TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 27

2009  Washington’s Josh Willingham hits 2 grand slams in the game – 13^th time in MLB history

2005  Ryan Freel of the Reds steals 5 bases in the game

2004  Twins Corey Koskie is hit 3 times by White Sox pitchers – ties MLB record

2003  Braves Marcus Giles ties MLB record with 4 consecutive doubles

2003  Gary Carter and Eddie Murray are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1998  Sammy Sosa hits a grand slam – it is his first and 248^th HR

1996  A bomb explodes at Atlanta’s Olympic Park killing one person

1992  Houston begins a 26 game road trip – Republican National Convention being held in Astrodome

1988  Tommy John commits 3 errors on one play vs. Brewers – MLB record

1985  Mets score 16 unearned runs in a 16-4 win over the Astros

1984  Pete Rose gets his 3,053^rd single passing Ty Cobb’s MLB record

1983  Gaylord Perry gets his 3,500^th strikeout – Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton do the same this year     
                                                        

1982  Rickey Henderson is caught stealing 3 times in the game – 1^st player since 1916 to get caught 3 times – but he did manage to steal his 95^th

1968  Denny McLain gets his 20^th win of the season – record now 20-3 – ends season 31-6 with 1.96 ERA

1953  Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame

1950  Stan Musial’s 30 game hitting streak comes to an end, but everybody else on the team got a hit

1946  Rudy York of the Red Sox hits two grand slams in the same game – had 10 RBI on the day