Baltimore’s Steve Stone becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season, holding the Angels hitless for 7 1/3 innings on the way to a 5 – 2 victory.

On August 19, 1980 — Baltimore’s Steve Stone becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season, holding the Angels hitless for 7 1/3 innings on the way to a 5 – 2 victory.


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