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1910 — Addie Joss of Cleveland pitched the second no-hitter of his profession, a 1-0 win over the White Sox in Chicago.
1912 — Fenway Park was opened in Boston and the Red Sox defeated the visiting New York Highlanders, later often called the Yankees, 7-6 in 11 innings. Tiger Stadium in Detroit additionally opened its doorways because the Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-5.
1916 — The Chicago Cubs performed their first sport at Weeghman Park — renamed Wrigley Field in 1926 — defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.
1920 — Manager Gavvy Cravath of the Philadelphia Phillies inserted himself as a pinch hitter and beat the New York Giants with a three-run homer, 3-0. It was his final dwelling run within the majors.
1937 — Gee Walker hit for the cycle on opening day to steer the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 win over Cleveland. Walker hit the cycle in reverse order: dwelling run, triple, double, single.
1938 — Cleveland’s Bob Feller pitched the primary of 12 profession one-hitters, beating the St. Louis Browns 9-0.
1939 — In his first main league sport, Ted Williams hit a 400-foot double in 4 at-bats because the Boston Red Sox misplaced 2-0 to New York at Yankee Stadium.
1967 — Tom Seaver of the New York Mets recorded his first main league victory with a 6-1 overcome the Chicago Cubs. Seaver went 7 2-3 innings and gave up eight hits and one run.
1982 — The Atlanta Braves recorded their twelfth consecutive victory from the start of the season — a 4-2 determination over Cincinnati in Atlanta — and eclipsed the most important league file set a yr earlier by the Oakland A’s.
1988 — The Baltimore Orioles set a significant league file with their 14th straight defeat at the beginning of the season, shedding to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6.
1990 — Seattle’s Brian Holman misplaced his bid for baseball’s thirteenth excellent sport with two outs within the ninth inning on Ken Phelps’ pinch-hit dwelling run within the Mariners’ 6-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
1997 — The Chicago Cubs stopped their season-opening shedding streak at 14 video games, rallying within the sixth inning to beat the New York Mets 4-3 within the second sport of a doubleheader. The Mets received the opener 8-2. Chicago’s 0-14 begin set a National League file and was the second worst behind the 1988 Baltimore Orioles, who started 0-21.
2001 — Carlos Delgado of the Blue Jays hit three homers for the second time this season, as Toronto beat the Kansas City Royals 12-4.
2006 — Julio Franco grew to become the oldest participant in main league historical past to hit a house run when he hit a two-run, pinch-hit shot within the eighth inning to assist the New York Mets rally for a 7-2 win over San Diego. Franco, 47, changed Athletics pitcher Jack Quinn within the file ebook who was 46 years, 357 days previous when he homered on June 27, 1930.
2007 — Alex Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with two dwelling runs in a 7-6 loss to Boston and joined Mike Schmidt, who hit 12 homers within the first 15 video games in 1976, because the quickest to achieve a dozen in baseball historical past.
2012 — Drew Stubbs had three hits and drove in three runs to steer the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-4 win over the Chicago Cubs — the ten,000th victory in franchise historical past.
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