June 30

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1894 - Future Hall of Famer Fred Clarke sets a record by going 5-for-5 with a double in his first ML game, but Louisville squanders his performance in a 13 - 6 loss to Philadelphia. Clarke will be appointed manager in just three years.
1902:
- Cleveland is the first American League team to hit three consecutive home runs in one inning as Nap Lajoie, Piano Legs Hickman and Bill Bradley connect in the sixth off St. Louis, with all the hits ending in the LF bleachers at St. Louis. The last two come on the first pitch thrown. Jack Harper tees up the gopher balls in the 17 - 2 loss. The feat was last done on May 10, 1894.
- Jim Jones, Giants LF, throws three baserunners out at home in an 8 - 0 loss to Boston. His three assists at home ties the major-league record set by Dummy Hoy on June 19, 1889. It will be tied again in 1905.
1903:
- At Chicago, the White Sox jump on Boston starter Nick Altrock for eight runs in the 1st inning. Chicago has seven hits and three walks. Altrock finishes the game, a 10 - 3 Chicago win, for his only complete game in a Boston uniform. Chicago must like what they see: they purchase Altrock on July 2nd.
- The Cards bunch three hits and a George Davis error in the 6th for three runs and beat Christy Mathewson, 4 - 2. Davis will appear in just four games in 1903, all for the Giants, before White Sox owner Charles Comiskey secures an injunction to keep him off the field. He'll be back with the Sox next season.
1904 - Christy Mathewson blanks Boston, 3 - 0, despite allowing eight hits. The Giants have now won 14 in a row.
1905:
- Nap Lajoie is sidelined by blood poisoning from neglect of a spike wound. He will play in only 65 games, losing a chance to lead the American League in batting for the 5th straight year.
- At New York, Eddie Plank is removed with no outs in the 9th inning and the A's leading, 7 - 4. Rube Waddell comes in and retires the side to preserve the A's victory.
1908 - Cy Young's third career no-hitter is an 8 - 0 Boston win over New York. Cy almost duplicates his perfect game of 1904, walking just one batter - leadoff hitter Harry Niles. Niles is then caught stealing and the next 26 batters make out. Cy also tallies three hits and drives in half the Pilgrims' runs off Rube Manning. At 41 years and 3 months, he is the oldest pitcher to turn the no-hit trick. Nolan Ryan will beat him in 1990 at the age of 43.
1909:
- At Washington Park, the Superbas gaff the Giants, 7 - 2, beating Hooks Wiltse in the opener. The Giants come back in the nitecap, 3 - 0, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty strikes out nine and allows four hits.
- Chicago's Ed Reulbach spoils Pittsburgh's dedication of Forbes Field before 30,338, allowing three hits and beating Vic Willis, 3 - 2. A parade of old-time players precedes the game. The Pirates will draw 98,000 fans, including 41,000 on July 5, in their first five home games.
1911 - Brooklyn's Baron Knetzer lords it over Grover Alexander, handing Pete and the Phils a 5 - 0 shutout. Alexander's record is now 15 - 3 and the Phils are tied for second with the Cubs, two games behind New York.
1912 - In game two of a doubleheader at St Louis, Joe Jackson ties the major-league record with three triples to pace Cleveland to a 15 - 1 pasting of the Browns.
1913:
- At Philadelphia, New York's thrilling 11 - 10 win over the Phils puts the Giants on top to stay. Hooks Wiltse pitches the first nine innings for New York before wilting, and Christy Mathewson relieves. In the 10th, Buck Herzog singles off Grover Alexander and Matty wins his 14th. The fireworks continue after the game when John McGraw, walking to the clubhouse with several Phillies, is belted and then jumped by several Philly fans. McGraw is cut up and Phils P Ad Brennan is identified as the instigator of the fight. After investigating, National League President Tom Lynch will suspend both McGraw and Brennan for five days, with Brennan also fined $100.
- The same ball is used for the entire game in the Reds' 9 - 6 win over the Cubs.
1914 - Cleveland's Terry Turner ends a long dry spell by hitting a three-run homer off the Browns' Earl Hamilton. Turner's last home run was back in 1906: he had gone 3,186 at bats without a round tripper.
1916 - For the second time in three days, the Braves' Ed Konetchy collects the only hit in a game, a single. Today it is Rube Benton of the Giants firing the one-hitter.
1917:
- Pirates manager Nixey Callahan is fired after his team goes 20-40. Popular star Honus Wagner is named field manager with Hugo Bezdek to take over the team's business affairs. As his first order of business, Wagner guides to Bucs to a 5 - 4 win over the Reds, contributing a 2-run double as well.
- The Tigers split with the host Browns, losing the opener before winning 5 - 3. Ty Cobb warms up in the first game with two hits, then clocks an opposite field grand slam and a triple in the second game. The slam clears the LF bleachers.
1918 - In the 10th inning, Babe Ruth hits his 11th HR to beat Walter Johnson 3 - 1 and boost the Red Sox back into first place. Ruth is playing CF when not pitching.
1924 - 2B Max Bishop and 3B Sammy Hale, the first two men in the A's batting order, draw 8 of the 9 walks issued by New York pitchers in the A's 10 - 3 win. A .271 hitter for 12 years, "Camera Eye" Bishop will draw 1,153 bases on balls, giving him a walk percentage of .204, which is higher than Babe Ruth's and just behind Ted Williams's .207.
1927:
- The Tigers edge the Indians, 6 - 5, beating George Uhle for the 5th time this year.
- A crowd of 3,000 at Yankee Stadium see the Yanks hand the Red Sox their 12th straight loss, beating the visitors, 13 - 6 on 19 safeties. Lou Gehrig takes over the home run lead when he clouts his 25th in the first inning, a bounce home run off Slim Harriss, but Babe Ruth, back in the lineup, golfs his 25th in the 4th, also off Slim. Gehrig has three hits and also swipes home. New York (49-20) wins its 5th straight while Boston loses its 12th straight.
- Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas pitches a 5 - 1 win over the Browns, the 6th time this season that the White Sox pitcher has beaten St. Louis. He last beat them on June 22. Lefty Stewart, who gives up a homer to Earl Sheely in the 6th, takes the loss.
- Pirates SS Glenn Wright, heading home from St. Louis after a beaning in a game with the Cards, is slightly injured when the train he is riding is wrecked near Dennison, Ohio. Pitcher Lee Meadows, accompanying Wright, is also shook up.
1928 - The Yankees win two from Boston and close out the month 11 1/2 games in front of the A's. Attendance lags, as the race appears over.
1930:
- Brooklyn, in need of an outfielder, buys Ike Boone from the San Francisco Missions (PCL) where he was hitting .448 through 83 games. In 1929, Boone compiled an all-time record of 553 total bases while hitting 55 homers and batting .407. Boone wasn't even Brooklyn's first choice; the Robins preferred another PCL batting star, Buzz Arlett, who had his eye injured in a postgame fight with umpire Chet Chadbourne, who slugged the Oakland OF with his mask.
- The Cubs move into first place ahead of Brooklyn by defeating the Giants.
1931:
- The New York Giants' Ethan Allen pinch-hits a grand slam off the Cubs' Pat Malone to tie the game, but Chicago scores again to win at the Polo Grounds, 11 - 10. Sparky Adams also homers in the game, his first since 1925. He had been to bat 3,104 times without a round-tripper.
- The Athletics buy veteran Waite Hoyt from Detroit.
1934:
- In a 4 - 3, 10-inning loss to the Browns, Tiger CF Gee Walker is picked off base twice on the same frame, earning him a 10-day suspension for his ineptitude. After Hank Greenberg singles, Walker reaches base on a error, but then gets caught off base when C Rollie Hemsley fires to 1B. Greenberg attempts to draw a throw by running to 3B and is thrown out, with Walker taking 2B. Moments later, with Walker standing six feet off the bag "as brave as a boy on a burning deck" (writer Charles P. Ward's description), pitcher Jack Knott's throw to SS Alan Strange nabs him. Mickey Cochrane is so furious he suspends Walker and fines him $20 - the 6th time this season that he has earned a $20 fine. Gee's next appearance won't come until July 16 when he pinch-hits for Cochrane.
- Lou Gehrig has three triples at Washington. However, the game is rained out after 4 1/2 innings, depriving Gehrig of a record.
- Led by pinch hitter Harlin Pool's two hits and two runs, the Reds drop nine runs on the visiting Cardinals in the 8th inning, and win, 11 - 4.
- On the 25th anniversary of Forbes Field, a granite monument to Barney Dreyfuss to the left of the exit gate is unveiled before the start of the Cubs-Pirates match. The Windy City squad wins, 4 - 2, behind Bill Lee, the 8th straight win for the Cubs.
1935:
- At St. Louis, leadoff hitter Pete Fox leads the Tigers to a twinbill drubbing of the Browns, as Detroit rolls 18 - 1 and 11 - 6. Fox drives in 10 runs, six in the opener when he hits his second grand slam of the month. Fox has eight hits, five in the nitecap, and scores four runs in each game. Schoolboy Rowe coasts in the opener and Alvin Crowder is the nitecap winner.
- At Boston, the Phils unload on the Braves, winning 15 - 5 to give Syl Johnson his 8th straight win.
1938 - The Phillies play their final game in the Baker Bowl, losing 14 - 1 to the Giants. They will play future games in A's-owned Shibe Park. Hank Leiber hits the last homer in the park, while Slick Castleman is the last winning pitcher.
1948:
- In his first full season as a pitcher, Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians pitches a no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2 - 0 in front of 49,628 at Briggs Stadium. Lemon has only two scares: Dale Mitchell makes a miraculous catch of a George Kell drive in the fourth and Ken Keltner makes a great stop behind third base in the fifth. The Tigers' home was the last park in the junior circuit to use lights, installing illumination only two weeks ago.
- An 18-year-old lefthander from Rochester, NY, Johnny Antonelli, gets a $75,000 contract from the Braves. Shortly afterward, the Tigers will pay a similar sum to another teenager, catcher Frank House.
1950:
- Brownie stalwart P Ned Garver loses the game because of his mental error against the White Sox. In what would have been the winning run in regulation, Garver is called out for his failure to touch third base when rounding it. He loses, 3 - 2, in 13 innings.
- Joe and Dom DiMaggio both hit home runs in the 10 - 2 Red Sox victory over New York in the nightcap of a doubleheader. It has been 15 years since two brothers homered in a game.
1951 - The Braves make it easy for new manager Tommy Holmes' first appearance in front of the home crowd. Boston tallies eight runs in the seventh inning and seven runs in the eighth inning, to squash the Giants, 19 - 7. Backing Vern Bickford's pitching, Earl Torgeson racks up seven RBIs in the two innings, including a grand slam off Sal Maglie, the first time that the Barber's been clipped for a slam.
1952 - Satchel Paige is named to the All-Star team.
1953 - Braves slugger Eddie Mathews has five straight hits in a 10-inning, 6 - 4 win over the Reds.
1954 - Tom Morgan of the Yankees hits three Red Sox in the third inning of a 6 - 1 loss. Mickey Mantle's homer against Willard Nixon is the only Yankee tally.
1957 - The Braves sweep a doubleheader from Pittsburgh 7 - 4 and 6 - 5 to take a half-game lead over the second-place Redlegs.
1959:
- The Giants' Sam Jones throws a 2 - 0 one-hitter against the Dodgers, allowing only Jim Gilliam's controversial single in the 8th, a grounder that SS Andre Rodgers has difficulty picking up. Willie Mays's 2-run home run against Don Drysdale accounts for all the scoring.
- At Wrigley Field, a bizarre play occurs in the 4th inning when two balls are put into play. On a 3 - 1 count, Bob Anderson's pitch to Stan Musial is wild and bounces back to the screen. Catcher Sammy Taylor ignores the ball, assuming it ticked off Musial's bat, but Cubs 3B Alvin Dark rushes in to retrieve the wild pitch/foul tip. The bat boy tosses the ball to field announcer Pat Piper, and Dark finally retrieves it from him. Meanwhile home plate ump Vic Delmore has handed a second ball to Anderson. Through all this, Musial reaches first with what he thinks is ball four, and then streaks for second base. Simultaneously, Dark and Anderson fire to the bag. Anderson's throw goes into CF, but Dark's to Ernie Banks catches the sliding Musial. Stan ignores the tag and rambles to third base as play is stopped. Delmore then rules Musial is out at second, while Al Barlick rules Stan safe at first base. Both managers play the game under protest, but the Cards drop theirs after dropping the Cubs, 4 - 1. The National League will drop Vic Delmore at the end of the season.
1960:
- Dick Stuart blasts three consecutive home runs, as the Pirates split with the Giants. Stuart drives in seven runs and joins Ralph Kiner as the second Pirate to hit three home runs in a game at Forbes Field. Jack Sanford pitches a 3-hit shutout to give the Giants an 11 - 0 first-game win. With the 11 - 6 nitecap victory, Pittsburgh is three ahead of the 2nd-place Braves.
- New York beats up on their cousins from Kansas City by banging out five homers to win 10 - 5. Moose Skowron leads with two home runs, with one each from Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Tony Kubek.
- At Fenway Park, SS Don Buddin pulls some fancy footwork to lead the BoSox to a win against the Tigers. With the score tied in the 8th, Buddin is caught in a rundown between third base and home, but he eludes Detroit catcher Red Wilson to score. Wilson argues that Buddin left the base line, and earns an ejection by Red Flaherty for his views. The Red Sox score three more runs and win, 11 - 7. Ted Williams has a home run, off Jim Bunning, and Rocky Colavito answers with two homers.
1961 - Whitey Ford (14-2) tops the Senators 5 - 1 to give the 2nd place Yankees their 22nd win of the month. Roger Maris drives in three runs and Mickey Mantle lines a shot over CF Willie Tasby that rebounds for an inside-the-park home run. Ford becomes the first pitcher in American League history to win eight games in one month.
1962:
- With the aid of 13 strikeouts and a Frank Howard home run, Sandy Koufax no-hits Bob Miller and the Mets 5 - 0 in Los Angeles. Sandy starts off the game by fanning the side on nine pitches in the first inning, the first National League pitcher to strike out the side on nine pitches since Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance, in 1924. It will be the first of four career no-hitters thrown by Koufax.
1962 - At Houston, the game between the Colts and the Reds is called on account of fog after seven innings. Houston is leading 7 - 3 when the fog rolls in. It is so thick that the outfielders can't see home plate.
1964 - At Wrigley Field, the Reds' Joey Jay allows just two hits but loses to the Cubs, 1 - 0. Larry Jackson does him one better, allowing just one hit and driving in the lone run with a single. Jackson's no-hit bid is stopped in the 7th when Pete Rose singles.
1967 - Losing 12 - 3 in the second game against the Giants, the Phils send in utility man Cookie Rojas to pitch the 9th. Rojas throws a scoreless inning and has now played all nine positions since arriving in the big leagues in 1963.
1970 - A sellout crowd of 51,050 is on hand for the dedication of Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, rushed to completion so the Reds can host the All-Star game. There is no electricity in the refreshments areas, and the scoreboard occasionally misfires. but Hank Aaron doesn't misfire as he hits the park's first home run off Cincinnati's starter Jim McGlothlin in the first inning. The Braves win, 8 - 2.
1972 - Joe Pepitone rejoins the Cubs after a brief retirement, and is 1-for-4 in the Cubs' 4 - 3 win over the Pirates. Rick Reuschel allows two hits in 7 1/3 innings before leaving with a twisted ankle, but picks up the win. Billy Williams drives in three runs for the Cubs.
1973:
- The Cubs, leading by seven games, lose to the Mets and Jon Matlack, 2 - 1.
- The first-place Dodgers spot the Reds a 5 - 1 lead, before coming back to win, 8 - 7, in 13 innings. The Reds (39-37) are in 4th place.
1975:
- Baltimore C Dave Duncan ties the major-league record with four consecutive doubles during an 8 - 2 win over first-place Boston. Compounding the loss, Boston P Dick Pole suffers a broken cheek when he is hit by a line drive off the bat of 1B Tony Muser.
- The Brewers whip the Yanks, 5 - 4, by scoring two runs in the bottom of the 9th. Bobby Darwin's 8th homer of the year is the big blow. Bill Travers (4-0) takes the win. Milwaukee, winner of 15 out of its last 21, is in 3rd place in the AL East.
- For the third time in four days, the Reds win on an extra-inning home run. This time, Johnny Bench belts a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 12th and the Reds whip the Astros, 9 - 6. Clay Kirby gets the decision.
1977:
- Cliff Johnson becomes the second player in three days to hit a pair of homers in an inning. He hits three consecutive home runs, including two in the 8th inning, as the Yankees rout the Blue Jays 11 - 5. New York (42-33) is a half-game behind the Red Sox.
- The host Reds beat the Giants, 11 - 5, as Joe Morgan paces the scoring with five runs and two stolen bases, despite going 0-for-2 at the plate.
1978:
- Larry Doby becomes the second black ML manager, replacing Bob Lemon as skipper of the White Sox. Chicago has a 34-40 record at the time, and will go 37-50 the rest of the way.
- On an 0-2 pitch from Atlanta Braves pitcher Jamie Easterly, Giant first baseman Willie McCovey launches his 500th career home run over the left field fence at Fulton County Stadium becoming the 12th player to accomplish the feat. The historic homer occurs in the second inning of the opener of a doubleheader which the Giants sweep, 10 - 9 and 10 - 5. Mike Ivie adds his second pinch grand slam of the year in the opener. Jack Clark has three home runs in the two games.
1979:
- Led by Mike Vail's grand slam, the Mets score six runs in the top of the 11th to break a 3 - 3 tie with the Cubs. Chicago storms back with five runs in the bottom of the frame, but New York hangs on to win the game 9 - 8.
- In San Francisco, the Reds' Tom Seaver fires a 3-hitter, beating the Giants, 2 - 0. Tom Terrific retires the last 21 straight batters and the Reds push over two runs in the 9th off Ed Whitson to win.
- Less than halfway into its maiden season, the Inter-American League - planned as a new Triple-A circuit - folds. The Miami Amigos, with a 43-17 record, are declared the league champions.
1983:
- The Reds score eight runs in the first inning and go on to beat the visiting Giants, 15 - 5. Paul Householder drives in four runs, two on a freak inside-the-park homer. With Ron Oester on first base, Householder hits a shallow fly that LF Chris Smith loses in the sun and it bounces over his head. Smith then slips going after the ball and the two baserunners race around the bases. Oester slides across the plate just ahead of Householder's slide, which is so close he spikes Oester's knee.
- Outfielder Lance Junker of the Redwood Pioneers (California League) connects for two grand slams in the 9th inning against Reno. He is the third to do this in organized baseball history.
1985:
- Cleveland beats Seattle 7 - 3 to snap the Mariners' club-record 9-game winning streak.
- In his final at bat of the month, Pedro Guerrero delivers a 2-run home run off Bruce Sutter to give the Dodgers a 4 - 3 win over the Braves. It is Guerrero's 15th home run in June (19th overall), tying the ML record.
1986:
- 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson makes his professional baseball debut with the Memphis Chicks of the AA Southern League and goes 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.
- The Yankees trade OF Ken Griffey to the Braves for OF Claudell Washington and SS Paul Zuvella.
1988 - Alarmed by the White Sox's threatened move to St. Petersburg, Florida, Illinois lawmakers grant state subsidies for a new stadium to replace venerable but decaying Comiskey Park.
1993:
- 70-year-old Minnie Minoso appears as a DH for the St. Paul Saints in a game against Thunder Bay in the independent Northern League. Minoso grounds back to pitcher Yoshi Seo in his only at bat.
- The Indians finish their home stand with a 4 - 2 win over the White Sox. The Indians have now won 23 straight at Jacobs Field.
- The Mets defeat the Marlins, 7 - 1, to win consecutive contests for the first time in 65 games.
1994 - In Montreal's 7 - 3 victory over the Giants, SF OF Darren Lewis commits an error, allowing Cliff Floyd's base hit to skip under his glove. It is Lewis' first error in 392 major league games (938 chances), and his first miscue since May 10, 1991, at Triple-A Phoenix.
1995:
- Cleveland's Eddie Murray singles in the 6th inning against Minnesota's Mike Trombley for his 3,000th career hit, just the 20th player to reach the mark. The visiting Indians beat the Twins, 4 - 1.
- Barry Bonds has four hits, including a pair of homers, and drives in five runs to pace the Giants to a 7 - 6 win over the Padres. His second homer is a 2-run shot with two outs in the 9th inning off Trevor Hoffman, his first walk-off home run at home. Chris Hook (3-0) is the winner.
1996:
- Rockies 2B Eric Young steals six bases in Colorado's 16 - 15 win over the Dodgers to tie a major league record. Three steals come in the 3rd inning when he steals second base, third and home. The two teams score in 14 of their 18 turns at bat, tying another big league mark. There are seven lead changes in the contest, which is marked by 38 hits, 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases - 9 steals when Hideo Nomo is on the mound. Three of the homers come on consecutive pitches as Mike Piazza, Eric Karros and Raul Mondesi homer off Mark Thompson. The 4-hour and 20-minute game is the longest 9-inning contest in National League history. Mondesi drives home six runs for LA, while Dante Bichette gets five hits and four ribbies for Colorado.
- The Giants lose their 10th in a row, as San Diego wins, 7 - 4. It ties the losing streak record for the franchise in San Francisco.
- The Twins defeat the Royals, 5 - 2, as Minnesota LF Marty Cordova has his hitting streak stopped at 23 games.
- Cards pitcher Todd Stottlemyre has three hits, two in the 6-run 2nd inning, in beating the Pirates, 10 - 3.
1997:
- In the resumption of interleague play, the Cubs set the tone by edging the American League Royals, 8 - 7. Dave Clark's three-run, pinch-hit home run with two outs in the eighth tops off a five-run inning. Jeff King hit his 5th homer against National League pitchers for the Royals.
- In Baltimore, Cal Ripken's second grand slam of the season is the big blow in a six-run third inning as the Orioles beat the hapless Phillies, 8 - 1. Mike Mussina wins his 100th game to help Baltimore end its four-game losing streak. For the Phils, it is their 15th loss in 16 games.
- Rangers hurler Bobby Witt becomes the first American League pitcher to hit a home run in a regular-season game in nearly 25 years. His round tripper off Ismael Valdes helps Texas to beat the Dodgers in interleague action, 3 - 2. He becomes the first AL pitcher since Roric Harrison in 1972 to hit a home run.
- Bobby Higginson belts three home runs and drives in seven runs and Justin Thompson allows four hits in eight innings as Detroit kicks the Mets, 14 - 0. It is the most lopsided shutout in Mets history. Detroit hits more homers (6) than the Mets have hits (5), and it is the most home runs given up by Mets' pitchers since April 29, 1978.
- In the first regular-season game between Canada's ML teams, the Expos emerge a 2 - 1 winner over the Blue Jays. Pedro Martinez allows three hits, including a solo home run by Carlos Delgado, and strikes out 10 while Vladimir Guerrero hits a home run in his first interleague at-bat.
- Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr., who missed the last two All-Star Games with injuries, is elected for the 8th straight year. Griffey tops all players with 3,514,340 votes. Orioles 3B Cal Ripken, picked to play in his 15th All-Star game, is second with 2,571,985 votes.
- At Oakland, Tony Gwynn, Chris Jones and Greg Vaughn all hit three-run home runs as San Diego pounds Oakland, 15 - 6. Gwynn and Vaughn have four RBIs apiece as the Padres bat around twice. 1B Wally Joyner strokes five hits for the Pods.
1998:
- Mark McGwire belts his 37th homer of the year, tying Reggie Jackson's record for most homers before the All-Star break. The homer is a 472-ft upper deck shot off KC's Glendon Rusch.
- Dodgers P Ramon Martinez undergoes season-ending surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and torn cartilage in his pitching shoulder.
- With an eighth-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs sluuger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. The Cubs lose to the Diamondbacks, 5 - 4.
1999:
- The Pirates score eight runs in the 4th inning on their way to a 9 - 1 victory over Philadelphia.
- President Bill Clinton shows up in time to see Sammy Sosa blast his National League-leading 30th homer as the Cubs edge the Brewers, 5 - 4. Sosa has nine homers in his last 13 hits.
- The Athletics defeat the Mariners, 14 - 5. Seattle P Damaso Marte makes his major league debut in the 8th inning, and surrenders a home run to DH John Jaha on his first big league pitch.
- Cincinnati defeats Arizona, 2 - 0, as Ron Villone and Scott Williamson combine on a one-hitter. The Diamondbacks' only hit is a single by OF Tony Womack. Randy Johnson strikes out 17 in a magnificent but losing effort; in his last start he struck out 14 in losing to a no-hitter by Jose Jimenez.
- Texas defeats Anaheim, 18 - 4, as both DH Rafael Palmeiro and 3B Todd Zeile get four hits and drive home four runs.
- The Blue Jays defeat the Orioles, 10 - 9 in 10 innings, as Willie Greene ties an American League record by hitting a pinch home run in two consecutive at bats. His previous pinch home run came against the Royals on June 20th. Greene's home run in the bottom of the 9th ties the score at 7 - 7. The Orioles score two in the top half of the 10th, but the Blue Jays come back with three runs in their half of the inning to win.
2000:
- Ila Borders, the first woman to play in men's professional baseball, retires at age 26. Borders was pitching for the Zion Pioneerzz of the Western Baseball League.
- After trailing 8 - 2 with two outs in the eighth inning, Mike Piazza's tie-breaking three-run homer completes a 10-run miracle comeback as the Mets stun the Braves, 11 - 8. Nine of the runs are driven in with two outs and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets.
- The Red Sox seemingly answer their 3B needs by acquiring Ed Sprague from the Padres for minor league IF Cesar Saba and P Dennis Tankersley.
- The New York Yankees tie a major-league record when three players (Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez and Jose Vizcaino) each hit sacrifice flies in the 4th inning against the Tigers. The record was set by the Chicago White Sox on July 1, 1962, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians.
2001 - Oakland defeats Texas, 15 - 4, as SS Miguel Tejada hits three home runs and a single and drives home eight runs. Tejada had gone 26 games without a homer before hitting a grand slam in the 1st, followed by a 3-run shot in the 2nd. He adds a solo blast in the 9th. Erik Hiljus is the benefactor, winning his first ML decision. Hiljus, also strikes out four batters in the 7th.
2002 - In a 13 - 1 drubbing by the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Padres second baseman D'Angelo Jimenez comes in to pitch with two outs in the seventh inning. He retires the four batters he faces. But Jeff Suppan allows one run in seven innings, and Raul Ibanez uses a home run and triple to drive in four runs for the Royals.
2004 - For the third straight game, the Tigers win thanks to walk-off home run. Following the lead of teammates Eric Munson and Carlos Pena in the two previous games, Dmitri Young hits a two-run dinger in the 11th inning to beat the Indians, 9 - 7.
2007 - A staged protest by Pittsburgh Pirates fans appears to be underwhelming as about 1,000 fans (among over 28,000 in attendance) leave in the second inning. Organizers cite a strong contest by the Pirates as a reason for the lack of enthusiasm for the vocal minority's protest.
2008:
- The White Sox top the Indians, 9 - 7, behind the potent bat of Nick Swisher. Swisher hits his second grand slam in four days and homers from both sides of the plate in the win.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates bat a pitcher 8th for the first time in over 50 years when John Russell has Paul Maholm in the #8 slot and Jack Wilson batting last. The Pirates fall 4 - 3 to the Reds when Matt Capps blows the save, allowing a 2-run bottom-of-the-9th homer to Ken Griffey Jr.
2009:
- The Baltimore Orioles complete the biggest comeback in their history, besting Boston 11 - 10 after trailing 10 - 1. They score 5 runs in the 7th and 5 more in the 8th, capped by Nick Markakis' two-run double off closer Jonathan Papelbon, thus depriving John Smoltz of a chance to win his first game for the Red Sox.
- Jason Marquis pitches a two-hit shutout as Colorado blanks the Dodgers 3 - 0. He is the first 10-game winner in the National League this season.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates are busy on the transaction front. They trade starting LF Nyjer Morgan and P Sean Burnett to the Washington Nationals in return for P Joel Hanrahan and OF Lastings Milledge, a former top prospect who has failed to crack the Nats' line-up. In a separate move, the Bucs send veteran OF Eric Hinske to the Yankees for two minor-leaguers.