Mark McGwire goes homerless in the Cards’ 7 – 1 loss to the Astros as Randy Johnson clips the Birds for his 10th win. He strikes out 8 in 8 innings. Craig Biggio is 3 for 5 and swipes #50 to become the only player besides Tris Speaker in 1912, to have 50 doubles and 50 steals in a year.

On September 23, 1998 — Mark McGwire goes homerless in the Cards’ 7 – 1 loss to the Astros as Randy Johnson clips the Birds for his 10th win. He strikes out 8 in 8 innings. Craig Biggio is 3 for 5 and swipes #50 to become the only player besides Tris Speaker in 1912, to have 50 doubles and 50 steals in a year.

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Mark McGwire goes homerless in the Cards’ 7 – 1 loss to the Astros as Randy Johnson clips the Birds for his 10th win. He strikes out 8 in 8 innings. Craig Biggio is 3 for 5 and swipes #50 to become the only player besides Tris Speaker in 1912, to have 50 doubles and 50 steals in a year.

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Mark McGwire goes homerless in the Cards’ 7 – 1 loss to the Astros as Randy Johnson clips the Birds for his 10th win. He strikes out 8 in 8 innings. Craig Biggio is 3 for 5 and swipes #50 to become the only player besides Tris Speaker in 1912, to have 50 doubles and 50 steals in a year.

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1904 – The Reds sweep the Giants, winning 6 – 4 and 2 – 0, to stall the Giants’ clinching of the flag. The Reds rough up Christy Mathewson in the opener and Jack Harper scatters five hits for the shutout. New York has lost three in a row for the first time this season.

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