Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season in Oakland’s 4 – 2 win over Texas to join Dan Quisenberry and Jeff Reardon as the only pitchers to save 40 games twice.

On August 31, 1990 — Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season in Oakland’s 4 – 2 win over Texas to join Dan Quisenberry and Jeff Reardon as the only pitchers to save 40 games twice.

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Cleveland left fielder Jim Fridley is 6-for-6 as the Indians soundly beat the Philadelphia A’s, 21-9. ‘Big Jim’, who will play briefly for Cleveland, Baltimore, and Cincinnati, respectively, in 1952, 1954, and 1958, collects six singles in the Shibe Park contest.

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Cleveland left fielder Jim Fridley is 6-for-6 as the Indians soundly beat the Philadelphia A’s, 21-9. ‘Big Jim’, who will play briefly for Cleveland, Baltimore, and Cincinnati, respectively, in 1952, 1954, and 1958, collects six singles in the Shibe Park contest.

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