This day in beisbol

[Guest Edgy DC]

Good day for brotherly love:

1912:

Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory and tied Walter Johnson�s record as he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1.

1938:

Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner hit back-to-back homers for the Pittsburgh Pirates off Cliff Melton of the New York Giants. This was the only time brothers hit successive home runs in a major-league game. It was Lloyd�s last homer.

1946:

The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings when the game was called because of gnats. The insects became such a problem for the players, umpires and fans that the game had to be stopped.

1963:

All three Alou brothers: Felipe, Matty and Jesus: played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1969:

St. Louis left-hander Steve Carlton struck out 19

Mets

for a nine-inning game record. New York won the game 4-3 on a pair of two-run homers by

Ron Swoboda

.

1979:

Bob Watson of the Red Sox became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues as he led Boston to a 10-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros against San Francisco on June 24, 1977.

1990:

Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning and became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 7-4.

1996:

The Baltimore Orioles set baseball�s season home-run record with five against Detroit, including Mark Parent�s record-breaking shot in the third inning and Brady Anderson�s 10th leadoff homer of the year. The homers gave the Orioles 243, three more than the 1961 New York Yankees.

1997:

Baltimore outfielder Eric Davis played five innings in the opening game of a day-night doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians, his first game since colon cancer surgery in June.

1997:

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 51st and 52nd homers in Seattle�s win over Toronto and became the sixth major-league player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. Griffey hit 49 homers last season.

1998:

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his AL-leading 52nd homer and drove in five runs, becoming the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBIs, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota Twins 12-7.

[G-Fafif]

2005: With Nick Johnson on third and two out in a tie game in the tenth inning at Shea Stadium, Willie Randolph elected to pitch to Vinny Castilla instead of walking the slugger to get to Keith Osik, the only available Nationals batter. Castilla singled. The Mets lost..

2006: The Mets have gone 102-59 since that game. Whatever happens tonight and thereafter, it's been a very good year.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

G-Fafif wrote: The Mets have gone 102-59 since that game. Whatever happens tonight and thereafter, it's been a very good year.

Yes, it has. There are only two possibilities I can think of that might make this a long winter:

The Mets losing the NLDS in three straight.

The Mets losing the World Series to the Yankees.