{"id":711713,"date":"2026-06-18T15:32:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/711713\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:32:36","slug":"this-date-in-baseball-alex-rodriguez-homers-for-his-3000th-career-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/711713\/","title":{"rendered":"This Date in Baseball – Alex Rodriguez homers for his 3,000th career hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 19<\/p>\n

1927 \u2014 Jack Scott of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched two complete games in a doubleheader. Scott beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 and lost 3-0 in the second game. Scott was the last pitcher in major league history to complete two games on the same day.<\/p>\n

1938 – Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer coming off two straight no-hitters, extended his string of hitless innings to 21 2\/3 against the Boston Bees. Vander Meer gave up a single to Debs Garms in the fourth inning. The Red won 14-1 behind Vander Meer\u2019s four-hitter.<\/p>\n

1941 \u2014 En route to 56, Joe DiMaggio hit in his 32nd consecutive game, going 3-for-3, including a home run, against the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

1942 \u2014 Paul Waner got hit number 3,000 \u2014 a single off Rip Sewell \u2014 but the Boston Braves lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6.<\/p>\n

1952 \u2014 Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.<\/p>\n

1961 \u2014 Roger Maris\u2019 ninth-inning homer off Kansas City\u2019s Jim Archer was his 25th of the year, putting him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth\u2019s pace in 1927.<\/p>\n

1973 \u2014 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collect their 2,000th hits. It is a single for Rose against the San Francisco Giants and a home run for Davis against the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n

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1974 \u2014 Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals hurled his second no-hitter in 14 months and gave up just one walk in beating the Brewers 2-0 at Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

1977 \u2014 The Boston Red Sox hit five home runs in an 11-1 triumph over the New York Yankees. The five homers gave the Red Sox a major league record 16 in three games. Boston hit six homers on the 17th and five on the 18th, also against the Yankees. In the series the Yankees had no homers.<\/p>\n

1990 \u2014 Gary Carter plays in his 1,862nd career game as a catcher to break the National League mark set by Al Lopez.<\/p>\n

1994 \u2014 John Smoltz became the 14th major league pitcher to give up four homers in an inning when he was tagged by Cincinnati. The Reds set a team record for home runs in an inning, connecting four times in the first inning. Hal Morris, Kevin Mitchell, Jeff Branson and Eddie Taubensee homered. Smoltz allowed 20 total bases in the first inning, the most given up in the NL since 1900.<\/p>\n

2015 \u2014 Alex Rodriguez homered for his 3,000th career hit as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2.<\/p>\n

2017 \u2014 Dodgers rookie Cody Bellinger launched two more home runs, setting a major league record with his powerful start, and Clayton Kershaw became the first 10-game winner in the National League despite giving up a career-high four long balls as Los Angeles held on for a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets. Bellinger reached 21 homers in 51 career games \u2014 faster than any other player in big league history.<\/p>\n

2019 \u2014 One day after fouling a bunted ball in his face during batting practice and breaking his nose, Max Scherzer takes the mound for the Nationals against the Phillies sporting a prominent black eye. He still stymies the opposition with 7 scoreless innings in a 2 – 0 win. \u201cTrust me, this thing looks a lot worse than it actually feels,\u201d he explains to journalists.<\/p>\n

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