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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 17

2008 R.A. Dickey of Seattle throws 4 wild pitches in an inning – 5th to ever do so
2004 Rangers Mark Texeira hits for the cycle and drives in 7 runs in a 16-4 win over Cleveland
2002 NYY beat Seattle 8-3 – Alfonso Soriano hits a HR and is only the second baseman in MLB history to have 30 HRs and 30 steals in a season, also Bernie Williams did not get a hit in his 2nd at bat, prior to that he had 11 consecutive hits
2002 Alex Rodriguez hits 3 HRs – 6th player ever with 5 straight 40 HR seasons
2000 White Sox pitcher James Baldwin ties AL record – hit 4 batters
1996 Thomas Howard of Cincinnati gets 3 hits – 4th straight game he has done so
1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers pitches the only 9 inning no hitter of the season
1986 Steve Carlton of the White Sox gets his 1st AL win – it is his 320th
1986 Pete Rose plays in his final game – strikes out as a pinch hitter
1984 Pete Rose returns to the Reds as a player/manager
1982 Reds Cesar Cedeno steals his 500th base – ends with 550
1982 Dodgers beat the Cubs 2-1 in 21 innings
1980 In a doubleheader vs. Tigers, Rangers Al Oliver of Texas hits 4 HRs, a double, and a triple – 21 total bases is a two game record
1973 Willie Mays hits his 660th and last HR
1972 Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game – now has 20-6 record
1944 NYY Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in the game
1933 Lou Gehrig breaks the record playing in his 1,309th consecutive game

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