Mariners P Brad Holman is struck in the forehead by a line drive off the bat of Texas’s Mario Diaz. The Rangers win the game‚ 7 – 1‚ and Holman suffers a fractured sinus cavity. Ken Griffey Jr. makes an error in the contest‚ breaking his American League record string of 573 consecutive chances without a miscue.

August 8, 1993August 9, 2019 This Day In Baseball

On August 8, 1993 — Mariners P Brad Holman is struck in the forehead by a line drive off the bat of Texas’s Mario Diaz. The Rangers win the game‚ 7 – 1‚ and Holman suffers a fractured sinus cavity. Ken Griffey Jr. makes an error in the contest‚ breaking his American League record string of 573 consecutive chances without a miscue.

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