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Thursday, July 19, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 19

2003  John Smoltz gets his 100th save – 15th pitcher in MLB to have 100 wins and 100 saves
2003  Victor Zambrano ties MLB record by hitting four batters
1999  White Sox rookie Chris Singleton has his 2nd 5 hit game in two weeks
1999  Tigers pitcher Jeff Weaver hits a double – 1st by Detroit pitcher in 27 years
1997  Colorado loses its 15th game in 16 outings
1991  Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,500th consecutive game – his 20th HR of the season makes him only the 8th MLB player to hit 20 in each of his first 10 seasons
1987  Rangers beat NYY 20-3 – catcher Rick Cerone pitches the 9th – did not allow a run
1984  Orel Hershiser pitched his 3rd straight shutout
1982  Tom Brunansky hits an inside the park grand slam
1980  22nd Olympics open in MoscowU.S. boycotts
1974  Indians Dick Bosman no hits the A’s 4-0 – his throwing error was the only thing that kept it from being a perfect game
1964  Luis Tiant of Cleveland makes his MLB debut and gets a 4 hit win over NYY – Whitey Ford was the loser
1960  Juan Marichal pitches his 1st game – one hits Philadelphia
1955  Detroit’s Babe Birrer pitches 4 innings of shutout relief and hits two 3 run HRs – his only HR and RBI of his career
1950  First black players for NYY – Elston Howard and Frank Barnes
1933 Rick Ferrell (Boston) hits a HR off his brother Wes (Cleveland) – Wes also hit a HR in the game

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