A’s manager Billy Martin flies into a rage and heaves two handfuls of dirt on home plate umpire Terry Cooney’s back after being ejected for arguing ball and strike calls. He will be suspended by American League president Lee MacPhail for 7 days.

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A’s manager Billy Martin flies into a rage and heaves two handfuls of dirt on home plate umpire Terry Cooney’s back after being ejected for arguing ball and strike calls. He will be suspended by American League president Lee MacPhail for 7 days.

Montreal trades OF Ellis Valentine to the Mets for P Jeff Reardon and OF Dan Norman. Valentine will play just 159 games for the Mets‚ while Reardon will blossom into one of baseball’s best relievers.

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Montreal trades OF Ellis Valentine to the Mets for P Jeff Reardon and OF Dan Norman. Valentine will play just 159 games for the Mets‚ while Reardon will blossom into one of baseball’s best relievers.

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5/26/1981: In a game against the Giants, George Foster of the Reds hit a home run off Tom Griffin in the first inning with two men on and no one out. The game was rained out.

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5/26/1981: In a game against the Giants, George Foster of the Reds hit a home run off Tom Griffin in the first inning with two men on and no one out. The game was rained out.

Bill Stein of the Texas Rangers hits a pinch-hit single off Doug Corbett to beat the Minnesota Twins. It is the 7th consecutive pinch-hit for Stein, breaking the American Leaguerecord set by Bob Johnson in 1964.

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Bill Stein of the Texas Rangers hits a pinch-hit single off Doug Corbett to beat the Minnesota Twins. It is the 7th consecutive pinch-hit for Stein, breaking the American Leaguerecord set by Bob Johnson in 1964.

Minnesota and Kansas City go 14 innings without scoring before Willie Wilson’s RBI single in the 15th ends it‚ 1 – 0. Paul Splittorff goes 11 innings while Roger Erickson goes 9 1/3 innings.

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Minnesota and Kansas City go 14 innings without scoring before Willie Wilson’s RBI single in the 15th ends it‚ 1 – 0. Paul Splittorff goes 11 innings while Roger Erickson goes 9 1/3 innings.

Coach Billy Gardner replaces the fired Johnny Goryl as manager of the Twins. Minnesota (11-25) has lost eight consecutive games, but shuts out Kansas City, 7 – 0, in Gardner’s managerial debut.

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Coach Billy Gardner replaces the fired Johnny Goryl as manager of the Twins. Minnesota (11-25) has lost eight consecutive games, but shuts out Kansas City, 7 – 0, in Gardner’s managerial debut.

In what is billed as the greatest college pitching duel ever, in the first round of the NCAA, Yale’s Ron Darling and St. John’s Frank Viola match zeroes through 11 innings. Darling allows no hits while striking out 16. In the 12th, St. John’s Steve Scafa hits an opposite-field scratch single, then steals second base and third base. The next batter reaches on an error and, when he tries to steal second, Scafa breaks for home, scoring the only run. St. John’s wins, 1 – 0.

In what is billed as the greatest college pitching duel ever, in the first round of the NCAA, Yale’s Ron Darling and St. John’s Frank Viola match zeroes through 11 innings. Darling allows no hits while striking out 16. In the 12th, St. John’s Steve Scafa hits an opposite-field scratch single, then steals second base and third base. The next batter reaches on an error and, when he tries to steal second, Scafa breaks for home, scoring the only run. St. John’s wins, 1 – 0.

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In what is billed as the greatest college pitching duel ever, in the first round of the NCAA, Yale’s Ron Darling and St. John’s Frank Viola match zeroes through 11 innings. Darling allows no hits while striking out 16. In the 12th, St. John’s Steve Scafa hits an opposite-field scratch single, then steals second base and third base. The next batter reaches on an error and, when he tries to steal second, Scafa breaks for home, scoring the only run. St. John’s wins, 1 – 0.