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September 3 - Pedro Martinez punchesout his 3000th batter
September
3, 2009 — Yankee Catcher, Jorge Posada hit his 20th homer of the season and
drove in four runs to help New York beat Toronto 7-5. Posada's homer gave New
York a major league-leading seven players with at least 20 dingers. The ’09
Yankees are the only team in franchise history to accomplish this feat. Only
the ’96 Orioles, the 2000 Blue Jays and the ’05 Rangers have been able to
collect 20 home runs from 7 players in a single season. No National league team
has yet to reach that milestone.
September
3, 2008 — Baseball's first use of instant replay is used to support an on field
call of a home run during the ninth inning of the Yankee-Tampa Bay Devil Rays
contest. Third-base umpire Brian Runge signaled a home run after A-Rod's
towering two-run shot off Troy Percival caromed off the catwalk behind the foul
pole in left field. Rays catcher Dioner Navarro protested the call bringing
manager Joe Maddon out of the dugout. The umpires convened before leaving the
field to check the replay on a monitor; 2 minutes and 15 seconds later they
upheld the homer giving the Yankees an 8-3 lead.
September
3, 2007 — Pedro Martinez pitches his way back from major shoulder surgery and
quickly into the record books. Needing just two strike outs to become only the
15th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career he fanned
Aaron Harang with an 87-mph fastball as the Mets posted a 10-4 win over
Cincinnati.
September
3, 2006 — Ryan Howard homered in his first three at-bats, leading Philadelphia
to an 8-7 victory over Atlanta in the first game of a doubleheader. Howard
raised his major league-leading total to 52 and set a record for second-year
players.
September
3, 2006 — Albert Pujols homers in his first three at-bats, helping St. Louis
beat Pittsburgh 6-3. Pujols, with 42 homers, reached 40 or more for the fourth
straight season.
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