Events in Sports History in September 1987

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 1 15-year-old American tennis player Michael Chang becomes youngest man to win a match at the US Open when he beats Australian Paul McNamee in 4 sets in the opening round

Tennis Player and French Open Champion Michael Chang

Sep 2 Houston outfielder Kevin Bass becomes 1st NL player to switch hit HRs in a game twice in one season in Astros 10-1 win v Cubs

Sports History

Sep 5 2nd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in Men's Long Jump

Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis

Tennis Open

Sep 5 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at US Tennis Open

Sep 6 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48)
Sep 6 Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal
Sep 9 Largest US Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016

Sports History

Sep 9 Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59

Baseball Record

Sep 9 MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter

Sep 12 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
Sep 13 Tampa Bay quarterback Steve DeBerg establishes a franchise record with 5 touchdown passes in the Buccaneers 48-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 13 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Steffi Graf of Germany 7-6, 6-1

Sports History

Sep 14 Cal Ripken Jr.'s record streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is finally broken

Sep 14 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 14 US Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins 3rd straight US title; beats Sweden's Mats Wilander 6-7, 6-0, 7-6, 6-4

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl

Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major Champion Mats Wilander

Sep 16 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game
Sep 18 Detroit first baseman Darrell Evans hits home run #30 off Bill Wegman in 5th inning of Tigers' 7-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers; first 40-year-old to hit 30 MLB HRs in a season

NFL Record

Sep 20 Chicago running back Walter Payton scores his NFL record 107th rushing touchdown in the Bears' 20-3 victory over Tampa Bay

Sports History

Sep 20 French driver Alain Prost wins Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril; his record 28th Formula 1 victory

Sep 20 San Francisco wide receiver Dwight Clark's NFL record streak of 105 consecutive games with a reception ends in 49ers 27-26 victory in Cincinnati

Baseball Record

Sep 22 Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons

Sep 22 NFL players go on strike for 24 days (2nd regular-season strike)
Sep 26 Padres Benito Santiago sets rookie hitting streak to 28 games

Sports History

Sep 27 Atlanta Braves Phil Niekro's final MLB appearance, he surrenders for 5 runs in 3 innings against the San Francisco Giants

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Phil Niekro

Sep 27 NFL players' strike begins in the US
Sep 27 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield Village GC: Europe beats US, 15-13; after 13-0 unbeaten record spanning 60 years, US loses for first time on home soil