TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 21

2007  Angels Garret Anderson gets 10 RBI vs. NYY

2005  NYY Randy Johnson gives up 4 HRs in an inning vs. Chicago – 1^st time in his career

2004  LA Dodgers Jeff Weaver ties MLB record by hitting 3 consecutive batters in an inning

1999  Baltimore’s Brady Anderson leads off both games of a double header with a HR – only 3^rd time in MLB history – they lost both games

1991  Cincinnati hits a grand slam in consecutive innings to beat the Expos 9-2

1991  NYY Bernie Williams strikes out 5 consecutive times in a 7-4 loss to KC – 28 players in MLB history have done so

1987  Dale Murphy hits his 300^th HR – ends with 398

1986  With 2 outs in the 6^th inning, the Red Sox score 11 runs to beat Cleveland 24-5

1984  Rookie Roger Clemens gets 15 strikeouts in a 11-1 Boston win

1982  Rollie Fingers gets his 300^th save – 1^st to ever do so – ends with 341

1972  Steve Carlton’s 15 game winning streak came to an end

1971  Cincinnati’s Jim Merritt gets his only win of the year (1-11) – he won 20 games last year

1967  Ken Harrelson becomes baseball’s first free agent

1963  Luis Aparicio gets his 300^th steal – ends with 506

1936  Wilt Chamberlain born – scored 31,491 NBA points

1931  Babe Ruth hit his 600^th HR – Lou Gehrig will hit one right after him – they will hit HRs in the same inning 19 times in their careers and 72 times in the same game