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Monday, August 29, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 28

2003 Dodgers Eric Gagne sets MLB record with his 44th straight save of the season
2002 LA Dodgers Odalis Perez beats the Diamondbacks 1-0 – only run of the game was his HR
2001 Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200th hit of the season – only 3rd AL rookie to hit 200 since 1964
2001 Alex Rodriguez becomes the 9th player in MLB history to hit 40 HRs in 4 consecutive seasons
1996 Vinny Castilla of Colorado gets his 100th RBI of the season – team now has 4 players with 100 or more – ties MLB record
1992 Brewers beat Toronto 22-2 – had AL record 31 hits – most hits in a game in 91 years – 26 of them were singles
1990 Ryne Sandberg of Cubs hits his 30th HR of the year – first second baseman to have back to back 30 HR seasons in MLB history
1987 Mike Schmidt hits his 522nd HR – passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey
1977 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 300th batter for the 5th time in his career
1977 Steve Garvey of Dodgers has 5 extra base hits, scores 5 times, and has 5 RBI in the game
1970 Juan Marichal gets his 200th win – ends with 243
1967 Johnny Bench makes his MLB debut – goes 0 for 3
1951 Pirates ends Giants 16 game win streak

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