2006 Detroit scores 5 runs in 1st inning for the 3rd consecutive game – 1st time in 115 years a team has scored 5 or more in 1st that many times
2005 Lance Armstrong wins his 7th consecutive Tour de France
2000 Leftfielder Darin Erstadt of the Angels has 12 putouts in a 12 inning game – an AL record
1993 NY Mets pitcher Anthony Young loses his 27th straight game
1983 George Brett is thrown out of the infamous “Pine Tar Game”
1979 Catcher Bob Stinson of the Mariners ties MLB record by allowing 2 batters to reach base on catcher’s interference calls
1979 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 400th HR – ends with 452
1978 NYY manager Billy Martin resigns a day after calling Reggie Jackson a “born liar” and George Steinbrenner a “convicted felon”
1973 Willie Mays plays in his final All-Star game
1970 Chicago’s Bill Melton ties MLB record by striking out 7 times in a double header – will also strikeout the first 3 times in the next game
1968 Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in MLB record 907th game – a loss – passed Cy Young
1963 Karl Malone is born
1931 Babe Herman hits for the cycle for the 2nd time this season – one of only 3 in MLB history to do so 3 times in their career
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