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Today in sports history
Today is Aug. 13. On this date in:
1906 : Chicago Cubs pitcher Jack Taylor’s streak of 202 consecutive pitching appearances without being relieved ended, closing one of baseball’s most remarkable durability records. Among those games were 187 starts.
1932 : New York Yankees pitcher Red Ruffing became the first major-league pitcher since 1906 to hit an extra-inning, game-winning home run, beating Washington 1-0.
1933 : Gene Sarazen defeated Willie Goggin 5 and 4 to win the PGA Championship , securing his third PGA title and sixth major championship of his career.
1939 : The Yankees routed the Philadelphia Athletics 21-0, establishing an American League record for margin of victory in a shutout.
1948 : Cleveland Indians rookie Satchel Paige pitched his first American or National League shutout, defeating the Chicago White Sox 5-0 before 51,013 spectators at Comiskey Park.
1962 : Minor-leaguer Bert Campaneris pitched ambidextrously in a game for Daytona Beach, an unusual switch-pitching episode.
1967 : New York Mets rookie Tom Seaver threw the first shutout of his Hall of Fame career, a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1969 : Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer completed his comeback from arm trouble by throwing a no-hitter in an 8-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
1979 : St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lou Brock became the 14th major leaguer to collect 3,000 hits.
2008 : Michael Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly and helped the United States capture the 4x200 freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics, raising his career total to a record 11 Olympic gold medals.
2016 : Monica Puig defeated Angelique Kerber in the Olympic women’s tennis final in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first athlete representing Puerto Rico to win an Olympic gold medal.
2016 : Michael Phelps swam the butterfly leg for the victorious U.S. 4x100-meter medley relay team, ending his competitive career with a record 23 Olympic gold medals and 28 medals overall.
2016 : The New York Yankees released Alex Rodriguez, ending his Yankees playing tenure and effectively closing the career of one of baseball’s most prolific and controversial stars.
2017 : Justin Thomas won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow by two strokes for his first major title.
2023 : Lilia Vu closed with a 5-under-par 67 and won the AIG Women’s Open by six strokes, earning her second major championship of the season.
2023 : Jannik Sinner defeated Alex de Minaur in Toronto to capture his first ATP Masters 1000 championship and become the second Italian man to win a title at that level since it was created in 1990.
— USA TODAY Network
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