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Thursday, September 6, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 3

2006  Houston beats Mets 2-1 – Houston had only one hit, a single – they had 9 walks
2002  Mets lose NL record 15th straight home game – will win the 2nd game of the double header to end it
2001  Jose Canseco steals his 200th base – 9th player to have 200 steals and 400 HRs
2000  Philadelphia beats Dallas 41-14 as the Eagles have 425 total yards _ Duce Staley had 262 of them – 201 rushing and 61 in the air
1995  Barry Bonds hits San Francisco’s 11,000th franchise HR – his father hit the 8,000th on September 3, 1971
1992  Blue Jays get 10 consecutive hits (ties AL record) in the 2nd inning of a 16-5 win over the Twins
1990  Bobby Thigpen gets his 47th save of the season for the White Sox – ends with 57
1989  Seven batters are hit by a pitch in the KC-Texas game – 3rd time in MLB history
1983  Cleveland scores 10 runs in the 9th inning to beat Oakland 13-6 – Oakland used MLB record 6 pitchers in the inning
1972  Steve Carlton throws his 8th shutout of the season
1968  White Sox set AL record with 39 losses by one run – end the season with 44 losses by one
1966  The Houston Oilers held Denver to no first downs in a 45-7 win – total yards were 472 to 26 – Houston had 28 first downs
1966  Atlanta’s Charlie Vaughan beats Houston 12-2 to get his 1st MLB win – will be the only win of his career – will appear in relief one more time 3 years from now
1963  Chicago’s Ron Santo has 3 errors in an inning – ties NL record
1961  Mantle hits his 50th HR – Maris has 53 – 1st time in MLB history teammates have 50 or more
1957  Warren Spahn sets NL record for lefties with his 41st shutout
1947  NYY get 18 singles to beat the Red Sox 11-2
1928  Ty Cobb got his final hit – his 4,191st
1917  Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete game wins in a double header

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