Steff Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 1929 — Pinch-hitters Pat Crawford of the Giants and Les Bell of the Boston Braves hit grand slams in New York's 15-9 victory. 1930 — Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians (news), who fanned only three times in 353 at-bats during the season, was struck out twice in the same game by Pat Caraway of the White Sox. 1956 — Cincinnati Reds (news) pitchers John Klippstein, Hershell Freeman and Joe Black combined for 9 2-3 hitless innings, but lost 2-1 in 11 innings to the Philadelphia Phillies (news). 1959 — Harvey Haddix of Pittsburgh pitched 12 perfect innings before losing to Milwaukee 1-0 in the 13th on an error, a sacrifice and Joe Adcock's double. 1962 — Sandy Koufax struck out 16 Phillies to lead the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory. 1995 — Southern California and Fresno State combined for an NCAA (news - web sites) postseason baseball record of 39 runs in the Trojans' 22-17 win in the West Regional. USC scored three runs in the top of the ninth to break the record of 37 set by the Trojans and Houston in 1990. 1996 — The Chicago White Sox (news) became the 16th team in AL history to hit four homers in one inning in their 12-1 win over Milwaukee. Frank Thomas, Harold Baines and Robin Ventura hit consecutive homers and Chad Kreuter added another in Chicago's seven-run eighth. 1997 — Chicago's Sammy Sosa and the Pirates' Tony Womack hit inside-the-park homers in the sixth inning of the Cubs' 2-1 win. It was the first time two inside-the-park homers have been hit in the same inning in 20 years. Today's birthday: Randall Simon, 29. Happy Birthday to the Sausage wacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 Chad Kreuter THE Chad Kreuter I do not remember him at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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