ON THIS DATE

2000 — Cal Ripken Jr. became the 24th major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits when he lined a clean single to center off Minnesota Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. Ripken reached the milestone with his third hit in the Baltimore Orioles’ 6-4 victory, becoming the seventh major leaguer to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.

2006 — Eric Chavez, Frank Thomas and Milton Bradley homered on consecutive pitches for Oakland in the Athletics’ 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers.

2008 — Jose Lopez became the 12th major leaguer to hit three sacrifice flies in one game, and the Seattle Mariners tied the team record for five sacrifice flies in their 11-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals.

2009 — Ian Kinsler became the fourth player in Texas history to hit for the cycle, going 6-for-6 in the Rangers’ 19-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles.

2010 — Florida’s Jorge Cantu extended his major league season-opening record to 10 games with a hit in the Marlins’ 10-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

2011 — Texas tied an American League record by turning six double plays, and the Rangers picked up where they left off in October 2010, beating the New York Yankees 5-3. This was the 15th time an AL team made six DPS in a game. The major league mark for double plays in a game is seven by the San Francisco Giants in 1969.

2011 — Brennan Boesch hit a go-ahead two-run double with the bases loaded in the 10th inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Oakland Athletics 8-4 for manager Jim Leyland’s 1,500th win. Leyland became the 19th major league manager to reach the milestone.