MLB rookies to go 4-for-4 (or better) with 7+ RBI and a stolen base (since RBI became an official stat in 1920):

Bo Jackson, Royals (4/14/1987)
Ceddanne Rafaela, Red Sox (today)

The Lakers are 0-9 when trying to avoid being swept in a best-of-7 playoff series, worst of all NBA franchises.

Since earned runs became official in 1913, the only players to have a 4-0 team record, 20+ K & a sub-1.00 ERA through their 1st four career MLB games are Boo Ferriss in 1945 (22, 0.50) and the Chicago Cubs' Shota Imanaga this season (21, 0.84).

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the only MLB team in the last 50 years to outhit their opponent 15-0 (or better) over the last 7 innings of a game.

The Houston Astros' Justin Verlander is making his season debut today. He has had a winning percentage above .600 in 13 career seasons.

He trails only Roger Clemens (16) for the most such seasons in MLB history.

The Pittsburgh Pirates' Jared Jones threw 50 of his 59 pitches for strikes tonight (84.7%).

That's the highest strike percentage by any MLB rookie in a single game since pitches were first tracked in 1988 (min. 50 pitches).

Today's game against Atlanta was the Indiana Pacers' 11th time this season scoring 140+ points in a single game.

That is the most 140-point games in a single season in NBA history, breaking a tie with the 1981-82 Nuggets.

The Baltimore Orioles' Colton Cowser in the series at Fenway:

10 RBI
3 doubles
2 home runs
1 walk
1 stolen base

No other MLB player has put up all of those numbers in a 3-game series (since RBI became an official stat in 1920).

Teams to win all 6 games by 13+ points in a single NCAA Tournament:

UConn Men's Basketball in 2023
UConn Men's Basketball in 2024

Elly De La Cruz's night for the Cincinnati Reds:

- HR from both sides of the plate
- over-the-fence HR & inside-the-park HR
- 4+ runs scored
- stolen base

He's the first player in MLB history to do all of that in the same game.

The Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez reached 250 walks and 250 extra-base hits in his MLB career in his 489th game.

The only MLB players to reach those marks faster in the modern era are Lou Gehrig (439) and Ted Williams (463).

The San Diego Padres' Kyle Higashioka threw out multiple runners and hit a HR in the 4th inning today.

The only other MLB catcher to do this over the past 45 seasons was the Angels' Bengie Molina on June 13, 2000 against the Devil Rays in the 2nd inning.

Man I love my job #statman

Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies is the first MLB player in the Modern Era to record his 1000th career run while having at least three HR in the same game.

Ronel Blanco's no-hitter for the Houston Astros tonight is the earliest no-hitter (by date) in MLB history.

25.0+ PPG
8.0+ RPG
4.0+ APG
2.0+ SPG
2.0+ BPG
7-0 record

In the last 25 years across the NBA, WNBA & Division I men's & women's college basketball, 2 players have put up the above numbers over a 7-game span. They are UConn Women’s Basketball's Paige Bueckers & LeBron James.

The Wolfpack of NC State University is just the second school to send both its Men's and Women's teams to the Final Four in the same season with at least one of the teams being a double-digit seed, after Syracuse did so in 2016 (Men's team - 10 Seed).

In today's game, Zach Edey scored 55.6% (40/72) of Purdue's points while Dalton Knecht scored 56.1% (37/66) of Tennessee's points.

It's the first time that two opposing players have scored at least half of their team's points in the same NCAA Tournament game.

Since RBI became official, 2 MLB players have had a 4-game span with:

9+ hits
9+ RBI
6+ walks
4+ HR
.600+ BA

One is the Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts over his last 4 games. The other was Babe Ruth from July 28-31, 1932.

The Arizona Wildcats have now lost to a team seeded at least 4 spots below them in each of their last 6 NCAA Tournament appearances.

That's the longest streak by any team since seeding began in 1979.