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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 28

2003  Dodgers Eric Gagne sets MLB record with his 44th straight save of the season
2002  LA Dodgers Odalis Perez beats the Diamondbacks 1-0 – only run of the game was his HR
2001  Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200th hit of the season – only 3rd AL rookie to hit 200 since 1964
2001  Alex Rodriguez becomes the 9th player in MLB history to hit 40 HRs in 4 consecutive seasons
1996  Vinny Castilla of Colorado gets his 100th RBI of the season – team now has 4 players with 100 or more – ties MLB record
1992  Brewers beat Toronto 22-2 – had AL record 31 hits – most hits in a game in 91 years – 26 of them were singles
1990  Ryne Sandberg of Cubs hits his 30th HR of the year – first second baseman to have back to back 30 HR seasons in MLB history
1987  Mike Schmidt hits his 522nd HR – passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey
1977  Nolan Ryan strikes out his 300th batter for the 5th time in his career
1977  Steve Garvey of Dodgers has 5 extra base hits, scores 5 times, and has 5 RBI in the game
1970  Juan Marichal gets his 200th win – ends with 243
1967  Johnny Bench makes his MLB debut – goes 0 for 3
1951  Pirates ends Giants 16 game win streak

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