TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY APRIL 30

2002  Alex Rodriguez hits his 250^th HR

2002  Angels beat Cleveland 21-2 – Angels had 22 hits                     

2000  Randy Johnson wins his 6^th game of the month – only 3^rd in MLB history to do so

2000  St. Louis Cardinals end the month with 55 HRs – most ever for April

1998  Texas Rangers score their 180^th run of the month – record for April

1997  Tino Martinez of NY Yankees gets his 34^th RBI of the month – MLB record for April

1988  Houston’s Sleepy Floyd (42) and Hakeem Olajuwon (41) become only the 2^nd teammates in playoff history to score 40 or more points in a game

1986  Seattle loses to Boston 9-4 – they struck out 16 times – with the 20 from yesterday by Clemens the 36 sets MLB record

1974  Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox to tie MLB record

1971  Milwaukee Bucks led by Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar win the NBA championship

1970  Billy Williams of Cubs plays in his 1,000^th straight game – 1^st in NL to do so

1961  Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game

1961  Isiah Thomas is born

1958  Ted Williams gets his 1,000^th extra base hit

1946  Bob Feller no hits NYY – 2^nd of his career 3 no hitters