The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 2 – 1. Detroit 1B Eric Munson hits a home run in his first major league at bat.
The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 2 – 1. Detroit 1B Eric Munson hits a home run in his first major league at bat.
The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 2 – 1. Detroit 1B Eric Munson hits a home run in his first major league at bat.
Texas pounds Tampa Bay, 11 – 2, with Herbert Perry’s 3-run home run being the big blow. The round-tripper enables the Rangers to tie a major-league record by hitting homers in 25 consecutive games.
The Oakland Athletics’ 20-game winning streak is snapped as Brad Radke pitches the Minnesota Twins to a 6 – 0 victory at home. The Athletics fall short of matching the second-longest winning streak in history. The Chicago National League teams of 1880 and 1935 both won 21 straight.
The Cardinals defeat the Cubs‚ 11 – 2‚ as brothers Andy and Alan Benes oppose each other in the 7th matchup of brothers in major league history. Andy gets the win while Alan takes the loss. The Cards score all 11 of their runs in the 3rd inning.
For the first time in 11 years, the Homer Hanky makes its return to the Metrodome in hopes of halting Oakland’s record-setting 20-game winning streak. The Twins, 8-0 in World Series home games (1987 and 1991) with the fans waving their trademark towels, see the magic continue when they blank their opponents, 6-0.
Texas pounds Baltimore, 11 – 2, as SS Alex Rodriguez homers twice to give him 50 for the year. He becomes the 5th player in history to record successive 50-home run seasons.
Anaheim beats Tampa Bay, 10 – 1, as OF Garret Anderson homers twice and drives home seven runs.
Aaron Myette, ejected yesterday for two pitches thrown behind Melvin Mora, starts today’s game, allowing six of the 11 walks in an 8 – 3 loss to Baltimore. According to the New York Times, it is the first back-to-back starts by a pitcher since Steve McCatty in 1980 (though five pitchers – Dennis Martinez (Baltimore), Bert Blyleven (Cleveland), Pete Vuckovich (Milwaukee), Rick Langford (Oakland), and Juan Eichelberger (San Diego) – made the last start before the 1981 strike and the first start after.
Randy Johnson pitches a complete game in defeating the Dodgers, 7 – 1. The Diamondbacks’ ace improves to 20-5 on the year and punches out 8 opponents to give him 300 or more strikeouts for the fourth straight season, the first ever pitcher to do so.
In front of 55,528 fans at the Coliseum, the A’s set an American League record by extending their winning streak to 20 consecutive games. After blowing an 11-run lead to the Royals, Scott Hatteberg hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Oakland the historic victory, 12-11.
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