August 28

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1884 - New York Gotham pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out the first nine Cleveland Blues hitters to face him establishing a major league record.
1903 - At South End Grounds, New York outhits the Beaneaters to win, 12-6. Mathewson wins his 26th, allowing three runs in the first and 9th innings. John Malarkey is the losing pitcher for Boston.
1903 - Cleveland and St. Louis (AL) players escape serious injury when their train derails near Napoleon, OH.
1905 - The Giants beat the Cards, 8 - 1, with Christy Mathewson outpitching Jake Theilman. New York leads the Pirates by eight 1/2 games.
1907 - Highlander pitcher John "Tacks" Neuer, begins baseball's most successful short career by besting the Red Sox 1-0 in his first start, the nitecap of a DH. In one month he will pitch six complete games, win 4, including three shutouts, and then disappear from the ML scene. In the first game, Boston's Cy Young wins his 20th game, defeating the Highlanders, 5-3.
1908 - The Senators give some support to Walter Johnson, scoring eight runs against Cleveland to win 8-0. Johnson's last outing was a 1-0 loss to the Tigers on the 24th.
1908 - The Red Sox replace manager Deacon McGuire with Fred Lake.
1909 - In the first of two games at South Side Park, William "Dolly" Gray of Washington enters the record book by walking eight White Sox in the 2nd inning, with seven of the walks in a row (both ML records). The six runs scored are enough for a 6-4 Chicago win, although they manage only one hit against Dolly. Leading off the 2nd, Patsy Dougherty logs the only hit, and when he bats again in the inning, manager Billy Sullivan suggests he go to the plate without a bat. For Dougherty, this is the 3rd of four times he'll have the only hit in a game.
1909 - In New York, the matchup between Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson fizzles when the Cubs score four runs in the first two innings. Matty is lifted and Brown wins the game, 6-1.
1912 - The Red Sox have only 50 at bats"”a major-league record for fewst at bats in a DH"”in a doubleheader with Chicago, but they make them count. Boston wins, 5 - 3 and 3 - 0.
1913 - Walter Johnson's 14-game winning streak is ended, although it takes Boston 11 innings to beat him 1 - 0. Boston manages a 2nd inning single by Steve Yerkes and doesn't have another baserunner until Yerkes singles again in the 11th., and reaches 3rd on the ball goes through the legs of CF Clyde Milan. A fielder's choice, and single wins it. Johnson strikes out 10, five in a row, and walks none.
1915 - In the first of two at Cleveland, the Red Sox win 5 - 3 behind Babe Ruth and Carl Mays,
1916 - The Giants send veteran Larry Doyle to the Cubs, along with Herb Hunter, for 3B Heinie Zimmerman and SS Mickey Doolan. The move allows Buck Herzog to shift to 2B.
1917 - The Cards rally for four runs off Pete Alexander to beat the Phils, 6 - 5. Gene Paulette's steal of home is capper.
1918 - Tris Speaker is suspended for the remainder of the season because of his assault on umpire Tom Connolly following a dispute at home plate in a game in Philadelphia.
1921 - At Chicago, Boston's Sam Jones wins his 20th game, beating the White Sox, 6 - 5, in 11 innings.
1921 - Jimmy Dykes handles an American League record 17 chances at 2B for the A's, as they beat St. Louis 12 - 4.
1921 - Despite three doubles by Babe Ruth, the Tigers drop the Yankees, 7 - 3. Ruth starts a record streak in which he gets at least one extra-base hit in nine straight games. Into the record books go his 119 extra-base hits, 177 runs, and 457 total bases. His .846 slugging average is one point behind that of a year ago.
1924 - Despite Babe Ruth's two HRs, the Senators beat the Yankees 11-6 and move into first place. The Yankees will tie them for two days in September, but otherwise the Senators stay on top till the end.
1925 - Although Baker Bowl is considered a bandbox by some, the aggressive Kiki Cuyler of the Pirates hits two inside-the-park HRs there in a victory over the Phils.
1926 - The Indians use the same lineup in two victories over the Red Sox, including Emil Levsen, who pitches the 6-1 and 5-1 sweep. He strikes out none.
1926 - Emil Lessen pitches and wins two complete games against the Red Sox, 6-1 and 5-1. The Indians' pitcher does not strike out any batters during his doubleheader sweep.
1929 - Donie Bush resigns as Pirates manager; coach Jewel Ens replaces him.
1930 - Brooklyn beats up on Giants ace Carl Hubbell, scoring seven runs in the 6th inning, enroute to a win, 8 - 7. Dazzy Vance is the victor.
1930 - The Cards outlast the league-leading Cubs 8 - 7 in a 20-inning game at Wrigley Field. Andy High's single scores the winning run, even though High was tagged out trying the reach 2nd base. Taylor Douthit's run is ruled to have scored before the out. Hack Wilson leaves the game with a strained back after a big swing.
1932 - The Red Sox "eclipse" the Indians in the second game of a doubleheader 4-3 in 11 innings. The game was previously scheduled for August 31, but a solar eclipse was due and blackened the ballpark for 20 minutes, so the game is played today instead.
1932 - Due to the anticipation of an eclipse, the Red Sox complete a game several days earlier than scheduled with the Indians and beat the Tribe in 11 innings, 4-3. Three days later, Fenway goes dark for twenty minutes during the solar event.
1936 - The Giants win their 15th in a row, beating Pittsburgh 7-4 in 14 innings. First base coach Bill Terry inserted himself as a pinch hitter and delivered a bases-loaded single to break the 1-1 tie in the 14th. The streak will be stopped the next day by Red Lucas.
1937 - Van Mungo is suspended indefinitely for insubordination after rejecting the Dodger trainer's program to cure his sore arm.
1938 - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader from the White Sox, setting a league record by playing their seventh successive twin bill in 8 days.
1939 - Cleveland OF Jeff Heath punches a taunting fan leaning over the railing, but the umpires miss the incident and he goes unpunished.
1940 - The Cubs recall Dizzy Dean from Dallas and release Billy Rogell.
1940 - Homestead Grays (Negro League) P Ray Brown earns his 27th consecutive victory over a 2-year span when he shuts out the Baltimore Elite Giants 5 - 0 on a 3-hitter. The win raises his record to 12-0 for the season.
1942 - Dodger Pete Reiser, hitless in his last 13 trips and with his batting average down 35 points in six weeks, enters the hospital with a torn thigh ligament.
1945 - Against the Phillies, Brooklyn's teenage SS Tommy Brown hits a triple and then steals home sliding under a high pitch by Rene Monteagudo. At 17, he is the youngest to pull off a home steal. The Dodgers win, 7 - 1, for their 13th win in 14 games.
1948 - Vern Stephens is 4-for-4 with two doubles to pace the Red Sox to a 6 - 2 decision over Chicago. Ellis Kinder (6 - 7) is the only starter not to collect a hit for the first-place Sox.
1948 - The Yanks stroll into 2nd-place by edging the Indians, 3 - 2. Ahead 2 - 1, Sam Zoldak wilts in the 98 degree weather and Gene Bearden replaces him in the 9th. DiMaggio is hit, and two wild throws brings in Ed Klieman, who finishes the walk to Berra. A Brown sac bunt, and an intentional pass to Rizzuto loads the bases. Mapes walks to force a run and a grounder brings home the winner.
1948 - The Phils snap their 10-game losing streak with a pair of victories over the Pirates, 9 - 2 and 11 - 7. Del Ennis and Andy Seminick homer in the opener to back Schoolboy Rowe. Ennis hits pair in game two, Seminick adds another, as do Eddie Miller, Granny Hamner --his first of the year -- and Al Lakeman. But the Phils lose star Richie Ashburn, who breaks a finger on his left hand.
1950 - Earle and Roy Mack, Connie's sons by his first marriage, purchase 54 percent interest in the Athletics from Connie Mack, Jr., their younger brother from a 2nd marriage. Earle, Roy and Connie Mack now own 1,198 shares out of 1,500. "As long as dad wants to manage," the two announce, "he will continue to manage."
1950 - At Fenway the Red Sox come back from 10 - 0 and 12 - 1 deficits to beat the Indians 15 - 14. Bob Feller is the loser, this time in his only relief appearance of the season, coming in for starter Bob Lemon, the AL's winningest pitcher. Dom DiMaggio's two triples and a single pace the offense. It is the second day in a row the Tribe has blown a big lead, losing a seven run yesterday.
1950 - At Wrigley Field, Hank Sauer socks three consecutive home runs, off Curt Simmons, as the Cubs edge the Phillies 7 - 5 in game 1. Sauer will connect for three homers off Simmons once more, in 1952. Knuckleballer Dutch Leonard, in his only start of the year, is today's winner. The Phils then take the nitecap, 9 - 5, to move five 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers.
1951 - The Indians triumph over the A's, 1 - 0, on Bob Kennedy's homer off Sam Zoldak. It is Sam's 2nd 1 - 0 loss to the Tribe. Early Wynn wins his 15th to keep the Indians a game ahead of New York, 7 - 5 winners in 10 innings at St. Louis.
1951 - The Pirates end the Giants' 16-game winning streak defeating New York, 2-0. Due to the consecutive victories, Leo Durocher and his club were able to narrow the Dodgers lead from 13.5 to six games.
1951 - The Dodgers edge the visiting Reds, 3 - 1, behind rookie Clem Labine. Duke Snider provides the offense off Howie Fox with a single and two-run homer, the latter breaking a tie in the 8th.
1951 - The Braves sell P Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 and a young pitcher named Lew Burdette. It is another late-season insurance measure for the New Yorkers.
1951 - At the Polo Grounds, the Pirates Howie Pollet (5-14) shuts out the Giants 2 - 0 on six hits"”3 by Thomson"”to end New York's 16-game winning streak, best in the National League since 1935. Errors in the 8th by Stanky and Mueller do in Sheldon Jones.
1952 - The Brooklyn Dodgers set the NL mark for DPs in consecutive games with 23.
1956 - The Giants sign 17-year-old lefty Mike McCormick to a bonus contract.
1958 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox sets a record for consecutive games without striking out (98).
1959 - Before 70,938 fans in Cleveland, the first-place White Sox top the 2nd-place Indians 7 - 3 behind the pitching of Bob Shaw. The Tribe now trail by two 1/2 games.
1960 - In New York, the Yankees snap a 3 - 3 tie when Mickey Mantle hits a 2-run homer in the 5th and Berra follows with a solo shot. The Yanks top the Tigers, 8 - 5.
1960 - In Los Angeles, the Reds drop nine runs"”6 unearned"”on the Dodgers in the 1st inning, then get shut out the rest of the way. The Reds win, 9 - 3, behind Bob Purkey. Roseboro's two run home run in the 5th followed by Irv Noren pinch solo are all the Dodger scoring.
1960 - In a battle of New York's chief rivals for the American League pennant, Baltimore's Milt Pappas has Chicago down 3 - 0 in the 8th. An apparent 3-run home run by Ted Kluszewski is nullified because umpire Ed Hurley calls time just before Pappas delivers. Hurley spotted Floyd Robinson and Earl Torgeson warming up along the RF sideline. The Sox argue for 15 minutes, with Nellie Fox and Al Lopez being tossed, before Klu hits again and lines out. The O's prevail 3 - 1 and take over 2nd place, two games behind the Yankees, and the Sox are three 1/2 back.
1961 - At LA's Wrigley Field, Baltimore takes advantage of the friendly confines to hit five home runs and beat the Angels 11 - 5. Jack Fisher has a CG win, despite allowing 12 walks. The game is the last for Paul Richards as the manager for Baltimore.
1961 - At Washington, Rocky Colavito and Al Kaline belt 1st-inning homers as Detroit wins, 7 - 3 to cut New York's lead to one 1/2 games. Rocky now has 39 homers and 120 RBIs. Jake Wood hits a 6th inning grand slam to complete the scoring for Detroit.
1962 - Angels thumpers Lee Thomas, Leon Wagner, and Bob Rodgers hit consecutive home runs in the 4th inning of a 10 - 5 trouncing of Kansas City.
1962 - At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle connects for a 2-run shot in the 4th off Mudcat Grant to give the Yanks a 2 - 1 win over the Indians.
1967 - Boston signs free-agent OF Ken Harrelson. Harrelson reportedly receives a $75,000 bonus and salary package for 1967 and 1968. Harrelson will homer in his first Boston at bat but will hit just .200 for the Red Sox.
1967 - In the Reds 3 - 2 loss to the Phils, catcher Johnny Bench makes his debut. He goes 0-for-3 before Chico Ruiz pinch hits for him in the 9th with a runner on 2B.
1969 - Detroit OF Jim Northrup goes 6-for-6, the first 6-hit game for Detroit since June 24, 1962, as the Tigers beat the A's, 5 - 3. Northrup's 6th hit is a home run over the roof in the bottom of the 13th to win the game.
1969 - At a press conference in New York, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the publication of The Baseball Encyclopedia and holds up a copy of the six 1/2 pound book.
1969 - Canadian reliever Claude Raymond gains his first win since joining the Expos as they come from behind to beat the Dodgers, 9 - 5. Willie Davis has a pair of singles for LA to stretch his hit streak to 25 straight games.
1970 - Cleveland and California split a pair, with the Angels taking the opener, 3 - 2 and the Tribe the nitecap, 5 - 1. Cleveland's Tony Horton plays his last professional game. The 25-year-old budding star, despondent over a batting slump and fans' booing, will be hospitalized for depression.
1970 - Jerry Reuss allows two hits and the Cards beat the host Dodgers, 1 - 0, when Joe Torre belts a 9th inning home run off Don Sutton. It is Reuss' 2nd two hitter this month, having beaten the Expos 4 - 0 on August 9.
1970 - Houston's Wade Blasingame continues his mastery of the Mets, winning 2 - 1, his 2nd victory over New York since being recalled from the minors. His record against the Mets is 9 - 0. Tom Seaver takes the loss.
1970 - The Giants Juan Marichal beats the Pirates 5 - 1 for his 200th ML win. Marichal joins Jim Bunning as the only active pitchers with 200 wins.
1971 - Phillies hurler Rick Wise hits two home runs, including a grand slam off Don McMahon, in the 2nd game of a doubleheader. Wise beats the Giants 7 - 3. Wise also hit two home runs in his June no-hitter.
1971 - With 34,988 looking on, the Braves spoil "Ron Santo Day" at Wrigley Field by beating Ferguson Jenkins and the Cubs, 4 - 3. Santo is 1-for-3 with a run scored.
1971 - Phillies' pitcher Rick Wise hits two home runs, including a grand slam, en route to his 7-3 defeat of the Giants. Five weeks earlier, Wise also hit two round-trippers against Reds and no-hit the team on the same day, 4-0.
1974 - The Pirates move one 1/2 games in front of the Cardinals by winning their 6th straight game, a 3 - 1 win at San Francisco. Ed Kirkpatrick's 2-out double in the 11th wins it.
1974 - The Orioles lose to Rangers 4 - 2, dropping their record to 65-65, eight games behind the front-running Red Sox.
1976 - Davey Concepcion hits a 2-run single in the bottom of the 9th and the Reds tip the Phillies, 8 - 7.
1977 - In a game the Orioles win, 6-1, Angel hurler Nolan Ryan strikes 11 batters to reach the 300 strikeout season mark for the fifth time in his career.
1977 - Ron Guidry fires his 3rd shut out of the year, a 1 - 0 whitewash of the Rangers. Guidry faces just 28 batters, allowing two hits. Graig Nettles scores the winning run after belting as triple.
1977 - Steve Garvey has a career game with five extra-base hits, five runs, and five RBI, as the Dodgers blast the Cardinals 11 - 0. Garvey's barrage includes three doubles and two home runs.
1977 - Steve Garvey hits three doubles and two home runs (including a grand slam) in five at-bats as the Los Angeles routs the Cardinals, 11-0. In hi five at bats, the Dodger first baseman compiles 14 total bases.
1978 - The Mariners and Red Sox combine for 16 extra base hits in the Red Sox, 10-9 victory. The Sox, down 9 - 7 in the 9th, start a rally when Fred Lynn lines his 5th hit of the game. Lynn scores on an error and Butch Hobson drives home the winner with a 2-run double. Jim Rice hits his 34th homer, Jack Brohamer adds four hits, and Bob Stanley wins his 12th against one loss. The Sox lose Dwight Evans in the 7th when he is beaned by a Mike Parrott pitch, but X-Rays show no fracture however.
1979 - The Dodgers release P Andy Messersmith, ending his 12-year NL career with a 130-99 record and 2.86 ERA.
1981 - Cleveland's John Denny shuts out Seattle, 1 - 0.
1981 - Tim Laudner becomes the 2nd Twins player in four days to homer in his first ML game, a 6 - 0 win over the Tigers. In the race for the 2nd half winner, the Tigers (11 - 7) now lead the Twins by 1/2 game in the American League East.
1983 - Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to park three home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park, connecting off Boston's Oil Can Boyd in a 6 - 2 Chicago victory. Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams each accomplished the feat twice.
1983 - The Indians trade pitcher Len Barker to the Braves for Rick Behenna, cash, and two players to be named later. The two turn out to be OF Brett Butler and 3B Brook Jacoby.
1987 - Mike Schmidt continues to climb baseball's all-time home run list, passing both Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with the 522nd of his career in an 8 - 1 win over San Diego.
1989 - Frank Viola and the Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and the Dodgers 1 - 0 in the first-ever regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners.
1989 - Jim Dwyer changes uniforms again as the Twins trade him to Montreal for Alonzo Powell. Dwyer will come back to the Twins in January for a minor leaguer.
1990 - Ryne Sandberg homers in the Cubs' 5 - 2 win over the Astros to become the first 2B ever to post back-to-back 30-HR seasons. He will finish the year with 40 home runs to become the first 2B since Rogers Hornsby in 1925 to lead the league in that category.
1990 - Ryne Sandberg homers to become the first second baseman to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons as the Cubs beat the Astros, 5-2.
1991 - The Mets trade P Alejandro Pena to the Braves for P Tony Castillo and a player to be named later.
1991 - Cincinnati's Tom Browning defeats Montreal's Dennis Martinez, 11-3, in the first matchup of perfect game hurlers in 25 years. Sandy Koufax and Jim Bunning performed the feat on October 2, 1966.
1991 - Jim Eppard of the Salinas Spurs of the California League plays all nine positions as the Spurs defeat the San Bernardino Spirit, 2-1. Eppard gets credit for the win by pitching a scoreless 5th inning. The former California Angels OF becomes one of the few left-handers to play every position in a single game.
1992 - In a 22-2 rout, the Blue Jays pitching staff yields 31 hits, which 22 are singles, to help the Brewers set an American League record.
1992 - The third place Brewers set an AL record with 31 hits in their 22-2 rout of the Blue Jays at SkyDome. It is the most hits in a game by a major league team in 91 years, and this time there were no fans on the field to add to help the hit total. The 26 singles sets a new AL mark. Kevin Seitzer and Scott Fletcher each get five hits, combine for eight RBIs and seven runs. Milwaukee fails to score in just one inning as they record their first win on the road for the Brewers in 11 games.
1992 - The Padres outslug the Pirates, 11-6, with Fred McGriff collecting three hits and providing the longest HR in the majors this season at 473 feet. It is Fred's 30th. Gary Sheffield adds his 28th.
1993 - Texas OF Juan Gonzalez hits three home runs in the Rangers' 11-1 win over the Orioles.
1993 - The Mets sign P Kirk Presley, their top pick in this year's amateur draft, for $960,000. The pitcher is a distant cousin of Elvis Presley. In 1999, Gerry Hunsicker will recall his decision to draft Presley: "I didn't make one of the brightest decisions of my career when I passed on a young pitcher out of Ferrum College [Billy Wagner] and chose another who never got out of A ball."
1993 - In Williamsport, Long Beach becomes the first U.S. team to repeat as Little League champions, beating Panama, 3 - 2. Long Beach, led by Jeff Burroughs's son, Sean Burroughs, is just the 3rd team to repeat as champs: Seoul, South Korea in 1984-85 and Monterrey, Mexico, in 1957-58 are the other repeaters.
1996 - Seattle's 10-2 win over the visiting Yankees is delayed 10 minutes by a bench clearing brawl in the 8th inning following a close pitch by M's rookie Tim Davis. The M's John Marzano and Yanks Paul O'Neill and Jeff Nelson all receive 2-game suspensions, with the New Yorkers each getting fined $1,000. Nelson opened the 8th by plunking Joey Cora.
1996 - Vinny Castilla reaches the 100-RBI plateau, joining teammates Andres Galarraga, Ellis Burks, and Dante Bichette. Not since the Cubs and Phillies of 1929 has a team had four players reach the mark.
1996 - The Braves acquire P Denny Neagle, who passes waivers, from the Pirates in exchange for minor leaguers Ron Wright and Corey Pointer, and a player to be named (Jason Schmidt) The Bucs will save some more bucks in two days, dealing vet Charlie Hayes.
1998 - The Mariners clout three home runs in a 10 - 3 loss to the Yankees, making them the 1st team in history to reach the 200 - HR mark for a season in three consecutive years. Shane Monahan, Russ Davis, and Rob Ducey each belts a solo round - tripper for Seattle.
1998 - Tied with the Indians at 6 - 6 going into the 10th inning, the Athletics score eight runs for a 14 - 6 win. 1B Jason Giambi's 3 - run homer is the big blast in the frame.
1998 - The Angels obtain the oft - injured Gregg Jefferies from the Phillies in exchange for a player to be named.
1998 - Juan Gonzalez, Will Clark, and Ivan Rodriguez hit successive home runs in the 4th inning of the Rangers' 6 - 5 win over the White Sox in the 1st game of a twinbill. Chicago takes the nightcap, 8 - 7, as the two teams combine to hit 14 home runs in the doubleheader to tie an American League record.
1998 - The Cubs defeat the Rockies, 10 - 5, as Sammy Sosa hits homer #53 for Chicago.
1999 - The Red Sox defeat the Angels, 7-6. With Tim Wakefield and Steve Sparks as the starting pitchers, the game is believed to be the 27th matchup of knuckleballers in major league history.
2000 - The Athletics defeat the White Sox, 3-0, as Tim Hudson hurls a 1-hitter. Frank Thomas' 4th inning single is the only hit.
2000 - The players' association has exercised its option to extend the collective bargaining agreement ensuring labor peace through October 31, 2001. The expected move comes as no surprise as the players appear to be happy with the November 1996 deal, but the owners have expressed concerns the present CBA has widened the talent gap between the high and low-revenue markets due to escalating salaries.
2001 - Seattle OF Ichiro Suzuki reaches 200 hits for the season as the Mariners fall to the Devil Rays, 6 - 0. By going 2 - for - 3, Suzuki becomes only the 3rd AL rookie to reach 200 hits since 1964. KC's Kevin Seitzer reached the mark in 1987 and Boston's Nomar Garciaparra ten years later.
2001 - The Marlins defeat the Cubs, 4 - 3, despite Sammy Sosa's 52nd home run. The blast gives Sosa a share of the NL record for home runs in August, tying the mark set by Willie Mays in 1965. He also ties Babe Ruth for the most homers in seven consecutive seasons: the Babe hit 343 between 1926-32. Mark McGwire has hit 338 homers from 1995 through this year.
2001 - Alex Rodriguez becomes the ninth player, and the second shortstop, in major league history to hit 40 home runs in four consecutive seasons. The first shortstop to reach the plateau was Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, who accomplished the feat from 1957-60 for the Cubs.
2002 - Odalis Perez of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a solo homer, off Arizona's Rick Helling, for the only run of the game. He is the first pitcher (and the 12th ever) since Bob Welch in 1983 to hit a solo homer for the only run.
2002 - The Cardinals obtain P Jamey Wright from the Brewers in exchange for minor league OF Chris Morris and cash.
2003 - Jose Reyes becomes the youngest player in major league history to hit a home run from each side of the plate. The 20-year old shortstop accounts for all the Mets runs, hitting a solo shot left off Mike Hampton in fifth inning and a two-run dinger lefty off Trey Hodges in the ninth, as New York beats the Braves, 3-1.
2005 - Down three runs in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Hawaii stages an improbable comeback tying the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the sixth inning to force only the third extra-inning championship game, and the first since 1971. The Ewa Beach bunch beats the Caribbean champs, 7-6, as catcher Michael Memea hits a walk off homer in the bottom of the 7th inning.