LITTLE ROCK — 1912 The New York Giants outslugged the Boston Braves 21-12 with the teams scoring a total of 17 runs in the ninth inning. The Giants scored seven runs to take a 21-2 lead and the Braves added 10 more.
1951 Bobby Avila hit three home runs a double and a single in the Cleveland Indians’ 14-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
1980 Freddie Patek, one of baseball’s smallest players at 5-5, hit three home runs and a double to lead the California Angels in a 20-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park.
1982 The Philadelphia Phillies’ Pete Rose became the fifth major leaguer to appear in 3,000 games and extended a personal consecutive-games streak to 523 in a 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium.
1992 Kelly Saunders became the second woman to serve as a public address announcer at a major league game when she filled in for Rex Barney in Baltimore.
1994 The Detroit Tigers’ string of 25 consecutive games hitting a home run ended in a 7-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians. The streak matched the major league mark set by the 1941 New York Yankees.
Sports, Pages 30 on 06/20/2010