Sept. 10
Today in sports history
Today is Sept. 10. On this date in:
1881: Roger Connor of the Troy Trojans hit what was recognized as the first grand slam in major league baseball history, delivering a walk-off 8-7 victory over Worcester.
1933: The first East-West All-Star Game of Black baseball was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park, establishing the Negro Leagues’ premier showcase event.
1933: Fred Perry rallied from a two-sets-to-one deficit to defeat Jack Crawford for his first major singles championship at the U.S. Nationals, denying Crawford a calendar-year Grand Slam.
1960: Ethiopia’s Abebe Bikila ran barefoot through Rome and won the Olympic marathon in a world-record 2 hours, 15 minutes, 16.2 seconds, becoming the first Black African to win an Olympic gold medal.
1962: Mickey Mantle hit his 400th career home run, becoming the first switch-hitter to reach the milestone.
1969: The New York Mets swept a doubleheader from the Montreal Expos and moved into first place in the National League East for the first time in franchise history.
1970: The NFL renamed its Super Bowl championship trophy in honor of Vince Lombardi, who had died one week earlier.
1974: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock stole his 104th and 105th bases of the season, surpassing Maury Wills’ major league record of 104 set in 1962.
1988: Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the U.S. Open final, becoming the third woman to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam and the first to win all four major singles titles on three surfaces in one season.
1999: Boston’s Pedro Martínez struck out 17, walked none and pitched a one-hitter in a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium, retiring the final 22 batters.
2000: Tiger Woods won the Canadian Open, becoming the first golfer since Lee Trevino in 1971 to win the U.S. Open, British Open and Canadian Open in the same year.
2000: Arizona’s Randy Johnson recorded his 3,000th career strikeout by fanning Florida’s Mike Lowell, becoming the 12th major league pitcher to reach the milestone.
2022: St. Louis’ Albert Pujols hit his 696th career home run, tying Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on Major League Baseball’s career list.
2023: Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas became the first WNBA player to record at least 600 points, 300 rebounds and 300 assists in one season. She finished six rebounds shy of 400.
2024: Manny Machado hit his 164th home run for San Diego, passing Nate Colbert to become the Padres’ career leader.
— USA TODAY Network
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