{"id":737016,"date":"2017-09-06T03:58:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=737016"},"modified":"2017-09-06T03:58:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T07:58:03","slug":"today-in-baseball-september-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/today-in-baseball-september-6\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY IN BASEBALL: September 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-hall-of-very-good-podcast\/id1064701432?mt=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-611442\" src=\"https:\/\/thebloguin.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/web-graphics-podcast-2.jpg\" alt=\"web-graphics-podcast-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/web-graphics-podcast-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/web-graphics-podcast-2-555x34.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpastime.com\/\"><strong>National Pastime<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1912<\/strong> \u2013 Jeff Tesreau becomes the third rookie to throw a no-hitter. The 24 year-old right-hander holds the Phillies hitless in the Giants&#8217; 3-0 victory in the first game of a twin bill at the Baker Bowl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1948<\/strong> \u2013 After 2,592 plate appearances, Emil Verban hits his first and only Major League home run, establishing the mark for the longest homerless streak to start a career. The Cubs second baseman hits the historic home run off Johnny Vander Meer in the seventh inning of the team&#8217;s 3-1 loss to Chicago at Crosley Field.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cal Ripken&#039;s home run in his 2131 game, Sept. 6, 1995\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2JiKu_wpIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1995<\/strong> \u2013 Cal Ripken breaks Lou Gehrig&#8217;s consecutive game record, playing in his 2,131st straight game. When the game becomes official in the middle of the fifth inning, the new &#8216;Iron Man&#8217; takes a victory lap around Camden Yards during the 22-minute standing ovation from the sellout crowd, including President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>And finally\u2026in <strong>1996<\/strong>, Eddie Murray of the Orioles becomes the 15th player in Major League history to hit 500 home runs when his seventh-inning solo shot goes deep, knotting the score at 3-3 off Tiger pitcher Felipe Lira at Camden Yards. The Los Angeles native joins Hank Aaron and Willie Mays as the only players to reach this milestone and also have three thousand hits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLAYERS BORN TODAY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vince DiMaggio (1912), Derrek Lee (1975), Mitch Moreland (1985) and Clint Frazier (1994)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-hall-of-very-good-podcast\/id1064701432?mt=2\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-611442\" src=\"https:\/\/thebloguin.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/web-graphics-podcast-2.jpg\" alt=\"web-graphics-podcast-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/web-graphics-podcast-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/web-graphics-podcast-2-555x34.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TODAY IN BASEBALL courtesy of National Pastime 1912 \u2013 Jeff Tesreau becomes the third rookie to throw a no-hitter. 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