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Friday, August 26, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 26

2004 Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200th hit of the season – 1st player in MLB history to hit 200 in his first four seasons
2001 Sammy Sosa hits his 50th HR – he, Mark McGwire, and Babe Ruth are the only players to have four 50 HR seasons
1999 Randy Johnson gets his 300th strikeout of the season
1996 Curt Schilling has 7 consecutive strikeouts in a 1-0 loss to the Giants
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves wins his 16th consecutive road game
1991 Bret Saberhagen no hits the White Sox
1987 Paul Molitor’s 39 game hit streak ended – he was on deck when Rick Manning got the game winning hit
1985 Orioles Eddie Murray has 9 RBI in a game vs. the Angels
1980 Padres beat NY Mets 8-6 – 10 intentional walks issued in the game
1972 Ron Santo of the Cubs gets his 2,000th hit – ends with 2,254
1971 NY Giants announce they are moving to New Jersey
1955 1st color telecast of a tennis match – Davis Cup on NBC
1947 Don Blankhead becomes the first black pitcher in MLB

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