1996 Event Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1995 Event Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0 1993 Event Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m 1993 Event New York Islanders beat Washington Caps 4 to 1 in playoffs, Caps Dale Hunter attacks Pierre Turgeon after scoring, in hockey's worst cheap shot 1992 Event 2nd lowest NBA scoring game - Detroit Piston 72, New York Knicks 61 1991 Event San Diego State's Marshall Faulk is 1st freshman to capture national rushing and scoring titles 1991 Event Pitts Penguin Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals and 744 assists) 1990 Event Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight 1988 Event Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak 1988 Event Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115 1987 Event For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ 1987 Event Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title 1985 Event Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader 1984 Event Despite Mike Bossy 4 goals Islanders lose 5-6 to Canadians making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-77-3-4 1984 Event Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain's all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421) 1984 Event Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11 1984 Event Los Angeles Kings stop Wayne Gretzky 51 game scoring streak 1984 Event Los Angeles Kings end Wayne Gretzky's NHL-record 51-game scoring streak 1983 Event Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record 1982 Event NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT) 1981 Event Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark 1978 Event Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1 1975 Event Buffalo Sabres set NHL record of 40 points beating Caps 14-2 scoring 5 goals vs Washington Caps in 4:57 1974 Birthday Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1973 Event Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game 1972 Event Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) 1966 Event Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points 1965 Birthday Mario Lemieux, Montreal, NHL high scoring center, Pittsburgh Penguin 1958 Event NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring 1955 Event Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 pt 1949 Event England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes 1940 Birthday Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's 1940 Birthday Stan Mikita, NHL center, led NHL in scoring 4 times 1931 Event A J Bennett hits H Garbarino for 1st scoring pass in Canada's Big 4 1922 Event Cubs beat Phillies 26-23 in highest scoring major-league game 1902 Birthday James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis 1900 Event Highest scoring opening game, Phils beat Braves 19-17 in 10
