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MLB History<\/h3>\n
1907:<\/strong>\u00a0The Washington Senators steal a record 13 bases off of catcher Branch Rickey in a 16-5 win over New York.<\/p>\n 1910:\u00a0<\/strong>Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker steals home twice, becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat in a 11-1 win over the Reds.<\/p>\n 1911:<\/strong>\u00a0The new Polo Grounds opens just two and half months after a fire destroyed the old grounds. The old bleachers were untouched, but the new double-decker grandstand seats 16,000. Christy Mathewson shuts out the Rustlers 3-0.<\/p>\n 1925:\u00a0<\/strong>Tris Speaker records his 658th career double, breaking Nap Lajoie\u2019s career record.<\/p>\n 1928:\u00a0<\/strong>Ty Cobb plays in his 3,000th career game, but a pair of home runs by Babe Ruth propel the Yankees over the Athletics 10-4.<\/p>\n 1949:<\/strong>\u00a0After missing the first 69 games of the season with a heel injury, Joe DiMaggio wakes to find that the pain is gone. He returns to the lineup and homers to help the Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-4.<\/p>\n 1980:<\/strong>\u00a0J.R. Richard exits after 3 1\/3 innings in an 8-5 loss to the Reds. In 16 starts, Richards has left nine starts early due to injury.<\/p>\n 1987:\u00a0<\/strong>One day after hitting three homers, Oakland rookie Mark McGwire hits two more to tie the major league record of five homers in two games.<\/p>\n 1991:<\/strong>\u00a0Barry Larkin hits three consecutive home runs in an 8-5 win over the Astros, giving him a major league record tying five in two games. Ernie Banks and Freddie Patek are the only other shortstops to homer three times in a game.<\/p>\n 1996:\u00a0<\/strong>Darryl Strawberry hits his 300th home run which gives the Yankees a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the Royals.<\/p>\n 2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Frank Thomas hits his 500th home run in a 5-4 win over the Blue Jays. Thomas is the 21st player to reach the mark.<\/p>\n 2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Craig Biggio tied his career high with five hits to reach 3,000 for his career. He is the first player to reach 3,000 hits with a five-hit game.<\/p>\n 2009:\u00a0<\/strong>Mariano Rivera picks up his 500th career save as the Yankees complete a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 4-2 win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Braves Franchise History 1963:\u00a0Warren Spahn outduels Don Drysdale with a three-hitter to beat the Dodgers 1-0. It is the first time that Spahn has beaten the Dodgers… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n