On May 2, 2014, At Fenway Park in the 6th inning, Dustin Pedroia hit his one-hundredth career home run, a grand slam on-off Ryan Cook of the Oakland A’s, in a 7-1 victory. He became only the second Boston Red Sox player in franchise history with at least one-hundred home runs and one-hundred stolen bases….
Carlos Zambrano records his first win as a Miami Marlin, shutting out the Astros, 4 – 0, on a three-hitter. It is Miami’s 7th straight win. Giancarlo Stanton hits a two-run homer, his sixth long ball in 10 games.
September 13, 2011 At Fenway Park the Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 18-6. Dustin Pedroia hits 2 home runs his 19th and 20th and joins Jacoby Ellsbury as the first 20/20 tandem in team history. Pedroia will finish with 21 Homeruns and 26 steals, Ellsbury will have a historic season hitting 32 home…
A University of Pennsylvania-designed robot throws out the first pitch at a Phillies game. The robot fails miserably, bouncing its throw to the plate. It is promptly booed by the crowd.
In a 13-1 rout of the Rockies, Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia becomes the second player, and the first rookie to hit a leadoff home run in a World Series opener. The 24 year-old freshman, the 31st major leaguer to homer in his first Fall Classic appearance, joins Orioles’ outfielder Don Buford, who went yard in 1969 as a leadoff batter in Game 1 off Tom Seaver of the Mets.
September 9, 2006, at Fenway Park, Dustin Pedroia hit his first career home run, he became the first Woodland High School graduate to homer in the big leagues. Two former Woodland students made it to the majors before Pedroia, Mike Griffin & Tony Torcato, but neither one went deep. Pedroia who was hitting .136 at…
On August 13, 2006, LA’s Greg Maddux and SF’s Jason Schmidt hook up in a classic West Coast pitcher’s duel, reminiscent of match-ups of Koufax and Marichal, as the Dodgers beat the Giants, 1-0, thanks to Russell Martin’s 10th inning walk-off home run. For the first time in baseball history, a 300-game winner faces a…
2006 – Taylor Buchholz gets his first big league win, blanking the Pirates, 3-0. Buchholz has a one-hitter with one out to go before an error and a single causes Manager Phil Garner to bring Brad Lidge in to get the final out. Craig Biggio scores all three runs using a single, a double and a homer. The Astros’ all-time franchise record climbs above .500 for the first time since early 1962.
Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, and John Smoltz pitch on same day
The game between the Diamondbacks and Padres is halted at the end of the second inning after a Qualcomm Stadium transformer catches fire, causing a whole section of spotlights above centerfield to explode. The suspended game will resume the tomorrow.