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August 23, 2024 |
With his two-out ninth-inning walk-off grand slam in the Dodgers' 7-3 victory over the Rays, Shohei Ohtani becomes the sixth and quickest major leaguer to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in the same season, accomplishing the feat his 126th game, two fewer than the previous mark established by Nationals' left fielder Alfonso Soriano Earlier in the Chavez Ravine contest, the Japanese superstar swiped his 40th base making it possible to join 40-40 club on the same night. |
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August 26, 2024 |
"Pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen: Daulton Varsho. Defensive changes: Danny Jansen now at catcher." - DAVESON PEREZ, Red Sox media relations coordinator announcing lineup changes in the Fenway Park press box. In the resumption of a suspended contest, Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen becomes the first major leaguer to appear for both teams in the same game, playing in the second inning for both clubs, when he takes his position behind the plate to receive pitches thrown to the batter, Daulton Varsho, who is pinch-hitting for him. On June 26, the 29-year-old backstop, then with Toronto, was in the middle of an at-bat at Fenway when rain stopped play, a month before the team traded him for three Boston prospects, Cutter Coffey, Eddinson Paulino, and Gilberto Batista. |
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September 1, 2024 |
With 24 games remaining, the White Sox establish a franchise mark when the team drops a 2-0 decision to the Mets for their 107th loss of the season. The Pale Hose, going 0-10 to end the homestand and dropping 40 of their last 40 decisions, surpasses the futility of the 1970 squad, who established the previous record on the last day of the season. |
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September 4, 2024 |
Chicago starter Shota Imanaga doesn't allow a hit in his seven innings, with Nate Pearson (8th) and Porter Hodge (9th) following with hitless frames to complete the second combined no-hitter in franchise history. The no-no is the first by the Cubs at Wrigley Field since Milt Pappas accomplished the feat against the Padres in 1972. |
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September 1, 2024 |
Longtime manager Dusty Baker's son, Darren, collects a hit on the first pitch he sees in the major leagues, pinch-hitting in the Nationals' 14-1 loss to the Cubs in Washington. The 25-year-old September call-up first gained notoriety as a three-year-old bat boy for the Giants, who J.T. Snow saved after he crossed paths with Bengie Molina trying to score in Game 5 of the 2002 World Series. |