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Saturday, July 30, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 30

2006 Mets Carlos Beltran hits his 3rd grand slam this month to tie MLB record – Mets have a total of 6 this month to also tie MLB record
2004 Mike Tyson KO’d in the 4th by British fighter Danny Williams
2002 Lisa Leslie becomes the first woman to slam dunk in a professional basketball game
2000 Tom Glavine gets his 200th win – ends with 305
1998 Alex Rodriguez steals his 30th base – becomes the 6th 30 base 30 HR player in AL history
1995 Mike Schmidt inducted into the Hall of Fame – 3 time MVP
1994 Detroit catcher Chad Kreuter ties MLB record with 3 sacrifice flies in a game – 9th in MLB history
1990 Jack Clark hits his 300th HR – ends with 340
1988 Reds pitcher John Franco gets his 13th save for the month – MLB record
1978 Montreal beats Atlanta 19-10 on 28 hits and NL record 8 HRs
1969 Hank Aaron hits his 537th HR to move pass Mickey Mantle
1969 Jimmy Wynn and Denis Menke of Houston both hit grand slams in the 9th inning of a game vs. the Mets – 1st time this century in the NL that 2 grand slams were hit in the same inning
1960 Phillies pitcher Art Mahaffey picks off the first batter to get a hit off of him – does it again on the next hitter to reach base – also picked off the 1st runner to reach in the next game
1959 Willie McCovey makes his MLB debut – goes 4 for 4
1948 Red Sox get their 25th win of the month
1917 Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Ossie Vitt follow each other in the batting order – all three go 5 for 5

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