May 5

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Events, births and deaths that occurred on May 5.

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1893 - Ed Stein pitches a one-hitter to lead the Brooklyn Grooms to a 3 - 1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1904 - At Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans hurls the second of his three no-hitters, a 3 - 0 perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics and Rube Waddell. Young will eventually complete 24 straight hitless innings, still the record, and 45 shutout innings in a row, a record until broken by Jack Coombs' 53 scoreless frames in 1910.
1906 - Recovering from a case of diphtheria contracted before the season, Christy Mathewson makes his first appearance of the year for the New York Giants. He pitches seven solid innings against the Boston Beaneaters, allowing seven hits before being relieved by Joe McGinnity, who allows three runs in the ninth inning to turn a 4 - 3 lead into a 6 - 4 defeat.
1917 - Ernie Koob of the St. Louis Browns pitches a 1 - 0 no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox. George Sisler drives in the winning run and Ed Cicotte is the loser.
1922 - Facing the Detroit Tigers, Bill Bayne of the St. Louis Browns pitches a no-hitter into the ninth inning. Detroit manager Ty Cobb then sends up five straight pinch hitters, the first of whom breaks up the no-hitter. One of the pinch hitters Cobb inserts is Bob Fothergill, who bats for him and strikes out, becoming the only man ever to pinch hit for Cobb. The Browns win, 6 - 1.
1925:
- Everett Scott of the New York Yankees is benched, ending his streak of 1,307 consecutive games played that started in 1918 while playing for the Boston Red Sox. Scott, who gives way to Pee Wee Wanninger at shortstop, had the longest playing streak before Lou Gehrig.
- Detroit Tigers manager Ty Cobb hits three home runs, a double and two singles, to lead his team to an 14 - 8 victory against the St. Louis Browns at Sportsman's Park.
1929 - The Boston Braves play their first Sunday home game in history, losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 - 2 before 35,000. The winning pitcher is Burleigh Grimes, who helps his own cause by starting a third inning triple play. On a grounder by Al Spohrer, Heinie Mueller is run down, Spohrer is caught trying to reach second base, and Rabbit Maranville is caught trying to score. The Pirates hit four triples, one each by Lloyd and Paul Waner.
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics beat the St. Louis Browns 4 - 3 in 12 innings and score all their runs on solo home runs. Al Simmons' leadoff home run in the bottom of the 12th makes Lefty Grove a winner over General Crowder, as both starters go all the way. Joe Boley, with two homers, and Mule Haas, with one, provide the other Athletics runs, a record to date in the American League. The New York Giants will score five runs on solos five weeks from now.
1935 - At Braves Field, young pitcher Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals faces the Boston Braves and 40-year-old vetreran Babe Ruth. Dean walks Ruth his first two times up, then with two strikes on the Bambino, waves his outfielders back and throws a fastball down the middle that Ruth misses for a strikeout. Dean wins the game, 7 - 0, and in his first at bat, hits a home run over Ruth's head in right field. Dean will face Ruth again on May 19th, holding him hitless again, and winning that game as well.
1938 - Hal Kelleher of the Philadelphia Phillies faces 16 batters in the sixth inning as the Cubs score 12 runs. Both marks are National League records off one pitcher in a single inning. The Cubs win 21 - 2 with Joe Marty collecting four hits, four runs, and four RBI. The loss goes to Wayne LaMaster, who throws just three pitches to leadoff batter Stan Hack before leaving the game with a pain in his throwing arm.
1946 - Leon Day, pitching for the Newark Eagles, throws an Opening Day no-hitter against the Philadelphia Stars, winning 2-0.
1949 - Charlie Gehringer, star second baseman of the Detroit Tigers between 1926 and 1941, is selected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America with 159 votes on 187 ballots. Two days later, the Veterans Committee will select Kid Nichols and Mordecai Brown.
1954 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Bob Turley gives up two hits to the New York Yankees but is defeated by his former teammates, 4 - 2. It is Turley's second two-hit loss of the season; the Cleveland Indians defeated him on April 2.
1955 - Brooklyn Dodgers rookie Tom Lasorda makes his first major league start as he he throws three wild pitches in one inning, tying a major league record. After his pitching career, Lasorda will enjoy far more success as a Hall of Fame manager.
1962 - Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels beats the Baltimore Orioles 2 - 0 with a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium. Belinsky strikes out nine and walks four.
1975 - The Oakland Athletics release pinch runner Herb Washington, ending his unusual major league career. Curiously, Washington played in 105 major league games without batting, pitching, or fielding. He collected 31 stolen bases and scored 33 runs.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the 14th major leaguer to collect 3,000 hits when he singles against Montreal's Steve Rogers at Riverfront Stadium.
1980 - National League president Chub Feeney suspends Pittsburgh's Bill Madlock for 15 days and fines him $5,000 for shoving his glove in the face of home plate umpire Jerry Crawford, after being called out on strikes with the bases loaded in a game a few days earlier.
1999 - At Wrigley Field, the Colorado Rockies become the first team in 35 years and only the third in the 20th century to score in every inning in a 13 - 6 win over the Chicago Cubs. The last time a team scored in all nine innings was also at Chicago, when the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cubs on September 13, 1964.
2000:
- St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire hits the longest home run in the 30-year history of Cinergy Field, but the 473-foot shot is not enough as Ken Griffey, Jr.'s home run leads the Cincinnati Reds past St. Louis, 3 - 2.
- For the first time in team history, the Texas Rangers overcome an eight-run deficit beating the Oakland Athletics, 17 - 16. The two teams tie an American League set by the Boston Red Sox and Athletics on June 29, 1950, as 18 players score, including every starter.
- Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda is named manager of the U.S. Olympic baseball team. The Hall of Fame manager won four National League pennants and two World Series titles with the Dodgers.
2001 - Sammy Sosa homers and has four RBI, and Julian Tavarez pitches seven solid innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Dodgers 20 - 1 at Wrigley Field. Chicago scores eight runs in each of the last two innings.
2003 - Matt Stairs of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run off Houston Astros pitcher Wade Miller which is estimated at 461 feet, making it the longest in the history of Minute Maid Park.
2004:
- Mike Piazza sets a major league mark for home runs as a catcher, hitting No. 352, in the New York Mets' 8 - 2 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
- Roger Clemens of the Houston Astros moves past Steve Carlton for second place on the career strikeout list with his 4,137th in Houston's 6 - 2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2006 - At Citizens Bank Park, Omar Vizquel of the San Francisco Giants plays his 2,302nd game at shortstop, catching Cal Ripken, Jr. for third-most all time. Vizquel is now behind Hall of Famers Luis Aparicio (2,581) and Ozzie Smith (2,511). He will eventually pass both.
2009:
- The Dodgers tie a post-1900 major league record with their 12th straight win at home to open the season when they beat Arizona 3 - 1. Detroit is the only other team to win its first twelve games at home, in 1911. Jeff Weaver picks up his first victory since 2007 for the Dodgers.
- The game between Washington and Houston, both struggling in the basement of their respective divisions, is suspended with the score tied at 10 when heavy rain starts to fall with LaTroy Hawkins facing the Nationals' Josh Willingham with a runner on and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning. The sloppily-played game features 13 walks, 3 errors, 18 runners left on base and numerous blown leads. It will be resumed on July 9.