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1989


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3rd

The Mets win their 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stadium. New York has won on Opening Day in 18 of the last 20 seasons.

4th

Forty-five-year-old Tommy John starts for the Yankees on Opening Day and sets a modern ML record by appearing in his 26th season. He also wins his 287th game 4-2 over the Twins.

Rangers DH Buddy Bell gets his 2,500th career hit, a single off Jack Morris in a 4-0 win over Detroit.

6th

In his first start of the season, Orel Hershiser gives up a run in the first inning of a 4-3 loss to the Reds to end his ML-record consecutive-scoreless-inning streak at 59.

8th

One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his ML debut but lasts only 42Ž3 innings in California's 7-0 loss to Seattle. Abbott, who bypassed the minors completely after starring at the University of Michigan, will finish the season 12-12 with a 3.92 ERA.

9th

Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4-3 loss to the Indians.

10th

Dave Stieb pitches a one-hitter against the Yankees, giving him 3 one-hitters in his last 4 starts (dating back to last September). Jamie Quirk's 5th-inning single is the only hit off Stieb in the 8-0 Blue Jays' victory.

Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his first ML home run in Seattle's 6-5 win over the White Sox. He and his father, a reserve outfielder on the Reds, are the first father-and-son duo to play in the major leagues at the same time.

San Diego's Bruce Hurst pitches a one-hitter and collects his first ML hit in a 5-2 win over the Braves.

Eddie Murray hits his first NL home run, a grand slam in the top of the 9th inning that leads the Dodgers to a 7-4 win over the Giants. It is Murray's 15th career grand slam.

11th

At Washington's RFK Stadium, the Soviet national baseball team loses to George Washington University 20-1. Soviet 1B Nugzar Pophadze stuns the crowd with a long HR in the left-field stands, one of 2 Russian hits. Two days earlier, the Russians were beaten 21-1 by a team from Annapolis.

12th

In his 2nd start for Texas, Nolan Ryan no-hits the Brewers for 7 innings before Terry Francona singles. Ryan also sets a club record with 15 strikeouts on the way to an 8-1 win.

16th

Kelly Gruber becomes the first Blue Jay to hit for the cycle as Toronto beats Kansas City 15-8.

17th

Kent Tekulve pitches 2 shutout innings in the Reds 3-2, 10-inning win over the Dodgers to pass Hoyt Wilhelm as the major leagues' all-time leader in relief appearances with 1,019.

19th

Mets SS Kevin Elster plays his 73rd consecutive errorless game in a 4-2 win over the Phillies, breaking Ed Brinkman's ML record for shortstops.

23rd

Nolan Ryan is 2 outs from a no-hitter when Nelson Liriano triples and Ryan settles for a 4-1 one-hitter over the Blue Jays. It is Ryan's 10th career one-hitter.

28th

Nelson Liriano breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th inning for the 2nd time in 6 days, ending Kirk McCaskill's bid with a pinch-hit double. McCaskill settles for a 9-0 one-hitter.

30th

The Yankees trade 23-year-old lefthander Al Leiter to the Blue Jays for OF Jesse Barfield.