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Today in Baseball History
May 14, 2000
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Walter Johnson started his Major League career in 1907.
On this day in 1913, Washington's Walter Johnson gave up a run in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Browns, ending his streak of 56 scoreless innings. The Senators won 10-5. It was a Major League record that stood for 55 years.
Exactly seven years later, Johnson defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-8 for his 300th career victory. He would end his career seven years later with 416, second only to Cy Young's 511.
Also on this date:
1914 -- Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitched nine innings of no-hit ball against the Washington Senators, but lost 1-0 by giving up two hits in the 10th.
1950 -- Pittsburgh first baseman Johnny Hopp hit two home runs and four singles in six at-bats, leading the Pirates to a 16-9 victory against the Cubs in the second game of a doubleheader at Chicago.
1972 -- In his first game with the New York Mets, Willie Mays hit a fifth-inning home run off Don Carrithers for the difference in a 5-4 triumph over the San Francisco Giants.
1977 -- Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals no-hit the Texas Rangers for a 6-0 victory.
1988 -- Jose Oquendo became the first non-pitcher in 20 seasons to get a decision, taking the loss in the 19th inning when Ken Griffey's two-out, two-run double led the Atlanta Braves past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5.
1989 -- Benny Distefano became the first left-handed catcher in a Major League game in nine years when he caught the ninth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Mike Squires caught two games with the Chicago White Sox in 1980, and Dale Long caught two for the Chicago Cubs in 1958.
Today's birthdays: Roy Halladay 23; Brad Rigby 27; Larry Sutton 30.
May 14, 2000
Big Train steams along
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Walter Johnson started his Major League career in 1907.
On this day in 1913, Washington's Walter Johnson gave up a run in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Browns, ending his streak of 56 scoreless innings. The Senators won 10-5. It was a Major League record that stood for 55 years.
Exactly seven years later, Johnson defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-8 for his 300th career victory. He would end his career seven years later with 416, second only to Cy Young's 511.
Also on this date:
1914 -- Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitched nine innings of no-hit ball against the Washington Senators, but lost 1-0 by giving up two hits in the 10th.
1950 -- Pittsburgh first baseman Johnny Hopp hit two home runs and four singles in six at-bats, leading the Pirates to a 16-9 victory against the Cubs in the second game of a doubleheader at Chicago.
1972 -- In his first game with the New York Mets, Willie Mays hit a fifth-inning home run off Don Carrithers for the difference in a 5-4 triumph over the San Francisco Giants.
1977 -- Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals no-hit the Texas Rangers for a 6-0 victory.
1988 -- Jose Oquendo became the first non-pitcher in 20 seasons to get a decision, taking the loss in the 19th inning when Ken Griffey's two-out, two-run double led the Atlanta Braves past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5.
1989 -- Benny Distefano became the first left-handed catcher in a Major League game in nine years when he caught the ninth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Mike Squires caught two games with the Chicago White Sox in 1980, and Dale Long caught two for the Chicago Cubs in 1958.
Today's birthdays: Roy Halladay 23; Brad Rigby 27; Larry Sutton 30.