Harris ends Moses’ 107-race win streak

Edwin Moses’ 10-year, 107-race winning streak ended on this date in 1987 when fellow American Danny Harris beat the two-time Olympic champion in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 47.56 seconds at a meet in Madrid.

The streak, the longest in track and field history, was over when Moses tripped on the 10th, and last, hurdle and finished 0.13 seconds behind Harris, who three years earlier had come in second to Moses at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

After the defeat, Moses went on to win 10 more races, including beating Harris in the 1987 world championships at Rome.

“I lost because I am not in great shape right now,” Moses said. “And Danny had the run of his life. I lost my balance on the 10th hurdle and that upset my rhythm.”

The Dodgers would have opened a four-game series Thursday against the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium. The Angels were scheduled to play the first of four games against the Minnesota Twins at Minneapolis. Both games were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here is a look at memorable games and outstanding sports performances on this date:

1927 — The United States wins the first Ryder Cup golf tournament by beating Britain 91⁄2 to 21⁄2 at the Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Mass. Ted Ray is the captain of Britain and Walter Hagen leads a U.S. team.

1966 — Amberoid, with Bill Boland up, wins the Belmont Stakes by 21⁄2 lengths over Buffle. Kauai King, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, finishes fourth.

1988 — West Germany’s Steffi Graf beats 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union in 32 minutes with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the French Open women’s final for her second straight title, losing just 13 points at Roland Garros in Paris.

2009 — Randy Johnson wins his 300th career game to become the 24th pitcher in major league history to reach the milestone as the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Washington.