TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
SATURDAY 1888 Casey at the Bat is published in the San Francisco Examiner. 1932 Lou Gehrig hits four consecutive home runs; New York Yankees beat Philadelphia Athletics 20-13. 1933 Philadelphia Athletics score 11 runs in 2nd inning, New York Yankees score 10 in 5th and win 17-11. 1968 New York Yankees turn 21st tripleplay in their history, but lose 4-3 to Minnesota Twins. 1971 Chicago Cubs’ Ken Holtzman second no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0. 1977 Baltimore Orioles pull their sixth triple play (9-6-4-6-6 versus Kansas City Royals). 1980 ESPN begins televising college World Series games. 1984 Patty Shoehan wins LPGA by a record 10 strokes. 1987 Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros tie Baltimore Orioles’ and Texas Rangers’ record of three grand slams in a game. 1989 Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09). SUNDAY 1927 First Ryders Cup (Golf ), US beats England 9.5-2.5. 1940 First National League night game at Sportsman’s Park (Brooklyn Dodgers 10, St. Louis Cardinals 1). 1940 First night game at Forbes Field (Pittsburgh Pirates 14, Boston Bees 2). 1943 St. Louis Cardinals’ pitcher Mort Cooper pitches his second consecutive one hitter. 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates’ Gus Bell hits for the cycle, helps beat Philadelphia Phillies 12-4. 1964 Los Angeles Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax third no-hitter, beats Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0. 1968 Don Drysdale pitches his sixth straight shutout, en route to a 58-inning shutout streak 1971 Oakland Athletics beat Washington Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings. 1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks. 1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 consecutive hurdle wins. 1988 Longest game in Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium (5:46) 14 innings, beating New York Yankees 7-6. 1989 Boston Red Sox lead Toronto Blue Jays 10-0 in seventh, but lose 12-11 in 12 innings on Junior Felix home run. 2008 The Detroit Red Wings win the NHL’s Stanley Cup in a 3-2 Game Six win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.