*** THIS DATE IN #REDS HISTORY! APRIL 8 *** April 8,1963 - Hitting in 2nd slot in batting order, in his first major league at-bat, Western Hills High Schools Pete Rose, rookie second baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, works out a walk off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Earl Francis. baseball-reference/boxes/CIN/CIN196304080.shtml Starting Lineups Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati Reds 1 Dick Schofield SS 1 Leo Cardenas SS 2 Bob Skinner LF 2 Pete Rose 2B 3 Roberto Clemente RF 3 Vada Pinson RF 4 Donn Clendenon 1B 4 Frank Robinson LF 5 Bill Mazeroski 2B 5 Gordy Coleman 1B 6 Bob Bailey 3B 6 Johnny Edwards C 7 Bill Virdon CF 7 Gene Freese 3B 8 Jim Pagliaroni C 8 Tommy Harper CF 9 Earl Francis P 9 Jim OToole P Other notable games on this date......... April 8, 2008 - Reds rookie Johnny Cueto strikes out eight and walks none; this gives him 18 strikeouts and no walks in his first two major league games. No pitcher has done that since 1900. April 8, 2013 - Reds spoil Cardinals home opener by scoring 9 runs in the top of the 9th to break a 4 - 4 tie and win, 13 - 4. Stand-in closer Mitchell Boggs gives up the first seven runs while recording only a single out. Shin-Soo Choo, who committed a couple of errors on dropped fly balls earlier in the game, starts the ball rolling by drawing a lead-off walk off Boggs, then hits a three-run double when the Reds bat around. Before the game, the Cardinals unveil a huge number 6 on the outfield fence at Busch Stadium, in tribute to team great Stan Musial who passed away during the winter. And the rest...... April 8, 1998 - San Diego Padres traded Marc Kroon to Cincinnati Reds for Buddy Carlyle April 8, 1997 - Minnesota Twins sent Scott Klingenbeck to Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal. April 8, 1995 - Cincinnati Reds signed free agent pitcher Michael Thriller Jackson. April 8, 1981 - Cincinnati Reds released Paul Gibson. April 8, 1980 - Cincinnati Reds released George Cappuzzello. April 8, 1975 - Monterrey (Mexican) purchased Roger Freed from Cincinnati Reds. April 8, 1954 - Toronto (International) purchased Jack Crimian from Cincinnati Redlegs. April 8, 1915 - St. Louis Cardinals traded Ivey Wingo to Cincinnati Reds for Mike Gonzalez. April 8, 1911 - Cincinnati Reds signed Jesse Tannehill as a free agent.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:37:13 +0000
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