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August 13, 2020: Boston’s Kevin Plawecki becomes only pitcher with a hit in 2020
The Red Sox were not having a good year. They had won their Opening…
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August 19, 2020: Dane Dunning, Casey Mize make their debuts, both strike out seven
The Chicago White Sox (13-11) were looking for a series win against…
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August 25, 2020: White Sox’s Lucas Giolito no-hits the Pirates in Chicago
The Pirates were visiting the White Sox for a two-game series.…
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August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence
The last time the Boston Red Sox had played a game in Buffalo…
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September 9, 2020: Atlanta Braves set modern-era NL record by scoring 29 runs
At least one statistical analysis has concluded that a baseball…
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September 11, 2020: Historic all-lefty lineup is right for the Rays
Before the game, the players, coaches, and grounds crew observed…
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September 13, 2020: Cubs’ Alec Mills stymies Brewers’ bats in no-hitter
With cardboard cutouts lining every seat of Miller Park due to…
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September 16, 2020: Yankees’ Gerrit Cole notches 100th career win while pitching to his high school catcher
Heading into their September 16 game with the Toronto Blue Jays,…
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September 16, 2020: Luis García, baseball’s youngest player, wins one for the Nationals
The visiting Washington Nationals (17-29, 10½ games back of…
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September 20, 2020: Uninvited guest attends Yankees game at Fenway
As if the 2020 season wasn’t strange enough, an unusual incident…
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September 22, 2020: Yadiel Hernández’s first homer for Nationals is a walk-off winner
The Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies, division…
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September 24, 2020: Boston’s Tzu-Wei Lin appears in only big-league game as a pitcher
Versatile players can help give a manager a bit more flexibility.…
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September 30, 2020: Alex Kirilloff becomes the first player to make his major-league debut as a postseason starter
The major leagues’ 2020 pandemic season, with its abbreviated…
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October 16, 2020: Will Smith homers off Will Smith, sparking Dodgers’ turnaround in Game 5
Over the first four games of the 2020 National League Championship…
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October 24, 2020: Brett Phillips’s walk-off hit lifts Rays over Dodgers in Game 4
Momentum in the 2020 World Series had swung back and forth through…
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April 8, 2021: Mets win home opener on controversial walk-off hit-by-pitch
The New York Mets were hosting the Miami Marlins for their home…
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April 14, 2021: Yadier Molina catches his 2,000th game for Cardinals in loss to Nationals
This Wednesday afternoon game between the St. Louis Cardinals…
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May 5, 2021: Orioles’ John Means throws a unique, near-perfect no-hitter in Seattle
Through the end of the 2021 season, 23 perfect games have been…
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May 21, 2021: Stephen Strasburg returns to Nationals for first win since World Series run
“Stephen Strasburg should be remembered for what he is: an…
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June 10, 2021: Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway Park
There have been many baseball games in which the fans have been…
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June 22, 2021: Scherzer inspected, Girardi ejected: ‘sticky stuff’ crackdown goes haywire
Major League Baseball had started checking pitchers for “sticky…
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June 28, 2021: Five homers, two by Kyle Schwarber, power Nationals over Mets
Hall of Famer Johnny Mize could hit a baseball. Author Joe Posnanski…
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June 29, 2021: Germán Márquez throws a ‘Maddux’ at Coors Field, and hits two doubles
It is a universally acknowledged truth in baseball that pitching…
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June 30, 2021: Trea Turner hits for his third career cycle as Nationals hit high-water mark for 2021
The Washington Nationals were on a roll as June 2021 ended. For…