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Posted on: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

On this date: 1972 — Roberto Clemente collects his 3,000th and last career hit


Associated Press

Sept. 30

1916 — The Boston Braves snap the 26-game winning streak of the New York Giants with an 8-3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader.

1927 — Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators.

1972 — Roberto Clemente hits a double against New York Mets left-hander John Matlack during Pittsburgh's 5-0 victory at Three Rivers Stadium. The hit is the 3,000th and last for the Pirates' star, who dies in a plane crash during the offseason.

1984 — The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record with three safeties in a 33-12 victory over the New York Giants. Two of the safeties are on blocked punts in the end zone.

1992 — George Brett becomes the 18th player to get 3,000 hits in the Kansas City Royals' 4-0 win over the California Angels.

1995 — Prairie View A&M sets the college football record for consecutive losses with a 64-0 loss to Grambling State. It is the team's 51st straight defeat, an NCAA record for any level.

1995 — Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians hits his 50th home run to become the only player in history to hit 50 homers and 50 doubles in the same season.

2000 — At the Sydney Olympics, Marion Jones wins gold in the U.S. women's 1,600-meter relay and bronze with the 400-meter squad, making her the only woman to win five track medals at one Olympics.

2005 — Ichiro Suzuki becomes the sixth player in major league history to collect 200 hits in five straight seasons in Seattle's 4-1 win over Oakland.

2006 — John Carney of the Saints becomes the third kicker in NFL history with 400 career field goals with 31-yarder in the first half of New Orleans' 21-18 loss to Carolina.

2006 — Peyton Manning of the Indianapolis Colts becomes the second-fastest quarterback to throw 250 touchdown passes in his career, doing it in 132 games. Only Dan Marino (128) reached that number faster.

2007 — The New York Mets miss the playoffs when Tom Glavine is tagged for seven runs during the first inning of a season-ending 8-1 loss to Florida. The Mets are the first major league team to not finish in first place after owning a lead of seven games or more with 17 to play.

2007 — Osi Umenyiora has six of the New York Giants' NFL record-tying 12 sacks in a 16-3 victory over Philadelphia.

2007 — Detroit scores an NFL-record 34 points in the fourth quarter of a 37-27 victory over Chicago. The Lions and Bears combine for 48 points — also a league record.

2007 — Brett Favre passes Dan Marino to become the NFL leader in career touchdown passes, throwing Nos. 421 and 422 in Green Bay's 23-16 victory over Minnesota.