Panzram
07-08-2004, 11:21 PM
JULY 8 IN BASEBALL HISTORY
» 2000: The Yankees whip the Mets by identical 4-2 scores in both ends of an unusual day-night doubleheader. With the first game played at Shea Stadium and the nightcap at Yankee Stadium, it is the first time since 1903 that two teams played two games in different stadiums on the same day. Dwight Gooden wins the first game with a six inning effort in his first start since returning to the Yankees. Roger Clemens wins the night cap and precipitate a near brawl when he drills Mike Piazza in the helmet with an inside fastball. Piazza suffers a concussion.
» 1990: Losing 7-0 to California in the third, the Brewers score 20 unanswered runs, including 13 in the fifth, to win. This is the biggest swing of runs since 1980 and will not be topped in the 90s. Looking for his 279th win, Bert Blyleven starts for the Angels but never makes it out of the fourth. He'll win only once more the rest of the year.
» 1979: Ben Oglivie has three HRs in three at bats as the Brewers beat the Tigers 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader. Olgivie drives in the winning run in the second game as the Brewers take it 3-1.
» 1969: With three runs in the ninth inning, the Mets beat the Cubs 4-3, cutting Chicago's lead in the NL East to four games.
» 1958: The AL edges the NL 4-3 in the All-Star Game played at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Yankees Gil McDougald singles to score Boston's Frank Malzone with the deciding run. Billy O'Dell of San Francisco pitches perfect ball for three innings and gets the save. This is the first All-Star Game played without an extra-base hit.
» 1947: Clutch pinch hits by Luke Appling and Stan Spence lead the AL to a 2-1 win over the NL in the All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Schoolboy Rowe pinch-hits for Johnny Sain, becoming the first player to appear for each side. Rowe pitched three innings for the AL in 1936.
» 1935: The AL continues its All-Star Game reign, winning the third event, at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium 4-1. Jimmie Foxx is the hitting star with a homer and three RBI.
» 1922: Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils 7–1. A 3-time 20-game winner in nine years with the Reds, Donohue will beat the Phils 20 straight times.
» 1907: Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn, irate Cubs manager Frank Chance throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy's leg. Chance is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs' 5-0 victory.
» 1896: St. Louis suffers its 14th straight loss, the longest losing streak of the season. Roger Connor is fired and replaced as player-manager by Tommy Dowd, who becomes the 5th St. Louis manager of the season.
» 2000: The Yankees whip the Mets by identical 4-2 scores in both ends of an unusual day-night doubleheader. With the first game played at Shea Stadium and the nightcap at Yankee Stadium, it is the first time since 1903 that two teams played two games in different stadiums on the same day. Dwight Gooden wins the first game with a six inning effort in his first start since returning to the Yankees. Roger Clemens wins the night cap and precipitate a near brawl when he drills Mike Piazza in the helmet with an inside fastball. Piazza suffers a concussion.
» 1990: Losing 7-0 to California in the third, the Brewers score 20 unanswered runs, including 13 in the fifth, to win. This is the biggest swing of runs since 1980 and will not be topped in the 90s. Looking for his 279th win, Bert Blyleven starts for the Angels but never makes it out of the fourth. He'll win only once more the rest of the year.
» 1979: Ben Oglivie has three HRs in three at bats as the Brewers beat the Tigers 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader. Olgivie drives in the winning run in the second game as the Brewers take it 3-1.
» 1969: With three runs in the ninth inning, the Mets beat the Cubs 4-3, cutting Chicago's lead in the NL East to four games.
» 1958: The AL edges the NL 4-3 in the All-Star Game played at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Yankees Gil McDougald singles to score Boston's Frank Malzone with the deciding run. Billy O'Dell of San Francisco pitches perfect ball for three innings and gets the save. This is the first All-Star Game played without an extra-base hit.
» 1947: Clutch pinch hits by Luke Appling and Stan Spence lead the AL to a 2-1 win over the NL in the All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Schoolboy Rowe pinch-hits for Johnny Sain, becoming the first player to appear for each side. Rowe pitched three innings for the AL in 1936.
» 1935: The AL continues its All-Star Game reign, winning the third event, at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium 4-1. Jimmie Foxx is the hitting star with a homer and three RBI.
» 1922: Reds righthander Pete Donohue beats the Phils 7–1. A 3-time 20-game winner in nine years with the Reds, Donohue will beat the Phils 20 straight times.
» 1907: Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn, irate Cubs manager Frank Chance throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy's leg. Chance is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs' 5-0 victory.
» 1896: St. Louis suffers its 14th straight loss, the longest losing streak of the season. Roger Connor is fired and replaced as player-manager by Tommy Dowd, who becomes the 5th St. Louis manager of the season.