This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead

Baseball highlights for the week ahead include a 1932 opening of Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium, with Lefty Grove and the Philadelphia A’s beating the Indians 1-0 before 76,979 fans. Lou Gehrig’s name anchors several entries: in one, he drove in eight runs with a grand slam and two doubles as the New York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox 14-13. Other notable moments listed are Joe Adcock’s 1954 four-homer game for Milwaukee Braves, a 1961 All-Star Game ending 1-1 at Fenway Park due to heavy rain, and Nolan Ryan winning his 300th game for the Texas Rangers in 1990.