This Date in Baseball - Aug. 2
Compiled by PAUL MONTELLA, By The Associated Press
1906 — The "Hitless Wonder" Chicago White Sox began their AL record 19-game winning streak with a 3-0 win over Boston. The record would be tied only by the 1947 New York Yankees.
1907 — Walter Johnson made his major league debut with the Washington Senators and lost 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. The first hit he yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb. The Tigers beat "The Big Train" 7-6 exactly 20 years later on Walter Johnson Day in the nation's capital.
1933 — Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia A's hit for the cycle in a 16-3 win over the New York Yankees.
1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment. The two teams went back to the white ball in the second game as the Dodgers swept the doubleheader 6-2 and 9-3.
1959 — Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit three triples, including two with the bases loaded, to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.
1979 — New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in the crash of his private plane while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Canton, Ohio, airport.
1987 — Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6, hit two homers and drove 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.
1987 — Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, to give the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis's homer made him the seventh — and earliest player in major league history — with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.
1998 — The Cuban national team claimed its 22nd gold medal at the world baseball championships, beating South Korea 7-1 and extending its winning streak at the event to 41 games since 1986.
Today's birthdays: Huston Street 22; Grady Sizemore 23; Colby Lewis 26; Matt Riley 26; Matt Guerrier 27; Julio Mateo 28; Dae-sung Koo 36; Tim Wakefield 37.
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Compiled by PAUL MONTELLA, By The Associated Press
1906 — The "Hitless Wonder" Chicago White Sox began their AL record 19-game winning streak with a 3-0 win over Boston. The record would be tied only by the 1947 New York Yankees.
1907 — Walter Johnson made his major league debut with the Washington Senators and lost 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. The first hit he yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb. The Tigers beat "The Big Train" 7-6 exactly 20 years later on Walter Johnson Day in the nation's capital.
1933 — Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia A's hit for the cycle in a 16-3 win over the New York Yankees.
1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment. The two teams went back to the white ball in the second game as the Dodgers swept the doubleheader 6-2 and 9-3.
1959 — Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit three triples, including two with the bases loaded, to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.
1979 — New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in the crash of his private plane while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Canton, Ohio, airport.
1987 — Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6, hit two homers and drove 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.
1987 — Eric Davis led off the bottom of the 11th inning with his 30th home run of the season, to give the Cincinnati Reds a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Davis's homer made him the seventh — and earliest player in major league history — with 30 homers and 30 steals in the same season.
1998 — The Cuban national team claimed its 22nd gold medal at the world baseball championships, beating South Korea 7-1 and extending its winning streak at the event to 41 games since 1986.
Today's birthdays: Huston Street 22; Grady Sizemore 23; Colby Lewis 26; Matt Riley 26; Matt Guerrier 27; Julio Mateo 28; Dae-sung Koo 36; Tim Wakefield 37.
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