Cal Ripken Jr. strokes his 20th home run of the season in Baltimore’s 4 – 1 victory over Seattle. He becomes just the 8th player in history to reach that number in each of his first 10 big league seasons and it comes in Ripken’s 1,500th consecutive game played. Roy Smith is the winner over Rich DeLucia.

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On July 19, 1991 — Cal Ripken Jr. strokes his 20th home run of the season in Baltimore’s 4 – 1 victory over Seattle. He becomes just the 8th player in history to reach that number in each of his first 10 big league seasons and it comes in Ripken’s 1,500th consecutive game played. Roy Smith is the winner over Rich DeLucia.

 

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