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Today in sports history
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1929 : Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching in relief for the St. Louis Cardinals , threw four scoreless innings against the Philadelphia Phillies to earn an 11-9 extra-innings win in the nightcap of a doubleheader in Philadelphia, securing his 373rd and final major league victory, a total that would stand as a share of the National League record for career wins after later research adjusted Christy Mathewson’s total.
1944 : Boston Braves pitcher Red Barrett threw a two-hit shutout on a record-low 58 pitches, beating the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in a 75-minute game at Crosley Field.
1971 : Minnesota Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew hit his 500th and 501st career home runs in a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles , becoming the 10th major leaguer to reach 500.
1981 : Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Pete Rose singled for his 3,631st career hit, passing Stan Musial to become the National League’s career hits leader.
1984 : Romania’s Maricica Puică won the first Olympic women’s 3,000-meter final at the Los Angeles games in 8:35.96, while the race entered track and field lore when American world champion Mary Decker, running on the inside, tangled feet with barefoot British runner Zola Budd, fell to the Coliseum infield with a torn muscle and was unable to finish. Budd recovered to place seventh.
1995 : The Los Angeles Dodgers forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans repeatedly threw souvenir baseballs onto the field, producing the major leagues’ first forfeiture since 1979 and its most recent.
2006 : Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi scored a then-WNBA-record 47 points in a 111-110 triple-overtime victory over the Houston Comets.
2008 : Michael Phelps began his record eight-gold-medal performance at the Beijing Olympics by winning the 400-meter individual medley in a world-record 4 minutes, 3.84 seconds.
2008 : Padraig Harrington won the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills for his second consecutive major title and third major championship overall.
2012 : Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter won the Olympic women’s 4x100-meter relay for the United States in a world-record 40.82 seconds, breaking a mark that had stood for nearly 27 years.
2014 : Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship at Valhalla by one stroke for his fourth major title and third consecutive tournament victory.
2021 : Lionel Messi signed with Paris Saint-Germain after spending his entire senior club career with Barcelona.
2024 : The U.S. women’s soccer team defeated Brazil 1-0 on Mallory Swanson’s goal to win its record fifth Olympic gold medal.
2024 : Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won the Olympic women’s 1,500 meters in an Olympic-record 3:51.29, becoming the first athlete to win three gold medals in the event.
2024 : Stephen Curry scored 24 points and made eight 3-pointers as the United States beat France 98-87 for its fifth consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal and 17th overall.
— USA TODAY Network
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