Back in Time: June 4

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Jun 4, 2010

Back in Time: June 4

Don Drysdale

Don Drysdale pitches his sixth straight shutout and the Dodgers beat the Pirates 5-0.

Cleveland Stadium

On 10-cent beer night at Cleveland Stadium, unruly fans cause the home team Indians to forfeit the 5-5 game to the Rangers in the bottom of the ninth. The 25,134 fans in attendance chugged down an estimated 60,000 cups of beer.

Jo Jo White

Boston's Jo Jo White scored 33 points as the Celtics outlasted Phoenix 128-126 in triple-overtime in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Phoenix forward Gar Heard, who set a then Finals record by playing 61 minutes, hit a buzzer-beater to force the third overtime.

Arnold Palmer

Legendary golfer Arnold Palmer fails to make the U.S. Open golf tournament for the first time in 32 years.

Danny Harris

Danny Harris beat the seemingly unstoppable Edwin Moses, ending Moses' streak of 122-consecutive hurdle event wins.

Orlando Magic

The Orlando Magic advance to the NBA Finals with a 105-81 win over visiting Indiana in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Shaquille O'Neal scores a game-high 25 points to lead the Magic.

Sammy Sosa

A day after Sammy Sosa's bat exploded, exposing its corked center, the remaining 76 bats from his locker and his five bats housed at the Hall of Fame are X-rayed and ultimately deemed cork-free.

Born on this Day

John McNamara (1922) Phil Linz (1939) Sandra Post (1948) Tony Pena (1957) Xavier McDaniel (1963) Steve Searcy (1964) Andrea Jaeger (1965) Derian Hatcher (1972) Antonio Anderson (1973) Darin Erstad (1974) Evan Lysacek (1985) Bar Refaeli (1985, pictured)