2001 NYY beat Angels 7-5, Roger Clemens record is now 17-1, Paul O’ Neill hit his 20th HR – oldest player to have 20 HRs and 20 steals in a season – he is 38
2001 Texas beats Boston 8-7 in 18 innings – teams used 17 pitchers
1999 Royals pitcher Jeff Montgomery gets his 300th save – only 10th to do it and first to do it for one team
1998 Blue Jays Roger Clemens strikes out 18 KC batters – 1st pitcher in MLB history to have 3 games of 18 or more
1996 Seattle connects on back to back HRs for the 17th time this season – MLB record
1996 Yankees dedicate their 1st monument in 47 years – Mickey Mantle
1993 Atlanta’s Fred McGriff and David Justice hit back to back HRs twice in a game vs. San Francisco
1986 Mark McGwire hits his 1st HR – ends with 583
1985 Dwight Gooden becomes the youngest player to win 20 games in a season – ends with 24-4 record
1979 Angels beat Toronto 24-2
1968 NYY outfielder Rocky Colavito pitched 2 2/3rd innings and beat the Tigers 6 to 5 – he played right field in the 2nd game and hit a HR
1967 Dean Chance of Minnesota pitched his 2nd no hitter of the month
1965 Bill Russell of the Boston Celtics signs the NBA’s highest contract – one more dollar than Wilt Chamberlain
1965 “Moonlight” Graham died – immortalized in “Field of Dreams”
1963 Cleveland players strikeout for a record 27 times in a double header (AL record) – combine with Boston for 44 (AL record)
1950 Sugar Ray Robinson wins the middleweight title
1922 Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in the highest scoring major league game – 51 hits, 23 walks, 10 errors
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