This Day in Baseball History....
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On June 27, 1973, Joe Torre hit for the cycle for the first time in his 13-year major league career. He had Cardinals manager Red Schoendienst to thank for it.
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On this date in 1935, Cardinals slugger Joe Medwick hit a home run off the foul pole to complete the cycle:
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On June 30, 1954, Joe Cunningham kicked off his 12-year major-league career with a single, homer, and five RBIs in an 11-3 Cardinals victory over the Cincinnati Redlegs.
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On July 1, 1934, Dizzy Dean threw 17 innings and Joe Medwick hit a game-winning home run as the Cardinals beat the Reds 8-6 in 18 innings:
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Can you imagine a starter pitching 17 innings today.Remembirds wrote: ↑July 1 22, 7:18 amOn July 1, 1934, Dizzy Dean threw 17 innings and Joe Medwick hit a game-winning home run as the Cardinals beat the Reds 8-6 in 18 innings:
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Pretty sure Flaherty will get to 17 innings this season. But I've always been a hopeless optimist.AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote: ↑July 1 22, 7:44 amCan you imagine a starter pitching 17 innings today.Remembirds wrote: ↑July 1 22, 7:18 amOn July 1, 1934, Dizzy Dean threw 17 innings and Joe Medwick hit a game-winning home run as the Cardinals beat the Reds 8-6 in 18 innings:
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On this date in 1967, a Lou Brock stolen base sparked a 12-minute brawl between the Cardinals and Reds that required 19 St. Louis police officers to restore order:
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On July 5, 1961, Bill White and Bob Gibson starred in Solly Hemus's final day as Cardinals' manager. Neither was disappointed to see him go:
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35 years ago, Steve Lake hit a game-tying, 9th-inning home run and Jack Clark drove in the game-winning single in the 10th to finish a double-header against the Dodgers a little after 3 a.m.:
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60 years ago today, 41-year-old Stan Musial became the oldest player to hit three home runs in a game:
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