THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE THURSDAY MAY 26
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THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE TUESDAY MAY 24
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INDIANA BASEBALL SECTIONALS 4A 1. HIGHLAND (7) G1: HIGHLAND VS. HAMMOND CENTRAL. G2: LAKE CENTRAL VS. HAMMOND MORTON. G3: MUNSTER VS. EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL. G4: MERRILLVILLE VS. G1 WINNER. G5: G2 WINNER VS. G3 WINNER. CHAMPIONSHIP: G4 WINNER VS. G5 WINNER. 2....
THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE SUNDAY MAY 22
(INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL) CARMEL 2 COLUMBUS NORTH 1 SOUTH BEND RILEY 15 ELKHART CHRISTIAN 4 NORTHFIELD 9 WABASH 3 FRANKTON 4 TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN 1 SHAWE MEMORIAL 7 S. RIPLEY 1 MOUNT VERNON 10 NEW HAVEN 0 LEO 6 HOMESTEAD 3 BLUFFTON 17 SOUTHWOOD 7 CARROLL 11...
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THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE SATURDAY MAY 21
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL LOWELL 13 N. NEWTON 3 SOUTH-CENTRAL 12 BEECH GROVE 11 WEST WASHINGTON 15 SHOALS 5 MICHIGAN CITY 4 MARQUETTE CATHOLIC 2 THORNTON FRACTIONAL NORTH 13 E. CHICAGO CENTRAL 2 MERRILLVILLE 7 HAMMOND NOLL 6 WHITING 14 HAMMOND CENTRAL 4 CLARKSVILLE...
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SECTIONALS-STARTS NEXT WEEK 4A 1. Highland (7) G1: Highland vs. Hammond Central. G2: Lake Central vs. Hammond Morton. G3: Munster vs. East Chicago Central. G4: Merrillville vs. G1 winner. G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Championship: G4...
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4A 1. Lake Central (7) G1: Hammond Morton vs. Hammond Central. G2: Merrillville vs. Lake Central. G3: Highland vs. Munster. G4: East Chicago Central vs. G1 winner. G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Championship: G4 winner vs. G5 winner. 2. Chesterton (7) G1: Michigan City...
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BOONE GROVE 2 KOUTS 1 SOUTH-CENTRAL 9 WASHINGTON TWP. 6 SOUTH BEND RILEY 5 OREGON DAVIS 0 MUNSTER 5 ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 3 TECUMSEH 11 PIKE CENTRAL 1 BOONVILLE 13 EVANSVILLE BOSSE 5 NORTHRIDGE 9 PLYMOUTH 5 TAYLOR 6 CLINTON CENTRAL 5 CHRUBUSCO 22 HAMILTON 1 FRANKTON 12...
THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE WEDNESDAY MAY 18
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INDIANA GIRLS TENNIS FINAL POLL
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOFTBALL POLLS
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THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE TUESDAY MAY 17
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THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE MONDAY MAY 16
NBA PLAYOFF BOSTON 109 MILWAUKEE 81 DALLAS 123 PHOENIX 90 MLB HOUSTON 8 WASHINGTON 0 SEATTLE 8 NY METS 7 KANSAS CITY 8 COLORADO 7 DETROIT 5 BALTIMORE 1 NY YANKEES 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1 MINNESOTA 3 CLEVELAND 1 TEXAS 7 BOSTON 1 LA ANGELS 4 OAKLAND 1 SAN DIEGO 7 ATLANTA...
THE INDIANA SRN SPORTSPAGE SUNDAY MAY 15
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CROTHERSVILLE 14 ROCK CREEK ACADEMY 4 INDY GENESIS HOMESCHOOL 9 SUMMIT 4 INDIANAPOLIS KINGS 19 INDY GENESIS HOMESCHOOL 6 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 8 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 4 SOUTH-CENTRAL 12 ARGOS 2 SOUTH NEWTON 3 FRONTIER 2 HIGHLAND 13 HEBRON 2...
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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES
CALUMET CHRISTIAN 11 HORIZON CHRISTIAN 0
GLENN 11 KNOX 0
RISING SUN 9 OLDENBURG ACADEMY 2
PIKE CENTRAL 6 WASHINGTON 5
HAGERSTOWN 10 UNION CITY 4
HIGHLAND 10 HAMMOND CENTRAL 1
UNIVERSITY 11 SPEEDWAY 1
BOONE GROVE 6 N. JETSON 2
WABASH 10 ROCHESTER 3
PIKE 9 CRISPUS ATTUCKS 1
TAYLOR 11 TIPTON 1
WAWASEE 5 TIPPECANOE VALLEY 2
LAFAYETTE JEFF 7 LOGANSPORT 3
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 18 MOUNT VERNON 2
EASTSIDE 10 CHRUBUSCO 0
HIGHLAND 10 HAMMOND CENTRAL 1
SCECINA 11 TRITON CENTRAL 1
CLARKSVILLE 14 HENRYVILLE 2
MOORESVILLE 8 FRANKLIN 4
LINTON STOCKTON 11 S. KNOX 0
BEECH GROVE 20 HERRON 2
EDGEWOOD 21 BROWN COUNTY 2
JEFFERSONVILLE 7 JENNINGS COUNTY 1
MONROE CENTRAL 13 ELWOOD 1
TECUMSEH 9 NORTHEAST DUBOIS 8
FAIRFIELD 10 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0
SHERIDAN 10 FRONTIER 9
SHOALS 9 VINCENNES RIVET 6
ZIONSVILLE 5 NOBLESVILLE 4
BREBEUF 10 GREENCASTLE 0
TINDLEY 14 INDIANA DEAF 8
WESTERN 9 PERU 2
DEKALB 2 E. NOBLE 0
CASTON 4 W. CENTRAL 2
EAST CENTRAL 5 COLUMBUS NORTH 4
VINCENNES LINCOLN 9 PRINCETON 3
PROVIDENCE 10 EASTERN 0
SOUTH VERMILLION 6 FRANKFORT 4
ROSSVILLE 11 TRI COUNTY 6
EASTBROOK 6 BLACKFORD 1
CATHEDRAL 8 LAWRENCE CENTRAL 0
PLYMOUTH 7 SOUTH BEND RILEY 1
INDIAN CREEK 9 SULLIVAN 8
CARROLL 14 LEWIS CASS 8
NEW ALBANY 3 FLOYD CENTRAL 1
WESTFIELD 5 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 2
NORTH KNOX 11 PAOLI 4
WAPAHANI 11 LAPEL 1
CENTER GROVE 21 GREENWOOD 3
SECTIONAL BRACKETS:
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL BRACKETS:
HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES
MADISON GRANT 17 BLACKFORD 2
ILLIANA CHRISTIAN 6 ANDREAN 0
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 13 HAST 0
NORTH NEWTON 1 PIONEER 0
SOUTH BEND RILEY 6 LAPORTE 5
CARROLL 14 TRI COUNTY 3
NORTHWESTERN 12 WESTERN 9
RIVERTON PARKE 12 FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 2
BREBEUF 9 RITTER 6
UNION COUNTY 4 TRI 3
WESTERN BOONE 4 SOUTHMONT 2
CULVER COMMUNITY 18 SOUTH BEND CAREER ACADEMY 5
EASTSIDE 5 ADAMS CENTRAL 4
RONCALLI 8 NEW PALESTINE 0….RONCALLI IN NOW 28-0…VS. AVON IN REGIONAL TUESDAY
ELWOOD 7 ALEXANDRIA MONROE 1
NORTH CENTRAL 15 BEN DAVIS 3…NORTH CENTRAL WINS FIRST SECTIONAL SINCE 1999
LINTON STOCKTON 2 SULLIVAN 1
TRI WEST HENDRICKS 13 LEBANON 0
CASCADE 10 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 0
WEST VIGO 17 NORTHVIEW 6
EASTERN 6 OAK HILL 5
ROSSVILLE 4 CLINTON CENTRAL 3
AVON 10 TERRE HAUTE NORTH 6….AVON NOW 20-7. ORIOLES PLAY IN REGIONAL FOR 2ND CONSECUTIVE SEASON
WHITELAND 7 MOORESVILLE 0
LINCOLN 13 RANDOLPH SOUTHERN 0
NORTH VERMILLION 2 FAITH CHRISTIAN 1
BENTON CENTRAL 7 TWIN LAKES 0
SECTIONAL BRACKETS:
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SECTIONAL BRACKETS:
1A BRACKETS: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/TOURNAMENT/LIST/RJUHGC_ZEEYA0WQB9TL3HA/SOFTBALL-22/2021-22-IHSAA-CLASS-1A-SOFTBALL-STATE-TOURNAMENT.HTM
INDIANA GIRLS TENNIS REGIONAL BRACKET: HTTPS://WWW.IHSAA.ORG/PORTALS/0/GIRLS%20SPORTS/GIRLS%20TENNIS/2021-22/2021-22%20STATE%20CHAMPIONSHIP%20BRACKET.PDF
NBA PLAYOFFS
BOSTON 93 MIAMI
WEDNESDAY’S BOX SCORE:
HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NBA/BOXSCORE.ASP?GAMECODE=2022052514&HOME=14&VIS=2&FINAL=TRUE
NBA WIRE: HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NBA/WIRE.ASP
NHL PLAYOFFS
ST. LOUIS 5 COLORADO 4
WEDNESDAY’S BOX SCORE:
HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/NHL/BOXSCORE.ASP?GAMECODE=2022052517&HOME=17&VIS=19&FINAL=TRUE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TAMPA BAY 5 MIAMI 4
DETROIT 4 MINNESOTA 2 (10)
OAKLAND 4 SEATTLE 2
NY YANKEES 2 BALTIMORE 0
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 BOSTON 1
HOUSTON 2 CLEVELAND 1
TEXAS 7 LA ANGELS 2
PITTSBURGH 10 COLORADO 5
SAN FRANCISCO 9 NY METS 3
WASHINGTON 1 LA DODGERS 0
MILWAUKEE 2 SAN DIEGO 1
CINCINNATI 4 CHICAGO CUBS 3
ATLANTA 8 PHILADELPHIA 4
WEDNESDAY’S BOX SCORES:
HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/MLB/SCOREBOARD.ASP
MLB WIRE:
HTTP://HOSTED.STATS.COM/MLB/WIRE.ASP
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL:
INDIANAPOLIS 16 ST. PAUL 10
INDIANS BOX SCORE GAME ONE:
ST. PAUL 5 INDIANAPOLIS 3
INDIANS BOX SCORE GAME 2:
GREAT LAKES 4 SOUTH BEND 3
QUAD CITIES 5 FORT WAYNE 2 (GAME SUSPENDED BOTTOM OF THIRD)
COLLEGE BASEBALL
YOUNGSTOWN STATE 6 PURDUE FORT WAYNE 0
INDIANA STATE 8 VALPARAISO 0
EVANSVILLE 9 INDIANA STATE 1
MISSOURI STATE 9 ILLINOIS STATE 4
MISSOURI STATE 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 11 TOLEDO 10
TEXAS 4 OKLAHOMA STATE 0
PITTSBURGH 6 LOUISVILLE 5
TCU 4 BAYLOR 2
KENTUCKY 3 AUBURN 1
FLORIDA STATE 13 VIRGINIA 3 (7)
STANFORD 6 ARIZONA STATE 3
TEXAS TECH 5 KANSAS STATE 3
ALABAMA 4 ARKANSAS 3
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 9 MIAMI 6
OREGON STATE 13 WASHINGTON 8
OKLAHOMA 6 WEST VIRGINIA 4
SOUTHERN MISS 4 ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM 3
GRAND CANYON 8 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 4
CALIFORNIA 4 UCLA 1

In Chicago, Tiger outfielder Ty Cobb becomes the first player to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit’s 8-1 win over the White Sox. The ‘Georgia Peach,’ who surpassed Honus Wagner’s record of 993 earlier in the season, will finish his 24-year major league career with 1,139.

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JEFF BAGWELL
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell
Inducted to the Hall of Fame in: 2017
Primary team: Houston Astros
Primary position: 1st Baseman
The story is so famous, it has become the first cautionary tale for every new big league general manager.
The Boston Red Sox, looking for bullpen help during the 1990 stretch drive, target the Astros’ Larry Andersen – a 37-year-old veteran of four teams who has posted earned-run averages below 2.00 for each of the two previous seasons.
In exchange, the Red Sox offer a 22-year-old Double-A third baseman who is batting .333 for the New Britain Red Sox but has only four home runs. But a little more than 400 days later, Jeff Bagwell wrapped up a rookie season in Houston where he hit .294 with 15 homers and 82 RBI – a season that would eventually win him the 1991 National League Rookie of the Year Award by a near-unanimous vote.
It was the beginning of a career that would take Bagwell to the Hall of Fame.
Born May 27, 1968, in Boston, Bagwell was the Red Sox’s fourth-round draft choice in 1989. He had received little attention as a high school player in Middletown, Conn., but found a place on the University of Hartford squad.
A lifelong Red Sox fan, the trade to the Astros devastated Bagwell – at first. But soon, Bagwell saw the trade as the platform that eventually launched his career.
After his Rookie of the Year season, Bagwell’s power numbers continued to climb before beginning an assault on the record books in 1994. That season, Bagwell hit .368 with 39 homers and 116 RBI in just 110 games in a season that was cut short by a strike, winning the NL Most Valuable Player Award. Suddenly, fans and media alike began to take note of the first baseman – the Astros moved him across the diamond before his big league career even began – with the shoulder-wide batting stance and fearless disposition.
Bagwell continued to put up astounding numbers in the next decade, scoring 100-or-more runs in eight of nine years from 1996-2004 and driving in more than 100 runs seven times in that span. He also averaged better than 113 walks a year during those seasons.
From 1996 through 2001, Bagwell totaled at least 30 home runs, 100 runs scored and 100 RBI per season. At the same time, Bagwell turned the Astros into an annual postseason contender – helping Houston advance to the playoffs six times from 1997-2005.
But early in the 2005 season, Bagwell removed himself from the lineup due to a right shoulder that had caused him four years of constant pain. The arthritic condition – produced by bone-on-bone wear and tear – left him virtually unable to throw a baseball.
Bagwell willed himself back onto the Astros’ roster for their 2005 run to the World Series, but called it quits after he was unable to appear in any games in 2006.
The final numbers: a .297 batting average and Houston club records of 449 home runs and 1,529 RBI to go with a .408 on-base percentage.
Bagwell was selected to four All-Star Games, finished in the Top 10 in the National League MVP voting six times, won three Silver Slugger Awards and also captured a Gold Glove Award in 1994.
Bagwell was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2017.

1916 In Boston, Giants outfielder Benny Kauff is picked off first base three times by Lefty Tyler. The center fielder’s miscues don’t hurt the team when New York reels off its 14th consecutive road victory, beating the Braves, 12-1.
1925 In Chicago, Tiger outfielder Ty Cobb becomes the first player to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit’s 8-1 win over the White Sox. The ‘Georgia Peach,’ who surpassed Honus Wagner’s record of 993 earlier in the season, will finish his 24-year major league career with 1,139.
1929 Coming off the bench, Giants’ Pat Crawford and Les Bell of the Braves blast grand slams in consecutive innings, marking the first time two pinch-hit four-run homers occur in the same game. Crawford goes yard off Socks Seibold in the sixth inning, and Bell takes Carl Hubbell long in the seventh in New York’s 15-8 victory over Boston in the Polo Grounds.
1930 During the nightcap of a twin bill, Joe Sewell strikes out twice against White Sox southpaw Pat Caraway in Cleveland’s 5-2 victory over Chicago. The Indians’ infielder will be fanned a total of only three times in his 353 at-bats this season.
1937 Appearing as pinch-hitters, Cleveland’s Billy Sullivan and Bruce Campbell both homer, marking the first time two batters on the same team hit pinch round-trippers in an American League game. The off-the-bench home run heroics prove to be the difference when the Indians beat Philadelphia at Shibe Park, 8-6.
1947 The largest crowd ever to attend a single game in baseball history occurs when 74,747 fans watch the Yankees beat Boston, 9-3, in a Monday evening tilt at the Bronx ballpark. The previous mark was set in 1932 at Cleveland’s spacious Municipal Stadium with a Sunday afternoon game attracting 73,592 patrons to witness Philadelphia’s 1-0 victory over the hometown Indians, a contest that takes only an hour and fifty minutes to complete.
1953 Six years after Jackie Robinson makes his major league debut, the Cardinals sign their first black player when Fresno State College slugger Len Tucker agrees to a $3,000 professional contract. The 23-year-old speedy outfielder plays exceptionally well in the minors for Peoria, Saskatoon, and Modesto but never gets called up to St. Louis.
1956 Reds starter John Klippstein, Hershell Freeman, and Joe Black combine to hurl 9.2 innings of hitless ball in a losing effort to Milwaukee. Frank Torre’s 11th inning walk-off single scoring Hank Aaron is the difference in the 2-1 defeat at County Stadium.
1957 Cubs rookie Dick Drott establishes a franchise record when he strikes out 15 batters en route to a complete-game victory over Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. The 20-year-old right-hander’s mark, accomplished in his seventh major league start, will be matched by Burt Hooton (1971) and Rick Sutcliffe (1984) and will remain the standard for a nine-inning game until Kerry Wood’s 20-K performance in 1998.
1959 At Comiskey Park, another of Bill Veeck’s stunts features the return of 3-feet 7 inch Eddie Gaedel along with three other little people. Arriving by helicopter, the quartet, dressed as Martians greets Nellie Fox and Luis Aparicio near second base, giving the diminutive infielders toy ray guns to help the keystone combo in their struggle with giant earthlings.
1959 Pirates’ hurler Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings but loses 1-0 to the Braves in the 13th inning. The heart-breaking winning run scores on a Don Hoak error, a sacrifice, a walk, and a two-bagger by Joe Adcock.
1959 The Yankees deal Jerry Lumpe, Tom Sturdivant, and right-hander Johnny Kucks to the A’s in exchange for Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry. In three years, Terry will become the second Bronx Bomber hurler to pitch a shutout in the seventh game of a World Series, with the departed Kucks being the first in franchise history to blank opponents in Game 7 of the Fall Classic.
1964 In front of a meager crowd of 2,503 fans at Wrigley Field, the visiting Mets set a franchise record for runs scored when the team pummels the Cubs, 19-1. New York’s 25-year-old first baseman Dick Smith, batting leadoff, becomes the first player in franchise history to get five hits in a game, nearly 20% of his season total of 21 when he collects a double, a triple, and three singles.
1976 Ken Brett’s no-hit bid ends with two outs in the ninth when White Sox third baseman Jorge Orta hopes Jerry Remy’s slow roller will go foul. The ball stays fair, and the no-hitter is lost, but the southpaw, who tosses ten innings of two-hit ball, gets the victory when the Pale Hose beat California in the 11th, 1-0.
1984 Pitching two-thirds of an inning of relief to finish the seventh inning, Paul Splittorff gets credit for the win when the Royals come back to beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 11-7. The decision marks the southpaw’s 166th and last victory of his 15-year career, all with Kansas City, the most in franchise history.
1990 Don Baylor, who will be the only Angel to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award [1979] until Mike Trout cops the honor in 2014, is inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. The seasoned veteran averaged 23 home runs and 87 RBI while batting .262 in six seasons for the California team.
990 The Phillies retire Mike Schmidt’s uniform #20, honoring the third baseman who played his entire 18-year Hall of Fame career with Philadelphia. During his tenure with the team. At the time of his retirement in 1989, the 12-time All-Star was the Phillies’ all-time leader in games played, at-bats, plate appearances, runs scored, home runs, RBI, walks, and total bases.
1993 Carlos Martinez hits a fly ball to Jose Canseco that caroms off the Ranger outfielder’s head over the fence for a home run. The fourth inning solo homer will prove to be the difference when the Indians edge Texas at Cleveland Stadium, 7-6.
1996 Bobby Chouinard becomes the first player from Manila to appear in a major league game. The A’s hurler pitches five innings, giving up eight hits and five earned runs in a 6-1 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards.
1997 Frank Thomas, Harold Baines, and Robin Ventura hit consecutive home runs in the eighth inning of the White Sox’ 12-1 win over Milwaukee. Chad Kreuter adds another round-tripper in the seven-run frame, making Chicago the 16th team in American League history to hit four homers in one inning.
1997 For the first time in twenty years, two inside-the-park homers are hit in the same inning when Sammy Sosa of the Cubs and the Pirates infielder Tony Womack both circle the bases for round-trippers five minutes apart in the sixth frame of the Cubs’ 2-1 victory at Three Rivers Stadium. Ranger teammates Bump Wills and Toby Harrah hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on consecutive pitches at Yankee Stadium in 1977.
2000 At Yankee Stadium, the game against Boston stops when a fan falls from the upper deck, remaining motionless for five minutes on the screen behind home plate. The 24-year-old man suddenly sits up, raises both arms high, and is promptly arrested on a disorderly conduct charge.
2002 Royals reliever Cory Bailey becomes the first pitcher in a dozen years to win both ends of a doubleheader when the team sweeps the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium, 7-5 and 9-8. In 1989, David Wells accomplished the feat for the Blue Jays in a twin bill against the Angels.
2004 In the Pirates’ 11-8 win over St. Louis at Busch Stadium, Daryle Ward hits for the cycle, collecting a two-run double in the first, a run-scoring triple in the fourth, a three-run homer in the fifth, and a single in the ninth. The Pirates’ first baseman and his dad Gary become the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle. The elder Ward accomplished the feat 24 years ago with Minnesota.
2006 Brandon Webb becomes the first Diamondback to start the season 8-0. The 27-year-old right-hander, who signed a $19.5 million, four-year contract in the offseason, beats the Reds at Great American Ball Park, 3-0, for his second consecutive shutout.
2006 Derek Jeter, with a dribbler up the third-base line for an infield single off KC’s Scott Elarton, becomes the eighth player in Yankee history to collect 2,000 career hits. The 31-year-old shortstop joins Yogi Berra, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Don Mattingly, Babe Ruth, and Bernie Williams in reaching the milestone.
2008 At Citizens Bank Park, Phillies’ second baseman Chase Utley homers and drives in six runs in the 20-5 rout of the Rockies. Philadelphia bats around three times, including two six-run innings, during their 19-hit attack against Colorado.
2011 Tossing a scoreless 19th inning in the Phillies’ 5-4 win over Cincinnati at Citizens Bank Park, Wilson Valdez becomes the first position player to record a major league victory since Brent Mayne accomplished the feat in 2000 with Colorado. The 33 year-old second baseman also became the first person to start as a fielder and then be credited with the win as a pitcher since Babe Ruth took the mound on October 1, 1921, after starting the game in left field.
2016 Hall of Famer Wade Boggs became the tenth Red Sox player to have his number retired. The third baseman’s #26 joins 1 (Bobby Doerr), 4 (Joe Cronin), 6 (Johnny Pesky), 8 (Carl Yastrzemski), 9 (Ted Williams), 14 (Jim Rice), 27 (Carlton Fisk), 45 (Pedro Martinez), and 42 (Jackie Robinson) on Fenway’s historic right-field facade.