LaMarr Hoyt (20-10) becomes the major leagues’ first 20-game winner this season by beating California, 5 – 4 in 10 innings.
LaMarr Hoyt (20-10) becomes the major leagues’ first 20-game winner this season by beating California, 5 – 4 in 10 innings.
Los Angeles scores four runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Atlanta, 7 – 6, and widen their National League West lead over the 2nd-place Braves to three games.
Los Angeles scores four runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat Atlanta, 7 – 6, and widen their National League West lead over the 2nd-place Braves to three games.
Oakland’s first two batters, Rickey Henderson and Mike Davis, line homers off Toronto’s Jim Clancy. It turns out to be the margin of difference in a 7 – 5 win.
Oakland’s first two batters, Rickey Henderson and Mike Davis, line homers off Toronto’s Jim Clancy. It turns out to be the margin of difference in a 7 – 5 win.
White Sox Britt Burns pitches a one-hit, 11 – 0, win over the Angels. California’s sole hit is Mike Brown’s single with two out in the 7th. Sox teammates Carlton Fisk, Tom Paciorek, and Greg Luzinski make it easy for Britt by clouting consecutive homers in the 1st inning.
White Sox Britt Burns pitches a one-hit, 11 – 0, win over the Angels. California’s sole hit is Mike Brown’s single with two out in the 7th. Sox teammates Carlton Fisk, Tom Paciorek, and Greg Luzinski make it easy for Britt by clouting consecutive homers in the 1st inning.
1983 – Yankees OF Steve Kemp will miss the rest of the season with a fractured cheekbone after being struck in the face by an Omar Moreno line drive during batting practice in Milwaukee. Kemp hit just .242 with 12 home run and 49 RBI in the first year of his 5-year, $5.45 million contract. New York wins today, 6 – 5.
1983 – Yankees OF Steve Kemp will miss the rest of the season with a fractured cheekbone after being struck in the face by an Omar Moreno line drive during batting practice in Milwaukee. Kemp hit just .242 with 12 home run and 49 RBI in the first year of his 5-year, $5.45 million contract. New York wins today, 6 – 5.
1983 – Welcome to the Bigs. Cincinnati native Skeeter Barnes is twice hit by pitches in his major league debut‚ but his Reds beat the Giants‚ 11 – 1.
1983 – Welcome to the Bigs. Cincinnati native Skeeter Barnes is twice hit by pitches in his major league debut‚ but his Reds beat the Giants‚ 11 – 1.
1983 – Reds rookie Jeff Russell loses his no-hitter in the 8th inning at Candlestick Park before losing, 3 – 2, on Joel Youngblood’s double and Dave Bergman’s home run.
1983 – Reds rookie Jeff Russell loses his no-hitter in the 8th inning at Candlestick Park before losing, 3 – 2, on Joel Youngblood’s double and Dave Bergman’s home run.
Indians erupt for 10 runs in the top of the 9th inning and go on to defeat Oakland, 13 – 6
1983 – Trailing 5 – 3, the Indians erupt for 10 runs in the top of the 9th inning and go on to defeat Oakland, 13 – 6. The A’s set a major-league record by using six pitchers in the inning. Pinch hitter Chris Bando has two hits in the frame and Gorman Thomas connects for a double and homer in the inning for the second time in three years. He is the only man to do it twice.
Entering the game with 286 strikeouts, Lynchburg right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out a dozen batters in the first six frames of a scheduled seven-inning against Hagerstown, needing two more in the last frame to record 300 for the season. After the leadoff batter grounds out, the 18 year-old phenom whiffs the next two Suns hitters to secure to the 1-0 victory, reaching the lofty plateau in 191 innings.
Entering the game with 286 strikeouts, Lynchburg right-hander Dwight Gooden strikes out a dozen batters in the first six frames of a scheduled seven-inning against Hagerstown, needing two more in the last frame to record 300 for the season. After the leadoff batter grounds out, the 18 year-old phenom whiffs the next two Suns hitters to secure to the 1-0 victory, reaching the lofty plateau in 191 innings.
Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to park three home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park
Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to park three home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park, connecting off Boston’s Oil Can Boyd in a 6 – 2 Chicago victory. Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams each accomplished the feat twice.
