Houston’s Darryl Kile no-hits the Mets, winning by a score of 7 – 1.

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Houston’s Darryl Kile no-hits the Mets, winning by a score of 7 – 1. He fans nine and walks 1. Mets 3B Butch Huskey becomes the 3rd player in history to make his major league debut on the losing end of a no-hitter. Byron Browne and Don Young of the Cubs did so in Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965.

Yankees OF Danny Tartabull goes 5 for 5 with two homers and a double, and drives in nine runs as New York defeats Baltimore, 16 – 4. Scott Sanderson is the winner.

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Yankees OF Danny Tartabull goes 5 for 5 with two homers and a double, and drives in nine runs as New York defeats Baltimore, 16 – 4. Scott Sanderson is the winner.

The Blue Jays top the visiting Royals, 5 – 0, behind Jimmy Key’s complete game shutout. Following the game, Toronto rookie C Mike Maksudian wins $800 from his teammates, who bet that he wouldn’t eat a live locust. Maksudian, who claims to have eaten moths, grasshoppers, frogs, lizards, roaches and aquarium fish, swallows the 1 1/2 inch long insect, but declines an offer of $2,000 to swallow a rat.

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The Blue Jays top the visiting Royals, 5 – 0, behind Jimmy Key’s complete game shutout. Following the game, Toronto rookie C Mike Maksudian wins $800 from his teammates, who bet that he wouldn’t eat a live locust. Maksudian, who claims to have eaten moths, grasshoppers, frogs, lizards, roaches and aquarium fish, swallows the 1 1/2 inch long insect, but declines an offer of $2,000 to swallow a rat.

1988 – National League president Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball’s 7th commissioner, and will succeed Peter Ueberroth next season.

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1988 – National League president Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball’s 7th commissioner, and will succeed Peter Ueberroth next season.

1987 – With the Cubs in 5th place in the National League East (68-68, 13 games behind), the club fires manager Gene Michael and replaces him with Frank Lucchesi.

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1987 – With the Cubs in 5th place in the National League East (68-68, 13 games behind), the club fires manager Gene Michael and replaces him with Frank Lucchesi.

Pete Rose gets even with Ty Cobb all time hit record

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On September 8, 1985, At Wrigley Field, Pete Rose gets two hits off Chicago hurler Reggie Patterson, including his historic single that ties Ty Cobb’s career record of 4,191 hits. The game will be suspended due to darkness, enabling the Reds’ player-manager to break the Georgia Peach’s record at home. Which he will do three…

1984 – The Yankees break a 4 – 4 tie with two runs in the 6th to roll over the Red Sox, 12 – 6. Toby Harrah paces the 15-hit attack with four hits, and Dave Winfield hits one of the game’s 12 doubles to extend his hitting streak to 20 games, which is and will be a career high. Joe Cowley is the winner.

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1984 – The Yankees break a 4 – 4 tie with two runs in the 6th to roll over the Red Sox, 12 – 6. Toby Harrah paces the 15-hit attack with four hits, and Dave Winfield hits one of the game’s 12 doubles to extend his hitting streak to 20 games, which is and will be a career high. Joe Cowley is the winner.

1983 – Yankees OF Steve Kemp will miss the rest of the season with a fractured cheekbone after being struck in the face by an Omar Moreno line drive during batting practice in Milwaukee. Kemp hit just .242 with 12 home run and 49 RBI in the first year of his 5-year, $5.45 million contract. New York wins today, 6 – 5.

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1983 – Yankees OF Steve Kemp will miss the rest of the season with a fractured cheekbone after being struck in the face by an Omar Moreno line drive during batting practice in Milwaukee. Kemp hit just .242 with 12 home run and 49 RBI in the first year of his 5-year, $5.45 million contract. New York wins today, 6 – 5.