Miguel Tejada’s seventh inning grand slam makes him the 15th player in A’s history to hit for the cycle. The slugging shortstop had tripled in the first inning, singled in the third and doubled in the sixth.
Gary Sheffield ties the Dodgers’ franchise single-season home run record when he goes deep off Woody Williams in the team’s 3-0 victory over San Diego at Qualcomm Stadium. The left fielder, with his career best 43rd round tripper, now shares the team mark with Duke Snider, who established the record in 1956 when he played for Brooklyn.
1999 – Daryle Ward blasts a two-run homer and Mike Hampton picks up his 21st win in a 4-1 triumph over Cincinnati. Billy Wagner turns a liner into a double play for the final outs. . It moves Houston back into a tie with the Reds for the division lead with three games to play.
1999 – In the second game of doubleheader with Milwaukee, the first three batters for Pittsburgh are Adrian Brown (CF), Emil Brown (LF), and Brant Brown (1B). It’s brown ‘n serve as far as the Brewers go, downing the Bucs, 5 – 2.
Doug Glanville becomes the first Phillie player to collect 200 hits in a season since Pete Rose accomplished the feat twenty years ago. The center fielder reaches the milestone with a fourth inning three-run home run off Micah Bowie in Philadelphia’s 5-0 victory over Chicago at Veterans Stadium.
1998 – Kevin Brown fans 16 Astros in eight innings as he outduels Randy Johnson in Game One of the N.L.D.S. Greg Vaughn’s solo homer puts the Padres up by two. Bill Spiers doubles off Trevor Hoffman in the ninth and scores on a Ken Caminiti error . but Carl Everett flies to center for the final out. Houston loses, 2-1.
The Red Sox end a 13-game postseason losing streak, beating the Indians in Game 1 of the American League Divisional Playoff series at Jacobs Field, 11-3. Boston’s first baseman Mo Vaughn homers twice and ties a LDS record with seven RBIs.
On September 29, 1996, Vinny Castilla of the Colorado Rockies joins teammates Andres Galarraga and Ellis Burks in the 40-home run circle. The Rockies become only the second team in history to boast three players with at least 40 home runs. In 1973, Hank Aaron, Darrell Evans and Dave Johnson did the same for the…
1996 – Tony Eusebio doubles home James Mouton with the season’s final run in a 5-4 ten-inning victory over the Marlins. Fans come to honor pitcher Nolan Ryan who sees the Astros retire his #34 jersey.
Two weeks after the Rangers retire Nolan Ryan’s number, the Astros follow suit and honor the ‘Ryan Express’ by also retiring his #34. The right-handed fireballer played nine seasons for Houston, striking out a total of 1,866 batters en route to winning 106 games that included his 5th no-hitter against L.A. in 1981.