On this date

May 23

1935: The first major league night game, scheduled for Cincinnati, was postponed because of rain.

2000: The Orioles defeat the Mariners’ 4-2. Seattle’s Rickey Henderson draws his 2’000th career walk in the 9th inning’ making him the third player to reach that level’ after Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.

2002: L.A.Dodgers slugger Shawn Green became the 14th man in major league history to homer four times in a game and set a big league record with 19 total bases. He went 6-for-6, scoring six times with seven RBIs in a 16-3 win at Milwaukee.