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Sunday, August 21, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 21

2007 Angels Garret Anderson gets 10 RBI vs. NYY
2005 NYY Randy Johnson gives up 4 HRs in an inning vs. Chicago – 1st time in his career
2004 LA Dodgers Jeff Weaver ties MLB record by hitting 3 consecutive batters in an inning
1999 Baltimore’s Brady Anderson leads off both games of a double header with a HR – only 3rd time in MLB history – they lost both games
1991 Cincinnati hits a grand slam in consecutive innings to beat the Expos 9-2
1991 NYY Bernie Williams strikes out 5 consecutive times in a 7-4 loss to KC – 28 players in MLB history have done so
1987 Dale Murphy hits his 300th HR – ends with 398
1986 With 2 outs in the 6th inning, the Red Sox score 11 runs to beat Cleveland 24-5
1984 Rookie Roger Clemens gets 15 strikeouts in a 11-1 Boston win
1982 Rollie Fingers gets his 300th save – 1st to ever do so – ends with 341
1972 Steve Carlton’s 15 game winning streak came to an end
1971 Cincinnati’s Jim Merritt gets his only win of the year (1-11) – he won 20 games last year
1967 Ken Harrelson becomes baseball’s first free agent
1963 Luis Aparicio gets his 300th steal – ends with 506
1936 Wilt Chamberlain born – scored 31,491 NBA points
1931 Babe Ruth hit his 600th HR – Lou Gehrig will hit one right after him –they will hit HRs in the same inning 19 times in their careers and 72 times in the same game

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