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Monday, June 20, 2016

Sammy Sosa Hits Two Home Runs In One Inning


















May 16, 1996. Sammy Sosa becomes the first Chicago Cub to hit two home runs in one inning. The feat was accomplished in the seventh inning against the Houston Astros in 13-1 Cubs romp. He leads of the inning with a home run off Jeff Tabaka, and later in the inning he would add a two-run shot off Jim Dougherty.


Sammy Sosa Hits 400th Career Home Run


May 16, 2001. Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs hits his 400th career home run of Houston Astro righthander Shane Reynolds at Wrigley Field. The home run makes Sosa third on the Chicago Cubs all-time list, and the 33rd player in MLB history to hit 400 career home runs. Shop Amazon - Top Rated Products

Kerry Wood Whiffs 20 Houston Astros

May 6, 1998. Kerry Wood ties the major league strike out record by fanning 20 Houston Astros in a 2-0  one-hit victory. The 20 strikeouts is a new National League record with the previous being 19 by Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver.  He ties Roger Clemens with 20 strikeouts.

Burt Hooton No-Hitter Vs, Phillies


April 16, 1972, on this day in baseball history Burt Hooton no-hit the Philadelphia Phillies striking out Greg Luzinski to end the game. We huddled around with dad to listen to every pitch after the fifth inning. Hooton would be traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1975, and would be a solid member of their rotation for ten seasons, and finished his career with the Texas Rangers. He was 151-136 with an ERA of 3.38 for his career.