Frank Robinson’s home run spoils a no-hit bid by the Royals’ Dick Drago, who loses, 1 – 0, in a rain-shortened game. Play is stopped with one out in the 5th. Robby’s homer is his 493rd, tying him with Lou Gehrig for 11th place on the homer list.

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Frank Robinson’s home run spoils a no-hit bid by the Royals’ Dick Drago, who loses, 1 – 0, in a rain-shortened game. Play is stopped with one out in the 5th. Robby’s homer is his 493rd, tying him with Lou Gehrig for 11th place on the homer list.

John Kennedy comments, ‘Looks like we’ve got our own spaceman,’ when he is unable to get to his locker through the crowd of reporters talking with southpaw Bill Lee about the Apollo 15 moon landing, The Red Sox utility infielder’s nickname Spaceman sticks, a moniker his eccentric teammate never fully embraces, claiming Mother Earth as always been his priority.

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John Kennedy comments, ‘Looks like we’ve got our own spaceman,’ when he is unable to get to his locker through the crowd of reporters talking with southpaw Bill Lee about the Apollo 15 moon landing, The Red Sox utility infielder’s nickname Spaceman sticks, a moniker his eccentric teammate never fully embraces, claiming Mother Earth as always been his priority.

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perennial Gold Glove winner Brooks Robinson commits three errors in one game for the first time in his career

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On July 28, 1971, perennial Gold Glove winner Brooks Robinson commits three errors in one game for the first time in his career. The Baltimore Orioles’ third baseman commits all of his miscues in the sixth inning against the Oakland A’s, leading to two unearned runs. The Orioles rally to win the game, 3-2, on…

Bill Buckner hits his first grand slam as the Dodgers score six in the 7th inning to beat Pittsburgh, 8 – 5. Dock Ellis takes his first loss after 12 straight wins.

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Bill Buckner hits his first grand slam as the Dodgers score six in the 7th inning to beat Pittsburgh, 8 – 5. Dock Ellis takes his first loss after 12 straight wins.

Hal McRae collects a homer, three doubles and a single to lead the Reds to an 11 – 3 win over the Padres. His four long hits ties a club record.

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Hal McRae collects a homer, three doubles and a single to lead the Reds to an 11 – 3 win over the Padres. His four long hits ties a club record.

Catfish Hunter is knocked out in the 7th inning, but before he exits he drives in four runs as Oakland beats Detroit and Mickey Lolich, 9 – 7. Sal Bando has two homers, while the Tigers hit 4.

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Catfish Hunter is knocked out in the 7th inning, but before he exits he drives in four runs as Oakland beats Detroit and Mickey Lolich, 9 – 7. Sal Bando has two homers, while the Tigers hit 4.

1971 – The NL West-best Giants take the rubber game a three-game National League Championship Series preview against their NL East counterpart, Pittsburgh. After last night’s final-frame meltdown, the Pirates attempt to return the favor, staging a dramatic four-run, 9th-inning uprising. Unfortunately for the Bucs, their comeback merely ties the game; moments later, San Francisco breaks through in the top of the 10th and holds on for an 8 – 7 nail-biter. As would be expected, the two clubs’ elder statesmen, 40-year-old Willie Mays and 36-year-old Roberto Clemente, each have the day game off following last night’s barn burner. Nonetheless, Clemente does come off the bench long enough to deliver the Bucs’ biggest 9th-inning knock – a pinch-hit laser into the left field corner, good for 2 bases, 2 runs and a 7 – 7 tie.

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1971 – The NL West-best Giants take the rubber game a three-game National League Championship Series preview against their NL East counterpart, Pittsburgh. After last night’s final-frame meltdown, the Pirates attempt to return the favor, staging a dramatic four-run, 9th-inning uprising. Unfortunately for the Bucs, their comeback merely ties the game; moments later, San Francisco breaks through in the top of the 10th and holds on for an 8 – 7 nail-biter. As would be expected, the two clubs’ elder statesmen, 40-year-old Willie Mays and 36-year-old Roberto Clemente, each have the day game off following last night’s barn burner. Nonetheless, Clemente does come off the bench long enough to deliver the Bucs’ biggest 9th-inning knock – a pinch-hit laser into the left field corner, good for 2 bases, 2 runs and a 7 – 7 tie.

1971 – Is this Roberto Clemente’s long lost 241st home run? Some spotty official scoring and Dave Giusti’s pyromaniacal 9th-inning relief outing conspire to obscure Clemente’s contributions to the Pirates’ performance. Giusti’s silver platter features an RBI single, a walk to load the bases, a game-tying bases-loaded walk to Willie Mays, and a game-winning grand slam served to the Giants’ Willie McCovey, turning Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind 4 – 2 victory into an ignominious 8 – 4 defeat. This debacle, plus an almost equally dispiriting 10-inning, 8 – 7 defeat tomorrow, will turn out to be a preview of theNational League Championship Series, which will have a very different result. Before Giusti’s meltdown, Clemente’s rope to home plate prevents Dick Dietz from even trying to score from second base on a single. Back in the 7th, with the Giants up by one, Clemente leads off with a vicious line drive back through the box that gets to centerfield in an instant and past Mays before he can get a glove on it, affording Roberto a quick tour of the bases before crossing home plate standing. Scored an error, it’s the subject of some choice post-game Mays commentary, as relayed by Giants beat writer Bob Stevens: “It should have been a home run. The error makes no difference to me and I don’t really care if the ruling’s changed. But I was playing Roberto in right centerfield and I had no chance to catch up to it, it was hit so hard. I guess they gave me an error because they thought I touched it. But it was at least a foot away from my glove when it bounced past me.”

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1971 – Is this Roberto Clemente’s long lost 241st home run? Some spotty official scoring and Dave Giusti’s pyromaniacal 9th-inning relief outing conspire to obscure Clemente’s contributions to the Pirates’ performance. Giusti’s silver platter features an RBI single, a walk to load the bases, a game-tying bases-loaded walk to Willie Mays, and a game-winning grand slam served to the Giants’ Willie McCovey, turning Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind 4 – 2 victory into an ignominious 8 – 4 defeat. This debacle, plus an almost equally dispiriting 10-inning, 8 – 7 defeat tomorrow, will turn out to be a preview of theNational League Championship Series, which will have a very different result. Before Giusti’s meltdown, Clemente’s rope to home plate prevents Dick Dietz from even trying to score from second base on a single. Back in the 7th, with the Giants up by one, Clemente leads off with a vicious line drive back through the box that gets to centerfield in an instant and past Mays before he can get a glove on it, affording Roberto a quick tour of the bases before crossing home plate standing. Scored an error, it’s the subject of some choice post-game Mays commentary, as relayed by Giants beat writer Bob Stevens: “It should have been a home run. The error makes no difference to me and I don’t really care if the ruling’s changed. But I was playing Roberto in right centerfield and I had no chance to catch up to it, it was hit so hard. I guess they gave me an error because they thought I touched it. But it was at least a foot away from my glove when it bounced past me.”