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This Date In Baseball, May 4

Monday, May 5, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

1910 - The Browns and Cardinals both played home games in St. Louis, and President Taft, not wanting to offend either club, saw parts of each game at Robinson Field and Sportsman's Park.

1969 - The Houston Astros established an NL record with seven double plays against the San Francisco Giants. First baseman Curt Blefry participated in all seven.

1969 - Bob Oliver of the Kansas City Royals had six hits (four singles, a double and homer) against the California Angels.

1975 - Bob Watson of the Houston Astros, sensing baseball history, raced around the bases on Milt May's home run and crossed the plate at Candlestick Park in time to score major league baseball's 1 millionth run, seconds ahead of Dave Concepcion of Cincinnati.

1981 - New York's Ron Davis struck out eight consecutive Angels in relief as the Yankees defeated California 4-2.

1989 - Toronto's Junior Felix became the 53rd player in major-league history to hit a home run in his first at-bat with a third-inning drive off California's Kirk McCaskill. The Blue Jays lost 3-2 in 10 innings.

1991 - Chris James drove in nine runs with two homers and two singles, breaking Cleveland's club record for RBIs and leading the Indians to a 20-6 rout over the Oakland Athletics.

Today's birthday: Joe Borowski 26.

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