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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 25.

Events

• 1888 - Jumbo Davis makes five errors in a 10 - 3 loss. The Kansas City Blues player will commit 100 errors in 628 chances during the season.
• 1902:
  • A federal court judge rules that Brooklyn has no claim on C Deacon McGuire, who jumped to Detroit. Two weeks later, another U.S. judge denies jurisdiction to stop Nap Lajoie from playing for Cleveland, thus ending the Phillies' chances of regaining him legally.
  • The Phillies beat New York and Christy Mathewson, 3 - 1. The Quakers SS Rudy Hulswitt kills a New York rally in the 8th inning by picking off Steve Brodie with a hidden ball trick.
• 1903:
  • Boston Beaneater Wiley Piatt becomes the only 20th century pitcher to lose two complete games in one day, falling to Pittsburgh, 1 - 0 and 5 - 3. Piatt allows 14 hits in the two games while striking out 12. Pirate player-manager Fred Clarke takes a pitch in the stomach, and will take a couple more hits tomorrow. Pittsburgh now leads the National League by 2 1/2 games.
  • At Chicago, the White Sox bat first against the Highlanders and the two teams battle to an 18-inning tie at six apiece. The two teams total 30 hits, but neither score in the overtime.
• 1904:
  • In Boston, the Highlanders' Jack Chesbro wins his twelfth straight, besting Cy Young, 5 - 3. Patsy Dougherty has three hits against his former teammates.
  • In a New England League game, Lowell edges visiting Concord, 5 - 4. When Concord 2B Win Clark is ejected in the 6th inning after their only reserve player has already been used, Concord is left with eight players. The club then puts 9-year-old mascot George Diggins in the game.
• 1908 - The Cincinnati Reds debut two college twirlers, Jean Dubuc of Notre Dame and Bert Sincock from Michigan. Dubuc starts and Sincock relieves him. Unimpressed by the degrees, the Cubs trounce the pair by the score of 7 - 0.
• 1909 - The Giants sweep their third doubleheader in a row, beating Brooklyn, 4 - 2 and 9 - 1. Hooks Wiltse wins the opener and Christy Mathewson takes the nightcap, leaving after five innings with a 7 - 0 lead.
• 1912:
  • New York's Rube Marquard runs his win streak to 17 games by edging the Phillies, 2 - 1.
  • The Cardinals walk the plank against the Pirates, losing 10 - 4 and 19 - 3 to Pittsburgh.
• 1913:
  • At Washington Park, the Superbas bang reliever Pete Alexander, scoring seven runs in six innings, but the Phillies outslug Brooklyn to win, 11 - 8.
  • In Washington, Frank Baker, a nemesis for Walter Johnson, cracks a three-run homer in the 3rd inning to key a 14 - 2 A's victory over the Washington ace.
• 1915 - In Boston, Babe Ruth blasts his third homer of the year, off Ray Caldwell, and is the second player to hit a ball into the right field seats at Fenway Park. Ruth strikes out eight in pitching a complete game, 9 - 5, win, and adds a single off reliever Bill Donovan, Yankee skipper and his former manager.
• 1917 - The Reds salvage a split with the Cards by pounding out 25 hits in the second game of a doubleheader to win 15 - 4. The Cards win the opener, 4 - 2, with SS Rogers Hornsby making 10 assists.
• 1924 - Pittsburgh relief hurler Emil Yde doubles in the 9th inning against Chicago to tie the game, then triples in the 14th to win it.
• 1928 - The Giants' Freddie Lindstrom strokes nine hits in a doubleheader against Philadelphia to tie the major-league mark.
• 1933:
  • At the Polo Grounds, 25,000 see the Giants win twice over the Reds and increase their National League lead to three games. Hal Schumacher, the June graduate of St. Lawrence, wins the opener, 7 - 1, giving up a run on an error. New York scores five runs in two innings to knock out Ray Kolp. The Giants take the second game, 6 - 3, as Johnny Vergez drives in four runs. Fred Fitzsimmons is the winner over Larry Benton, in relief of Benny Frey.
  • The Senators win twice over the Indians, 9 - 0 and 10 - 1, to widen their lead in the American League to 1 1/2 games over New York. Washington has now won 14 of 15. Earl Whitehill pitches the shutout and Bobby Burke, making his first start of the season, almost matches him in the second game. Ossie Bluege has five of the Nats' 29-hit total. For the host Indians, Milt Galatzer, recently of the Toledo Mud Hens, debuts with four walks in the opener and no official at bats. He's 2 for 5 in the nightcap.
• 1934:
  • The Reds waive Dazzy Vance to the Cards.
  • Johnny Broaca, Yankee P, fans five times in a row while beating the White Sox, 13 - 2. This will not be matched until Bernie Williams does it on August 21, 1991. Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle for the first time in his career, and the Yankees regain first place from the Tigers, losers 13 - 11 in Philadelphia.
• 1935 - Billy Herman cracks a 1st-inning home run off Carl Hubbell and the Cubs score seven runs in the first three innings to beat the first-place Giants, 10 - 5. Herman adds another three hits and Augie Galan has three hits, including two triples. Dick Bartell has four hits for the Giants. Al Smith takes the loss for New York, while Fabian Kowalik pitches the last inning for the win.
• 1936 - Brooklyn's Van Mungo ties the major-league record with seven consecutive strikeouts, but loses to the Reds, 5 - 4.
• 1937 - Cubs switch-hitter Augie Galan becomes the first National League player to hit home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game as Chicago beats Brooklyn, 11 - 2.
• 1938 - The Reds' Lonny Frey collects eight hits in a doubleheader split with the Phillies. Frey has three hits in the 10 - 3 Phils win in the lidlifter, then adds five in the nightcap, an 8 - 5 win. All told, Lonny has five singles, a double, and two triples.
• 1939 - Cleveland batters Ben Chapman, Hal Trosky and Jeff Heath homer in the 7th inning to tie a major-league record, while beating Philadelphia, 8 - 4.
• 1940 - The Cubs score five times in the 13th to beat the Dodgers, 8 - 3. Claude Passeau pitches four innings of relief for the win. It's the Dodgers' seventh loss in nine games.
• 1950:
  • Hank Sauer's two home runs and two doubles helps the Cubs defeat the Phillies, 11 - 8.
  • Ralph Kiner leads the Pirates to a 16 - 11 win at Brooklyn by hitting for the cycle, adding a second home run, and driving in eight runs.
  • The A's Paul Lehner ties an American League record with 11 putouts in LF in a 13 - 5 win against the White Sox.
• 1951 - The Phillies gain a measure of revenge for their 2 - 1 City Series loss to the A's two months ago, by beating their rivals today, 5 - 1. A pre-game show features Lisa Kirk, star of the musical Kiss Me Kate.
• 1953 - White Sox manager Paul Richards uses five first basemen in beating the Yankees, 4 - 2. He brings in Harry Dorish to face two batters, moving Billy Pierce to 1B. The Sox three-game sweep still leaves New York nine games up on the Indians and 9 1/2 on Chicago.
• 1954:
  • White Sox 1B Ferris Fain injures his knee in a collision at home plate and is lost for the season.
  • The Dodgers hold the Cardinals' hottest hitter, Rip Repulski, to a solitary single, snapping his dual hit streak at ten. He will hit in five more consecutive games before going hitless. Over the ten games, Repulski, in 44 ABs, had 22 hits, half for extra bases.
• 1955 - Miseries plague the Dodger pitching staff. Russ Meyer goes on the disabled list with a broken collarbone, and Carl Erskine has arm trouble.
• 1959 - In the first NPB game ever attended by the Japanese emperor, Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima hit home runs in the same contest for the first of many times. Nagashima ties it in the 5th with a home run and wins it in the bottom of the 9th with another blast. It is one of the most famous NPB games ever.
• 1961:
  • Vic Power is the baserunner on first base in the bottom of the 9th, when Chuck Essegian pinch-hits a single. Power, thinking it is a home run, waits to shake hands with Essegian, and is forced out at second base. Detroit and Jim Bunning win, 6 - 3, then Cleveland takes the nightcap, 4 - 3.
  • The Orioles and the Angels set a major league record by using 16 pitchers, eight by each side, as Ron Hansen's 14th-inning homer gives Baltimore the victory, 9 - 8.
• 1962 - The Tigers trade Charlie Maxwell to the White Sox for OF Bob Farley.
• 1964 - Steve Barber's three-hit 3 - 1 win gives the Orioles a three-game sweep of the Yankees and first place in the American League.
• 1966 - Houston 2B Joe Morgan, batting .315, suffers a broken kneecap when hit by a line drive during batting practice. He will miss 40 games, and Houston, in fourth place, will lose 28 of their next 31 games.
• 1967:
  • Heavyweight contender Joe Frazier wants to hold a clinic to teach baseball players how to fight. "All they do is hurt themselves instead of the other guy," he said from his training camp. "Look at Joe Pepitone. He banged up his hands without getting a punch across. Baseball players should know about combinations as well as double plays." Frazier said he would hold a clinic on a day when the Yankees are off.
  • Ernie Banks slams two two-run homers to back rookie Joe Niekro's three-hitter, and the Cubs win 8 - 0 over the Astros to sweep. Bill Hands hurls a five-hitter in the opener to win, 4 - 1. Banks' first blast breaks up a pitching duel with Bo Belinsky and his second caps a five-run 7th.
• 1968 - San Francisco rookie Bobby Bonds becomes the second player to hit a grand slam in his first major league game, as Ray Sadecki blanks the Dodgers, 9 - 0. Bonds does it on his third at-bat, facing John Purdin. The only other player to hit a grand slam in his first major league game was Bill Duggleby of the Philadelphia Phillies, who achieved the feat in 1898.
• 1969 - The Mets (14) and Phillies (13) set a National League record for ineptitude by striking out 27 times in the first nine innings of a ten-inning game. The Phils win, 6 - 5, when rookie Dave Watkins triples and scores in the 10th. Watkins, who replaces Cookie Rojas when he was thumbed in the 5th, hits his first major league homer as well. Lowell Palmer strikes out nine in 4 1/3 innings for Philadelphia, while Nolan Ryan K's ten in 6 1/3 innings.
• 1970 - Behind the Red Sox, 7 - 0, after five innings, the Orioles tie the game in the 9th on a Merv Rettenmund home run and a double by Andy Etchebarren. The Orioles finally win it when they score six runs in the 14th inning.
• 1971:
  • Cleon Jones ties a National League record by drawing six walks, helping the Mets to a doubleheader sweep of the Expos, 4 - 1 and 4 - 2. Jerry Grote has three doubles in the opener, and Bud Harrelson knocks in three runs in the nightcap. Nolan Ryan (7-4) and Danny Frisella (4-1) are winners.
  • Actor Kurt Russell makes his pro baseball debut for Bend (Northwest League), getting a single, double, and two stolen bases. Russell's baseball career will be ended by injury two years from now.
  • The Expos trade Ron Swoboda back to New York - the Yankees, that is. The Expos receive OF Ron Woods.
• 1972 - The Reds take over first place in the National League West for good with a 5 - 4, ten-inning win over the Astros. Denis Menke's double in the 10th against his old team wins it.
• 1975:
  • Rick Reuschel is the hard-luck loser to Dennis Blair in the Cubs' 12 - 2 loss to the Expos. Montreal scores ten unearned runs.
  • George Scott booms two solo home runs to lead the Brewers to a 7 - 6 win over the Tigers. Pete Broberg wins his eighth of the year.
  • Boston C Carlton Fisk, injured last June 23rd, returns to action for the first time in a year in an 8 - 5 loss to Cleveland.
• 1976:
  • In the Mets' 7 - 4 win over the Cubs, Mike Phillips hits for the cycle to back Jon Matlack's pitching.
  • Ranger Toby Harrah becomes the only shortstop in major league history to go through an entire doubleheader without a fielding chance. At the plate, Harrah makes up for the inactivity, collecting six hits, including a grand slam in the opener and another round-tripper in the second game. The Rangers beat the White Sox in the first game 8 - 4, but lose the nightcap, 14 - 9.
• 1977:
  • At Old-Timers Day in Chicago, the Cubs score four in the 9th inning to edge the Mets, 5 - 4. Larry Biittner doubles in two runs, and Bill Buckner's wind-blown fly eludes two outfielders for a third double in the frame. With the sacks full, Manny Trillo hits a grounder to third base and beats out the attempted double play for the winner.
  • Mike Torrez outduels Luis Tiant to give the Yankees a 5 - 1 win over the Red Sox. Graig Nettles' three-run homer is the big blow. New York now trails the Sox by three games.
• 1980 - Five Cleveland pitchers issue 14 walks, including five with the bases loaded, in a 13 - 3 loss to Detroit.
• 1983 - After eight straight losses, Rene Lachemann is fired as manager of the Mariners and replaced by Del Crandall.
• 1984:
  • Dodger infielder Bill Russell plays his 1,953rd game to become the team's leader in games played.
  • At Yankee Stadium, Dave Winfield hits five singles and drives in four runs to lead New York to a 7 - 3 win over Detroit. Ron Guidry (6-5) is the beneficiary of Winfield's hitting. Dave is now hitting .750 against Detroit this year. Winfield has three five-hit games this month, tying a record set by Ty Cobb.
• 1985 - Due to a bat boy being hit by Butch Wynegar's line drive foul ball, Yankees officials enact a new rule mandating the team's bat boys wear protective helmets during all games.
• 1986:
  • Kirk McCaskill one-hits the Rangers, 7 - 1, vaulting California past Texas into first place in the American League West. The Rangers' only hit is Steve Buechele's 3rd-inning home run.
  • Mark Langston sets a Mariners record with 15 strikeouts in a 6 - 1 three-hitter against the White Sox.
  • The Phillies give 41-year-old Steve Carlton his unconditional release and call up Bruce Ruffin to take his place in the starting rotation.
• 1987 - Dwight Gooden (4-1) and the Mets top the Cubs, 8 - 2. For Doc, it is his tenth straight win over Chicago. He'll lose his next decision to them on August 9th, then roll off another 12 straight wins.
• 1988:
  • Expos P Floyd Youmans, who underwent alcohol rehabilitation last fall, is suspended indefinitely by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth for failing to comply with his drug-testing program.
  • California opens today's game with just two outfielders - CF Devon White is in the clubhouse finishing a phone call when the game starts. RF Chili Davis tries to alert the umps but no one notices him. California still wins over Milwaukee, 7 - 3.
  • Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game, a 10 - 3 loss to Boston. Ripken's streak is already the sixth longest in major league history at that point, but is just getting started.
• 1989 - In a first in the National League, the Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5 - 1 win over Philadelphia, tying the major-league record set by the Yanks on July 4, 1945. New York pitchers retire the Phillies on 13 strikeouts, 12 fly outs, and two ground balls to 1B. Sid Fernandez is the winner, with Rick Aguilera tossing an inning of relief.
• 1992 - Chicago's Greg Maddux and New York's Vince Coleman almost get into a fight, but Maddux takes it out on the Mets by striking out ten in a 3 - 1 Chicago win.
• 1995:
  • Florida P David Weathers loses a chance at a no-hitter when he is hit on his pitching hand by a Tim Pugh fastball and has to leave the game against the Reds. He had held Cincinnati hitless over the first five innings. Terry Mathews replaces him and allows three hits in preserving the Marlins' 5 - 1 win.
  • Colorado 1B Andres Galarraga hits home runs in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings against the Padres to tie the major league record: he's the fourth major leaguer to clout four-baggers in three consecutive innings. Galarraga's seven RBIs lead the Rockies to an 11 - 3 win.
  • The Astros pound out 19 hits in scoring a 19 - 6 win over the Cubs. 1B Jeff Bagwell leads the way for Houston with five RBIs.
• 1996 - In Oakland, A's first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 300th career home run off Tiger hurler Omar Olivares. The A's outslug the Tigers, 12 - 8. Bobby Higginson and Jason Giambi each drive in five runs while Cecil Fielder also homers.
• 1997 - Seattle beats Oakland, 9 - 4, with the help of homers by Paul Sorrento, Edgar Martinez and backup C John Marzano, his first since 1989.
• 1998 - Chicago's Sammy Sosa hits a home run in the Cubs' 6 - 4 loss to the Tigers, breaking Rudy York's 1937 major league record for home runs in a month with 19. He will end the month with 20 roundtrippers.
• 1999:
  • Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez each hit two homers and drive home five runs to lead Texas to a 14 - 4 win over Seattle.
  • The Dodgers lose two Cuban prospects - Juan Carlos Diaz and Josue Perez - to free agency when Major League Baseball decides they were signed in violation of its rules.
  • The Devil Rays beat Toronto, 11 - 4, and stop their streak of allowing seven or more runs. They tie the American League record (the 1930 White Sox and 1938 Browns) by allowing seven or more runs in nine consecutive home games.
  • Entering the game with an ERA above 6.00, Jose Jimenez faces only 28 batters and no-hits the Diamondbacks, 1 - 0. The Cardinal hurler is the first National League rookie since 1972 and the first Cardinal since 1983 to throw a hitless game. It is the first no-hitter of the season. The Cards score the lone run on a broken bat single with two outs in the 9th. Jimenez strikes out eight in the contest, while losing P Randy Johnson fans 14, including the 2,500th of his career. Jimenez walks two and hits a batter in becoming the first rookie to toss a no-no since Wilson Alvarez in 1991.
  • In Baltimore's 9 - 8 loss to the Yankees, the O's Jesse Orosco makes his 1,051th relief appearance to break Kent Tekulve's major league record. He is succeeded by Mike Timlin, who takes the loss when he serves up a 9th-inning home run to Shane Spencer. Harold Baines has a pair of homers for the O's, while Tino Martinez has four hits for New York.
• 2001:
  • In the first professional baseball game in Brooklyn after a 44-year absence, the short-season Class A minor league Brooklyn Cyclones win their home opener at KeySpan Park defeating the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, 3 - 2, in ten innings.
  • The Orioles claim 3B Tony Batista off the waiver list when the Blue Jays attempt to send the struggling slugger to the minors.
• 2002:
  • The Dodgers beat the Rockies, 4 - 0, as Odalis Perez hurls his second one-hitter of the season. A leadoff single in the 6th inning by Bobby Estalella is the only Colorado hit.
  • The Blue Jays trounce the Devil Rays, 20 - 11, scoring 20 runs in a game for the first time since 1978.
  • In game which is broadcast throughout Latin America, skippers Luis Pujols of the Tigers and Tony Pena of the Royals become the first major league managers born in the Dominican Republic to oppose each other in a game. The president of the Dominican Republic, Hipolito Mejia, is on hand to watch Raul Ibanez's double, triple and home run and four RBIs lead the hometown Royals to an 8 - 6 comeback victory over Detroit.
• 2005 - In a game against the Orioles, the Mariners battery consists of a pair of 42-year-olds as Jamie Moyer throws to backstop Pat Borders. It marks the first time in major league history that two players 42 years or older have been the starting pitcher and catcher for a team.
• 2006 - Joe Mikulik, a long-time minor league manager, throws a tantrum for the ages during an Asheville Tourists game to protest an umpire's call. The incident will get national media attention. He will be suspended seven days.
• 2007:
  • Manny Parra of the Nashville Sounds throws a perfect game against the Round Rock Express. He strikes out 11. Amazingly, it is Parra's first win and second game in AAA. The contest marks the eighth perfect game in the history of the Pacific Coast League, but only the third to go the full nine innings. On another odd note, all three have come in the 21st Century though the league was formed in 1903: John Halama threw a perfecto in 2001 and John Wasdin in 2003.
  • The Republicans win their seventh straight congressional baseball contest. A 5 - 2 affair, it is much closer than the prior year's contest, as the Democrats add nine freshmen players. Jason Altimore (PA) is sidelined by a torn hamstring, while Heath Shuler (NC), a former NFL player, disappoints with an oh-fer game. Joe Baca (CA) tosses a solid game but five errors and four runs in the 3rd give this one to the Republicans, whose rally begins with a triple by Bill Shuster (PA). Mike Doyle (PA) coaches the Democrats for a second straight year; he is a former two-time MVP of the event for the Dems. The event raises between $75,000 and $100,000 for the Washington Literacy Council and Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington.
• 2008:
  • Fresno State pulls off the most improbable College World Series title ever, beating the University of Georgia, 6 - 1, behind two homers and six RBI from Steve Detwiler and an excellent start by Justin Wilson. Fresno State is the lowest-ranked team (#4 in their regional) to make a CWS, let alone win one, and their 31 losses are the most ever by a CWS champion (eight more than the old high). They top a Georgia team that became the first school to go from a losing record one year to the CWS finals the next. Tommy Mendonca is named MVP.
  • 41-year-old Tim Wakefield and the Red Sox top 44-year-old Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks, 5 - 0, with Wakefield allowing two hits and no runs in seven innings. It had been 43 years since two pitchers with a higher cumulative age faced off in the majors; in the earlier contest, the hurlers were 59-year-old Satchel Paige and 29-year-old Bill Monbouquette.
  • The Astros suspend pitcher Shawn Chacon after he grabs GM Ed Wade by the neck and throws him to the ground in a dispute prior to today's game. The Astros will void Chacon's contract.
• 2009:
  • In his first game after being activated from the disabled list because of an inner-ear infection, Denard Span triples, walks three times, and scores three runs as Minnesota defeats Milwaukee, 6 - 4. Mike Burns is charged with the loss in his first career start.
  • In his 21st season, John Smoltz makes his first start in over a year and plays his first game for a team other than the Atlanta Braves, as the Red Sox lose, 9 - 3, to Washington. Smoltz settles down after giving up four runs in the 1st, but still allows five runs in as many innings to take the loss. Willie Harris has three hits, including a homer off Takashi Saito, and scores two and drives in two for the Nats.
• 2010:
  • Edwin Jackson throws the fourth no-hitter of the season as the Diamondbacks defeat their brethren from the 1998 expansion, the Tampa Bay Rays, 1 - 0. Jackson needs 149 pitches to complete the game, after struggling with his control early on and walking seven in the first three innings, but manager A.J. Hinch decides to leave him in the game to grab his chance at history. It is the second time the Rays are no-hit this year, having been the victims of Dallas Braden's perfect game six weeks ago.
  • Roy Halladay faces his former team, the Toronto Blue Jays, for the first time since being traded to the Phillies in the off-season, and rolls to an easy 9 - 0 victory. The game was moved to Philadelphia, PA from Toronto, ON because of exceptional security measures being put on in the Canadian city that is hosting the G20 Summit of world leaders this week-end. As a result of the belated move, the Blue Jays wear their home uniforms and bat last in the contest. DH Ross Gload has a career-high four RBI and Shane Victorino homers for the Phils.
  • The Cubs suspend pitcher Carlos Zambrano indefinitely after he throws a tantrum in the dugout after giving up four runs in the 1st inning of a 6 - 0 loss to the White Sox. "Big Z" blames first baseman Derrek Lee for letting a Juan Pierre ground ball past him for a double that starts the rally, although the hard-hit ball was hardly catchable. Tom Gorzelanny replaces Zambrano who is removed from the game by manager Lou Piniella.
• 2011:
  • Both leagues get their first ten-game winners of the season today. CC Sabathia reaches the magic number with the Yankees in an 8 - 3 win over the Rockies, and is joined by the Tigers' Justin Verlander, who strikes out a career-best 14 over eight innings in beating Arizona, 6 - 0, while the Braves' Jair Jurrjens is a 10 - 1 winner over the Padres.
  • The Giants may not score a ton of runs, but they have a knack for winnin' ugly. Today, they score the game's lone run in the 7th on a bases-loaded balk by Cleveland's Tony Sipp. The inning begins poorly for San Francisco, with Nate Schierholtz hitting a lead-off double, then slipping between second and third base in trying to stretch it to a triple and being tagged out easily; Miguel Tejada then reaches on a throwing error by 2B Cord Phelps, who later commits a second error on a ground ball by pitcher Matt Cain, before reliever Sipp commits the fateful mistake. Cain is the winner over Justin Masterson, who deserved a better fate.
• 2012:
  • The University of Arizona wins the 2012 College World Series, beating the University of South Carolina in the final game of the tournament, 4 - 1. Rob Refsnyder, who is named MVP, starts a three-run push in the top of the 9th inning with a single; he bats .476 in the Series. South Carolina fails in its bid to win a third straight title.
  • A week after having been released by the Red Sox, OF Marlon Byrd is handed a 50-game suspension for testing positive for tamoxifen, a banned substance usually taken to attenuate some of the side effects of steroids. Byrd is a former client of Victor Conte, infamous for his role in the BALCO case.
  • The Cardinals win a wild game over the Marlins, 8 - 7, thanks to a two-run rally in the top of the 10th. Things start to take a turn for the bizarre in the 9th after the Cards stage a four-run rally against closer Heath Bell to tie the game at 6-all. Manager Mike Matheny makes a flurry of moves before his team takes the field in the bottom of the inning, but the information about who has replaced whom gets confused before it reaches home plate umpire Bob Davidson. Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen is upset when he sees that 3B David Freese is not on the field although his name is still in the lineup card, and protests to Davidson, who upholds his side. Matheny is forced to remove Allen Craig from the game, because his spot is now occupied by new pitcher Victor Marte, while Tony Cruz, the last position player remaining on the bench, comes in to play first base. As a result of the confusion, Matheny needs to use rookie pitcher Joe Kelly to bat for Marte in the 10th, but he surprises everyone by beating out a bases-loaded infield single to put the Cardinals up, 8 - 6. Miami manages to claw back one run off Jason Motte in the bottom of the 10th, but still comes up short.
• 2013:
  • The White Sox hold a 4 - 3 lead over the Mets with two outs in the 9th inning, but manage to blow it in the most embarrassing fashion, after Daniel Murphy hits a routine pop-up in front of the mound. 2B Gordon Beckham comes charging in, trips on P Addison Reed's foot and falls to the ground, in the process bowling over 3B Conor Gillaspie, who is positioned under the ball. The ball drops to the ground and rolls away from Reed while David Wright takes advantage of the confusion to score all the way from second base and tie the game. Luckily, the Sox manage to score a run off LaTroy Hawkins in the bottom of the inning to escape with a 5 - 4 win and save a little face.
  • UCLA wins its first College World Series, topping Mississippi State, 8 - 0, in the finale. Nick Vander Tuig tosses eight innings for the win and David Berg gets the save, while Eric Filia paces the offense with five RBI. Adam Plutko is named Series MVP.
• 2014:
  • Vanderbilt University wins its first College World Series title by defeating the University of Virginia, 3 - 2, in the third game of the finals.
  • Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants no-hits the San Diego Padres for the second time of his career, 4 - 0. He had already turned the trick against the Friars on July 13, 2013. He is the second pitcher following Hall of Famer Addie Joss to no-hit the same team twice.
• 2015 - By pitching seven scoreless innings in a 7 - 0 win over the Braves, Doug Fister extends Washington's streak of scoreless innings by its starting pitchers to a team record 41 1/3. It has been a group effort, with Joe Ross, Max Scherzer, Gio Gonzalez, Stephen Strasburg and Jordan Zimmermann also making starts during the streak, which began in the 2nd inning of Ross's start on June 19th, and included Scherzer's no-hitter against the Pirates the next day.
• 2016:
  • The White Sox hit seven solo homers but still lose to the Blue Jays, 10 - 8. It is just the third time a team has given up that many home runs and still won a game. Brett Lawrie hits both an inside-the-park homer and a regular one for Chicago, and five teammates join him to tie the team record for long balls, but it's not enough to overcome four RBIs by Edwin Encarnacion and a lone homer by Toronto, hit by Devon Travis with a man on base.
  • In a 4 - 2 loss to the Hiroshima Carp, Hanshin Tigers cleanup man Kosuke Fukudome singles off Akitake Okada for his 2,000th hit between Nippon Pro Baseball and Major League Baseball. That earns him entry into the meikyukai, the sixth Japanese hitter to do so with combined MLB/NPB performance. He follows Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Kazuo Matsui, Norihiro Nakamura and Tadahito Iguchi. The hit puts Fukudome over .300 on the season, a mark he has not finished at for a decade as the 39-year-old shows no signs of slowing after his career had bottomed out in 2012-2013.
• 2017 - The Dodgers win their tenth straight game, 12 - 6 over the Rockies, after falling behind 5 - 0 in the early innings. Rookie Cody Bellinger hits two more homers, increasing his league-leading total to 24, while the Dodgers score five runs on four wild pitches by reliever Adam Ottavino. For Los Angeles, closer Kenley Jansen issues his first walk of the season, after a record 51 strikeouts and also hits an RBI double - the first RBI and extra-base hit of his career.
• 2018 - The Cardinals record the 10,000th win in team history in defeating the Indians, 4 - 0, behind seven one-hit innings by John Gant. They are the sixth major league team to hit the mark, all of them in the National League.
• 2019 - The Yankees set a new major league record by homering in their 28th consecutive game. They don't waste any time, either, as the first two batters in the bottom of the 1st, D.J. LeMahieu and Aaron Judge, both go deep against Clayton Richard of the Blue Jays. The Yankees hit two more solo homers on the night, courtesy of Gleyber Torres and Edwin Encarnacion, and hang on for a 4 - 3 win.
• 2021:
  • Aaron Nola ties a record set by Tom Seaver on April 22, 1970 by striking out ten consecutive batters in a start against the Mets. Unfortunately, his bullpen is unable to hold a 1 - 0 lead after he departs and he ends up with a no-decision in a 2 - 1 Phillies loss.
  • Venezuela moves to the finals of the Final Olympic Qualifier with a 10 - 0, mercy rule rout of the Dutch national team. Robinson Chirinos, Engelb Vielma and Hernán Pérez all hit multi-run homers, while Henry Centeno allows only two hits in seven innings to beat former All-Star Jair Jurrjens, who struggles. Lars Huijer is a bright spot for the Netherlands with 3 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout ball.
• 2022 - Three Astros pitchers combine to no-hit the Yankees, 3 - 0. Cristian Javier handles the first seven innings and strikes out 13 against just one walk, but needs 115 pitches to do so. Héctor Neris and Ryan Pressly then pitch one inning each, and although Neris walks a pair in the 8th, they bring the masterpiece home. The Astros score one run in each of the last three innings against the owners of the best record in baseball, who were last victim of a no-hitter back on June 11, 2003 - also a combined effort by Houston, but that one needing six pitchers.
• 2023 - George Springer leads off the bottom of the 1st for the Blue Jays against the Athletics with a homer off Luis Medina. The 55th leadoff home run of his career gives him sole possession of second place on the all-time list, behind only Rickey Henderson. The Blue Jays win handily, 12 - 1.
• 2024 - DH Hogan Windish does it all by himself as Arkansas defeats Springfield, 9 - 4, in a Texas League game. Windish homers four times and drives in all nine runs in the game. There is no record of another minor league player ever driving in all nine of his team's run in a game, although it has been done once in the majors, by Mike Greenwell on September 2, 1996.

Births

• 1853 - Charlie Mason, outfielder, manager (d. 1936)
• 1868 - Harry Hempstead, executive (d. 1938)
• 1870 - Bill Quarles, pitcher (d. 1897)
• 1874 - John T. Powers, minor league executive (d. 1947)
• 1875 - Bill Phyle, pitcher (d. 1953)
• 1879 - John Deering, pitcher (d. 1943)
• 1885 - Ed Foster, pitcher (d. 1929)
• 1887 - Bob Meinke, infielder (d. 1952)
• 1890 - Fred Walden, catcher (d. 1955)
• 1891 - Pete Lapan, catcher (d. 1953)
• 1893 - Earl Howard, pitcher (d. 1937)
• 1895 - Bill Webb, infielder (d. 1943)
• 1897 - Camp Skinner, outfielder (d. 1944)
• 1899 - Julius Green, outfielder (d. ????)
• 1899 - June Greene, pitcher (d. 1974)
• 1900 - Tack Summers, outfielder (d. ????)
• 1902 - Ralph Erickson, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1903 - Pete Washington, outfielder (d. 1962)
• 1905 - Johnny Pasek, catcher (d. 1976)
• 1906 - Gene Karst, writer (d. 2004)
• 1906 - Joe Kuhel, infielder, manager (d. 1984)
• 1908 - Joe Becker, catcher (d. 1998)
• 1911 - Len Kahny, minor league infielder (d. 2014)
• 1911 - Tony Parisse, catcher (d. 1956)
• 1922 - Alex Garbowski, pinch runner (d. 2008)
• 1923 - Barney White, infielder (d. 2002)
• 1925 - Guillermo López, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (d. 2004)
• 1926 - Mel Didier, scout (d. 2017)
• 1927 - Santo Luberto, minor league infielder (d. 1981)
• 1928 - Ray Faust, minor league pitcher (d. 1993)
• 1930 - Memo Luna, pitcher (d. 2021)
• 1930 - Humberto Robinson, pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1933 - Ron Fraser, college coach (d. 2013)
• 1934 - Jean Geissinger, AAGPBL player (d. 2014)
• 1934 - Takao Yato, NPB outfielder and manager (d. 2003)
• 1935 - Don Demeter, outfielder (d. 2021)
• 1943 - John Gelnar, pitcher
• 1945 - Dick Drago, pitcher (d. 2023)
• 1946 - Vincenzo Luciani, Serie A1 infielder and manager; Italian Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1947 - Jose Ortiz, outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1948 - Clay Kirby, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1954 - Bob Shirley, pitcher
• 1959 - Alejandro Pena, pitcher
• 1963 - Jose Dominguez, minor league pitcher
• 1963 - Mike Stanley, catcher; All-Star
• 1964 - Dell Curry, minor league pitcher
• 1965 - Tatsunori Matsui, NPB outfielder
• 1966 - Marcus Adler, minor league infielder
• 1966 - Lorenzo Icban, Philippines national team infielder
• 1968 - Cody Cain, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1968 - William Love, minor league pitcher
• 1969 - Mike Tosar, coach
• 1969 - Brad Woodall, pitcher
• 1970 - Aaron Sele, pitcher; All-Star
• 1971 - Chris Roberts, minor league pitcher
• 1971 - Michael Tucker, outfielder
• 1972 - Carlos Delgado, infielder; All-Star
• 1973 - James Johnson, minor league player
• 1975 - Kane Davis, pitcher
• 1975 - Jeff Sziksai, college coach
• 1976 - Rusty Puffinbarger, minor league player
• 1977 - Ryan Kohlmeier, pitcher
• 1978 - Delvis Pacheco, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Aramis Ramirez, infielder; All-Star
• 1978 - Luke Scott, outfielder
• 1979 - Shih-Pin Chen, CPBL pitcher
• 1980 - Jonathan Schuerholz, minor league infielder
• 1981 - Kevin Howard, coach
• 1981 - Mi-hui Kim, South Korean womens' national team pitcher
• 1981 - Mairobis Odelin, Cuban womens' national team outfielder
• 1982 - Jessen Grant, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Paul Maholm, pitcher
• 1983 - Todd Martin, minor league player
• 1983 - Pedro Viola, pitcher
• 1984 - Randy Daal, Hoofdklasse infielder
• 1984 - Javis Diaz, minor league outfielder
• 1984 - Wade Lamont, minor league infielder
• 1984 - Yuhei Takai, NPB outfielder
• 1985 - Daniel Bard, pitcher
• 1985 - Aaron Reza, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Julien Brelle-Andrade, Division Elite outfielder
• 1986 - Bobby LaFromboise, pitcher
• 1987 - Jang-ho Bae, KBO pitcher
• 1987 - Daryl Jones, minor league outfielder
• 1989 - Rubi Silva, minor league outfielder
• 1989 - Guillermo Valdez, Guatemalan national team pitcher
• 1990 - Yuki Jibiki, Japanese national team infielder
• 1992 - John Leonard Jr., minor league infielder
• 1993 - Hyun-hee Han, KBO pitcher
• 1994 - Wilfredo Rodríguez, minor league catcher
• 1995 - James Prockish, minor league infielder and manager
• 1995 - Franklyn Kilomé, pitcher
• 1997 - Alonso Tenya, Peruvian national team pitcher/outfielder
• 1998 - Hunter Bishop, minor league outfielder
• 1998 - Shoki Murakami, NPB pitcher
• 2000 - Fabian Kovacs, French Division I catcher
• 2001 - Eddy Yean, minor league pitcher
• 2002 - Domagoj Capar, Croatian national team player
• 2002 - Dayan Frías, minor league infielder
• 2002 - Tobias Werner, Austrian national team catcher
• 2003 - Carson Williams, minor league infielder

Deaths

• 1912 - A.N. Nichols, umpire (d. 1841)
• 1918 - Jake Beckley, infielder; Hall of Famer (b. 1867)
• 1927 - C. C. Johnson, college coach (b. 1891)
• 1931 - Con Lucid, pitcher (b. 1874)
• 1932 - Pop Tate, catcher (b. 1860)
• 1938 - Bumpus Jones, pitcher (b. 1870)
• 1939 - Heinie Smith, infielder, manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 - Henry Milton, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1912)
• 1944 - Smylie Anderson, minor league player (b. 1878)
• 1945 - Jack Mercer, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1949 - Buck Freeman, outfielder (b. 1871)
• 1960 - Tommy Corcoran, infielder (b. 1869)
• 1963 - George Trautman, minor league executive (b. 1890)
• 1966 - Mose Solomon, outfielder (b. 1900)
• 1968 - Grant Bowler, pitcher (b. 1907)
• 1968 - Dan Dugan, pitcher (b. 1907)
• 1980 - Yoshiaki Inoue, NPB pitcher (b. 1932)
• 1980 - Joe Muir, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 1985 - Claude Joyner, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1896)
• 1986 - A.J. Lockhart, infielder (b. 1898)
• 1994 - Paul Schoendienst, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1916)
• 1999 - Charlie English, infielder (b. 1910)
• 1999 - Sukehiro Moroki, NPB outfielder (b. 1934)
• 2000 - Al Barillari, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1917)
• 2001 - John Leroy, pitcher (b. 1975)
• 2002 - Joe Antolick, catcher (b. 1916)
• 2006 - George Eyrich, pitcher (b. 1925)
• 2007 - Toshio Kawanishi, NPB outfielder and infielder (b. 1920)
• 2008 - Gar Ganoe, minor league infielder (b. 1916)
• 2009 - Gene Patton, pinch runner (b. 1926)
• 2009 - Ciscero Warren, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 2012 - Lucella MacLean, AAGPBL catcher (b. 1921)
• 2013 - Adam Elliot, minor league pitcher (b. 1984)
• 2016 - Jim Hickman, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1937)
• 2017 - Maurice Peatros, infielder (b. 1927)
• 2018 - Yosh Kawano, clubhouse manager (b. 1921)