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⚾ Charlie Lea makes history in Montreal
Lea pitches first no hitter in Olympic Stadium
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May 10, 1981, Montreal Expos right-hander Charlie Lea pitches the first no-hitter in the history of Olympic Stadium. Lea, the first French-born pitcher to hurl a no-hitter, strikes out eight batters and walks four in the second game of a doubleheader, as the Expos beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-0. In 2010 Lea was asked what he remembered about the final out of the game, it ended with a fly ball of the bat of Giants first baseman Enos Cabell. Lea said “It was a slider a little bit away from him,” he went onto say, ” I don’t know if it was up or down but he hit it off the end, a little lazy fly ball to center. Dawson really didn’t have to move out of his tracks. Andre was a fairly emotionless guy. When he caught it and and immediately threw his arms in the air and started jumping up and down, me seeing his emotion, it was something special.” Only three pitchers tossed no-hitters for the Montreal Expos franchise, Bill Stoneman did it twice in 1969 and 1972, and Dennis Martinez pitched a perfect game in 1991.
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May 10, 1981 Montreal Expos vs San Francisco Giants
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May 10, 1960 Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees
May 10, 1963 Cincinnati Reds at New York Mets
May 10, 1969 Cincinnati Reds at Montreal Expos
May 10, 1972 San Francisco Giants at Montreal Expos
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May 10, 1970, Hoyt Wilhelm of the Atlanta Braves becomes the first pitcher in major league history to appear in 1,000 games. Wilhelm, who will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1985, pitches a scoreless inning of relief during a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The 47 year-old Braves' knuckleballer will end his 21-year career in 1972 with 1070 appearances.
TRIVIA:
Who broke Hoyt Wilhelm’s career record for relief appearances
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
May 10, 1944, Mel Harder of the Cleveland Indians wins his 200th career game. With a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox, Harder becomes the 50th pitcher in major league history to reach the milestone. LISTEN HERE
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May 10, 1948, Larry Doby scores after hitting a homerun in second inning of a 12-7 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway. Doby will go 4-6 for the tribe. LISTEN HERE
May 10, 1953 -- At Ebbets Field Behind Billy Loes and Roy Campanella, the Dodgers move into first place with 5 - 0 win over the Phillies. Loes tosses his only shutout of the year, while Campy drives in all five runs with a double and homer. Campanella collects 44 RBIs in his first 30 games. Not until Tino Martinez in 1997, will anyone else reach 40 in the first 30. LISTEN HERE
May 10, 1953 -- At Ebbets Field Behind Billy Loes and Roy Campanella, the Dodgers move into first place with 5 - 0 win over the Phillies. Loes tosses his only shutout of the year, while Campy drives in all five runs with a double and homer. Campanella collects 44 RBIs in his first 30 games. Not until Tino Martinez in 1997, will anyone else reach 40 in the first 30. LISTEN HERE
May 10, 1955 -- Dodger right-hander Don Newcombe faces only 27 batters when he one-hits Chicago at Wrigley Field, 3-0. Gene Baker, who will be thrown out trying to steal second base, ruins Newk's bid for perfection, with a fourth-inning single. LISTEN HERE
May 10, 1960, Baltimore Orioles catcher Joe Ginsberg ties a major league record set only six days earlier by allowing three passed balls in one inning. With knuckleballing Hoyt Wilhelm on the mound, Ginsberg struggles through a fitful inning, matching the recent record set by teammate Gus Triandos. Dick Williams of the A's belts a grand slam, as the American League record of three in one day in one league is tied for the second time in 16 days. Williams also doubles in a 9-run 5th inning. Kansas City beats Baltimore, 10 - 0. LISTEN HERE
May 10, 1960 -- Grand slams by Red Sox teammates Vic Wertz and Rip Repulski at Fenway Park give Boston a 9 - 7 win over Chicago. The National League veteran Repulski's 8th-inning shot off Don Ferrarese comes in his first American League at bat. LISTEN HERE
May 9, 1962, future Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles clubs a grand slam against Ed Rakow of the Kansas City A’s. Robinson had hit a grand slam in his last game, making him one of five American League players to connect on bases-loaded home runs in consecutive games. Brooks hit his first grand slam on May 6th.LISTEN HERE
May 10, 1967 --in game one of a double header In the 8th inning against Jim Bunning of the Phillies, Hank Aaron drives a ball to deep center field and scores ahead of the relay. It will be the only inside-the-park home run among his 755. In this game, Aaron also hit a home run off Larry Jackson in the 3rd inning of the second game. LISTEN HERE
May 10, 2012 -- At Camden, Yards, the Baltimore Orioles became the first team in American League history to lead off the game with three consecutive homers, as Ryan Flaherty, J.J. Hardy and Nick Markakis go deep to open the bottom of the 1st; it has been done three times in the National League. The last team to homer in its first three at-bats was the Milwaukee Brewers on September 9, 2007. Hardy also was the middle man in that spree. Texas Rangers starter Colby Lewis, who surrenders the three longs balls, exits with an unusual pitching line: 7 innings pitched, 5 hits - all home runs - one walk and 12 strikeouts. Adam Jones and Wilson Betemit also homer off Lewis, the latter following the lone walk, issued to Matt Wieters. Baltimore wins, 6 - 5, with Wei-Yin Chen getting the win over Lewis. LISTEN HERE
Quote of the day:
During one April game, catcher Gus Triandos had four passed balls while catching for Wilhelm and he described the game as "the roughest day I ever put in during my life." Author Bill James has written that Wilhelm and Triandos "established the principle that a knuckleball pitcher and a big, slow catcher make an awful combination." Triandos once said, "Heaven is a place where no one throws a knuckleball."
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