June 13

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1905 - Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second career no-hitter, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1 - 0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants got two hits in the ninth for the win, and a pair of errors committed by Bill Dahlen at shortstop prevented Mathewson from hurling a perfect game.
1913 Christy Mathewson reached his 300th career victory as the New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs, 3 - 2. During his 17-year major league career, Mathewson will compile a 373-188 record.
1921 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit a 460 feet home run into the center field bleachers in the Polo Grounds, for the first home run ever hit to that spot. Ruth added his 21th home run of the season and also pitched five innings in the 13 - 6 win over the Detroit Tigers, giving up four runs, but striking out Ty Cobb. The next day Ruth will hit two more home runs, his sixth and seventh in five games, in a 9 - 6 win over Detroit.
1930 - The Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns traded future Hall of Fame outfielders. The Senators sent Goose Goslin to the Browns in exchange for Heinie Manush, who will bat .362 over the balance of the season. The transaction marked the first time in major league history that former batting champions have been traded for one another.
1940 - Bill Nicholson of the Chicago Cubs became the first major league player to hit a home run at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox also homered in the exhibition contest known as the Hall of Fame Game.
1948 - An ailing Babe Ruth made his final appearance at Yankee Stadium. With the crowd of 49,641 singing Auld Lang Syne, and members of the 1923 Yankees team (the first to play in the stadium) looking on, the New York Yankees retired Ruth's uniform No. 3 during ceremonies that also commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Stadium. Fewer than two months later, the 53-year-old Ruth will die from throat cancer.
1957:
- Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit three home runs with five runs batted in as Boston beat the Indians, 9 - 3, at Cleveland Stadium. Williams, who had a three-homer game earlier in the year, became the first American League player to collect two 3-HR games in a single season.
- In a game which featured the ejection of Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale as a result for fighting, Clem Labine lost for the first time in ten months and 38 appearances in relief as the Milwaukee Braves defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8 - 5. Logan charged the mound after getting drilled in the ribs by Drysdale resulting in banishment for both players.
1973 - The Los Angeles Dodgers' infield of Steve Garvey (first base), Davey Lopes (second base), Ron Cey (third base) and Bill Russell (shortstop) played together for the first time in a 16 - 3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The quartet would set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years in the same infield.
1975 - The Cleveland Indians sent pitcher Gaylord Perry to the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitchers Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown and Rick Waits, and $100,000 in cash. Perry will win 42 games for the Rangers over the next two and a half seasons.
1980:
- Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies hit 4-for-5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431. Philadelphia started the game with seven consecutive hits and beat the San Diego Padres, 9 - 6.
- Vida Blue of the San Francisco Giants defeated the Mets, 3 - 1, as Milt May hit franchise home run #9,000 for the Giants. Monte Ward hit home run #1 for the Giants in 1883, and #8,000 was hit by Bobby Bonds on September 4, 1971.
1983 - Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos hit a double off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman for his 4,000th career hit, as Montreal defeated Philadelphia at Olympic Stadium, 5 - 1.
1984 - The Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians engineered a blockbuster trade. Chicago sent outfielders Joe Carter and Mel Hall, pitcher Don Schulze and a minor leaguer to Cleveland in exchange for pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and George Frazier and catcher Ron Hassey. Sutcliffe will go 16-1 over the balance of the season, winning the Cy Young Award, and helping the Cubs to the National League East crown.
1988 - In a 12 - 6 loss to the Yankees, Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox hit his 200th home run in Fenway Park, joining Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only three to do it.
1989:
- Despite the relaxed balk rule during the season, Boston Red Sox pitcher John Dopson managed to tie the American League record with four balks in just 3-2/3 innings in Boston's 8 - 7 win over the Detroit Tigers.
- Terry Puhl of the Houston Astros played in his 1,403rd major league game, during a 3 - 2 loss to the Dodgers, to break Jack Graney's record for Canadian - born players.
- Jack Clark of the San Diego Padres struck out four times in a 9 - 6 loss to Cincinnati, giving him a major league record for nine strikeouts in two games. Clark struck out five times against the Giants on June 11.
1990:
- Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals collected his 600th career stolen base in an 11 - 4 win over the California Angels.
- Trevor Wilson of the San Francisco Giants no-hit the San Diego Padres for eight innings before Mike Pagliarulo hit a single. Wilson settled for a 6 - 0 one hitter, as the Giants posted their 14th victory win in their last 15 games.
1994:
- Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs gave up $16 million in salary by announcing his retirement at the age of 34. The second baseman will return to active status in 1996.
- Jose Canseco of the Texas Rangers hit three home runs with two singles and eight runs batted in to lead the Rangers in the 17 - 9 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
- Jeff Fassero of the Montreal Expos lose a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when Carlos Garcia singled with two outs in the ninth inning. Jay Bell followed with a two-run home run, but the Expos hold on for a 10 - 2 victory.
1998:
- The first triple play ever completed at Dodger Stadium was turned by Darren Dreifort, Eric Young, Jose Vizcaino and Bobby Bonilla.
- For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back home runs in consecutive innings as Javy López and Andruw Jones accomplished the feat for the Atlanta Braves.
1999:
- Houston Astros manager Larry Dierker was taken to the hospital after suffering a grand mal seizure during the eighth inning of a game against the San Diego Padres. The contest was suspended with the Astros leading, 4 - 1. Dierker will undergo surgery on the 15th to remove two masses of tangled blood vessels in his brain that caused the seizure. Coach Matt Galante took over as temporary manager in Dierker's absence. Dierker later tells general manager Gerry Hunsicker he doesn't remember anything after the second inning.
- The Baltimore Orioles set a franchise record for runs scored, defeating the Atlanta Braves, 22 - 1, in interleague play. Cal Ripken, Jr. hit 6-for-6 for Baltimore, including two home runs, five runs and six RBI. His six hits in a nine-inning game tied the American League record and also set a franchise mark. Will Clark hit 4-for-4 with five RBI. Mike Mussina earned the win as he allowed one run on five hits in seven innings. He also joined in with two hits and three RBI. John Smoltz was the loser as he allowed seven runs on seven hits in two 1/3 innings pitched. The team, as the St. Louis Browns, had set the previous mark on August 18, 1951, in a 20 - 9 rout over the Detroit Tigers.
2001 - Ruben Sierra of the Texas Rangers hit home runs from both sides of the plate for the sixth time in his career, but Texas lost 5 - 3 to the Dodgers in interleague play.
2003 - Roger Clemens reached his 300th win and became the third pitcher in major league history with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 2, in interleague play. Edgar Renteria became his 4,000th victim in the second inning. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joined Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the select 4,000-strikeout club.
2006:
- Chris Carpenter of the St. Louis Cardinals limited the Pittsburgh Pirates to three hits and struck out a career-high 13 in seven shutout innings as St. Louis beat the Pirates 2 - 1. Jason Isringhausen earned the save, passing Lee Smith to set the franchise mark with 161 career saves.
- In a duel of top pitchers, Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins and Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox each allowed just one run in eight innings, but neither factored into the decision in the Twins' 5 - 2, 12-inning victory over Boston thanks to a walkoff grand slam by Jason Kubel. Santana struck out a season-high 13 batters over eight innings, including six of the first seven batters he faced, and then struck out David Ortiz in the fourth inning for his 1,000th career strikeout.
2007 - For the first time since 1998, three players get their first MLB hits in the same game. Guillermo Rodriguez, Tim Lincecum and Jonathan Sanchez are the involved players. The Blue Jays beat the Giants, 7-4.
2008 - Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit three consecutive home runs for the Philadelphia Phillies in the first inning at St. Louis. The Phils go on to defeat the Cardinals, 20-2.