2017 – Jose Ramirez sets a modern record with 14 extra-base hits in his last 7 games, including five in Cleveland’s 11 – 1 win over the Tigers today. It is also the Indians’ 11th straight win. Ramirez has 3 doubles and 2 homers and scores and drives 3 runs.

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2017 – Jose Ramirez sets a modern record with 14 extra-base hits in his last 7 games, including five in Cleveland’s 11 – 1 win over the Tigers today. It is also the Indians’ 11th straight win. Ramirez has 3 doubles and 2 homers and scores and drives 3 runs.

Bryce Harper scores four times and records an RBI without ever swinging his bat in Washington’s 15-1 rout of the Braves

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Bryce Harper, thanks to being issued four bases-on-balls, scores four times and records an RBI without ever swinging his bat in Washington’s 15-1 rout of the Braves at Nationals Park. The 22 year-old slugger from Las Vegas joins Rickey Henderson, Joe Morgan, and Larry Doby, who also were 0-for-0 and scored four runs without an official at-bat.

In the Red Sox’ 9-4 victory at Yankee Stadium, Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts become the first pair of Boston rookies to hit a home run in the same game at the Bronx ballpark in 62 years. In 1952, Dick Gernert and Faye Throneberry also accomplished the feat, providing the difference in the team’s 3-1 win over the Bombers.

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In the Red Sox’ 9-4 victory at Yankee Stadium, Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts become the first pair of Boston rookies to hit a home run in the same game at the Bronx ballpark in 62 years. In 1952, Dick Gernert and Faye Throneberry also accomplished the feat, providing the difference in the team’s 3-1 win over the Bombers.

The Pirates break their record-setting streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons

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2013 – The Pirates defeat the Brewers, 4 – 3, for their 81st win of the year. This ensures that they will break their record-setting streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons, the longest such streak in North American sports history. Andrew McCutchen hits his 100th career homer in the win, but the celebration is subdued, as the Bucs are focusing on a bigger goal: they now have a two-game lead on the Cardinals in the NL Central.

Max Scherzer’s opportunity to become the second hurler to start a season with a 20-1 record is dashed when Jon Lester and the Red Sox beat the Tigers at Fenway Park, 2-1. Yankees right-hander Roger Clemens, who finishes 20-3 in 2001, remains the only pitcher to open a campaign 20-1.

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Max Scherzer’s opportunity to become the second hurler to start a season with a 20-1 record is dashed when Jon Lester and the Red Sox beat the Tigers at Fenway Park, 2-1. Yankees right-hander Roger Clemens, who finishes 20-3 in 2001, remains the only pitcher to open a campaign 20-1.

The Angels put an end to the A’s 9-game winning streak with an 8 – 3 win in Oakland. Torii Hunter, Vernon Wells and Chris Iannetta all connect in support of C.J. Wilson.

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The Angels put an end to the A’s 9-game winning streak with an 8 – 3 win in Oakland. Torii Hunter, Vernon Wells and Chris Iannetta all connect in support of C.J. Wilson.

The AL East race gets even tighter, as the Rays beat the Yankees, 4 – 3. James Shields gets the win as light-hitting Chris Gimenez drives in a pair of runs. The game marks the return of Alex Rodriguez, who starts at DH for the Yankees after missing 6 weeks with a hand injury. Meanwhile, the Orioles shut out the Blue Jays, 4 – 0, as Joe Saunders retires the first 17 batters in order and cruises to the win. At the end of the day, the Yankees’ lead is cut to one game over Baltimore, and 2 1/2 over Tampa Bay.

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The AL East race gets even tighter, as the Rays beat the Yankees, 4 – 3. James Shields gets the win as light-hitting Chris Gimenez drives in a pair of runs. The game marks the return of Alex Rodriguez, who starts at DH for the Yankees after missing 6 weeks with a hand injury. Meanwhile, the Orioles shut out the Blue Jays, 4 – 0, as Joe Saunders retires the first 17 batters in order and cruises to the win. At the end of the day, the Yankees’ lead is cut to one game over Baltimore, and 2 1/2 over Tampa Bay.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, with its ballpark known as PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania under renovations, finishes the season, playing their entire 144-game schedule away from home. The International League (AAA) team, using six different venues where all but twelve of their ‘home’ games take place in Upstate New York, will become unofficially known as the Empire State Yankees.

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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, with its ballpark known as PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania under renovations, finishes the season, playing their entire 144-game schedule away from home. The International League (AAA) team, using six different venues where all but twelve of their ‘home’ games take place in Upstate New York, will become unofficially known as the Empire State Yankees.

The Nationals win their eighty-second game when they beat Chicago at home, 2-1, assuring the team of their first winning season since leaving Montreal to play in Washington. The transplanted team finished at exactly .500 after their first year in the nation’s capital, posting an 81-81 record in 2005.

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The Nationals win their eighty-second game when they beat Chicago at home, 2-1, assuring the team of their first winning season since leaving Montreal to play in Washington. The transplanted team finished at exactly .500 after their first year in the nation’s capital, posting an 81-81 record in 2005.

The White Sox rough up Brad Penny for 8 runs over 5 innings, including home runs by Alexei Ramirez, Alejandro de Aza and Brent Morel, to take an 8 – 1 lead over the Tigers, but the Bengals stage a dramatic comeback. They claw back to enter the bottom of the 9th trailing 8 – 6, then Ryan Raburn hits a two-run homer to tie the score and Miguel Cabrera follows with a walk-off home run, both shots traveling well over 400 feet at Comerica Park. The 9th-inning power outburst earns Luis Marte his first major league win.

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The White Sox rough up Brad Penny for 8 runs over 5 innings, including home runs by Alexei Ramirez, Alejandro de Aza and Brent Morel, to take an 8 – 1 lead over the Tigers, but the Bengals stage a dramatic comeback. They claw back to enter the bottom of the 9th trailing 8 – 6, then Ryan Raburn hits a two-run homer to tie the score and Miguel Cabrera follows with a walk-off home run, both shots traveling well over 400 feet at Comerica Park. The 9th-inning power outburst earns Luis Marte his first major league win.