April 3 in Houston Astros History: An exhibition game with the Texas Rangers in Tulsa, OK, is halted when a part of the stand collapses (1977)

An exhibition game with the Texas Rangers in Tulsa, OK, is halted when a part of the stand collapses, injuring 17 people. Players helped carry victims to aid, some making stretchers out of wooden planks.

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