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What Happened in Sports: July 2, 2022
See what happened in sports on July 2, 2022 ft. Garland signing five-year extension, Riley Greene's walk-off HR, Twins walk-off magic, and more!
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July 2nd, 2022 was highlighted by Darius Garland becoming the latest extended star after inking a 5y/$193M deal with Cleveland. Tigers rookie Riley Greene’s first career homer sent Detroit home happy, Twins walked off the O’s for a second straight day, and Pirates sensation Oneil Cruz notched his 15th RBI in as many games. Vlad Jr. reached a historic Blue Jays HR mark, Spencer Strider continued dominating, while Cody Martin signed a big deal with CHA. Machado made a sick barehand play, SEA walked off the A’s, plus STL hit four straight bombs.
See what happened in sports on July 2nd last year, headlined by Shohei Ohtani‘s 2-HR game where he reached 30 bombs on the season, capped off by scoring the GW-run plus what happened in sports on July 2nd, 2020 ft. Philadelphia becoming the first team to use MLB’s Covid-IL by putting many key players on the list and check out what happened in sports on July 2nd, 2019 with the Yankees signing top international prospect OF Jasson Dominguez to a $5M deal who’s annually been ranked one of the top prospects in baseball.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts & records from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.
Darius Garland was the youngest (22) player to record 25+ PPG & 12+ APG over a 10-GP span in NBA history
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— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 3, 2022
Darius Garland's #Cavs records:
– Largest contract ($193M)
– Youngest (21) with 10+ PTS/10+ REB/15+ AST in 1 GP
– GP (3) of 25+ PTS/15+ AST/100+ FT%
– Fastest span (16 GP) of 10 GP with 20+ PTS & 10+ AST
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— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 3, 2022
Riley Greene is the 1st #Tigers player to hit a walk-off HR for his 1st career HR since 1978pic.twitter.com/dr7lI5cTJz
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 3, 2022
Minnesota #Twins are the 1st team to follow back-to-back walk-off losses with back-to-back walk-off wins during 1 season in AL history
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— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 3, 2022
Manny makes it look easy. ? pic.twitter.com/BdEBazX9Uu
— MLB (@MLB) July 3, 2022
Toro Time, indeed. #SeaUsRise pic.twitter.com/rpJ1xV8zca
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) July 2, 2022
Justin Upton's first HR as a Mariner came at the perfect time.
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— MLB (@MLB) July 2, 2022
FOUR STRAIGHT HOME RUNS BY THE CARDINALS. ? pic.twitter.com/cbyBtFRXWT
— MLB (@MLB) July 2, 2022
Nolan in the 9th!
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— MLB (@MLB) July 2, 2022
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12:07 & 6:07 PM: Tampa Bay Rays (40-36) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (44-33)
4:05 PM: St. Louis Cardinals (43-36) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (41-37)
4:10 PM: Los Angeles Angels (37-42) vs. Houston Astros (49-27)
12:10 & 6:10 PM: New York Yankees (56-21) vs. Cleveland Guardians (39-34)
7:15 PM: San Diego Padres (46-32) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (47-28)
MLB: RP Caleb Ferguson, Los Angeles Dodgers (turns 26)
MLB: OF/C Daulton Varsho, Arizona Diamondbacks (26)
NFL: LB Zaire Franklin, Indianapolis Colts (26)
NBA: SG Derrick White, Boston Celtics (28)
NFL: RB Rex Burkhead, Houston Texans (32)
NFL: C Ben Jones, Tennessee Titans (33)
MLB: OF Jose Canseco, Retired after 2001 (58)
2019: New York Yankees signed top international prospect OF Jasson Dominguez to a franchise-record $5M signing bonus for an amateur player
2018: Free Agent C DeMarcus Cousins announced he would be signing with the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors after tearing his Achilles the previous season
2015: Toronto Blue Jays signed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a $4.1M signing bonus who was widely touted because of his father’s Hall of Fame career while Chicago White Sox signed Fernando Tatis Jr. to a $0.7M bonus who was also the son of a former MLB player
2008: Seattle SuperSonics’ relocation to Oklahoma City was officially finalized as the franchise would be re-named the Oklahoma City Thunder
1996: Oakland Athletics 1B Mark McGwire broke Jimmie Foxx‘s record for the most HR (302) in Athletics franchise history. McGwire recorded a MLB best 52 HR that year and ended his A’s career with a total of 363 HR, which still stands as the franchise record
1963: HOF SPs Juan Marichal (Giants) and Warren Spahn (Braves) dueled for a whole 15 innings, but Giants OF Willie Mays hit a walk-off HR in the 16th inning off of Spahn to finally end the game after midnight, marking the longest game in NL history to be ended on a HR
1941: New York Yankees OF Joe DiMaggio hit a 3-run HR against the Boston Red Sox to extend his hitting streak to 45 consecutive games, breaking Willie Keeler’s all-time record. He would go on to get a hit in 11 more straight games that still stands as the all-time record
1903: Chicago Cubs P Jack Doscher made his MLB debut, becoming the 1st son of a former major-leaguer to also play in the majors
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