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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»August 14, 1977:
After taking the opener, 12–5, the Indians light up Milwaukee's Bill Travers for 18 hits and 14 runs to win, 14–5. It will be 21 years before another pitcher—Mike Oquist on August 3, 1998 versus the Yankees—allows 14 runs.
»August 3, 1998:
Leading off for the Yankees, Chuck Knoblauch lines a hit off Mike Oquist's ribs, and the Yankees continue to connect off the Oakland pitcher for 15 more hits, including four homers, in five innings. New York wins, 14–1, scoring all 14 earned runs off Oquist, the most runs allowed since Bill Travers in August 1977. Orlando Hernandez picks up the win.