April 23, 1999: The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 12-5 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Cardinal 3rd baseman Fernando Tatís did something no major league player had done before, nor has since: He hit 2 grand slams (home runs with the bases loaded) in 1 inning. He also sets a record with 8 RBIs in 1 inning.
Just hitting 2 homers in 1 inning doesn't happen all that often. The Cardinals ended up scoring 11 runs in that 3rd inning:
Both grand slams were hit off Chan Ho Park. For the 2nd, there was an ad for Korean Air Lines behind home plate. Clearly, the ad for his homeland’s airline didn't help him.
Tatís reached the postseason with the Texas Rangers in 1998, and the Cardinals in 2000. He last appeared in the major leagues in the 2010 season, with 113 career home runs. At the time, he was with the New York Mets. He was the last Mets player to wear Number 17 before it was retired for Keith Hernandez.
He played 4 more seasons in the Mexican League, and went on to manage there. His son, Fernando Tatís Jr., is now a slugging shortstop for the San Diego Padres.
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April 23, 1999 was a Friday. These other Major League Baseball games were played:
* The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4 at Yankee Stadium. Orlando "El Duque" Hernández outpitched once-and-future Yankee David Wells. Chili Davis went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs. Derek Jeter went 0-for-2 with 2 walks.
* The New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs, 6-5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Rey Ordóñez hit a sacrifice fly to score Roger Cedeño with the winning run in the top of the 9th inning, making John Franco a winning pitcher in relief of Bobby Jones.
* The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos, 6-2 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Rico Brogna hit a home run.
* The Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-6 at Fenway Park in Boston. Kenny Lofton, Travis Fryman and Wil Cordero hit home runs.
* The Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics, 7-4 at Camden Yards in Baltimore. Cal Ripken Jr. did not play.
* The Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Seattle Mariners, 5-4 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Wade Boggs went 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs. Ken Griffey Jr. went 0-for-3 with a walk.
* The Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves, 9-1 at Pro Player Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium) in Miami Gardens, Florida.
* The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-1 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh.
* The Cincinnati Reds beat the Houston Astros, 7-5 at Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium) in Cincinnati.
* The Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 5-0 at the new Comiskey Park (now Rate Field) in Chicago. Mike Sirotka pitched a 5-hit shutout.
* The Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-2 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.
* The Anaheim Angels beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-2 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.
* The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres, 10-6 at Qualcomm Stadium (formerly San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium). Tony Gwynn went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk and 3 RBIs.
* And the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies, 7-2 at 3Com Park (as Candlestick Park was then known) in San Francisco.
Football was out of season. There were 10 games played in the NBA:
* The New York Knicks beat the Charlotte Hornets, 110-105 at Madison Square Garden.
* The Atlanta Hawks beat the Washington Wizards, 89-78 at the MCI Center (now the Capital One Arena) in Washington.
* The Toronto Raptors beat the Orlando Magic, 95-88 at the Orlando Arena.
* The Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls, 100-71 at the United Center in Chicago.
* The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Cleveland Indians, 79-75 at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
* The Denver Nuggets beat the Golden State Warriors, 96-84 at the McNichols Arena in Denver.
* The Utah Jazz beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 96-85 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
* The Los Angeles Clippers beat the Houston Rockets, 106-101 in overtime at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena.
* And the Sacramento Kings beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 10-597 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento.
* And the Seattle SuperSonics beat the Vancouver Grizzlies, 97-85 at General Motors Place (now the Rogers Arena) in Vancouver. The Grizzlies moved to Memphis 2 years later, and they were never able to build a rivalry with the Sonics.
And there were 3 games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs:
* The Detroit Red Wings beat the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 5-1 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
* The Dallas Stars beat the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2 at the Reunion Arena in Dallas.
* The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators, 3-2 at the Corel Centre (now the Canadian Tire Centre) in Ottawa. Miroslav Šatan -- who never played for the New Jersey Devils, and always seemed to play well against them -- scored at 10:35 of the 2nd overtime.
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