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1890:
- The Brooklyn Bridegrooms, who will later be known as the Dodgers, play their first National League game. At South End Grounds, the former American Association club loses to the host Boston Beaneaters, 15 - 9. Brooklyn will become the only team to win a title in one major league in one season, then win the pennant in their first season in a new league a year later.
- The National League's biggest Opening Day crowd, 6,311 at West Side Park, watches Chicago Colts pitcher Wild Bill Hutchison beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds, 5 - 4, earning the first of his 42 wins and 65 complete games out of 66 starts in the season. Hutchinson will work 603.0 innings and relieve five times while sporting a 2.70 ERA.
1900 - The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Boston Beaneaters 19 - 17 in 10 innings to set a major league record for most runs scored by two clubs on opening day. The Braves score nine runs in the ninth inning to put the game into extra innings.
1920 - Washington Senators pitcher Al Schacht, who will later become the "Clown Prince of Baseball," throws a 7 - 0 shutout against the Philadelphia Athletics.
1928 - The New York Yankees are out of first place for the first time since May 1926 as they lose to the Boston Red Sox in the morning Patriots Day game at Fenway Park.
1938 - Emmett Mueller of the Philadelphia Phillies and Ernie Koy of the Brooklyn Dodgers each hit a home run in their first major league at-bats as Brooklyn defeats Philadelphia, 12 - 5, at the Baker Bowl.
1944 - Mel Ott of the New York Giants hits the first National League home run of the season, the 464th of his career, helping the Giants defeat the Boston Braves, 2 - 1.
1945 - Future Hall of Famer Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox breaks his leg running the bases. The injury will influence him to retire as a major league player. Cronin will continue to serve the Red Sox as their manager.
1948 - Stan Spence, Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr hit consecutive home runs as the Boston Red Sox set a team record on Opening Day, but the long ball isn't enough as the Philadelphia Athletics beat Boston in 11 innings, 5 - 4.
1949 - The New York Yankees unveil a granite monument to Babe Ruth. Monument Park, located in the deep center field region of Yankee Stadium, also includes monuments for Lou Gehrig and Miller Huggins.
1950 - Sid Gordon of the Boston Braves hits the first National League grand slam of the season, as Boston beats the New York Giants, 10 - 6, at the Polo Grounds. There will be 35 grand slams in the league and 68 in all in 1950. Both are records but both are later topped.
1960 - Roger Maris makes his New York Yankees debut batting four hits, including two home runs, against the Boston Red Sox.
1965 - At a cost of $20K, the original Astrodome ceiling is painted because the sun's glare makes fielding fly balls hazardous. This will cause the grass to die and spur the introduction of artificial turf.
1966 - The California Angels play their first game at Anaheim Stadium. Rick Reichardt of the Angels hits the first home run in the new ballpark, but California loses the game, 3 - 1, to the Chicago White Sox.
1971 - Legendary broadcaster Russ Hodges dies from a heart attack in Mill Valley, California, at the age of 61. Hodges announced the Giants games in New York and San Francisco for 22 seasons, after working for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Washington Senators. Hodges was best known for his famed "The Giants win the pennant!" call of Bobby Thomson's home run in 1951. Hodges was the fourth recipient of the Ford Frick Award in 1980.
1979 - Rich Gossage and Cliff Johnson of the New York Yankees brawl in the clubhouse after a 6 - 3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Gossage suffers a sprained ligament in his thumb, which will keep him out of action until July 12. As "punishment" for injuring the team's ace reliever, the Yankees will trade Johnson to the Cleveland Indians later in the summer.
1981 - The Oakland Athletics set a modern-day record for the most consecutive wins to start a season. Billy Martin's Athletics defeat the Seattle Mariners, 6 - 1, giving them their 11th straight victory. The 1982 Braves will surpass the mark by opening the season with 13 consecutive victories.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers suffer their first loss of the season after nine consecutive wins. The Tigers fall to the Kansas City Royals and rookie Bret Saberhagen, who earns his first major league victory.
1986 - Oakland Athletics pitcher Jose Rijo sets a club record with 16 strikeouts in eight innings as Oakland beats the Seattle Mariners 7 - 2. The two clubs combine for 30 strikeouts overall, setting the modern major league record for a nine-inning game.
1987 - Rob Deer hits a three-run home run to tie the score and Dale Sveum wins the game with a two-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers rally for five runs in the ninth inning to beat the Texas Rangers, 6 - 4, and set an American League record with their 12th straight victory to start the season.
1996 - Juan Gonzalez hits a home run and drives in six runs as Texas beats Baltimore 26 - 7. Texas scores 16 runs in the eighth inning - one short of the modern major league mark - and scores the most runs by an American League team in 41 years. Jesse Orosco's ERA rises from an ugly 9.82 to an almost unfathomable 27.00. Orosco is relieved by infielder Manny Alexander, who gets the last two outs but walks off the mound with a 67.50 ERA.
1997 - A major league game is played in Hawaii for the first time. The San Diego Padres, who gave up three home games to further baseball relations and to further renovations at their stadium, play host for a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals at spacious Aloha Stadium. The Cardinals win both games, 1 - 0 and 2 - 1.
2000 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser ties a major league mark, equaled by 19 others, hitting four batters in one game. Richard Hidalgo of the Houston Astros also ties a modern major league record by getting hit three times in a game, twice by Hershiser and a third time by Dodgers reliever Matt Herges.
2002 - Jeff Cirillo of the Seattle Mariners ties a major league record with 99 consecutive errorless games played at third base. The mark took setter John Wehner more than eight seasons to establish playing as a utility player with the Dodgers, Pirates and Marlins.
2005 - The New York Mets establish a club record for most home runs hit in a game with seven. At Citizens Bank Park, the Mets go deep with Jose Reyes (2), Victor Diaz (2) David Wright (grand slam), Mike Piazza and Doug Mientkiewicz connecting as they rout the Phillies, 16 - 4.
2006:
- Ramón Hernandez of the Baltimore Orioles hits a home run with four run RBI in an 18 - 9 win over the Cleveland Indians. Victor Martinez homers for Cleveland, extending his hitting streak to 14 games, the longest in the majors that season.
- Curt Schilling opens a season with four straight winning starts for the first time, breezing through six innings and striking out seven to lead Boston over Tampa Bay, 9 - 1, at Fenway Park. Schilling ties Jim Bunning for 15th on the strikeouts list at 2,855.
- The Kansas City Royals drop their 10th straight game, losing 4 - 0 to the Chicago White Sox. The reeling Royals, whose starting pitchers are 0-9 this season, managed but one run and 11 hits in the three-game series against Chicago. Their 2-12 start is their second-slowest after 1992, when they lost 16 of their first 17.
- Kenny Rogers improves to 24-4 at the Oakland Coliseum, leading Detroit to an 11 - 4 victory over the Athletics. Rogers is 22-1 in Oakland since 1995.
2009 - Randy Johnson takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning and combines with Bobby Howry and Brian Wilson for a 2 - 0 victory over the Diamondbacks. It is Johnson's 296th win, but his first with the San Francisco Giants.