This Weekend in Baseball History
August 28th, 2004: Tony Clark has the first three-homer-game of his career -- the last of which follows Ruben Sierra's 300th career homer (a grand slam!) in the Yankees 18-6 win over the Blue Jays in Toronto. 
August 28th, 2003: Jose Reyes becomes the youngest player ever to hit a home run from each side of the plate in the same game. The 20 year-old shortstop accounts for all the Mets runs, homering off Mike Hampton righthanded in the fifth inning; then, hitting lefty in the ninth, connects for a two run shot off Trey Hodges for 3-1 victory over the Braves at Turner Field.
August 28th, 1992: The Brewers crush the Blue Jays 22-2 at SkyDome. The Toronto pitching staff yields 31 hits 22 of them, singles, as Milwaukee scores in every inning except the 5th.
August 28th, 1990: Ryne Sandberg becomes the first second baseman to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons when he leads off the fouth inning with a blast to deep left field off Bill Gullickson. The Cubs roll to a 5-2 victory at the Astrodome. (And Sandberg wasn't done -- he'd go on to finish the season with a league leading 40 home runs.)
August 28th, 1971: Rick Wise is again both the pitching and hitting star -- belting a pair of home runs, including a grand slam, while pitching the Phillies to a 7-3 win over the Giants. It's Wise's second two-homer game of the season -- the other had been his no-hitter against the Reds five weeks earlier!
August 28th, 1970: Juan Marichal earns his 200th victory as the Giants beat the Pirates 5-1.
August 28th, 1967: Johnny Bench's major league debut isn't much to talk about. The Reds highly touted catcher goes hitless in three at-bats, and is pinch hit by Chico Ruiz in the bottom of the 9th, as Cincinnati falls to the Phillies, 3-2.
August 28th, 1962: Al Jackson fires his fourth shutout of the season, holding the Phillies to three hits, in a Mets 2-0 victory at Connie Mack Stadium.
August 28th, 1952: Robin Roberts pitches all nine innings as the Phillies beat the Cardinals 10-6 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis -- the first of an amazing 27 consective complete game performances. The future Hall of Famer wouldn't be lifted for a reliever for the next 10-1/2 months, July 9th, 1953 against the Dodgers.
August 29th, 2018: Christian Yelich hits for the cycle as part of a six-for-six night, in the Brewers 13-12 10-inning win over the Reds.
August 29th, 2010: For the first time ever, a call overturned by the umpires results in a walk off home run. After first ruling Brian McCann's bottom of the 9th hit a double, video replay convinces them the ball that bounced off the top of the outfield wall was actually a home run. The Braves claim a 7-6 win over the Marlins.
August 29th, 2004: Albert Pujols homers off Brian Meadows of the Pirates to become the fourth player to reach 100 RBIs in each of his first four seasons. (The Cardinals star is in good company -- the others are Hall of Famers Al Simmons, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams.)
August 29th, 1998: Derek Jeter sets a new Yankee record for home runs in a season by a shortstop. His 17th of season passes Roy Smalley's old mark, en route to an 11-6 victory over the Mariners.
August 29th, 1993: George Brett joins Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players with 200th stolen bases, 3,000 hits and 300 home runs. His 3rd inning theft goes along with a four hit game as the Royals edge the Red Sox 5-4 in 12 innings at Kauffman Stadium.
August 29th, 1981: Lee Smith earns his first career save as the Cubs hold off the Dodgers 3-1 in L.A.
August 29th, 1977: Lou Brock breaks Ty Cobb's career stolen base record. He swipes a pair against the Padres, but Mike Ivie's 8th inning home run brings San Diego from behind for a 4-3 victory.
August 29th, 1972: Bobby Murcer hits for the cycle -- but has to share honors with Johnny Callison, whose walk-off single in the 11th inning gives the Yankees a 7-6 win over the Texas Rangers.
August 29th, 1966: Robin Roberts becomes the first and only pitcher to beat the Braves while they represented Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta! He works scoreless 13th and 14th innings while George Altman's two RBI single in the top of the 14th gives Chicago a 4-2 victory. Of all the records and milestones in baseball, this might be the most unbreakable of them all!
August 29th, 1965: Willie Mays breaks Ralph Kiner's record for home runs in a month when the Giants superstar crushes a Jack Fischer pitch for his 17th during August in an 8-3 Shea Stadium victory over the Mets. Kiner, not only saw it happen, but called the action as one of the Mets broadcasters.
August 29th, 1948: Jackie Robinson hits for the cycle, scores three times, drives in two and steals a base as the Dodgers outscore the Cardinals 12-7 at Sportsman's Park.
August 30th, 1999: Edgardo Alfonso becomes the first Mets hitter to go 6-for-6 in a game. He scores six runs and drives in five as the Amazins crush the Astros 17-1. August 30th, 1991: David Cone strikes out three batters on nine pitches in the fifth inning of the Mets 3-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds. The righthander becomes the 16th National Leaguer and the 25th pitcher in Major League history to author a Perfect Inning.
August 30th, 1987: Kirby Puckett gets six hits and drives in four as the Twins outscore the Brewers 10-6.
August 30th, 1986: 43 year old Tommy John and Joe Niekro (41) are the Yankees starting pitchers for their doubleheader against the Mariners. Tommy does well in the opener, losing a 1-0 heartbreaker; in the nightcap, Joe works the first 5 innings of a 3-0 New York victory. John and Niekro became the first pair of over-40 starters for one team in more than 50 years. The previous occasion, September 13th, 1933 when Sam Jones (41) and Red Faber took the mound for the White Sox against the A's).
August 30th, 1978: Sadaharu Oh of the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants becomes the first and only player in any major league to reach 800 career home runs.
August 30th, 1966: Sandy Koufax lasts only two innings, giving up six runs and loses to the Mets for just the second time in his career. The Mets pound the Dodgers 10-4 at Shea Stadium.
August 30th, 1905: Ty Cobb makes his major league debut; his first career hit is a double off Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders, in a 5-3 Tigers victory. Cobb would compile 4189 hits over his 24 year career.
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