TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY courtesy of National Pastime
1967 – Braves’ outfielder Hank Aaron hits an inside-the-park homer off Phillies hurler Jim Bunning. It will be ‘Hammerin’ Hank’s’ only home run which doesn’t clear the fence out of his record setting 755 round-trippers.
1981 – Expos’ hurler Charlie Lea no-hits the Giants, 4-0, becoming the first French-born pitcher to accomplish the feat. The 24 year-old right-hander was born in Orleans, France.
1999 – In a 12-4 rout of the Mariners, Nomar Garciaparra hits two grand slams in the same game and adds a two-run homer as well. The Red Sox shortstop becomes the first American League player to drive in ten runs in a game since 1975.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OIWimSm8I]And finally…in 2008, with the Padres’ 3-2 victory over the Rockies at Petco Park, Greg Maddux, on his fifth attempt, wins the 350th game of his career. The 42 year-old right-hander gives up three hits in six innings to become the ninth pitcher in major league history to reach the milestone, and only the third hurler along with Warren Spahn and Roger Clemens to accomplish the feat since 1928.
STAT OF THE DAY provided by @HighHeatStats
One year ago today, Michael Pineda struck out 16, the most by a Yankee since both David Wells and David Cone did it in 1997. The only Yankee with more was Ron Guidry, with 18 in a 1978 game against the Angels.
PLAYERS BORN TODAY
Jim Hickman (1937), Ken Berry (1941), Robby Thompson (1962) and Pete Schourek (1969)
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