Johnny LeMaster becomes the second player to hit an inside-the-park home run in his first major league at-bat, dashing around the bases on a fourth-inning pitch thrown by Don Sutton in the Giants’ 7-3 win over LA at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco shortstop joins Luke Stuart, who accomplished the feat at the Polo Grounds while playing for the 1921 Browns.
Herb Washington, representing the tying run in the top of the ninth is picked off first base by Dodger closer Mike Marshall for the second out of Game 2, the only contest the A’s will lose in the Fall Classic. The world-class sprinter, who will never have a plate appearance in his brief 105-game career, was selected by Oakland owner Charlie Finley to become the team’s “designated runner,” a position that doesn’t exist with any other major league club.
Davey Lopes steals fives bases, tying a National League record established in 1904 by Giants first baseman Dan McGann. The Dodger second baseman’s quintet of stolen bags adds to the team’s franchise mark of eight stolen bases in their 3-0 victory over the Redbirds at Chavez Ravine.
The Reds, 11 games behind the Dodgers at the beginning of the day, stage two dramatic comebacks to snatch a doubleheader win from Los Angeles. Hal King’s clutch 3-run pinch home run with two outs wins the first game, 4 – 3, against Don Sutton, while Tony Perez’s 10th-inning hit wins the second, 3 – 2. This day will be looked upon as the turning point of the National League’s Western Division race.
Interested in exploring FRANCHISING? We will help you through your journey visit us @ www.franchisingconnection.com On June 19, 1972 With a double, home run and 3 RBI, Roberto Clemente passes Hall of Fame third baseman Pie Traynor on the Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-time RBI list, bringing his career total to 1,275, still 200 shy of all-time leader Honus Wagner. Clemente’s 5th-inning RBI double off Don Sutton ties Traynor’s…
On April 15, 1972 at Riverfront Stadium, on opening day Future Hall of Famer Don Sutton faces off against the Cincinnati Reds and Jack Billingham. Sutton beats the Reds 3-1, the only blemish on the day was Dennis Menke who homers. Frank Robinson drives in a run and Duke Simms homers for the visitors.@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Sponsor…
1971 – Dodgers Al Downing and Don Sutton hurl shutouts during a 12 – 0, 4 – 0, doubleheader triumph over the Braves. The Dodgers have 19 hits in the opener, including four by Willie Davis. Los Angeles now trails the Giants by 1 1/2 games.
On April 9 1970 at Dodger Stadium- Wayne Simpson pitched a two-hit shutout in his first major league game and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 in Los Angeles. Simpson faces only 29 batters and struck out 2. Johnny Bench provided the offense going 3-4 with a homerun off future hall of famer Don Sutton….
Two days after putting on a Chicago Cubs uniform, Ferguson Jenkins hits his first major league home run, off Don Sutton, drives in a second run, and shuts out the Dodgersto win, 2 – 0. For rookie Sutton, it is the first of 13 straight losses the Cubs will hand him.
1966 – The first major league game on artificial turf is played in the Astrodome. Two future Hall-of-Famers face off. 21-year-old rookie Don Sutton stymies Robin Roberts and the Astros for a 6-3 Dodger win, the first of his career. The infield was carpeted with the Monsanto product Judge Roy Hofheinz dubbed “Astroturf”. The outfield and foul grounds were still dirt but had the zippered sod installed after the homestand.
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