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This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead By The Associated PressMay 6, 2021 GMT May 7 1917 Babe Ruth of the Red Sox allowed two hits as he outdueled Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators 1-0. Ruth knocked in the winning run with a sacrifice fly. 1922 Jesse Barnes of the New York Giants pitched the only no-hitter of the year, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6-0. 1925 Pittsburgh shortstop Glenn Wright made an unassisted triple play in the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals when he caught Jim Bottomley’s line drive, stepped on second to double Jimmy Cooney, and tagged Rogers Hornsby coming from first. The Cardinals, trailing 9-4, scored six runs in the eighth inning to win 10-9 at Forbes Field. ....
Originally posted on Baseball Essential | By Tom Gibbons | Last updated 4/19/21 San Diego Padres fans had to wait 52 years for the franchise’s first no-hitter about 39 years too long, the way I see it. On June 2, 1982, Juan Eichelberger was credited with throwing a one-hitter in a 3-1 victory with neither team scoring an earned run over the Chicago Cubs on a windy Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Officially, the Cubs’ only hit was a single in the second inning. Scot Thompson hit a ground ball between second and first that second baseman Tim Flannery was unable to field cleanly. The official scorer, Dave Nightingale, scored it a hit. ....
Until a video review overturned the umpire's call of safe, Tony Wolters appeared on Sunday to have become the first Cubs catcher to steal home in nearly 55 years. It would have been only the Cubs'. ....
MLB s milestone players: 10,000th-19,000th By JohnW53 on Apr 17, 2021, 6:58am CDT + 20,000th player since the the first game played in the National Association, the first true league. Through Thursday, the count stood at 19,944. This is the second of 2 posts looking at the players who were the 1,000th, 2,000th, etc., to appear in a big league game. This post covers the 10,000th through 19,000th. .... Andy Kosco, pinch hitter, age 23, for Minnesota Twins, American League Kosco became No. 10,000 exactly 94 years, 3 months and 9 days after the first 18 players squared off on May 4, 1871. That is 34,434 days. He pinch hit for pitcher Garry Roggenburk with 1 out and nobody on in the eighth inning at Cleveland, with the Twins behind, 3-1. ....
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