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1900 - Matching Buck Freeman's feat of five weeks ago, Brooklyn's Bill Dahlen laces two triples in the 8th inning as his team beats Philadelphia, 14 - 3.
1904:
- Christy Mathewson and the visiting Giants top the Reds, 3 - 1 beating Noodles Hahn. Matty drives in one of the three runs scored in the 8th with a single and improves his record to 28-9.
- At Boston, the Americans rack up 18 hits to defeat Detroit, 13 - 0.
1905 - Making his major league debut, Ty Cobb doubles off Highlander Jack Chesbro in a 5 - 3 Tiger victory at Detroit's Bennett Park.
1906:
- Righthander Slow Joe Doyle of the Highlanders becomes the first 20th century player to start out with two shutouts when he beats the Washington Nationals, 5 - 0. Of his 23 lifetime victories, seven will be shutouts. He is nicknamed "Slow" because of his time-consuming pace on the mound. The Yanks take the nitecap as well, 9 - 8, to begin a sweep of five doubleheaders in six days. They'll outscore their opponents 76 - 31.
- At the Baker Bowl, the Phils and Giants swap shutouts. The Quakers win the opener, 2 - 0, when Tully Sparks allows just three hits to outpitch Christy Mathewson. Iron Joe McGinnity then blanks the hosts, 1 - 0, to hand Bill Duggleby the loss.
1909 - The Cubs and Giants swap shutouts in this Monday doubleheader. Chicago wins the opener, 2 - 0, in 11 innings, and Christy Mathewson outpitches Ed Reulbach in the nitecap to win, 5 - 0, on five hits.
1910:
- For the second time in four days, a Red Sox pitcher throws a one-hitter as Ray Collins beats the visiting White Sox, 4 - 0. Paul Meloan's single is the only hit.
- The Giants beat Babe Adams and the Pirates, 5 - 2, to sweep the 3-game series with Pittsburgh. The Bucs batter Christy Mathewson for 12 hits, but he wins his 22nd.
1912 - At Detroit's Navin Field, Browns' hurler Earl Hamilton no-hits the Tigers, 5 - 1.
1913 - The Giants score six runs against Grover Cleveland Alexander, but the Phillies come back from the 6 - 0 deficit to score eight against Christy Mathewson. With two outs in the top of the 9th, and the Phils leading 8 - 6 over New York, umpire Bill Brennan, acceding to a request by the wily John McGraw, orders Phils captain Mickey Doolan (Phils manager Red Dooin had been ejected during the 6-run 6th) to have spectators removed from the CF bleachers, where they are waving hats, newspapers, and handkerchiefs to distract the batters. When Doolan refuses, Brennan forfeits the game, 9 - 0, to the Giants. Bedlam ensues and later, when the two umpires and Giants players try to board the train at the North Philadelphia Station, they are attacked by fans. The police draw their revolver to control the crowd. The Phils protest the forfeit and National League president Thomas Lynch will reverse the umpire and rule the game an 8 - 6 Phils win. The Giants then appeal. NL directors say both Brennan and Lynch are wrong, and order the game completed from the point at which it was stopped. The game will be finished October 2, with the outcome the same.
1915 - Three-time 20-game winner Larry Cheney is traded by the Cubs to Brooklyn for OF Joe Schultz.
1916 - Dutch Leonard of the Red Sox no-hits the Browns at Fenway Park, 4 - 0.
1918:
- In just fifty-seven minutes, the Giants beat the Robins, 1 - 0.
- Carl Mays of the Red Sox wins two games, 12 - 0 and 4 - 1 over the A's to finish at 21-13.
1921:
- At Brooklyn, the Pirates win, 8 - 2 behind Whitey Glazner's pitching. Whitey gets help from Dave Robertson, who hits for the cycle.
- The Cubs and Braves each pull a triple play, but they do not help. The Cubs lose to the Giants 5 - 3, and Boston falls to the Reds 6 - 4.
1922 - After hitting home run number 28 in the first inning, Babe Ruth argues too strongly over a called strike in his next at bat, and he is thrown out of the game. He'll be suspended for the fifth time of the year, and is out for three days.
1929 - At Pittsburgh, Pie Traynor is 5 for 5 to lead a 21-hit attack that sinks the Cubs, 15 - 0. It is the Pirates' 4th win over the Cubs in three days.
1930:
- Hack Wilson returns to the Cubs lineup and drives in six runs on his 45th and 46th homers of the year to lead Chicago over the Cardinals, 16 - 4. For August, Hack hits 13 homers and drives in 53 runs.
- New York's Carl Hubbell loses to Brooklyn, 1 - 0, giving up a run in the 9th. With a runner on third base, King Carl walks two intentionally and then walks in the winning run. Giant coach Dave Bancroft argues the call with umpire Lou Jorda so loudly that he is suspended for three games.
1931 - At Boston, Ben Chapman and Lou Gehrig each have four hits and together total nine RBIs as the Yanks roll over the Red Sox, 14 - 4. One of Gehrig's hits is a homer, his 37th, and two of Chapman's leave the park. Hal Rhyne has four hits for Boston.
1932 - Wes Ferrell is suspended 10 days by the Indians for insubordination.
1939 - Yankee rookie Atley Donald pitches a baseball at 94.7 miles per hours to establish a new record for a fastball.
1941 - The Cardinals' Lon Warneke no-hits the Cincinnati Reds 2 - 0 with only three balls hit to the outfield. It is Warneke's 15th victory of the season and, with the Dodgers' doubleheader loss to the Giants, puts St. Louis in first place by two percentage points.
1942 - The Giants' Mel Ott collects his 2,500th hit in a 5 - 5 tie in Chicago in game 2. In the opener, the Giants win, 8 - 6, as Ace Adams beats Hi Bithorn.
1945:
- Stan Hack of the Cubs becomes No. 82 in the 2,000-hit club when he collects a first inning single off Pirate pitcher Preacher Roe. Earlier in the season the Senators' Joe Kuhel and Red Sox OF Bob Johnson made the list. Hack scores after his safety, but the Pirates win, 6 - 4 over the first-place Cubs.
- Yankees rookie Bill Bevens, 28, retires the first 18 Red Sox batters before giving up a walk and a double to Bob Johnson, the only hit for the Sox. Bevens wins 7 - 1, defeating Boo Ferriss who was trying for his 21st win.
1950:
- The Tigers drop out of first place for the first time since June 10 when they split a pair with the Senators, losing 3 - 2 in 11 innings, then taking the nitecap, 10 - 8.
- Eddie Stanky of the Giants walks twice in the sixth inning against the Pirates for a total of seven straight times over two games, tying the major-league record set by Billy Rogell and Mel Ott. The Giants win 4 - 0 behind Sal Maglie.
1951:
- The A's topple the Indians, 6 - 2, beating Bob Feller and knocking the Tribe into 2nd place, a half game behind the idle Yankees. Morrie Martin and Carl Scheib combine for the win.
- The Giants move to an 8 - 1 lead after five inning over the Pirates behind two homers by Willie Mays. But George Spencer wilts in the heat and gives up homers to Frank Thomas - his first in the majors - and pinch hitter Gus Bell. After Pete Castiglione and Bill Rigney match homers, Ralph Kiner powers one in the 9th inning to give Pittsburgh a 10 - 9 victory. For Kiner, it is his 37th.
- Brooklyn's Preacher Roe, with relief help from Clyde King, stops the Reds, 3 - 1, for his 18th win.
1953:
- Led by OF Jim Pendleton's three home runs, the Braves tie the Yankees' 1939 major-league record for the most homers in a game with eight in their 19 - 4 win over Pittsburgh in the first game of a doubleheader. Pendleton is only the second rookie in history to hit three home runs in one game. In game two of the doubleheader, the Braves hit four more long balls to win 11 - 5. The 12 homers in a doubleheader shatters the previous mark of 9. Eddie Mathews's four dingers for the day give him a National League-leading 43; he will end the season with 47 homer runs, 30 of them on the road to set a major-league record.
- The Dodgers rip St. Louis 20 - 4 with the help of two big innings. Dodger Jackie Robinson fans twice in the third inning, while Gil Hodges walks twice in the sixth. Roy Campanella's five RBIs ties the National League season mark of most RBIs by a catcher (122).
1954:
- The Indians complete an 11-home-game sweep of the Red Sox, the first such sweep since the Yankees blanked St. Louis Browns in 1927.
- In beating St. Louis 4 - 1 on four hits, Johnny Antonelli becomes the first lefty to win 20 games for the Giants since Carl Hubbell and Cliff Melton in 1937.
1958 - The Orioles' Dick Williams plays all three OF positions without a single putout or assist in a 7 - 2 win against Boston.
1959:
- Before 66,586 fans in Cleveland, the White Sox sweep a doubleheader with the Indians to move in front by 6 1/2 games. Former Indian Early Wynn, judged too old at 39, wins the opener 6 - 3, then the Sox win the nitecap 9 - 4. Another former Indian, Al Smith, scores from second base on a fly ball. The Sox will beat the Indians 15 out of 22 games this season.
- In the second of two games, the Pirates, down 5 - 0, tie the Phillies in the 9th inning, then win in the 10th, 7 - 6. The victory goes to Elroy Face, even though he gives up a home run to Ed Bouchee in the top of the 10th. Face is now 17-0 and the Pirates are just four games in back of the leading Giants.
1960:
- At San Francisco, Sam Jones strikes out 14 Phillies and drives in the winning run in the 5th to beat Robin Roberts, 2 - 1.
- Boston 2B Pete Runnels goes 6 for 7, as the Red Sox edge the Tigers in the 15-inning opener of a twin bill. His 15th-inning double brings Frank Malzone home with the winning run to win, 5 - 4. Runnels has three more hits in the nightcap victory, 3 - 2 in 10 innings. His six hits are the most in an American League game since July 8, 1955. With 9 for 11 in the doubleheader, Runnels ties the ML record.
1961 - Mickey Mantle connects for home run number 47, off the Twins' Jim Kaat, as the Yanks win, 4 - 0.
1962 - San Francisco's 3 - 2 win over the Braves ties a ML record, as all five runs score on home runs.
1963:
- Ken Boyer's three-run homer leads the Cardinals to an 11 - 6 win over host Philadelphia, and starts the Birds on a 9-game win streak. St. Louis will win 19 out of 20 to end up a game behind the Dodgers.
- The Twins' power continues in a 5 - 3 win over the White Sox. Minnesota has 19 home runs in five straight games, tying the major-league record set by the Giants in 1954.
1964 - Milwaukee (8) and San Francisco (7) combine to use a ML-record 15 pinch hitters in two nine-inning games. The Giants win the opening marathon 15 - 10, then win 7 - 4. The Milwaukee refreshment stands, down to $13 in pennies, drop their prices; beer goes from 31 cents to 30 cents, hot dogs from 26 cents to 25 cents, hot sandwiches from 62 cents to 60 cents.
1965 - Following his doctor's advice, Casey Stengel announces his retirement as manager of the Mets. He will head up Mets scouting in California. Stengel ends a 25-year managerial career that included 10 pennants with the Yankees, followed by a dismal 175-404 with the expansion Mets. The 75-year-old Stengel has been in professional baseball since 1910.
1966 - Pete Rose becomes the 12th in ML history to hit home runs left- and righthanded in one game, as the Reds win 6 - 4 over the Cards.
1968 - In the showdown in Detroit, 53,575 fans cheer as P Earl Wilson pitches a 4-hit 9 - 1 victory over 2nd place Baltimore. Wilson adds four RBIs on two hits, including his 5th home run of the year.
1969:
- Washington 2B Tim Cullen ties a major-league record with three consecutive errors in the 8th inning, but the Senators beat Oakland 11 - 3. Frank Howard leads the offense with four hits, including his 41st home run, and his first stolen base in three years.
- Merv Rettenmund drives in three runs to lead the Orioles to a 6 - 3 win over the Angels. The O's score their last run on a single by Brooks Robinson in the 7th and three consecutive passed balls by Joe Azcue which ties the American League record. He is the first backstop on the 20th-Century list not to be catching Hoyt Wilhelm, though Wilhelm comes in to relief Vern Geishert in the 8th.
1970 - In the first of two at Chicago, the Red Sox roll to a 22 - 11 win over the White Sox. This is the 10th time in history that the Red Sox have scored 20 or more runs. Ken Brett is the victor.
1972 - In Pittsburgh, announcer Bob Prince turns the mike over to Harold Arlin. On August 5, 1921, Arlin was the first announcer to broadcast a live play-by-play game, on KDKA. Today he calls a few innings while his grandson, Steve, is on the mound for the Pirates against San Diego.
1973 - After a 10-inning 1 - 0 loss to Cardinals, the last-place Mets drop to 61-71. They'll finish at 82-79 and make it to first place in the National League East.
1974 - The Rangers' Dave Nelson steals second, third base, and home in the first inning, only the third such performance in the major leagues since 1928, but it's not enough as Texas loses to Cleveland 7 - 3.
1975 - The Braves fire Clyde King, naming Connie Ryan as interim manager.
1976:
- At Fenway Park, Jim Rice clouts a 5th-inning home run against Texas, the 100th homer this year for the Sox. They now have hit 100 homers or more for 31 straight years.
- The A's purchase veteran Willie McCovey from the Padres.
1977 - Against the Yankees, the Mariners tie the score, 5 - 5, in the 8th inning, then lose in the 11th, 6 - 5, when Mickey Rivers leads off the inning with a home run.
1978:
- The Reds are rained out at Riverfront Stadium for the first time since the Stadium opened in 1970. The second half of a twinbill was rained out on July 18, 1971, but no rain checks were issued.
- Sadaharu Oh hits his 34th home run of the season and the 800th of his career. The ball lands in the shoe of a fan who had removed it to feel more comfortable.
1980 - Houston veteran Vern Ruhle improves his record to 8 - 3 by shutting out the Cubs.
1982:
- In an effort to bolster its pitching staff for the pennant race, Milwaukee trades minor leaguers Kevin Bass, Frank DiPino, and Mike Madden to the Astros for veteran starter Don Sutton. Sutton has won 13 games for Houston this year. The Brewers are 4 1/2 games ahead of the Red Sox.
- In a slugfest featuring seven homers - 2 by Dwight Evans - Oakland beats Boston, 9 - 7.
- The Phils split a pair with the Braves, winning 6 - 1 on Dick Ruthven's 3-hitter, before losing game 2, 11 - 9. Dale Murphy's home run is Atlanta's only score in the opener. Mike Schmidt has an inside-the-park home run in game 2, the second of three he'll hit.
1984:
- Jim Rice grounds into his 33rd double play of the season establishing a new major league mark. The Red Sox outfielder breaks a 1954 record set by another Boston flycatcher, Jackie Jensen.
- Bill Virdon is fired as manager of the Expos and will be replaced by Jim Fanning.
1986:
- Roger Clemens becomes the major leagues' first 20-game winner this season, striking out 11 Indians in a 7 - 3 victory to raise his record to 20-4.
- Yankee hurlers Tommy John (43) and Joe Niekro (41) become the first 40+ pitchers since 1933 to start both ends of a doubleheader. John loses 1 - 0 and Niekro pitches five innings for a 3 - 0 victory over the Mariners.
1988:
- At Chicago, the Pirates nip the Cubs, 10 - 9, in 10 innings. Scott Medvin is the winner over Rich Gossage.
- Kent Tekulve becomes the second pitcher in ML history after Hoyt Wilhelm to appear in 1,000 games by pitching two innings in Philadelphia's 7 - 5 win over San Francisco.
1989:
- The Yankees send veteran slugger Ken Phelps, hitting .249, to Oakland for minor league P Scott Holcomb.
- St. Louis leaves 16 runners on base in a 2 - 0, 13-inning loss to the Reds, setting a major-league record for runners left on base in a shutout.
1990:
- Minnesota CF John Moses misplays a long drive by Ron Karkovice, and the White Sox catcher ends up with an inside-the-park grand slam. That's all the scoring Jack McDowell needs as the Sox win, 4 - 3.
- Boston's Roger Clemens reaches 20 wins for the 3rd time in five years by beating Cleveland, 9 - 2. Rocket K's nine and walks none.
1991 - The Rangers trade 3B Steve Buechele to the Pirates in exchange for prospect Kurt Miller and a player to be named later. The "later named" is another pitching prospect, Hector Fajardo.
1992:
- Trailing 3 - 1 to the Reds in the ninth, Bobby Bonilla hits a dramatic 3-run homer off Rob Dibble to give the Mets a 4 - 3 win.
- Boston 1B Scott Cooper records five hits in the Red Sox's 4 - 2, 10-inning win over the Angels.
- Cubs rookie P Jim Bullinger tosses a one-hitter against the Giants in his third big league start, defeating SF, 3 - 1. The only hit he allows is Kirt Manwaring's home run in the eighth inning.
- The Red Sox send P Jeff Reardon to the Braves in exchange for minor leaguers Nate Minchey and Sean Ross.
1993 - Oakland P Rich Gossage breaks his right wrist when he trips over a ball bag prior to the Athletics' game with Toronto. The Blue Jays beat Oakland, 4 - 2.
1995:
- Tiger teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell tie an American League record by playing in their 1,914th game together, a 10 - 7 loss to the White Sox. The record was set by KC's George Brett and 2B Frank White.
- Angels power prospect Todd Greene hits his 40th home run as Vancouver (Pacific Coast League) beats Salt Lake City 14 - 5. Greene is the first minor leaguer to reach 40 dingers since Danny Tartabull for Calgary in 1985.
1996:
- Adding their 8th new player this month, the Yankees reacquire 3B Charlie Hayes from the Pirates in exchange for a player to be named. This makes Wade Boggs a platoon player and he angrily states, "I'll get my 3,000 hits somewhere."
- Eddie Murray clouts his 499th homer and newly-acquired Pete Incaviglia adds a grand slam as the Orioles beat the Mariners, 5 - 2. The O's are four back of the Yankees, down from 12 games on July 29.
- Mark McGwire pounds his 45th homer and drives in three runs as the A's beat the Red Sox, 7 - 0. The loss snaps the Sox's 5-game win streak. The 3rd-place Sox have been the American League's hottest team since the All-Star break, going 33-17; on August 1 Boston was 17 games out of 1st place, and since then have gained 11 games. A's pitchers will record shutouts in their next two games as well.
- The Padres' Scott Sanders pitches one-hit ball over eight innings and strikes out 10 to beat the Expos, 6 - 0. David Segui has the only hit for Montreal.
1997:
- Behind Alex Fernandez, the Marlins solidify their hold on the National League wild card position with a 4 - 1 victory over the Blue Jays. OF Shawn Green has all three of Toronto's hits.
- Yankee P David Wells threatens to punch out owner George Steinbrenner during a clubhouse argument.
- The Brewers acquire OF Darrin Jackson from the Twins in exchange for a player to be named.
- Boston SS Nomar Garciaparra goes hitless as the Red Sox fall to the Braves, 15 - 2. The collar brings his 30-game hitting streak (July 26-August 29: .383 : 54/141) to an end, the longest streak ever for an American League rookie.
1998:
- Curt Schilling throws his ML-leading 13th complete game, stopping the Giants, 5 - 4. Schilling is helped by a triple play as he raises his strikeout total to a National League-high 258. Barry Bonds hits homers #29 and #30, the 7th straight year he's had 30 homers and the 8th year he's reached 100 RBIs.
- The Cardinals honor Jack Buck with a new statue in Buck's likeness. The Hall of Fame broadcaster began announcing Cardinal's games in 1954.
- Toms River, NJ becomes the first American team since 1993 to win the Little League World Series as Chris Cardone hits home runs in consecutive at-bats, including a game-deciding two-run shot beating Kashima, Japan, 12 - 9.
- Mark McGwire's 55th home run leads the Cardinals to an 8 - 7 victory over the Braves.
- Sammy Sosa's 54th homer leads the Cubs to a 4 - 3 win over Colorado.
- Roger Clemens racks up his 3rd straight shutout, extending his scorelss inning streak to 29, as Toronto tops the Twins, 6 - 0. The Rocket is unbeaten in his last 17 starts.
1999:
- In an article in the New York Times, former major league OF Billy Bean reveals his fears as a gay man in the world of major league baseball. Former Dodger Glenn Burke, who died of AIDS in 1995, is the only other ex-player to have acknowledged his homosexuality.
- Barry Bonds clubs a pair of homers, including a 2-run no-out game-winner in the 10th, to give the Giants a 6 - 4 win over the Phillies. The win goes to Rich Rodriguez, who has won seven straight since last losing on June 13, 1997. The 2nd-place Giants have now won 10 of 12.
- The Mets roll over the Astros, 17 - 1, as 2B Edgardo Alfonzo goes 6 for 6, a club record, with a double, three homers, five RBI, and six runs scored. The six runs scored ties the modern major league mark. Alfonzo is the only the 5th player ever to hit three home runs while going 6 for 6.
2000:
- With the exception of hitting his first batter and giving up an opposite field leadoff single in the ninth, Pedro Martinez is nearly perfect in Boston's win over the Devil Rays, 8 - 0. The brawl-filled contest features five fights with eight Devil Rays (five players, the manager and two coaches) being ejected. Carl Everett comes to bat needing a single to hit for the cycle, but homers for the second time instead.
- As the Braves come to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the Reds, 4 - 2, a power spike causes most of the lights to go out at Turner Field causing a 12-minute delay. As the Atlanta crowd waits for play to resume it is treated to a rendition of the song, "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia". Earning his 1,600th victory, manager Bobby Cox passes former Los Angeles Dodgers skipper, Tommy Lasorda, on the career list for most managerial victories and puts him 14th on the all-time list.
- On a night when every player in the Astros' starting lineup gets a hit, reserve catcher Tony Eusebio's hitting streak ends at 24 games establishing a new Houston team record.
- In a 9 - 4 comeback victory over the Blue Jays, Angel outfielder Darin Erstad goes 3 for 5 reaching the 200-hit plateau quicker than any other player in 65 years.
2001:
- 3B Bill Mueller's walk-off home run gives the Cubs a 5 - 4 victory over the Marlins. 1B Fred McGriff hits a 3-run home run as he reaches 80 RBIs for the 14th straight season, becoming only the 2nd player in ML history to do so. Hank Aaron holds the record with 17 straight years.
- The Little League forfeits all games won by the Bronx World Series entry after it is discovered that star pitcher Danny Almonte is 14. Sports Illustrated first broke the story with evidence of two birth registrations, the second, which took two years off, made just weeks before the boy entered the United States. Continued protests of racism against Dominicans prompts further investigations which will show that Almonte and others did not even attend school in the Bronx, did not play the requisite number of games with their Bronx team, that their coach had been banned from Caribbean Little League play in 1988 for using overage players, and that Danny's older brother was 14 when he played in 2000.
- Led by Eric Chavez, who drives home eight runs, the A's defeat the Orioles, 15 - 0.
- The Mariners defeat the Devil Rays, 4 - 0, giving them a major-league record 27 consecutive regular-season road series without losing a series. The old record of 26 road series without a loss was set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs.
2002 - After marathon negotiation sessions to avoid a players' strike just hours away, Bud Selig announces the players union and owners have reached a settlement on a new four-year CBA without the need of a work stoppage. The new agreement, called "historic" by the commissioner, gives the owners the economic restraints they wanted as the players are assured no teams will be contracted until the 2007 season, with a revenue-sharing plan to be gradually implemented during the span of the contract.
2005 - In the long tradition of the Bronx Bombers, Alex Rodriguez becomes only the second right-handed batter in Yankees history to hit 40 homers in a season. The Yankee's third baseman joins Joe DiMaggio, who hit 46 homers in 1937, making it the only time "Joltin' Joe" reached the 40 mark.
2009:
- Chula Vista, CA wins the 2009 Little League World Series, defeating Taoyuan County of Taiwan, 6 - 3, in the finals.
- The Heidenheim Heideköpfe win a doubleheader from the Mannheim Tornados to take their first Bundesliga title, 3 games to 2 in the finals. Simon Gühring makes his return from a leg fracture with 3 home runs and 8 RBI on the day, while Peter Dankerl wins the finale.
- Edgar Renteria hits a grand slam in the 7th inning as San Francisco defeats Colorado, 9 - 5, completing a three-game sweep that puts the two teams in a tie in the National League wild card race.
- Zack Greinke pitches a one-hitter to beat Seattle, 3 - 0. The Royals' hurler allows only a 2nd-inning single by Kenji Johjima.
- Alex Ramirez of the Yomiuri Giants collects 150 hits for the 8th straight season, setting a new Nippon Pro Baseball record; Kazuo Matsui had held the mark prior to Ramirez.