August 3

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1901 - Cleveland pitcher Ed Scott goes all the way against Milwaukee and hits a solo HR in the top of the 10th to win 8-7. It is the last game of Scott's career. Bill Reidy serves up the homer in the loss.
1902 - Before a Sunday crowd of 4,500 in Columbus, Ohio, Cleveland loses to Washington, 5-2.
1903 - The Giants edge Boston, 4-1, in 11 innings with Christy Mathewson outpitching Vic Willis. Each pitchers allows nine hits, but Matty fans 11, including three in the 11th.
1904 - Christy Mathewson takes 4 - 0 lead into the 9th against the Cubs, but after an out, he is rattled for four hits, and a error to make the margin, 4 - 3. Shad Barry, on 1B with two out, then tries to steal and is gunned down by Frank Bowerman to end the match. The Giants are now 63-24.
1906 - Tom Hughes of the Washington Nationals and Fred Glade of the St. Louis Browns enter the 10th inning with a scoreless tie. Hughes decides he will have to do it on his own and goes long for a 1-0 victory. He is the first pitcher to win a 1-0 extra-inning game with his own home run.
1909 - Despite allowing 15 hits and six runs, Christy Mathewson tops the Reds 7-6 in 10 innings. The Giants bail Matty out by hammering Bob Spade and Billy Campbell.
1910 - St. Louis manager-catcher Roger Bresnahan pitches three 1/3 innings, giving up six hits and no runs against Brooklyn. He last pitched in 1901, and will end his career with a mark of 4 - 1 as a hurler.
1911 - Against the Cubs, visiting Brooklyn gets three homers in the 5th inning as Eddie Zimmerman, Tex Erwin, and Zack Wheat connect, not consecutively, in the 5 - 3 win. Zim's and Erwin's come against Lurid Lew Richie, while Fred Toney serves up Wheat. The trio will total six homers on the year.
1912 - At the Polo Grounds, the Giants score runs on two solo homers by Fred Merkle and one by Beals Becker, off Art Fromme, to beat the Reds, 3 - 2. In a typical game, Christy Mathewson scatters 10 hits and walks none for the win. Armando Marsans is 4-for-4 for the Reds.
1914 - Yankee catcher Les Nunamaker throws out three Tigers trying to steal second base. It will be the only time a backstop has accomplished the feat in a single inning this century.
1914 - The Giants split with the Reds, winning the opener, 7 - 2 behind Christy Mathewson, then blowing a 4 - 0 lead to drop the nitecap, 5 - 4.
1922 - The first place Browns beat the visiting A's, 9 - 5 behind Wright. Baby Doll Jacobson homers twice to drive in five runs and Pat Collins adds a 3-run homer. 3B Herman Bronkie contributes three errors for St. Louis, and Jimmy Austin will take over the hot corner tomorrow.
1923 - No games are played following the death of President Harding in San Francisco on August 2. The schedule will also be canceled a week later on the day of his funeral.
1929 - The Cubs complain about the ragged shirt sleeve on Robin Dazzy Vance's pitching arm, an age-old trick to distract a batter. A rule will be passed enforcing neater dressing habits by pitchers. For the second day in a row, Vance has not much more than a sleeve as the Cubs pound Brooklyn, 12 - 2, behind Hal Carlson.
1930 - In the 1st of two in a doubleheader sweep over the Braves, Chuck Klein hits safely in his 26th consecutive game, the 2nd time this season he has run a streak to this length. He will hit safely in 135 of his team's 156 games in 1930. Klein, who hit .434 in the stretch, is stopped in the 2nd game of the doubleheader. The Phils win, 11 - 5 and 4 - 1.
1930 - At Washington, the Senators divide a pair with Boston, winning 11 - 2 and losing 7 - 1. Joe Judge manages the Nats with Walter Johnson in mourning, Senator players will act as pall bearers at Mrs. Johnson's funeral tomorrow.
1931 - The A's Lefty Grove beats the Senators, 3 - 2, giving up 11 hits. Grove has now won 13 straight games.
1931 - At Wrigley Field, Bob Smith shuts down the Reds, 8 - 0, to hand Cincinnati its 4th straight shutout. The four shut out losses in a row ties the National League mark for the century. The Reds lost on July 30 (0 - 5), August 1 (0 - 1), and August 2 (0 - 3) to the Pirates. Si Johnson takes the loss today.
1933 - The Yankees are shut out by the A's and Lefty Grove, 7-0, for their first scoreless game since August 2, 1931. They had tallied in 308 games in a row, during which they scored 1,986 runs (6.5 per game) to 1,434 for the opposition, which New York hurlers blanked 22 times.
1936 - The White Sox overcome deficits of 9-1 in the fifth and 11-3 in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox in twelve innings, 12-11.
1937 - A Tuesday crowd of 66,767 watches at Yankee Stadium as Lou Gehrig plays his 1,900th consecutive game.
1937 - Cardinals C Mickey Owen becomes the third NL backstop ever to make an unassisted DP, as the Cards beat the Bees 5-2.
1939 - Veteran C Joe Sprinz of the San Francisco Seals (PCL) tries to break the altitude record for a catch as a stunt at the Treasure Island Exhibition. A ball is dropped 800 feet from a blimp and hits him in the face. He suffers a compound fracture of the jaw and loses several teeth.
1940 - With Ernie Lombardi hurt, Reds C Willard Hershberger is hitting .309 after taking over. However, depressed in recent weeks, Hershberger commits suicide by slashing his throat in Boston's Copley Plaza Hotel. Hershberger blamed himself for calling wrong pitches in the July 31 5 - 4 10-inning loss to New York. Hershberger's father also committed suicide, in 1928.
1942 - A military relief game at the Polo Grounds with the Dodgers attracts a Polo Grounds record crowd of 57,303. The Giants, losing 7 - 4, have two on and no out in the 9th when the game is called. A government order mandates that lights must be turned out at 9:14.
1944 - Tommy Brown, just 16 years and eight months old, plays SS for Brooklyn in both games of a twin bill loss, 6-2 and 7-1, to the Cubs. He hits a double and scores a run.
1948 - Before 72,434 in Cleveland, ancient Satchel Paige makes his first start pitching seven innings against the Senators, before being relieved. Paige picks up the win, 5 - 3, which moves Cleveland (56-38) into a four-way tie for first.
1948 - Jack Kramer leaves in the 3rd inning with a sore shoulder but still is credited with his 11th straight win as the Red Sox (58-40) pound the Browns, 15 - 8. Ted Williams hits his 19th home run and Vern Stephens drives in three runs.
1950 - The Pirates sell Hank Borowy to the Tigers, and the Indians waive Gene Bearden to the Senators.
1953 - Chicago White Sox 1B Ferris Fain brawls in a Maryland cafe. The team fines him $600.
1954 - The Dodgers bench Roy Campanella again for his ailing left hand. He plays only sparingly for the rest of the season.
1955 - Frank Lary of the Tigers beats Washington 3-0 on a 2-hitter.
1955 - With his record at 18-1, the Dodgers Don Newcombe loses a 1-0 game to the Cubs Sam Jones.
1957 - Listening to the radio, Pirates' manager Bobby Bragan hears he has been fired and replaced by Danny Murtaugh.
1959 - For the first time in major league history a second All-Star Game is played in the same season. The American League posts a 5-3 victory at the Los Angeles Coliseum as White Sox Nellie Fox singles in the decisive run.
1960 - Frank Lane trades managers with Detroit's GM Bill DeWitt. The Indians Joe Gordon (49-46) is dealt to the Tigers for Jimmy Dykes (44-52).
1961 - A 19 - 0 rout of St. Louis by Pittsburgh matches the most lopsided shutout in modern National League history.
1962 - At Los Angeles, the Dodgers top the Cubs, 8 - 3, behind Don Drysdale. Cal Koonce takes the loss. Maury Wills helps with a 4th inning triple and then steals home.
1962 - With a pair of home runs for the 3rd straight game, the Mets Frank Thomas becomes the 2nd player in National League history with six home runs in three consecutive games.
1965 - Judge Roy Hofheinz purchases 53 percent of Bob Smith's holdings in the Astros, giving Hofheinz a controlling 86 percent of the club's stock.
1967 - Manager Alvin Dark is fired and outfielder Ken Harrelson is released by A's owner Charlie Finley due to reports of rowdy behavior on a team flight.
1967 - The Red Sox obtain catcher Elston Howard from the Yankees for cash and two players to be named later. Pete Magrini and Ron Klimkowski, both pitchers, will be sent to New York as part of the trade.
1969 - The Reds tally 10 runs in the 5th inning and smack 25 hits in the game to just beat the Phillies 19 - 17 at Connie Mack Stadium.
1969 - Twin Rich Reese's pinch-hit grand slam off the Orioles' Dave McNally in the 7th ends his 17-game winning streak. McNally, now 15-1 for the year, loses 5 - 2 to Jim Kaat.
1970 - In their last meeting of the year, Baltimore defeats Kansas City 10 - 8. It is the Orioles 23rd straight win over the Royals over a 2-year span, a ML mark.
1972 - Cubs pitcher Bill Hands allows one hit, by Ken Singleton, in beating the Expos, 3 - 0, in the nitecap. The Cubs lose the opener, 2 - 1, as Jack Aker absorbs his 3rd loss in his last five save opportunities.
1973 - The Braves edge the Padres, 5 - 4, despite a pinch home run by Dave Winfield. Big Dave's next pinch homer will come on September 29, 1990.
1976 - At Candlestick Park, Jack Billingham's 3-hitter gives the Reds a 9 - 0 win over the Giants.
1977 - Dennis Leonard pitches the Royals to a 12 - 2 win over the White Sox. John Mayberry leads the offense by hitting for the cycle.
1977 - Baltimore rookie 1B Eddie Murray homers from both sides of the plate in a 10-inning 8 - 6 win over Oakland.
1977 - The Cubs place Bruce Sutter and his injured arm on the 21-day disabled list.
1978 - The Red Sox score two runs in the 17th to win, 7 - 5, on RBIs by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice. Ex-Yankee Mike Torrez then stops New York, 8 - 1, in a rain-shortened game.
1979 - At Seattle, the Mariners edge the A's, 1 - 0 behind Floyd Bannister. During the game a foul ball hits a speaker and is caught by the A's pitcher for an out.
1979 - The Yankees purchase Lenny Randle from the Pirates and bring up C Brad Gulden and Bobby Brown from Columbus.
1979 - Tony LaRussa takes over as manager of the White Sox, a day after the resignation of Don Kessinger.
1980 - Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein, and Tom Yawkey are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
1980 - In a 6 - 4 win over Texas, Boston's Tom Burgmeier finishes the last inning in RF. He's the first Red Sox pitcher to play a position since Mike Ryba caught in three games in 1942.
1982 - At California, Doug DeCinces cracks homers in his first three at bats, but the Angels still lose to the Twins, 5 - 4.
1982 - The White Sox sweep a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium 1 - 0 and 14 - 2, prompting Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to fire manager Gene Michael and replace him with pitching coach Clyde King. King is the Yankees' 3rd manager this season.
1982 - Royals' second baseman Frank White hits for the cycle in a 6-5 victory over the Tigers.
1983 - Nolan Ryan pitches his 9th career one-hitter, striking out 10 Padres on the way to a 1 - 0 victory.
1984 - Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers (23 saves, 1.96 ERA) undergoes back surgery to alleviate a herniated disk and will miss the remainder of the season.
1986 - Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1986 - At Cleveland, the Yankees set a major-league record by scoring 10 runs in the 5th inning. They have five walks, a HBP, and six hits including two homers to score. New York wins, 10 - 6.
1986 - At Comiskey Park, Russ Morman homers and singles in the 4th inning in his first ML game as the Sox beat the Tigers, 10 - 1. He ties Billy Martin's debut with his two hits in one inning.
1987 - Tom Candiotti tosses a one hitter as the Indians beat the Yankees, 2 - 0. Mike Easler's leadoff single in the 8th is the only hit.
1987 - Jack Morris ties the AL record with five wild pitches in a 4 - 2, 10-inning loss to the Royals.
1987 - Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected during the 4th inning of Minnesota's 11 - 3 win over California. He will be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who doesn't buy Niekro's story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.
1989 - The Reds set a major league record for the most hits in the first inning of a game with 16 as they score 14 runs at Riverfront Stadium off woeful Astro pitching. The half of an inning lasts 38 minutes with Reds eventually winning the game, 18-1.
1990 - The Braves trade 2-time MVP OF Dale Murphy to the Phillies for reliever Jeff Parrett and a pair of players to be named later.
1990 - Cleveland's Tom Candiotti has his no hitter spoiled in the 8th inning when New York's Oscar Azocar singles. Candy leaves the game then and takes the loss as the Tribe drops a 6 - 4 decision. In just his 2nd week in the majors, Cleveland's Alex Cole ties a major-league record by stealing seven bases in two games. He set the club record by swiping five bases against the Royals on August 1.
1990 - Pittsburgh's Doug Drabek is one out away from a no-hitter when he gives up a single to the Phillies Sil Campusano, who is hitting .188. Drabek finishes with an 11 - 0 one-hitter.
1991 - Oakland OF Dave Henderson blasts three home runs in his first three at bats in an 8-6 loss to Minnesota.
1992 - Tigers president Bo Schembechler and team chairman Jim Campbell are both fired.
1994 - The Reds defeat the Giants, 17-4, as former Giant Kevin Mitchell gets five hits and five RBIs against his former teammates. Mitchell strokes two singles, two doubles, and a home run.
1995 - The Senate Judiciary Committee sends a bill calling for the partial repeal of baseball's antitrust exemption to the full Senate. The vote is just 9-8.
1996 - The Braves defeat the Dodgers, 5-3, in 18 innings. Rookie P Brad Woodall picks up his 1st victory with two 2/3 innings of hitless relief.
1997 - Phil Niekro, Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells are inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
1997 - Coming off the Brewers' bench, Jeromy Burnitz ties an American League record homering in consecutive pinch-hit at-bats August 2-3.
1998 - Houston pitcher C.J. Nitkowski hits three consecutive Marlin batters with pitches in the 8th inning: Dock Ellis (1974) and Wilbur Wood (1977) are the only other pitchers since 1900 to hit three batters in a row.
1998 - Leading off for the Yankees, Chuck Knoblauch lines a hit off Mike Oquist's ribs, and the Yankees continue to connect off the Oakland pitcher for 15 more hits, including four homers, in five innings. New York wins, 14 - 1, scoring all 14 earned runs off Oquist, the most runs allowed since Bill Travers in August 1977. Orlando Hernandez picks up the win.
1999 - The major league baseball umpires union files unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations board to block the American League and National League from using minor league replacements.
2000 - Kevin Mitchell of the Sonoma County Crushers is expelled for the rest of the season from the independent Western Baseball League for punching the owner of an opposing team. The former National League MVP allegedly hit Solano Steelheads owner Bruce Portner, who had come on the field after a brawl had ended which was caused by a pitch thrown behind Mitchell.
2001 - The Blue Jays release P Joey Hamilton ending a 3-year struggling relationship between the club and the pitcher. The Jays had originally signed Hamilton to a 3-year $16.5 million contract.
2001 - The Blue Jays defeat the Orioles, 10 - 1, despite an infestation of aphids in the 3rd inning. Although the game is not delayed, home plate ump Tim Welke asks that the roof of the SkyDome be closed. Toronto's Jeff Frye wears a dust mask in the dugout.
2001 - White Sox P Mark Buehrle tosses a 1 - hitter in defeating Tampa Bay 4 - 0. Damian Rolls' leadoff single in the 7th is the Devil Rays' only hit. Buehrle walks one and faces just 28 batters.
2001 - The Brewers edge the visiting Atlanta Braves, 3 - 2, winning on a wild pitch by Jose Cabrera in the 11th. The Brewers break the two million mark in attendance for just the second time in their franchise history, the first being in 1983; however, the Brewers predecessor in Milwaukee, the Braves, broke two million each season from 1954 to 1957.
2001 - A jury orders Anheuser - Busch to pay the family of the late Roger Maris $50 million for improperly taking away a beer distributorship. Both sides plan to appeal the ruling, as attorneys for the Maris family said the panel meant to award the family $139 million, but were confused by the judge's instructions to the jury.
2002 - Darin Erstad agrees to a four-year contract extension worth $32 million to stay in Anaheim through 2006. The Angels' center fielder joins Troy Glaus, Garret Anderson and Tim Salmon as one of the key players the organization has signed at least through the 2004 season.
2002 - In just the first four innings, Edgar Martinez ties a the major league record for sacrifice flies in a game with three. The Mariners' designated hitter becomes the 11th player in history to accomplish the feat doing it in his first three at-bats in Seattle's 12-4 victory over the Indians.
2004 - In a game in which Cardinal first baseman Albert Pujols becomes the first player in history to hit at least 30 homers in each of his first four big league seasons, Tony Batista goes deep twice, knotting the score in the ninth and winning the game in the 12th. The Expos third baseman's 199th and 200th career blasts helps Montreal beat the St. Louis in extra innings, 10-6.