Today in sports history: April 15
In 1947, Jackie Robinson plays his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. See more sports moments from this date:
1918: Babe Ruth pitches four-hitter, drives in two runs for Red Sox
1918 — Babe Ruth pitched a four-hitter for Boston in the season opener and drove in two runs in a 7-1 win over Philadelphia.
1947: Jackie Robinson plays his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers
1947 — Jackie Robinson plays his first major league game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He goes 0-for-3, but scores the deciding run in a 5-3 victory over the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. He is the first black player to appear in the majors since 1884.
1984: Ben Crenshaw wins Masters by two strokes over Tom Watson.
1984 — Ben Crenshaw wins the Masters by two strokes over Tom Watson.
2000: Cal Ripken becomes 24th player to reach 3,000 hits
2000 — Cal Ripken becomes the 24th player to reach 3,000 hits when he lines a clean single to center off Twins reliever Hector Carrasco. He reaches the milestone with his third hit in a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins and becomes the seventh player in major league history to get 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.
2005: Richard Gasquet ends Roger Federer's 25-match winning streak
2005 — Top-ranked Roger Federer’s 25-match winning streak ends when French teenager Richard Gasquet saves three match points before capturing a third-set tiebreaker at the Monte Carlo Masters. Federer’s 35-1 record this year is the best start on the men’s tour since John McEnroe was 39-0 in 1984.
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