The Liberty outscored the Sky 16-1 in the final period, a WNBA record.
Rodriguez’s drive hooked around the left-field foul pole, and the home run came eight days after he celebrated his 32nd birthday, passing the mark set by Jimmie Foxx at 32 years, 338 days.Ģ011 - Cappie Pondexter scored 15 points and Nicole Powell added seven of her 13 in the fourth quarter to lead the New York Liberty past the Chicago Sky 59-49 in a WNBA game at New York. Meanwhile, the American women, led by Lisa Leslie’s 29 points, rolled to a 111-87 first-place victory over the Brazilians.Ģ007 - Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees became the youngest player in Major League Baseball to hit 500 home runs when he connected off of Kyle Davies in the first inning of a 16-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Reid won the U.S.’s only boxing gold when he stopped Cuba’s Alfredo Duvergel in the third round of their light-middleweight bout. Davies fired a 72-hole total of 11-under 277 after she trailed by five strokes going into the final round.ġ996 - The Atlanta Olympic Games ended with American boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and the women’s basketball Dream Team’s romp over Brazil. He struck out New York slugger Dave Winfield with two on and two out in the eighth inning and got Don Baylor to fly out to end the game.ġ996 - Laura Davies shot a six-under-par 66 to beat Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb by two strokes at the Canadian Women’s du Maurier Classic at the Edmonton Country Club. Seaver, pitching for the Chicago White Sox, gave up six hits - all singles. Lewis would go on to win gold in three other events - the 200-meter dash, the 400-meter relay and the long jump.ġ985 - Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th big league pitcher to win 300 games when he beat the New York Yankees 4-1 at Yankee Stadium. Graddy won the silver medal in a time of 10.19 seconds and Johnson took the bronze in 10.22. Nelson would close out the year with a record 18 tournament wins for a season.ġ984 - Carl Lewis won the 100-meter dash in 9.99 seconds during the Los Angeles Summer Olympics at the Coliseum, beating American teammate Sam Graddy and Canada’s Ben Johnson. His streak ended the following week when he finished in a tie for fourth place at the Memphis Open. 1945 - Byron Nelson won his 11th consecutive PGA Tour tournament when he beat Herman Barron in the Canadian Open at Thornhill Golf Club in Thornhill, Canada, by four strokes.
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