Another Trip Down the Jay Publishing Memory Trail
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On This Day: September 5
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1998
Mark McGwire became only the third player to reach sixty home runs, as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-0. He joined Babe Ruth and Roger Maris with sixty homers in a single season.
On This Day: August 2
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1987
Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6 with two home runs and driving in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat at Royals Stadium.
On This Day: July 28
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1993
Hall of Fame slugger Ken Griffey, Jr. tied a Major League record by homering in his eighth consecutive game, but it wasn’t enough for the Seattle Mariners in a 5-1 loss to Minnesota.
On This Day: July 27
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1983
While picking up his first win as a member of the Royals, Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the third pitcher this season to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, fanning four Indians in a 5-4 victory to raise his total to 3,501.
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On This Day: July 26
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1992
The amazing Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter of the season for a Major League record twenty-third consecutive year. He will finish the season with 157 k’s in 157.1 innings. Ryan also gets a 6-2 win over the Orioles to pass Phil Niekro for 12th place on the all-time win list with 319, and will finish his career with…
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On This Day: July 25
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1961
Roger Maris hits four home runs, tying the American League record for a doubleheader (at least one in each game), as New York beats Chicago, 5-1, and 12-0. Mickey Mantle also homers off Frank Baumann in the first game. He ends the day with thirty-eight home runs to forty for Maris as the great home run race begins to heat…
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On This Day: July 24
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1968
Hall of Fame pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm’s 907th game breaks Cy Young’s record for Major League pitching appearances, but he loses a 2-1 decision to Oakland. He will pitch through the 1972 season, and wind up his career appearing in 1,070 games.
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On This Day: July 23
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1964
Kansas City A’s rookie Bert “Campy” Campaneris sends Minnesota to defeat 4-3 with two home runs in his Major League debut. The first comes on the first pitch thrown to him by Jim Kaat. The 21-year-old Cuban and Bob Nieman at the time were the only players since 1900 with two home runs in their first Major League game.
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On This Day: July 22
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1967
The Atlanta Braves used a Major League record (at that time) five pitchers in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The pitchers were Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw.
