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Thursday, October 13, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 13

2006  Oakland’s Mark Kiger makes his MLB debut as a defensive replacement – 1st MLB player to make his debut in the postseason – his final game is tomorrow – never got to bat in his 2 game career
2002  Adam Kennedy of Angels hits 3 HRs and has 7 RBI as Anaheim wins its first pennant ever
2000  NYY Mariano Rivera pitches a scoreless inning – his 33 1/3rd consecutive one – postseason record
1999  John Smoltz gets a save – the first relief appearance of his career as Atlanta beats Mets 4-3 in NLCS
1996  Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud’s NFL field goal record with his 374th
1978  Ron Guidry gets a complete game win as NYY beat Dodgers 5-1 in game 1 of World Series – he had a 25-3 record with a 1.74 ERA during the season
1971  68th World Series – first night game in series history
1970  Calvin Murphy makes his NBA debut with the San Diego Rockets
1970  Dave Cowens makes his NBA debut with the Boston Celtics – lose to Knicks
1960  Pirates’s Mazeroski’s bottom of the 9th HR beats the NYY in game 7 of the World Series – 1st time in World Series play that a game had ended with a HR – also only game in World Series history where a strikeout was not recorded by either team

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