Ranger infielder Alex Rodriguez hits his 47th home run tying the major league record for home runs in a season by a shortstop. Cubs legend Ernie Banks established the record in 1958.
The Mets donate their day’s pay, which totals approximately $500,000, from tonight’s game with the Braves at Shea to a rescue fund for the families of the firefighters and policemen killed in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. The contest is the first professional baseball game played in New York since the tragedy.
The Brewers fall to the Reds, 5 – 2. In the process, they set a new major-league record for most strikeouts in a season with 1,272. The old mark of 1,268 was set by the Detroit Tigers in 1996.
Vladimir Guerrero, in the team’s 10-3 victory over Florida, establishes an Expo single-season home run record by hitting his 43rd round-tripper. ‘Vlad the Impaler’, who breaks the record he set last year, goes deep to center field off A.J Burnett in the fifth inning of the Olympic Stadium contest to establish the new mark.
The Giants edge the Diamondbacks, 8 – 7, to clinch the NL West.
The Blue Jays defeat the Yankees, 3 – 1, as former Yankee David Wells becomes the majors’ first 20-game winner.
1999 – The Red Sox defeat the Blue Jays, 3 – 0, as Pedro Martinez fans 12 for his 22nd win. He joins Randy Johnson as the only pitchers to strike out at least 300 in both leagues, and breaks Roger Clemens’ club mark of 291 strikeouts.
Tony Tarasco clubs a pinch grand slam in the 7th to lift the Reds to a 8 – 5 win over the Phils.
Jason Kendall sets a new National League record for catchers when he swipes his 26th base in an 8-1 loss to San Francisco at Candlestick Park. The Pirates backstop surpasses the previous mark set by John Stearns, playing for the Mets in 1978.
Jim Abbott (4-0) continues his comeback with the White Sox, beating the Twins, 7 – 1, with six innings of pitching.
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