Happy ’80s Birthday to Jesse Orosco, who pitched in 1,252 games over 24 seasons with nine teams.
His final appearance was a walk-off strikeout. He struck out Warren Morris but the ball got past the catcher and Alex Sanchez scored to win the game.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Al Bumbry, who won R.O.Y. honors and earned a Bronze Star in Vietnam.
Happy ’80s Phormer Phillies 2B Greg Legg.
Legger went 9-20 after being called up in 1986 and still works in the Phillies organization.
Happy ’80s Birthday to Les Lancaster, who spent seven seasons in the big leagues with the Cubs, Tigers, and Cardinals.
He won 34 games and saved 22 before managing in Independent Baseball.
Ken Caminiti was born OTD in 1963.
He spent 15 years in the big leagues and won the N.L. MVP Award in 1996.
He passed away in 2004.
4/21/81
Jody Davis makes his major league debut.
He goes 0-3 in an 8-0 loss to the Cardinals but would later be crowned King of Wrigley Field.
4/21/80
George Foster goes 5 for 5 with a homer and drives in 2 as the Reds beat the Astros 6-5.
The Reds are 11-1 to open the season but would lose 8 of their next 10.
4/21/82
Claudell Washington’s walkoff single off Joe Price give the Braves 4-3 win over the Reds and a 13-0 record to begin the season. Atlanta overcame a 3-run homer from Larry Biittner to get the win.
The streak would end the following night.
4/21/82
The Expos beat the Phillies 5-2 and Steve Carlton takes the loss to drop his record to 0-4 along with a 6.85 E.R.A. He goes 23-7 over the rest of the season with a 2.78 E.R.A. and wins his 4th Cy Young Award.
4/21/87
The White Sox beat the Brewers 7-1 to snap the Brew Crew’s 13-game winning streak to open the season.
4/21/87
Billy Hatcher goes 2 for 5 in a 7-6 Houston win over the Braves. For Hatch, it’s the 9th straight game in which he’s had at least two hits and raises his batting average to .475.
He begins the season with a 16-game hitting streak.
Released on April 21, 1989
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