This date in baseball
Posted on Friday, July 4, 2008
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1983 Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees pitched a 4-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. 1984 Phil Niekro of the New York Yankees struck out five Texas Rangers to become the ninth player to pass the 3, 000-strikeout plateau. No. 3, 000 was Larry Parrish. 1984 The New York Mets beat the Braves 16-13 in 19 innings at Atlanta. The game went until just before 4 a. m. on July 5, and was followed by a fireworks display for the 10, 000 still left in the stands. The Braves tied the score 13-13 on a home run by pitcher Rick Camp in the 18 th inning. 2000 St. Louis’ Keith McDonald homered in his first major league at-bat as the Cardinals defeated Cincinnati 14-3. 2006 Victor Martinez went 5 for 6 and Jhonny Peralta and Travis Hafner each hit two of Cleveland’s six home runs, powering the Indians to a 19-1 rout of New York. The margin of victory was Cleveland’s largest at home in more than 56 years, since a 21-2 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics on June 18, 1950. 2006 Jose Contreras pitched 6 2 / 3 scoreless innings to win his 17 th consecutive decision and lead the White Sox to a 13-0 victory over Baltimore.