run, three-run, and solo round-trippers in the Metropolitan Stadium contest to help salvage a split of the twin bill.
Ray Searage pitches two-plus innings of hitless relief to be credited with the win in New York’s 4-2 victory over Chicago at Wrigley Field. The southpaw, with his eighth-inning single, gains the distinction of being the only Met player to have compiled a 1.000 batting average (1-for-1) and a 1.000 winning percentage (1-0) while playing with the team.
The Dodgers re-open the season with a 4 – 0 victory over the Reds.
Seattle’s Julio Cruz is caught stealing by California’s Ed Ott on a pitchout, ending his consecutive stolen base streak at 32. Cruz tied the American League record set by Willie Wilson.
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