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2 -- Pitchers who have lost six games in April: Detroit's Mike Maroth and Dave Stewart (1984). Maroth goes for No. 7 on April 30 vs. Baltimore.
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 Kevin Millwood threw the ninth no-hitter in Phillies history. AP |
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5 -- Players who have hit grand slams for their first major league hit. Phillies second baseman Chase Utley did it Thursday, joining Bill Duggleby (April 21, 1898), Bobby Bonds (June 25, 1968), Orlando Mercado (Sept. 19, 1982) and Creighton Gubanich (May 3, 1999). |
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5.08 -- Career ERA compiled by Esteban Loaiza after April. In April, he's 14-3 with a 2.85 ERA. |
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6 -- No-hitters that have been thrown on April 27, tied with July 12 and Sept. 20 for the most of any date. Prior to Millwood: Derek Lowe (2002), Scott Erickson (1994), Steve Busby (1973), Tom Phoebus (1968), Jim Tobin (1944).
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9 -- Teams since 1901 that have opened a season 10-0 at home, including the 2003 Kansas City Royals. The record is 12 in a row by the 1911 Detroit Tigers.
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18 -- Games before the Tigers got an RBI out of their cleanup spot.
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38 -- Base hits for Tampa Bay's Rocco Baldelli in his first 24 games, the most in the month of April by a rookie since Ichiro Suzuki's 39 in 2001.
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43 -- Bases stolen by the Florida Marlins through Sunday, more than twice as many as the next team (the Anaheim Angels have 19 steals).
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222 -- Players in major league history who have 2,000 hits. Jeff Bagwell joined the club with an infield hit Saturday. Edgar Martinez is on deck with 1,995.
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297 -- Career wins for Roger Clemens, who goes for No. 298 on Tuesday night. Unless Clemens wins three of his next four starts, there's a good chance he will go for No. 300 on May 21 -- at Fenway Park.
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457 -- Consecutive games played by Miguel Tejada, the longest active streak in baseball. Should Tejada get a day off (he's hitting .163), the streak would stay in Oakland. Terrence Long has appeared in 424 consecutive games.
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622 -- Pitches thrown in the Cardinals' 20-inning victory over the Marlins, the longest game since Aug. 31, 1993, when the Twins beat the Indians in 22.
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4,999 -- Total bases for Barry Bonds -- 1,270 singles, 517 doubles, 73 triples and 619 home runs -- who will become the 17th player with 5,000.
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5,888 -- Miles traveled by the Montreal Expos in their first road trip of the season. The club went from its spring training camp in Viera, Fla., to Atlanta to New York to Chicago to San Juan and, finally, back to Montreal.
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