This Date in Baseball, August 9 - Barry Bonds hits his 600th homer, becoming the 4th major leaguer to do so
1916 — The Philadelphia A’s ended their 20-game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1.
1975 — Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey’s 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24. 1988 — The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6-4.
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