April 11 in San Francisco Giants History: Rube Marquard begins a nineteen-game consecutive winning streak by beating the Dodgers (1912)

On April 11, 1912 — at Washington Park III, Rube Marquard of the New York Giants begins a nineteen-game consecutive winning streak by beating the Brooklyn Dodgers, 18-3, in a game which features 13 ground rule doubles hit by the visitors because of the overflow crowd being placed in the outfield and

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