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Thursday, September 1, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 1

2008 Cliff Lee of Cleveland wins his 20th game – 1st Indian to do so in 34 years
2007 Red Sox Clay Buchholtz throws a no hitter in his 2nd start
2004 Phillies Ryan Howard makes his MLB debut – strikes out
2002 Jeff Kent gets his 100th RBI for the 6th straight season – MLB record for 2nd basemen
1999 Mark McGwire gets his 494th HR as a 1st baseman – passes Lou Gehrig
1998 Mark McGwire hits his 56th and 57th HR – NL record
1996 Sloppy opening day in the NFL as teams combine for 58 turnovers led by Tampa Bay with 6
1991 Buffalo and Miami combine for a total of 978 yards as Jim Kelly beats Dan Marino 35-31 – Thurman Thomas had 165 yards on the ground and 103 in the air
1990 Red Sox Mike Greenwell hits an inside the park grand slam
1990 Texas’ Bobby Witt strikes out 10, walks 10, and gets his 10th win
1978 In his MLB debut, Baltimore’s Sammy Stewart strikes out 7 consecutive batters
1975 Tom Seaver gets his 200th strikeout for the 8th straight season

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