August 11

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1864 - The Atlantics of Brooklyn finish a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43 - 16. The visitors whipped Camden‚ 64 - 10 on the 8th‚ beat the Keystone Club‚ 65 - 10 on the 9th‚ and won 58 - 11 over the 30-year-old Olympic Club yesterday.
1868 - In Rockford, IL‚ the Unions of Morrisania play before 5‚000‚ their biggest crowd on their tour. They win their 11th straight‚ beating the Forest City Club‚ 23 - 17. George Wright hits a homer off Al Spalding.
1879 - Providence posts its 3rd consecutive extra-inning victory and 8th straight overall‚ beating Syracuse, 3 - 2 in 12.
1881 - In the most one-sided game of the National League season‚ Chicago trounces Detroit‚ 17 - 0. Fred Goldsmith pitches for Chicago against Frank Mountain‚ and Silver Flint is 5 for 5. He also catches his 9th straight game without a passed ball.
1883:
- Boston P Jim Whitney muffs a pop-up‚ but catcher Mike Hines catches it before it hits the ground and starts a triple play. All the runners had taken off with the apparent error. Providence still wins‚ 6 - 2.
- The Mets please 9‚000 fans by defeating the first place Athletics in the bottom of the 9th‚ 3 - 2.
- Frederick Thayer‚ the inventor of the catcher's mask‚ and George Wright sue the Spalding Brothers Company for copyright infringement. The two will eventually lose their case.
1889 - Eighteen St. Louis hits and 10 Brooklyn errors add up to a 14 - 4 victory for the Browns (American Associtaion)‚ to the delight of 14‚000 St. Louis fans.
1891 - The Boston Reds beat Kelly's Killers 9 - 3 for their 7th straight victory.
1894:
- James "Bug" Holliday hits a 2-run home run with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th to carry the Reds to a 7 - 6 win over St. Louis.
- Emulating Holiday‚ Brooklyn's Candy LaChance slugs a bottom of the 9th homer to overcome Boston‚ 11 - 10.
- John Tanner‚ a pitcher at Hebron‚ Kentucky‚ is struck by lightning and killed while trying to catch a fly ball.
1896 - Cincinnati suffers its first shutout of the season in a 6 - 0 setback to Chicago.
1898 - Lefty Frank Killen‚ released by Pittsburgh‚ hurls Washington to a 4 - 1 win over New York.
1899 - Brickyard Kennedy triumphs over Bert Cunningham and Brooklyn beats Louisville 1 - 0 on a hit batsman and a steal of home by Bill Dahlen in the 2nd inning.
1900 - The Giants tally 4 singles‚ a double‚ and triple in the first 2 innings against the Reds‚ but get only a run out of it. It's enough as they win‚ 1 - 0.
1903 - A crowd of 10‚600 cheer as the Boston Americans' Tom Hughes defeats the A's ace Rube Waddell‚ 5 - 1.
1904 - Cardinals' player/manager Kid Nichols strikes out 17 Superbas in a 15-inning 4 - 3 win.
1906 - Before 15‚000‚ the White Sox whip the Highlanders‚ 8 - 1. New York 3B George Moriarty gets into a fight with a fan in the 8th inning before police break it up.
1907:
- Ed Karger of the Cardinals throws a perfect game against the Boston Doves in the second game of a doubleheader shortened to 7 innings by prior agreement.
- Just enough to win. The first place Cubs beat the visiting Phillies twice by scores of 1 - 0. Orval Overall and Jack Pfiester apply the calcimine.
1908 - The Cards fall to Boston‚ 2 - 0‚ as Boston pitcher Tom Tuckey gets his only shutout in his first major league game.
1909 - John McGraw puts 49-year-old coach Arlie Latham at 2B in a 19 - 3 romp over St. Louis. Latham goes hitless but handles 2 assists. Cy Seymour scores 5 runs.
1910:
- The White Sox trade P Frank Smith‚ whose best days are behind him‚ and 3B Billy Purtell to the Red Sox in exchange for 2B Amby McConnell and 3B Harry Lord. On July 10th‚ a Walter Johnson fastball broke Lord's finger‚ and the stellar play of his substitute Clyde Engle has made Lord expendable. Lord becomes the one threat in the weak White Sox lineup‚ hitting .297 through the end of the year‚ but the Sox will still finish last in hitting‚ slugging‚ and homers.
- At New York‚ the Giants take two from Cincinnati‚ 5 - 4 and 3 - 2. Christy Mathewson wins the opener‚ despite allowing 11 hits and 4 walks. Matty is tough in the pinch‚ however‚ as the Reds load the bases in the 9th with no outs but fail to score.
1911 - The Phillies reach Christy Mathewson for 11 hits‚ but fail to score as New York triumphs‚ 6 - 0. The Giants toast Bill Burns for 4 runs in the first two innings.
1912 - In an 8 - 3 win over the Highlanders‚ Cleveland's Joe Jackson becomes the second American League player to steal home twice in a game. He steals home in the first inning‚ and then in the 7th‚ he steals second base‚ third‚ and home.
1914:
- Boston Braves P Lefty Tyler begins a string of 23 shutout innings‚ but Red Ames of the Reds matches him today in a 13-inning 0 - 0 tie.
- After missing 6 weeks‚ first with broken ribs‚ then a broken thumb‚ Ty Cobb signs a new 3-year contract and returns to the lineup. He and Sam Crawford had been offered double their salaries to jump to the Feds. Cobb will get into just 97 games‚ but he will win another batting crown at .368. Under existing rules his 345 at bats are enough to qualify.
- At Brooklyn‚ the Cubs lose‚ 3 - 2. Chicago teammates Roger Bresnahan and Heinie Zimmerman are ejected for fighting with each other.
- White Sox pitchers Mellie Wolfgang and Ed Cicotte both toss 2 - 0 shutouts against Cleveland.
1917 - Hugh McQuillan of the Worcester Busters no-hits the New Haven Murlins in Eastern League action. McQuillan hits an RBI triple in the 1 - 0 win.
1919 - Cleveland's Tris Speaker ties an American League record‚ scoring 5 runs in a 15 - 9 win at New York.
1921 - The Yankees move one percentage point ahead of the Indians with a 7 - 3 win over the A's.
1923 - The Tigers beat the Yanks‚ 10 - 4‚ in a series that features the top two hitters in the American League. Babe Ruth goes 3-for-8 against the Tigers‚ while Harry Heilmann is 5-for-10 against the Yanks. The two are neck and neck at .390 for the year. After the game‚ AL President Ban Johnson rules that Babe Ruth must give up his Sam Crawford bat‚ made for him by the future Hall of Famer. The bat is "four pieces of seasoned wood‚ carefully glued together." On August 21‚ Johnson rules that only one-piece bats will be allowed‚ a rule that also affects Ken Williams‚ who is using a plugged bat.
1926:
- Tris Speaker hits his 700th career double in the Indians' 7 - 2 loss to the White Sox. Speaker will finish his career with a record 792 doubles.
- Robins rookie Babe Herman collects his 8th and 9th hits in a row‚ but flies out to Kiki Cuyler in the 6th to fall short of the record of 10 straight‚ held by Cuyler and Ed Konetchy. Brooklyn tops the Pirates‚ 4 - 2.
- At Philadelphia‚ the Reds kick the Phils‚ 21 - 3‚ as Wally Pipp contributes a grand slam in the 3rd off Clarence Mitchell.
1927 - At St. Louis‚ Pete Alexander allows just 4 hits‚ including Lloyd Waner's first ML homer‚ to beat the Pirates‚ 2 - 1. Jim Bottomley's 2-run homer in the 7th wins it.
1928:
- Carl Hubbell's first ML victory is a 4 - 0 shutout of the Phils. He'll be 10 - 6 down the stretch and will pitch 16 years with the Giants.
- The A's win the 22nd of their last 26 games‚ edging the Senators‚ 3 - 2. Mickey Cochrane's hit in the 9th gives the win to George Earnshaw.
- In Chicago‚ the Browns beat the White Sox‚ 4 - 2‚ behind Sammy Gray's 18th victory. Gray leaves after 7 innings with the score tied‚ 2 - 2‚ but the Browns score in the 8th and 9th and Gray is awarded the win.
1929:
- Babe Ruth hits his 500th career home run, this one off the Indians' Willis Hudlin. Second place all-time is currently Cy Williams with 237 homers.
- A 3-run homer by Bubbles Hargrave and another run on a throwing error by Joe Cronin allows the Tigers to tie the A's‚ 8 - 8 in the 9th. Bengal OF Roy Johnson wins it in the 11th by stroking a 2-out inside-the-park homer‚ off Ossie Orwoll.
1930 - The Cubs displace Brooklyn for the league lead‚ completing a 4-game sweep with the Braves. Cubs P Bud Teachout wins the final game‚ 4 - 3‚ in 10 innings.
1931 - Lefty Grove reaches 14 straight wins‚ beating the Browns‚ 8 - 1.
1932 - Rookie SS Arky Vaughan makes a crucial error in the 10th inning‚ and the Cubs top the Pirates 3-2 to retake first place.
1933 - The Senators score 6 times in the final inning to top the Red Sox as both teams use a record-tying 11 pitchers in the game. Washington wins‚ 8 - 4.
1934:
- At Boston‚ Babe Ruth hits a homer and then departs in the 9th with the Yankees leading‚ 2 - 1. The Sox tie it up‚ and in the 13th Tony Lazzeri lands a homer to put New York ahead again. Wes Ferrell‚ batting for Fritz Ostermueller‚ wins the game for Boston‚ 3 - 2.
- In a battle of the Smiths‚ New York defeats the Braves‚ 7 - 4. New York's Al Smith allows just one hit in the 5 innings he pitches to defeat reliever Bob Smith. The latter gives up a three-run homer to Travis Jackson in the 7th.
1935
- The East-West Game is held at Comiskey Park.
- Eddie Rose of the New Orleans Pelicans hits a high fly ball against the Birmingham Barons which strikes a pigeon, killing it instantly. Rose is credited with a hit.
- Wally Berger hits a home run‚ 2 doubles‚ and a triple‚ to tie the modern ML record for extra-base hits in a game‚ but his Braves lose to the Dodgers‚ 7 - 5. Berger drives in all of Boston's runs and his homer‚ his 25th of the year‚ puts him one ahead of Mel Ott in the home run race.
1940 - Pitcher Stan Musial of the Daytona Beach Islanders lands on his left shoulder while making a shoestring catch in the outfield, ending his pitching career. Musial will become a full-time outfielder in 1941.
1941:
- At Sportsman's Park‚ a first in Cubs' history occurs in the 5th inning when Phil Cavarretta‚ Stan Hack‚ and Bill Nicholson hit consecutive homers. It's not enough as the Cards win 7 - 5‚ but it's a costly victory as they lose Enos Slaughter for the season. Chasing a line drive‚ Enos tries to avoid colliding with teammate Terry Moore and he hits the RF wall, breaking his collarbone.
- Pitcher Kirby Higbe leads the Dodger charge against the Giants‚ as he collects three singles and a double‚ good for 4 RBIs. Brooklyn wins‚ 15 - 7.
1942 - At Cleveland‚ in the first game of a twi-nighter‚ Indian P Al Milnar has a no-hitter until Doc Cramer singles with 2 out in the 9th. But the duel with Detroit's Tommy Bridges ends in a 14-inning scoreless tie because the rules state the game cannot be continued under the lights. Milnar allows just two hits and his catcher, Gene Desautels, catches the entire game without a putout or assist.
1943 - St. Louis P Steve Sundra stops the Yankees on just one hit‚ a home run by King Kong Keller. The Browns win, 9 - 1.
1945 - Chicago's Claude Passeau limits the Braves to two hits - both coming with 2 out in the 8th - as the Cubs win‚ 8 - 0. The Cubs score 6 in the 9th after starter Bob Logan is lifted.
1946
- Stan Musial has eight hits in nine at-bats in a doubleheader sweep for the Cardinals against the Reds. The Reds lose the opener despite Grady Hatton‚ Max West‚ and Ray Mueller banging consecutive homers in the 8th inning‚ a first in Reds history.
- Floyd Hooper Triplett, younger brother of Coaker Triplett, of the Columbus Cardinals is suspended indefinitely and fined $500 for betting $20 on the Columbia Reds on August 3. Triplett won the South Atlantic League batting title in 1940 with a .369 average.
- The Phillies sweep Brooklyn 7 - 6 and 6 - 4 to end the string of 18 consecutive Brooklyn wins in Philadelphia‚ a ML mark. The last Phillie victory at home against the Bums was May 5‚ 1945.
1947 - Cardinal farmhand Harvey Haddix‚ pitching for Winston-Salem (Carolina) no-hits Danville‚ 8 - 0‚ in 7 innings. The young Kitten strikes out 14.
1948:
- Tony Freitas gets his 220th Pacific Coast League win in the Sacramento Solons' defeat of the Seattle Rainiers. The losing pitcher is Dick Barrett who has 211 wins in the PCL.
- At Brooklyn‚ Chicago's Johnny Schmitz goes 11 innings to beat the Dodgers‚ 4 - 2. Schmitz scores the winning run‚ coming home on an Eddie Waitkus double.
1950:
- Boston P Vern Bickford no-hits the Dodgers in Boston before 29‚008 fans. Bickford has lost only once to Brooklyn since joining Boston in 1948.
- Hitting just .279‚ Yankee great Joe DiMaggio is benched for the first time in his career. He is currently languishing in a 4 for 38 slump. His replacement‚ Cliff Mapes‚ wallops a 7th-inning home run to give the Yankees a 7 - 6 win over the A's.
- RF Ken Wood of the Browns nails two Tiger runners in the 8th inning of the 2nd game of a doubleheader‚ tying a ML mark. The Browns prevail 2 - 1‚ after winning game 1‚ 4 - 3‚ in 10 innings.
1951:
- In Philadelphia‚ the Giants lose to the Phils‚ as Robin Roberts shuts them out‚ 4 - 0‚ for his 16th win. Putsy Caballero hits his first major league homer‚ off George Spencer, for the Phils.
- The Dodgers take the first of two games against the Braves‚ winning 8 - 1 behind Ralph Branca. The Braves take the nitecap‚ 8 - 4‚ behind Max Surkont and a home run by Sid Gordon. With Red Barber and Connie Desmond making the calls‚ the doubleheader is the first ML game to be telecast in color.
- Behind the four-hit pitching of Early Wynn‚ the Indians defeat the White Sox, 2 - 1 in front of a Ladies Night crowd of 70‚119. Wynn's homer in the 7th breaks the tie created by 2nd-inning homers by Eddie Robinson and Al Rosen.It's the Tribe's 9th straight win to stay deadlocked with the Yankees for first place. Loser Joe Dobson‚ who has beaten Wynn twice this year‚ gives up just 6 hits.
- Eddie Joost homers in the 9th for the A's‚ to tie the Yanks 4 - 4‚ but the Yanks win in 11‚ 7-4. Sloppy fielding and a two-run single by Yogi Berra account for the scoring. The win goes to reliever Bob Kuzava‚ late of the Senators‚ while Alex Kellner takes the loss.
1952 - At Yankee Stadium‚ the 3rd place Red Sox‚ trailing first-place New York by 4 games‚ manage just 2 hits off Allie Reynolds‚ as the Chief wins 7 - 0. For Reynolds‚ it's his 4th two-hitter of the year. Mickey Mantle's first inning homer‚ off Sid Hudson‚ is all the scoring New York needs‚ but Mantle adds a double in the 4th and a 2-run homer‚ again lefty‚ in the 5th‚ off Ralph Brickner.
1955 - Ted Williams hits a single off Bob Turley of the Yankees for his 2,000th career hit. The Red Sox lose anyway, 5 - 3.
1956:
- Mickey Mantle hits his 40th homer‚ off Hal Brown‚ as the Yankees clip the Orioles‚ 10 - 5. Mantle is the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio‚ in 1937‚ to hit 40 homers.
- Don Newcombe's consecutive scoreless innings streak is snapped at 39 2/3‚ but the Dodger righty wins his 18th of the year and 9th in a row‚ beating the Phils‚ 5 - 2. Stan Lopata's 2-run homer in the 7th is the Quaker scoring.
1957:
- Don Nichols wins his 20th game of the season for the Peoria Chiefs of the Three-I League. Nichols has a 20-3 record for the year - all in relief.
- At St. Louis‚ the Braves complete a 3-game sweep of the reeling Cards with a 5 - 1 win by Gene Conley. Eddie Mathews completes the Braves scoring with a homer to center field in the 5th‚ off reliever Willard Schmidt‚ and Ken Boyer accounts for the Cards' score with a home run in the 9th.
- At the Polo Grounds, the Giants and Phils trade shutouts. New York takes the opener, 5 - 0, behind Curt Barclay's 3-hitter. Danny O'Connell hits a three-run homer off Harvey Haddix, and Willie Mays bangs two triples. Willie has 15 so far and will top the 20 mark this year in doubles, triples and homers, just the 4th player in history to accomplish that. George Brett will join the list in 1979, the last 20th century player to do so. In the second game, Mays has two of the three hits off Jack Sanford, who stops the Giants, 2 - 0.
1959:
- Gil Carter of the class-D Carlsbad Potashers hits a home run that is estimated to go over 650 feet on the fly in Sophomore League action. Carter will play three seasons of minor league ball, two in D ball and one in C ball, and hit 72 homers.
- At Crosley Field‚ Joe Nuxhall fans 4 Braves in the 6th inning - Eddie Mathews‚ Joe Adcock‚ Del Crandall‚ and Johnny Logan - and 10 overall as the Redlegs win 4 - 3 to move into 2nd place. The 3rd strike to Crandall gets by catcher Dutch Dotterer‚ giving Nuxhall the chance for the 4 K's. In the first inning‚ Adcock wishes Vada Pinson a happy birthday by nabbing him at first base with a hidden ball trick.
1961
- Warren Spahn of the Braves beats the Cubs 2 - 1 for his 300th career win.
- The Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League steal nine bases in one inning against the Salt Lake City Bees. Included in the pilfering are two triple steals. The Mounties score five runs in the frame.
- In a classic pitching duel‚ White Sox lefty Billy Pierce and Kansas City's Jim Archer walk none and neither go to a full count. Luis Aparicio's home run is the only score as the Sox win 1 - 0 in 1 hour‚ 32 minutes.
1962:
- The Dodgers protest the wetting down of the field at Candlestick Park‚ a tactic they claim is to stop Maury Wills. Billy Pierce then hands 21-game winner Don Drysdale his 5th loss‚ and the first after 11 straight wins‚ as the Giants win 5 - 4 to take the 2nd game in their series. Willie McCovey's pinch-homer with two on is the big blow off Drysdale. The watering ploy earns Giants manager Alvin Dark the sobriquet "The Swamp Fox."
- At Fenway Park‚ the Red Sox sweep a day-night pair from Baltimore‚ winning 3 - 0 and 7 - 3. Ike Delock shuts out the Orioles‚ giving the Red Sox their 3rd shutout in a row. Gene Conley and Bill Monbouquette had previously whitewashed the Indians. Whitey Herzog's home run in the 6th inning of game 2 ends the Sox string of 32 2/3 scoreless innings.
- The White Sox score 7 in the 4th and beat Kansas City‚ 11 - 2. Joe Cunningham and Jim Landis each collect a single‚ double and triple‚ with Cunningham's extra-base hits coming in the 4th.
1963 - Paul Alspach of the Batavia Pirates strikes out 24 Geneva Senators in a 1 - 0 victory.
1964 - Hank Aaron passes Joe DiMaggio with his 362nd career home run in the Braves' 9 - 6 win over the Colt .45's.
1966:
- At Wrigley Field‚ the Cubs down Houston‚ 9 - 8‚ in 11 innings. The Cubs are led by C Randy Hundley who hits for the cycle and drives in 3 runs. Houston is ahead 8 - 5 at the end of 7 innings in the nitecap when the game is suspended on account of darkness. It will be completed on August 26‚ with Houston winning‚ 9 - 8.
- It is déjà vu all over again‚ as Frank Robinson makes another game-saving catch against the Yankees. Robby dives into the stands to rob Clete Boyer of an 11th-inning homer‚ preserving a 6 - 5 Orioles' win. Robby did it two months earlier.
1967:
- In the 2nd inning of the first game of a doubleheader‚ Al Downing of the Yankees strikes out the side on just 9 pitches. The Yanks beat the Indians, 5 - 3.
- The Braves edge the Astros‚ 6 - 5‚ in 16 innings‚ winning on a game-ending home run by Joe Torre. Both teams score once in the 14th and Mack Jones cuts down Rusty Staub trying to score a second run for Houston. Felipe Alou ties it up with a homer.
- The Mets' Danny Frisella picks up his first ML win‚ but he's long gone when the win is posted. Frisella pitches 6 2/3 innings before being lifted‚ then races to the airport to catch a plane to take him to an Air National Guard meeting in California. Don Shaw picks up the save in the 3 - 2 win over the Pirates.
1968:
- Satchel Paige‚ 62 years or so old‚ and needing 158 days on a ML payroll to qualify for a pension‚ is signed by the Braves. He will not pitch a regular-season game for Atlanta and will become a coach on September 30th and stay for another year.
- Gates Brown wins the opener for the Tigers by poling a pinch homer - one of two pinch homers the Tigers hit - in the 14th to beat the Red Sox‚ 5 - 4. In the nightcap‚ he singles home the winning run as the Tigers score 4 in the 9th to win‚ 6 - 5.
1969 - Don Drysdale, the last Dodger to have played in Brooklyn, announces his retirement due to shoulder problems.
1970 - Jim Bunning of the Phillies achieves his 100th National League win to go with his 100 victories in the American League, the first pitcher since Cy Young to accomplish the feat. Bunning beats the Astros, 6 - 5.
1971 - It's not my fault. Skip Lockwood accounts for the only Brewer tally when he homers off Detroit's Joe Niekro. Each starter goes 7 innings in Detroit's 2 - 1 victory. The next homer by a Brewer pitcher will come when Milwaukee is in the National League.
1972 - The A's defeat the White Sox 5 - 3 on Joe Rudi's 2-run homer in the 19th inning off Stan Bahnsen. The game had been suspended after a 3 - 3 tie in 17 frames yesterday.
1973 - White Sox rookie Brian Downing cracks his first major league hit‚ a home run off Detroit's Mickey Lolich. Downing's debut dinger is a first in the majors since at least 1945 - an inside-the-park homer. It will be matched in two years by the Giants' Johnnie LeMaster‚ who will do it in his first at bat.
1975 - George Foster has 5 hits to lead the Reds to a 9 - 3 win over the visiting Cubs.
1976 - At Wrigley Field‚ the Cubs take a 10 - 1 lead after 3 innings‚ only to lose to the Reds‚ 13 - 10. Cincy scores 2 runs in the 6th‚ 4 in the 7th helped by a Johnny Bench 3-run homer‚ one in the 8th and 2 runs in the 9th. Ken Griffey's 2-run homer in the 9th ties the game. The Reds continue scoring with 3 in the 10th off Bill Bonham to hand the win to Pat Zachry.
1977 - Two losses at Fenway Park today. The Red Sox lose to the Angels‚ 7 - 3‚ snapping their 11-game win streak‚ and the Bristol Red Sox lose‚ 5 - 3‚ to the Eastern League All-Stars.
1979:
- The Pirates' Ed Ott hits a grand slam off Phillie reliever Tug McGraw in the 8th inning as the Bucs win 14 - 11. It is the 4th grand slam that McGraw has yielded this year‚ setting a new National League mark and tying him for this questionable honor with Detroit's Ray Narleski (1959).
- Against the Brewers at Fenway Park‚ Jim Rice belts his 30th homer‚ giving him three straight seasons with 30 or more homers. But Milwaukee wins‚ 9 - 6.
1980 - Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run off Britt Burns in the Yankees 3 - 1 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.
1982:
- Terry Felton of the Twins loses to fall to 0-11 on the season and 0-14 for his career‚ the worst individual start in ML history. Felton will never win a ML game‚ finishing his career with an 0-16 record.
- Houston's Nolan Ryan pitches his 8th career one-hitter, 3 - 0 at San Diego. Terry Kennedy's 5th-inning single is the only Padres hit.
- The Brewers purchase veteran P Doc Medich from the Rangers. With the addition of Medich‚ the Brewers will sell Randy Lerch to Montreal on August 14. Doc will win 5 games for the Brewers.
1986:
- The Cubs parade a record 10 pitchers in a 17-inning 10 - 8 loss to the Pirates. Pittsburgh uses 7 hurlers. The game is a continuation of a contest that started on April 20 but was suspended because of darkness. Barry Jones‚ the winning pitcher who strikes out the side‚ and Barry Bonds‚ who hits the game-winning RBI‚ were in the minors when the game started. Loser Frank DiPino started the season with Houston.
- 45 year-old Pete Rose of the Reds bangs out five hits for the National League record tenth time in his career. The Reds lose to the Giants‚ 13 - 4.
1988 - After going 225 at bats‚ Gary Carter finally hits his 300th career home run as the Mets beat the Cubs, 9 - 6.
1991 - Wilson Alvarez, pitching his first game for the White Sox and second major league game ever, no-hits the Orioles 7 - 0.
1993 - Tigers OF Dan Gladden hits a grand slam in Detroit's 15 - 5 win over the Orioles. Gladden also hit a grand slam in yesterday's game against Baltimore‚ making him the 14th player in history to do so in consecutive games. Earlier this year‚ Mike Blowers became the 13th player to match the mark.
1994 - The Mariners beat the A's 8 - 1 in the last game before the players go on strike.
1995 - Two big-time stars of the 1980s, Kirk Gibson and Steve Bedrosian, announce their retirements.
1996 - Clemson University P Kris Benson becomes the highest paid draft choice ever. He logs on with the Pirates for a $2 million signing bonus.
1998 - The Yanks' David Wells stops the Twins on a 4-hitter to win‚ 7 - 0. In his last start the Yankee lefty pitched a perfect game against the Twins:
2001:
- Joe Borowski serves up home run No. 50 to Barry Bonds and the Giants roll to a 9 - 4 win over the Cubs. Winning pitcher Livan Hernandez is 4 for 4‚ including his first ML homer. He now has 8 straight hits and is 12 for 13.
- Led by the two Giambi brothers‚ Oakland beats the visiting New York Yankees‚ 8 - 6‚ for its 10th straight win. Jason and Jeremy each club 2-run homers‚ the second time they've both gone deep in the same game. They did it twice last year as well.
- In the Twins' 4 - 3 loss to Tampa Bay‚ Minnesota 1B Doug Mientkiewicz makes all 3 putouts in the bottom of the 2nd without touching first base. The Devil Rays have Toby Hall on third base and Randy Winn on first with no outs in the inning when Aubrey Huff hits a weak grounder to Mientkiewicz. The first sacker crosses the diamond to chase Hall back to third, then tags out Winn who had run all the way around from first. Mientkiewicz then catches Hall wandering off the base to complete an unassisted double play. The next Rays' batter‚ Jared Sandberg‚ hits a towering foul pop-up that Mientkiewicz catches for the third out.
2003:
- The Royals beat the Yankees‚ 12 - 9‚ as the teams set an American League record by stroking 19 doubles. KC strokes 11 of the two-baggers‚ just 1 shy of the AL mark.
- The Astros down the Cubs‚ 3 - 1. Chicago's Kerry Wood becomes the youngest pitcher in history to reach the 1‚000 strikeout mark‚ doing so in 134 games. Roger Clemens achieved the feat in 143 contests.
2005:
- Jason Kendall and the A's steal a win from the Angels‚ 5 - 4‚ and move into first place in the AL West. When reliever Francisco Rodriguez muffs a routine throw from the catcher‚ Kendall alertly sprints from third abse to score the winning run in the 9th.
- In Kansas City‚ Jeff Liefer hits a 7th inning grand slam‚ off D.J. Carrasco‚ to propel the Indians to a 4 - 2 win over the Royals. For the Royals it is their 13th consecutive loss.
- Greg Maddux (9-9) stops the Cubs' eight-game losing streak with an 11 - 4 complete game victory over St. Louis. It is his 314th career win‚ tying him for 16th on the all-time list.
2006 - For the second time in three days, Texas INF Mark DeRosa drives in 6 runs in a game. He has 6 ribbies on 3 hits as Texas beats Seattle, 14 – 7.
2008:
- Less than two weeks after trading Ken Griffey Jr., the Reds send another slugging outfielder away. Adam Dunn, the co-leader in home runs in the National League with 32, is sent to the Diamondbacks for Dallas Buck and two players to be named later.
- Carlos Quentin of the White Sox gets plunked by Josh Beckett; he has now been hit by pitch in five games in a row, the first player since 1920 to accomplish that painful feat. Quentin has been hit by pitches 19 times so far this season.
2009:
- Boston's 7 - 5 win over Detroit at Fenway Park is marred by a brawl in the 2nd inning. When Kevin Youkilis is hit by a Rick Porcello pitch, he charges the mound and both benches empty. Youkilis and Porcello are both ejected, and Youk's replacement, Mike Lowell, hits two home runs to power the Red Sox.
- Australian Trent Oeltjen continues his hot streak since being purchased from AAA Reno on August 6. The Diamondbacks outfielder bangs out four hits in a 6 - 2 win over the Mets and is now 12 for 24 since joining the team.