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Events

• 1906 - The A's Jimmy Dygert and Rube Waddell combine for a five-inning no-hitter against the White Sox. The A's barely win, 4 - 3.
• 1908 - In Chicago, the Cubs beat the Giants again, 3 - 2, to record their eighth straight win. It is Three Finger Brown besting Christy Mathewson again, allowing five Giants hits and giving up six walks.
• 1909 - The Pirates trade 3B Jap Barbeau, 2B Alan Storke, and cash to the Cardinals for 3B Bobby Byrne.
• 1911 - After belting a 14th-inning homer on August 17th off the Browns' Jack Powell, A's pitcher Jack Coombs hits another extra-inning round tripper, this time in the 11th off the Tigers' Ralph Works. Coombs's homer is the last one hit at Detroit's Bennett Park. Among major league pitchers, only Dizzy Dean will hit two extra-inning homers.
• 1914 - In Chicago, the Giants split with the Cubs, Rube Marquard losing the opener, 1 - 0, and Christy Mathewson, topping Bert Humphries in the second game, 7 - 5. The Giants waive Hooks Wiltse, ending his 11 years with the team. Hooks will pitch for the Brookfeds next season.
• 1915 - George Sisler again pitches against Walter Johnson and this time wins, 2 - 1. He will be 4-4 for the Browns and 1-2 next year before moving permanently to 1B. Sisler is helped in the 8th inning when Brownie 2B Del Pratt nabs pinch runner Horace Milan, in his major league debut, with a hidden ball trick. Horace is the brother of teammate Clyde Milan.
• 1916 - The Browns top the Red Sox, 5 - 3, with Babe Ruth pitching five innings of relief before leaving with the sacks full. Ruth also fans with the bases loaded.
• 1925:
  • After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice. Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him for disobeying orders on the field and team rules off the field. In the showdown between the Bambino and the tiny manager, Jake Ruppert backs up his manager. Ruth is forced to apologize before he's reinstated nine days later. The day after his return to the lineup, Ruth will hit home run number 300.
  • The city of Detroit gives a dinner for Ty Cobb honoring his 20 years in a Tiger uniform. He's given a trophy by the city and $10,000 by the club.
• 1927 - In St. Louis, the Yankees win their 18th game against the Browns without a loss, 8 - 3.
• 1930:
  • White Sox P Pat Caraway shuts out the Indians, 3 - 0, but he has to go 13 innings to do it.
  • A little comedy is injected into an 11-inning, 9 - 8 Braves victory over the Phillies. The Braves' Rabbit Maranville makes the third out of the 4th inning in a steal attempt at second base. He argues vigorously and at length. Fresco Thompson of the Phils finally tires of it, picks up the scrappy little guy and carries him to his position at SS.
  • In the Cubs' second successive extra-inning game, Pat Malone beats Burleigh Grimes, 9 - 8, in 13 innings, to halt the Cardinals' nine-game win streak. With captain Charlie Grimm out of the lineup with a spike wound, the Cubs sign George Kelly, released a month earlier by Reds.
• 1931:
  • Lefty Grove fans the side in the 1st inning, hands out a walk to Lou Gehrig to start the 2nd, and records three more K's. Lefty has two K's in the 3rd but develops a blister from gripping the ball. Gehrig knocks Grove out of the box with a 6th-inning grand slam, but the A's lefty still wins, 7 - 4. Lou now has 142 RBIs. Jimmie Foxx knocks in five runs for the A's.
  • In his second major league plate appearance, Chicago's Billy Herman fouls a ball off his head and has to be carried off the field. The Cubs beat the Reds, 14 - 5.
• 1932 - Detroit C Ray Hayworth makes his first error of the season after handling 439 chances without a miscue dating back to September 2, 1931.
• 1934 - A capacity crowd at Shibe Park sees Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe fail to win his 17th straight. He is knocked from the box in the 7th inning of a second-game, 13 - 5, loss to Philadelphia.
• 1937 - The A's set a new American League record in the opener of a doubleheader with the White Sox by scoring 12 runs in the 1st inning, six of which are driven in by Bob Johnson.
• 1944:
  • The Cardinals beat the Reds, 3 - 0, as Ted Wilks (14-1) wins his 11th in a row. He will lose his next start, September 2 in Pittsburgh, 5 - 4.
  • Braves 3B Damon Phillips has 11 assists versus the Giants, equaling an 1884 mark.
• 1947 - In St. Louis, Fred Hutchinson does it all for Detroit, whipping the Browns, 5 - 4. After tripling against Ellis Kinder in the 3rd, Hutch takes advantage of the pitcher's big windup to swipe home. He also adds a single.
• 1948 - In St. Louis, Jackie Robinson hits for the cycle, drives in two runs, scores three times and steals a base, helping the Dodgers to beat the Cardinals, 12 - 7.
• 1951:
  • Pitching on two days' rest, the Giants' Jim Hearn tops 17-game winner Murry Dickson, 3 - 1. It is Hearn's eighth straight win over Pittsburgh, stretching back to 1949. The Giants gear up by recalling Hank Thompson from Minneapolis.
  • The Yankees pick on the lowly Browns for a 15 - 2 win at Sportsman's Park. Mickey Mantle has four RBIs including a three-run homer in the 9th off Satchel Paige. Ned Garver is the loser.
  • At Ebbets Field, the Dodgers roll to a 13 - 1 win over the Reds behind Don Newcombe. Gil Hodges drives in seven runs and hits his 35th and 36th homers to tie Ralph Kiner for the homer lead. He also sets a Dodger club record.
• 1954:
  • Orioles bespectacled C Clint Courtney goes 5 for 5, as Baltimore defeats the Senators, 5 - 0.
  • Giants Dusty Rhodes has six extra-base hits, two doubles, two triples, and two home runs in two games, as the Giants split with the Cardinals, winning 5 - 4 and losing 7 - 4.
  • A disappointed crowd of 45,922 at Milwaukee's County Stadium sees the Dodgers take two from the Braves, 12 - 4 and 11 - 4. In the first game, the Dodgers break a tie with a record eight runs in the 11th. The Braves establish a new National League attendance mark of 1,841,666 on their way to a season total of 2,131,388.
• 1959:
  • Hamtramck, MI, wins the Little League World Series at Williamsport, PA.
  • With rookie Ken McBride out with tonsillitis, the White Sox turn to Dick Donovan, who is coming off the disabled list. Donovan tosses a five-hit, 2 - 0, win for Chicago.
• 1961 - At Milwaukee, the Braves take over third place from the Giants with a 13-inning, 7 - 6 victory. Eddie Mathews ends the game with his 26th homer. For San Francisco, Willie McCovey cracks his 16th homer for his third hit of the game, and the 20th hit in 45 at bats since his return to the Giants' lineup. The Braves recognize a hot bat when they see one and, with first base open in the 11th, walk McCovey to get to Willie Mays. Mays earlier drove in his 100th run, but grounds out to end the inning.
• 1963 - Minnesota matches the American League record with eight home runs in a 14 - 2 opener with Washington, then wins the nightcap, 10 - 1. In the first game, reliever Dwight Siebler makes his first major league start for the Nats.
• 1964 - On Elston Howard Night, the Yankees take two from Boston, 10 - 2 and 6 - 1. Joe Pepitone's three home runs, including a grand slam, and Roger Maris's six singles lead the offense. Mickey Mantle hits home run number 447 in the opener and ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) in the nightcap.
• 1965:
  • The White Sox take a pair from Boston by 3 - 2 scores with rookie Bob Locker saving both games. Shortstop Ron Hansen handles 28 chances in the two games, a major league record, and his 18 chances in the 14-inning opener ties the major-league record for extra innings.
  • Giants centerfielder Willie Mays breaks former Pirate Ralph Kiner's record for home runs in the month of August when the "Say Hey Kid" connects for his 17th round tripper in an 8 - 3 victory over the Mets.
• 1966:
  • Getting the Cubs' 4 - 2 win in relief, Robin Roberts becomes the first and only pitcher to beat the Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves. The future Hall of Famer gained his third career big league victory against the Boston Braves on Independence Day in 1948.
  • Detroit's Denny McLain tosses 229 pitches, gives up eight hits, walks nine and strikes out 11 Orioles to record his 16th victory.
  • At Candlestick Park, the Giants' home in San Francisco, the Beatles play their last concert. The "Fab Four" will never perform a scheduled concert again.
• 1967:
  • The Reds collect only two hits, but it's enough to beat Jim Bunning and the Phils, 1 - 0. Vada Pinson doubles in the 7th, and scores on a ground out and fly out.
  • The Red Sox tie an American League record they originally set on July 4, 1905, by playing 29 innings in a doubleheader. Boston wins the first against the Yankees, 2 - 1, then drops the nightcap in 20 innings, 4 - 3. Winning pitcher Fred Talbot has a single in the 20th, off Darrell Brandon, to set up Horace Clarke's game-winning single. The game lasts 5:15 and is the third game this year of 18 innings or more for New York.
  • Bert Campaneris bangs out three triples for Kansas City, but Cleveland still wins, 9 - 8, in ten innings. Campy is the first to have three triples in a game since Ben Chapman in 1939.
• 1969:
  • Houston's Jim Bouton makes his first National League start and toils ten innings before losing to the Pirates, 4 - 2.
  • Joe Pepitone quits the Yankees after being fined $500 for leaving the bench during a game. He will apologize two days later and return to the line-up, but the Yankees will trade Pepitone to Houston for Curt Blefary after the season.
  • Bill Hands pitches the Cubs to a 2 - 1 win over Atlanta and is helped by two spectacular catches by Oscar Gamble in the 9th. The Cubs' lead stands at 3 1/2 games.
• 1970:
  • Mickey Mantle returns to the Yankees as first base coach.
  • The Reds trip the Expos, 4 - 3, as Pete Rose collects his 1,500th career hit. Lee May's two-run homer in the 11th snaps a 2 - 2 tie.
• 1972:
  • Yankee Bobby Murcer hits for the cycle against Texas. He's the first Yankee to cycle since Mickey Mantle in 1957. The next will be Tony Fernandez in 1995.
  • At Fenway Park, Luis Tiant pitches his third straight shutout, beating the White Sox, 3 - 0. Reggie Smith hits two run-scoring doubles off starter Tom Bradley for Boston.
  • During a 3 - 0 win over St. Louis, San Francisco's Jim Barr retires the first 20 batters to face him. Six days earlier, Barr had gotten out the last 21 men to face him. This gives Barr a major-league record of 41 consecutive batsmen retired. The record will be broken 37 years later by Mark Buehrle.
• 1973:
  • The Reds trade Jim McGlothlin to the White Sox for Steve Kealey. Kealey will do no pitching for the Reds, while McGlothlin will have just one decision in his last major league season.
  • Thurman Munson gets a tainted 1st-inning hit as a pop fly drops between two Angels infielders calling for it. It turns out to be the only hit allowed by Nolan Ryan as he beats the Yankees, 5 - 0.
• 1975 - Chicago's Ken Henderson homers from both sides of the plate during a 4 - 2 win over Baltimore.
• 1976 - In 15 innings, the Reds beat the Phillies, 6 - 5. Cincy ties the game in the 9th when Pete Rose scores from second base on a Bob Boone passed ball. Both teams score in the 13th before Ken Griffey drives home the winner in the 15th.
• 1977:
  • The Cardinals' Lou Brock steals two bases in a 4 - 3 loss to the Padres. It is career steal 893 for Brock, breaking Ty Cobb's modern record.
  • The Yankees top the Royals, 5 - 3, on a three-run pinch homer in the 8th inning by Chris Chambliss.
  • After four seasons and 1,382 major league at-bats, Duane Kuiper hits his first and only homer, off Steve Stone of the White Sox. The Indians' second baseman will come to bat 3,379 times in his 12-year career and never hit another long ball.
  • At Fenway Park, Jim Rice clubs three homers - in the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th innings - but Boston loses to the Oakland A's, 8 - 7. Rice adds a single in the 4th. He is the first Bosox player to hit the hat trick since Norm Zauchin on May 27, 1955.
• 1978 - Against the Angels, the Yankees go into the record books by receiving five intentional passes in the 11-inning contest.
• 1979:
  • Kansas City blasts Milwaukee pitching for an 18 - 8 victory. George Brett and Amos Otis hit back-to-back home runs in the eight-run 4th, after Pete LaCock hits a three-run home run in the five-run 3rd. Milwaukee finally uses 3B Sal Bando for three innings on the mound (2 runs), 2B Jim Gantner for an inning (no runs), and C Buck Martinez (1 run) in relief.
  • Eddie Murray drives in all the Baltimore runs during a 7 - 4 win in the second game of a doubleheader with the Twins. Murray belts three consecutive home runs - two righthanded, one lefthanded. Scott McGregor gives the Birds a win in the opener, allowing eight hits in winning, 4 - 0.
• 1980:
  • Behind George Foster's six RBIs, the Reds overcome a 5 - 0 deficit to beat the Pirates, 8 - 7, in Pittsburgh.
  • The Cardinals promote manager Whitey Herzog to general manager, replacing John Claiborne, who was fired on August 18th. Red Schoendienst will serve as interim field manager, but on October 24th, the Cardinals will announce that Herzog will return as manager in 1981 while retaining his GM duties.
• 1981 - Phillies farmhand Jeff Stone steals his 121st base of the season for Spartanburg (South Atlantic League), breaking the all-time professional record set last season by Alan Wiggins. Stone will finish the season with 122 stolen bases, a record that will not last through 1982.
• 1984 - In Seattle, Mark Langston stops the Tigers on two hits and strikes out 12 to win, 5 - 1. Ken Phelps' three-run homer in the 5th is the big blow.
• 1985:
  • The Reds trade veteran OF Cesar Cedeno to the Cardinals for minor leaguer Mark Jackson. Cedeno will help St. Louis to the National League East title by batting .434 in 28 games.
  • The Rangers trade veteran slugger Cliff Johnson to Toronto for three minor leaguers. Johnson had left the Blue Jays after last season to sign with Texas as a free agent, and the Jays received future closer Tom Henke in compensation.
  • Don Baylor of the Yankees is hit by a pitch for the 190th time, breaking the American League record established by Minnie Minoso.
• 1986:
  • California scores eight runs in the bottom of the 9th inning, the final four coming on Dick Schofield's two-out grand slam off Willie Hernandez, to beat Detroit, 13 - 12.
  • Cleveland's Joe Carter belts three home runs and singles twice as the Indians beat the Red Sox, 7 - 3, at Fenway Park.
• 1987:
  • Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for a major league-record 11th time, fanning seven Pirates in six innings of an 8 - 2 Astros loss.
  • The Angels trade two minor leaguers for Pittsburgh 2B Johnny Ray, and the A's send minor league P Tim Belcher to the Dodgers for P Rick Honeycutt. Honeycutt (2-12), loser of his last 11 games with the Dodgers, will drop two more with the A's before beating the Indians on September 22nd.
• 1989 - Trailing 9 - 0 after five innings, the Cubs rally to beat Houston, 10 - 9, in ten innings at Wrigley Field. Rafael Ramirez drives in seven runs for the Astros, but the winning margin is provided by defensive replacement Dwight Smith. Smith comes in to play RF for Chicago and singles home a run in the 7th, throws out a runner at the plate in the 8th, ties the game with a sacrifice fly in the 8th, and singles in the game-winner in the 10th.
• 1990:
  • At Minnesota, Twins SS Greg Gagne has a homer and three steals, including home, in a 6 - 1 win over the White Sox. Mark Guthrie goes the distance for the win.
  • The defending World Champion A's seemingly lock up another pennant by acquiring slugger Harold Baines from the Rangers for a pair of minor leaguers (Ps Scott Chiamparino and Joe Bitker) and OF Willie McGee from the Cardinals for Felix Jose and two more minor leaguers (3B Stan Royer and P Daryl Green). McGee, who will be a free agent at the end of the year, is hitting .335, which will lead the National League in hitting.
• 1991 - The White Sox's Carlton Fisk crashes two homers to become the oldest player in the 20th century to accomplish the mark. He'll top this by hitting two homers on October 3rd. Jack McDowell goes the distance to beat Cleveland, 7 - 2.
• 1992 - After striking out his 1,000th career batter in Atlanta's 7 - 6 win over Philadelphia, Braves P Charlie Leibrandt rolls the ball into the Atlanta dugout to keep as a souvenir. Unfortunately, he forgets to call time, and baserunner Ricky Jordan is allowed to advance on the error.
• 1993 - Kansas City's George Brett steals a base in the Royals' 5 - 4 win over the Red Sox, making him only the third player in history with 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and 200 stolen bases. Willie Mays and Hank Aaron are the others to accomplish the feat.
• 1995 - Pittsburgh's Paul Wagner hurls a one-hitter in defeating Colorado, 4 - 0. He fans 11 and walks three, and allows just a single to Andres Galarraga in raising his record to 3-13.
• 1996:
  • Catcher Joe Oliver drives home seven runs to lead Cincinnati to an 18 - 7 pounding of Colorado. Oliver hits a grand slam and a three-run double.
  • OF Mark Whiten hits a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning to give Seattle a 9 - 6 win over Baltimore. Alex Rodriguez gets five hits for the Mariners, including a double and two home runs.
  • The last-place Angels defeat the Yankees, 14 - 3, behind OF Garret Anderson's seven RBI. Anderson has two doubles and a home run.
  • In the battle of brothers, the Dodgers' Ramon Martinez beats his brother Pedro Martinez of the Expos, 2 - 1. Mike Piazza and Eric Karros hit consecutive home runs in the 4th for all the scoring off Pedro, while the Expos manage just three hits. The two had never faced each other before.
  • The Orioles obtain two right-handed sluggers, 3B Todd Zeile and OF Pete Incaviglia, from the Phillies for two players to be named. Free agents at the end of the season, both will sign elsewhere.
  • Seattle obtains Dave Hollins from the Twins, and releases Jeff Manto, who signs with the Red Sox. Manto had been swapped on July 22nd by the Red Sox.
• 1998:
  • Derek Jeter hits his 17th home run of the season to establish a new mark for Yankee shortstops. The infielder also scores four times in a 11 - 6 victory over the Mariners. The Yankees become the first team to qualify for the postseason.
  • The Blue Jays score in every inning but the 2nd in registering a 14 - 7 win over the Twins in Toronto. Veteran Dave Stieb wins his first game since 1993. Stieb, who began the year as a guest instructor in spring training, gives up four earned runs in five innings.
  • The Reds defeat the Marlins, 7 - 5, for Florida's 89th loss of the season. Florida thereby sets a record for the most losses by a defending world champion. The old record of 88 was held by the 1991 Reds.
• 1999 - Albert Belle clubs four doubles, tying a major league record, to lead the Orioles to an 11 - 4 win at Detroit. It's the Birds' last game at Tiger Stadium.
• 2000:
  • The Red Sox defeat the Devil Rays, 8 - 0, as Pedro Martinez hurls a one-hitter. Martinez takes a no-hitter into the 9th inning before John Flaherty leads off with a single. Martinez retires 24 in a row after hitting the game's first batter. Eight Devil Rays are ejected during the course of the game, including manager Larry Rothschild and two coaches.
  • The Pirates defeat the Giants, 8 - 0. Barry Bonds's single is the only hit allowed by Kris Benson (8 innings) and Josias Manzanillo (1 inning).
  • The Dodgers defeat the Brewers, 7 - 2, as Chan Ho Park (8 innings) and Mike Fetters (1 inning) combine on a one-hitter. James Mouton's home run is Milwaukee's only hit.
  • The Angels defeat the Blue Jays, 9 - 4. Anaheim's Darin Erstad gets three hits to reach the 200 mark for the season. It is the fastest any batter has reached 200 in 65 years.
• 2001:
  • The Diamondbacks whitewash the Giants, 2 - 0, as OF Luis Gonzalez becomes the 19th player in history to hit 50 home runs in a season.
  • The Cardinals down the Padres, 16 - 14, in the highest-scoring game of the season. St. Louis scores nine runs off Bobby Jones in the 2nd inning, while Ryan Klesko goes 5 for 6 for San Diego, with two home runs, two doubles, and five RBIs. One of the homers travels an estimated 472 feet, the longest by an opposing player at Busch Stadium since figures were recorded in 1988. The Cardinals score two runs on a strikeout when runners, who are breaking from first and second, score after pinch-hitter Bobby Bonilla strikes out throwing his bat down the third-base line, causing Cardinal third baseman Phil Nevin to duck to avoid being hit by the flying lumber. At the same time, catcher Ben Davis's throw, attempting to cut down the runner at an unmanned third base, goes into left field which allows Edgar Renteria to score from second while Eli Marrero also tallies from first as left fielder Rickey Henderson misplays the ball.
• 2002:
  • The International Olympic Committee votes to drop baseball from the Olympics and replace it with golf. The reason is that the competition does not draw the best players, since Major League Baseball does not release its players to play.
  • At Milwaukee's Miller Park, Mark Bellhorn becomes the first National Leaguer and joins Carlos Baerga as the only other switch-hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in the same inning. The Cub infielder connects off southpaw Andrew Lorraine to start Chicago's ten-run 4th inning and then goes deep again with a three-run homer with two outs off Jose Cabrera.
  • To show their displeasure about tomorrow's impending strike, fans at the Devil Rays-Angels game begin throwing foul balls back onto the field at Edison Field and over 100 people are ejected for throwing trash. New words are added to the traditional 7th-inning rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" as many of the fans in attendance begin to chant, "Don't strike! Don't strike! Don't strike!".
• 2004 - At Toronto's SkyDome, Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek joins former players George Bell, Joe Carter, Tony Fernandez and Dave Stieb, former manager Cito Gaston and former general manager Pat Gillick as the seventh member of the club's Level of Excellence. The recipient of the team's highest award for individual achievement, which comes as an emotional surprise for the play-by-play announcer who called 4,306 consecutive regular season games, and another 41 during the postseason during the first 27 1/2 seasons of the franchise's existence.
• 2006 - Kazuhiro Kiyohara sets Nippon Pro Baseball career records in sayonara home runs (12) and walk-off hits (20) with a game-ending homer against the Seibu Lions.
• 2008 - With a month still to play, the Tampa Bay Rays clinch the first winning record in franchise history, going to 82-51 with a 14 - 3 rout of the Orioles. Ben Zobrist hits a grand slam and Cliff Floyd drives in five while Scott Kazmir gets the historic victory.
• 2009:
  • The Saraperos de Saltillo win the 2009 Mexican League title. They take the finals, four games to two, over the Tigres de Quintana Roo, for Saltillo's first pennant in 29 years. In Game 6, eight Saltillo players score in a 14 - 1 romp, with Noe Munoz (4 runs) and Hernando Arredondo (4 hits) leading the charge. 39-year-old Rafael Diaz goes the distance for his second win of the series, earning him MVP honors.
  • DOOR Neptunus wins the 2009 Holland Series, three games to one, topping the Konica Minolta Pioniers, 5 - 4, in the finale. Benjamin Dille scores six runs in the Series and reaches base nine times to win MVP honors. It is Neptunus's 12th Hoofdklasse title, tying the all-time record held for decades by Haarlem Nicols.
• 2010:
  • Japan ends the USA's five-year dominance of the Little League World Series as the team from Tokyo beats Waipahu, HI, 4 - 1, in the title game of this year's tournament in Williamsport, PA.
  • The White Sox pick up slugger Manny Ramirez on waivers from the Dodgers, assuming the remainder of his salary for the year, estimated at $3.85 million. The Sox offered the Dodgers a prospect in order to pay a smaller portion of Manny's salary, but Los Angeles declined the offer. His last presence as a Dodger is a pinch-hitting appearance with the bases loaded today, during which he is ejected for arguing a first-pitch strike. The 38-year-old Ramirez has missed 59 games this season through various injuries, but has batted a solid .313 with 8 homers and 40 RBI when he has taken the field.
  • For the first time in major league history, a walk-off home run is subject to a video review. After pinch-hitter Matt Diaz hits a two-run homer off the Marlins' Leo Nunez in the 9th to tie the score and cap a comeback from a 6 - 1 deficit, the Braves' Brian McCann hits a ball to deep right that bounces back onto the field. The umpires initially rule it a double, and McCann is standing at second base when the umpires step out to look at the replay; when it shows that the ball hit above the fence, he can trot home, where he is mugged by celebrating teammates.
  • Cole Hamels pitches eight scoreless innings as the Phillies complete a three-game sweep of the Padres in San Diego with a 5 - 0 win. It is Hamels' first win in nine starts, even though he has put up a 2.83 ERA during the stretch. The Padres have now lost four in a row for the first time this year, but still lead San Francisco by five games in the NL West. That lead will quickly evaporate, though.
• 2011:
  • The Diamondbacks record their seventh straight win in beating the Rockies, 5 - 1, at Chase Field. Arizona scores four runs in the 6th after OF Justin Upton is nailed in the back by a fastball by Alex White. Winning P Daniel Hudson has an RBI single during the outburst.
  • It's a rare good day for the Mets, who sweep the Marlins in a doubleheader at Citi Field, 2 - 1 and 5 - 1. R.A. Dickey pitches seven scoreless innings to win the opener, and Dillon Gee follows by allowing only one run in six innings in the nitecap to improve to 12-5 on the year. Jose Reyes returns to the line-up in the second game and drives in a run, after missing three weeks to a hamstring injury. The Mets had been swept in their previous two doubleheaders this year.
• 2012:
  • Rookie Bryce Harper hits a pair of homers to lead Washington to an 8 - 4 win over Miami, snapping a five-game losing streak, but also racks up his first career ejection when he is tossed for throwing his batting helmet after grounding into a double play in the 9th inning.
  • The Pirates shut out the Cardinals for the second straight day, 5 - 0, behind the pitching of Wandy Rodriguez and a three-run homer by Pedro Alvarez, to win the rubber match of a key series between the two division rivals battling for a wild card slot. The Bucs won 9 - 0 yesterday behind James McDonald and are now one game back of St. Louis.
• 2013 - The Tigres de Quintana Roo win their second Mexican League title in three years. Jorge Vázquez and Albino Contreras (the finals MVP) both hit two-run dingers off Wilkins Arias, while Quintana Roo's Cuban pitchers play key roles, with Amauri Sanit getting the win and Hassan Pena the save in a 5 - 2 win over the Sultanes de Monterrey.
• 2014 - Even though they're facing one of the best pitchers in the majors in Felix Hernandez, the Nationals erupt for six homers in an 8 - 3 win over the Mariners at Safeco Field. The fireworks start when Anthony Rendon, the second batter of the game, goes deep. Jayson Werth adds a two-run shot in the 3rd. Ian Desmond and Wilson Ramos connect in the 4th, then Bryce Harper and Ramos go back-to-back against Joe Beimel in the 8th to complete the scoring.
• 2015 - The insanely hot Blue Jays are at it again, demolishing the Tigers, 15 - 1. Edwin Encarnacion extends his hitting streak to 24 games, longest in the American League in three years, with a three-homer game in which he drives in nine runs, tying a team record. Drew Hutchison is the winner in his return from a brief minor league assignment and is now 11-0 at home this season.
• 2017:
  • Due to heavy rains flooding Houston, TX as a result of Hurricane Harvey, the series starting tonight between the Astros and Rangers is moved to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. If the flooding does not abate, the Astros are also considering playing their next series, against the Mets, in St. Petersburg as well.
  • By homering with two outs in the 3rd, Whit Merrifield snaps a 45-inning scoreless streak by the Kansas City Royals, just three innings shy of the major league mark of 48. The Royals go on to beat the Rays, 6 - 2, as Eric Hosmer and Jorge Bonifacio also go deep later in the game.
• 2018 - Christian Yelich has a career day, going 6-for-6 and hitting for the cycle, and all of his contributions are needed as the Brewers squeak past the Reds, 13 - 12, in ten innings. Milwaukee takes the lead four different times in the game, the last when Jesus Aguilar hits a go-ahead homer off Raisel Iglesias in the 10th, and the Brewers add another run after that, but the Reds mount one last charge with a solo homer by Brandon Dixon before Jeremy Jeffress retires the next three batters to end the wild game that takes 4 hours and 16 minutes to play. For the Reds, one of the key hits comes in the 6th with reliever Michael Lorenzen batting against Taylor Williams. With two strikes, he is sent to the ground trying to check a bunt on an inside pitch, but the ball glances off his bat; Milwaukee argues that he was bunting and should be out on strikes, but umpire Tony Randazzo rules otherwise, allowing the at-bat to continue; Lorenzen then hits a three-run homer on the next pitch.
• 2021:
  • The team from Taylor, MI wins the 2021 Little League World Series by defeating the team from Hamilton, OH, 5 - 2, in the final game. Only teams from the U.S. took part in this year's edition, a result of travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • In defeating the Orioles, 12 - 8 behind six RBIs by Joey Wendle, the Rays complete their season series against the Birds with an 18-1 record, tying the best-ever mark set by two teams in 2019, the Indians who defeated the Tigers in 18 of 19 head-to-head contests, and the Astros who did the same against Seattle.
  • In Sweden, the Leksand Lumberjacks win their record 23rd Elitserien title. They beat the Rättvik Butchers, 4 - 2, in the finale. Finals MVP Per Sjörs goes the distance, not allowing a run until two outs in the bottom of the 9th, when Héctor Acuña drives in a pair.
• 2022 - Aaron Judge of the Yankees hit home run #50 of the season, to stay just ahead of the pace set by Roger Maris when he hit 61 homers to set the team and American League record in 1961. However, it is the Angels' Shohei Ohtani who hits the biggest blast of the night, a two-run shot off Frankie Montas in the 5th, his 29th, to give L.A. a 4 - 3 win over New York. Judge is just the seventh player in major league history to hit 50 homers before the end of August.
• 2023:
  • One month after making a number of deals at the trading deadline in order to make a postseason push, the Angels officially throw in the towel as they place six veterans on waivers, making them available to any team willing to pick up their remaining salary. They are Ps Lucas Giolito, Matt Moore, Dominic Leone and Reynaldo Lopez and OFs Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk, all of whom are still productive major league players.
  • Alex Cobb comes within one out of pitching a no-hitter as he foils the Reds for 8 2/3 innings before Spencer Steer hits a double, driving in Nick Senzel, who had walked earlier in the inning. Cobb then strikes out Elly De La Cruz to complete the 6 - 1 Giants win.
• 2024 - Bowden Francis remains the hottest pitcher in baseball, following on the heels of his August 24th bid for a no-hitter with seven scoreless innings against the Red Sox at Fenway Park in a 2 - 0 win by the Blue Jays. Francis has an ERA of 0.62 over his last four starts - all wins - totaling 29 innings.

Births

• 1843 - Ed Curtis, manager (d. 1914)
• 1857 - Frank Cox, infielder (d. 1928)
• 1860 - Buck West, outfielder (d. 1929)
• 1861 - John Ake, infielder (d. 1887)
• 1876 - Elmer Stricklett, pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1883 - Jimmie Savage, outfielder (d. 1940)
• 1886 - Dan Barry, umpire (d. 1947)
• 1886 - Jack Bushelman, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1888 - Ensign Cottrell, pitcher (d. 1947)
• 1889 - Frank Nicholson, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1889 - Lefty Schegg, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1891 - Ray Callahan, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1892 - Roy Wood, outfielder (d. 1974)
• 1893 - Farmer Brady, player (d. ????)
• 1894 - Gus Bono, pitcher (d. 1948)
• 1895 - Guy Morrison, pitcher (d. 1934)
• 1896 - Rats Henderson, pitcher (d. 1988)
• 1897 - John Quinn, umpire (d. 1968)
• 1898 - Hap Collard, pitcher (d. 1968)
• 1898 - Burt Ingwersen, college coach (d. 1969)
• 1903 - Albert Overton, pitcher (d. 1988)
• 1903 - Jack Warner, infielder (d. 1986)
• 1906 - Jonah Goldman, infielder (d. 1980)
• 1906 - Alex Hooks, infielder (d. 1993)
• 1907 - Pep Young, infielder (d. 1962)
• 1909 - Buck Marrow, pitcher (d. 1982)
• 1913 - Jackie Mitchell, female pitcher (d. 1987)
• 1915 - Ford Garrison, outfielder (d. 2001)
• 1915 - Mike Mistovich, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1987)
• 1918 - Joe Schultz, catcher, manager (d. 1996)
• 1919 - Billy Cox, infielder (d. 1978)
• 1919 - Orval Grove, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1992)
• 1919 - Garland Lawing, outfielder (d. 1996)
• 1922 - J.B. Broom, outfielder
• 1923 - Hiroshi Nakahara, NPB pitcher and manager (d. 1986)
• 1924 - Chuck Devereaux, college coach (d. 2008)
• 1924 - Nap Gulley, pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Wayne McLeland, pitcher (d. 2004)
• 1925 - Earle Brucker, catcher (d. 2009)
• 1925 - Osamu Takechi, NPB infielder (d. 1985)
• 1926 - Al Naples, infielder (d. 2021)
• 1927 - Bob Anderlik, minor league outfielder (d. 2018)
• 1927 - Michael Lutz, minor league outfielder (d. 2006)
• 1929 - Rich Booker, Negro League player
• 1929 - Enid Drake, minor league catcher and manager
• 1929 - Sidney Hatfield, minor league player (d. 2003)
• 1929 - Pete Mesa, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1930 - Dave Cole, pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1931 - Joan Sindelar, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2003)
• 1932 - Eric Mackenzie, catcher
• 1932 - Roger McCardell, catcher (d. 1996)
• 1936 - Ramón Hechavarría, Cuban league catcher
• 1937 - Donald Hannam, minor league pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1937 - Hal Stowe, pitcher
• 1939 - Dave Nicholson, outfielder (d. 2023)
• 1939 - Frank Zupo, catcher (d. 2005)
• 1942 - Kuen-Chi Cheng, CPBL manager; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2002)
• 1942 - Dan Schneider, pitcher
• 1943 - Randy Brown, catcher (d. 1998)
• 1946 - Bill McNulty, outfielder
• 1946 - John Sipin, infielder
• 1946 - Larry Smith, minor league umpire (d. 1968)
• 1949 - Myron Pines, minor league outfielder and manager
• 1950 - Doug DeCinces, infielder; All-Star
• 1950 - George Zeber, infielder
• 1953 - Marv Foley, catcher
• 1957- Tommy Shimp, minor league pitcher
• 1960 - Bill Latham, pitcher
• 1960 - Rusty Tillman, outfielder
• 1960 - Reggie Williams, outfielder
• 1961 - Jeff Kellogg, umpire
• 1962 - Tsutomu Itoh, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1962 - Wen-Cheng Lan, CPBL outfielder
• 1963 - Jeff Richardson, pitcher
• 1965 - Scott Jaster, scout
• 1966 - Jose Veras, Dominican national team infielder
• 1967 - Stacy Parker, college coach
• 1967 - Carl Randle, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Jorge Fumero, Cuban league pitcher
• 1968 - Mike Hook, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Tom Wegmann, minor league pitcher
• 1971 - Henry Blanco, catcher
• 1971 - Bronson Heflin, pitcher
• 1972 - Jesus Garces, minor league infielder and manager
• 1972 - Will Scalzitti, minor league catcher
• 1973 - Clint Bryant, minor league infielder
• 1973 - John Dorman, minor league player
• 1973 - Jamie Keefe, minor league infielder and manager
• 1974 - Enrique Juma, French Division I pitcher-outfielder
• 1975 - Brody Percell, minor league player
• 1975 - John Riedling, pitcher
• 1976 - Marcos Agramonte, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Roger Blanco, minor league pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1977 - Roy Oswalt, pitcher; All-Star
• 1977 - Aaron Rowand, outfielder; All-Star
• 1978 - Eddie Rogers, infielder
• 1979 - Héctor Navarro, minor league pitcher
• 1979 - David Sanders, pitcher
• 1979 - Ryan Shealy, infielder
• 1979 - Eduardo Villacis, pitcher
• 1980 - Atsushi Tanaka, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1981 - Drew Meyer, infielder
• 1983 - Anthony Recker, catcher
• 1985 - Donald Hume, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Marc Rzepczynski, pitcher
• 1986 - Matt Maitland, Bundesliga pitcher-outfielder
• 1986 - Paramutt Meepakdee, Thai national team infielder
• 1988 - Nick Avila, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Hunter Brown, pitcher
• 1988 - Chad Comer, minor league catcher and manager
• 1988 - Winston Dávila, Nicaraguan national team catcher
• 1988 - Jadran Dadić, Croatian national team pitcher
• 1988 - Yancarlo Franco, minor league utility man
• 1988 - Alex White, pitcher
• 1989 - Maricela Aguillera, Mexican women's national team pitcher
• 1989 - Bryan Blough, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Wei-Han Chen, CPBL infielder
• 1989 - Andrew Jones, Bundesliga catcher
• 1989 - Robby Scott, pitcher
• 1989 - Brent Suter, pitcher
• 1989 - Logan Watkins, infielder
• 1990 - Nikolay Markov, Russian national team pitcher
• 1990 - Julio Rodriguez, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Chris Taylor, infielder; All-Star
• 1992 - Sanail Colainima, Fijian national team pitcher-infielder
• 1992 - Noah Syndergaard, pitcher; All-Star
• 1993 - Domingo Jimenez, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Ángel Alicea, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Yoelkis Guibert, Cuban league outfielder
• 1994 - Seth Martinez, pitcher
• 1994 - Alex Reyes, pitcher; All-Star
• 1995 - Jose Rodriguez, pitcher
• 1996 - Sung-mun Song, KBO infielder
• 1996 - Justin Sterner, pitcher
• 1997 - Periklis Floudas, Greek national team infielder
• 1998 - Eduardo Peluso, minor league pitcher
• 2000 - Yi-Kai Wang, CPBL pitcher
• 2001 - Isaiah Greene, minor league outfielder
• 2001 - Drew Romo, catcher
• 2002 - Evan Carter, outfielder

Deaths

• 1893 - Frank Heifer, infielder (b. 1854)
• 1896 - Curt Welch, outfielder (b. 1862)
• 1901 - Zach Phelps, owner (b. 1857)
• 1920 - Jimmy Peoples, catcher (b. 1863)
• 1923 - Jocko Milligan, catcher (b. 1861)
• 1930 - Ben Sanders, pitcher (b. 1865)
• 1937 - Stan Rees, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1944 - Willie McGill, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1948 - Charlie Graham, catcher (b. 1878)
• 1950 - Doc Ralston, outfielder (b. 1885)
• 1954 - Jack Ferry, pitcher (b. 1887)
• 1958 - Albert McClintock, minor league infielder (b. 1880)
• 1961 - Bill Schwartz, infielder (b. 1884)
• 1965 - Paul Waner, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
• 1966 - Al DeVormer, catcher (b. 1891)
• 1966 - Bobby Schang, catcher (b. 1886)
• 1968 - Paul Howard, outfielder (b. 1884)
• 1972 - Clem Hausmann, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1976 - Al Platte, outfielder (b. 1890)
• 1982 - Charlie Niebergall, catcher (b. 1899)
• 1983 - Steve O'Neill, owner (b. 1899)
• 1988 - Charles Johnston, umpire (b. 1896)
• 1989 - Buddy Dear, infielder (b. 1905)
• 1992 - Andy Gilbert, outfielder (b. 1914)
• 1992 - Jeff Hoffman, minor league pitcher (b. 1967)
• 1994 - Everett Robinson, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1916)
• 2000 - Fern Bell, outfielder (b. 1913)
• 2001 - Dick Selma, pitcher (b. 1943)
• 2001 - Eric Tipton, outfielder (b. 1915)
• 2009 - Jackie Collum, pitcher (b. 1927)
• 2012 - Les Moss, catcher, manager (b. 1925)
• 2015 - Frank Forker, college coach (b. 1933)