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Sporting Events on April 30

1887 : 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in
1905 : 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
1971 : 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
1968 : 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 NY Yankees in a 9 inning game
1982 : Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
1997 : Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
1988 : Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
1916 : Chic Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds
1922 : Chic White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0
1910 : Cleve Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox
1970 : Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games
1985 : Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th & 29th runs of April
1986 : Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games
1988 : NJ Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final
1944 : NY Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time
1903 : NY Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St &
1987 : NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
1988 : NY Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in LA)
1967 : NY Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game
1859 : Paul Morphy returns from 10-mo chess tour of Europe, retires
1990 : Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1961 : SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game
1984 : Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game

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