On June 12 2005, Tony Armas, Jr. pitches five scoreless innings and Junior Spivey hits a two-run home run as the Washington Nationals tie a franchise record with their 10th consecutive win, a 3 – 2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Before relocating to the nation’s capital this season, the Nationals were known as the Montreal Expos, who won 10 straight games three previous times in 1979, 1980 and 1997.
1979 – The Astros witness the re-hatching of the famous San Diego Chicken before a 4-1 victory. Heavy traffic delays the game for a half-hour before Ted Giannoulas breaks out of a five-foot egg to thunderous cheers. Unimpressed, Terry Puhl bashes Gaylord Perry’s first pitch for a homer and Houston gets the last cluck.
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June 29, 1979
