O’s hit nine doubles in 16-4 win
Cut by Colts, WR Holden Smith pours drink on Kush
JULY 30, 1996: The playoff-bound Orioles hit nine doubles, three short of the American League record, in a 16-4 victory over the host Minnesota Twins. Rafael Palmeiro, Bobby Bonilla and Gregg Zaun double twice.
JULY 24, 1983: Cut by Colts coach Frank Kush on the field during practice at Goucher College, wide receiver Holden Smith exacts revenge on his way out in the team dining room. He pours a can of root beer over the surprised Kush’s head.
JULY 26, 1975: Left-hander Mike Cuellar, 38, pitches his second one-hitter of the year — and his fourth as an Oriole — in a 4-0 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee. For Cuellar (10-6), it’s his fourth shutout of the season.
JULY 26, 1969: More than 7,900 fans attend the Colts’ annual Family Day Fiesta during training camp at Western Maryland (now McDaniel) College.
JULY 27, 1958: Art Wall Jr. makes a birdie putt on the first extra hole to win a sudden-death playoff in the ninth Eastern Open Invitational at Mount Pleasant Golf Course.
JULY 29, 1922: Baseball teams composed of employees of City Hall and the Courthouse split a doubleheader at Oriole Park. City Hall wins the second game, 5-1, after making 11 errors in an 11-4 loss in the opener.
JULY 26, 1893: It’s a costly day for John McGraw, the Orioles’ fiery third baseman, in a 5-4 loss to the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. Claiming he’d been hit by a pitch, The Sun reports, McGraw “threw down his cap and began to dance around the plate.” Umpire Charles “Pop” Snyder fines McGraw $5, then $20 more and finally ejects him from the game.
JULY 24, 1876: A crowd of more than 2,000 whoops it up at Ford’s Opera House during a three-hour wrestling match between William Miller, the winner, and Thiebaud Bauer. “It does seem that the splendid muscle and physical power spent in these contests might be put to much better practical service,” The Sun opines.
Birthday
JULY 26, 1922: Hoyt Wilhelm, Hall of Fame knuckleballer who pitched the Orioles’ first no-hitter, 1-0 over the New York Yankees at Memorial Stadium in 1958. Wilhelm died in 2002.