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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JULY 19

2003 John Smoltz gets his 100th save – 15th pitcher in MLB to have 100 wins and 100 saves
2003 Victor Zambrano ties MLB record by hitting four batters
1999 White Sox rookie Chris Singleton has his 2nd 5 hit game in two weeks
1999 Tigers pitcher Jeff Weaver hits a double – 1st by Detroit pitcher in 27 years
1997 Colorado loses its 15th game in 16 outings
1991 Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,500th consecutive game – his 20th HR of the season makes him only the 8th MLB player to hit 20 in each of his first 10 seasons
1987 Rangers beat NYY 20-3 – catcher Rick Cerone pitches the 9th – did not allow a run
1984 Orel Hershiser pitched his 3rd straight shutout
1982 Tom Brunansky hits an inside the park grand slam
1980 22nd Olympics open in Moscow – U.S. boycotts
1974 Indians Dick Bosman no hits the A’s 4-0 – his throwing error was the only thing that kept it from being a perfect game
1964 Luis Tiant of Cleveland makes his MLB debut and gets a 4 hit win over NYY – Whitey Ford was the loser
1960 Juan Marichal pitches his 1st game – one hits Philadelphia
1955 Detroit’s Babe Birrer pitches 4 innings of shutout relief and hits two 3 run HRs – his only HR and RBI of his career
1950 First black players for NYY – Elston Howard and Frank Barnes
1933 Rick Ferrell (Boston) hits a HR off his brother Wes (Cleveland) – Wes also hit a HR in the game

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