Template:Today in Baseball/May 18

December 19: Today's featured birthday is that of Chito Martinez, who turns 59.

• 1912 - Detroit Tigers players go on strike to protest Ty Cobb's suspension. A replacement team of college players and others loses to the Philadelphia A's, 24-2.
• 1929 - Johnny Frederick has five hits and scores five times in the first game of a doubleheader to give him a major league record eight runs in the two games.
• 1968 - Frank Howard hit his tenth home run in a six-game span to power the Washington Senators to an 8-4 victory over Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium.
• 1999 - Luis Gonzalez (pictured) extends his hitting streak to 30 games, matching the longest in the decade, in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
• 2016 - In a marathon game in the Mexican League, Tabasco defeats Veracruz in a game that takes 7 hours and 34 minutes and is only decided in the 23rd inning.

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