It happened on this day in:
1894: Lave Cross hits for the cycle -- the first catcher to do so. He also walked, as the Phillies beat Brooklyn 22-51904: Phillie Frank Roth and two members of the home team are arrested two pitches into a game at Brooklyn on the charge of playing an organized sport on Sunday. The New York Police Commissioner made the move to test the validity of a new city blue law. The managers replaced the arrested players and completed the game, which the Phillies lost 8-6. The players remained in custody for nearly a week before being released by a judge who ruled that Sunday ballgames were not illegal unless they interrupted the repose and religious liberty of the community.
1947: Phillies skipper Ben Chapman is absent from the last game of a 3-game set in Brooklyn. For the first 2 games, Chapman led the vicious racist taunts hurled at Dodger rookie Jackie Robinson. It is rumored that Chapman was ordered by the Commissioner to sit out the last game. The Dodgers swept the series, in which the Phillies scored a total of 2 runs in 27 innings.
2003: Chase Utley hits a grand slam in his first major league start, leading the Phillies to a 9-1 victory over Colorado at Veterans' Stadium.
2008: Pat Burrell drives in 2 runs in a 3-1 win over Milwaukee, breaking the team RBI record for April with a total of 24 for the month. Von Hayes had 22 in 1989.
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