This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead
By The Associated PressApril 22, 2021 GMT
April 23
1903 The New York Highlanders won their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators.
1913 New York Giants ace Christy Mathewson beat the Phillies 3-1, throwing just 67 pitches.
1939 Rookie Ted Williams went 4-for-5, including his first major league home run, but the Red Sox lost to Philadelphia 12-8 at Fenway Park.
1946 Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers no-hit the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field. Head was making his first start after a year’s military service.
1952 Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians and Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns matched one-hitters. Cain wound up as the winner, 1-0.
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