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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 6.

Events

• 1903 - At Philadelphia, the A's top the Americans, 4 - 3, in a game called after eight innings because of dark clouds. Boston manager Jimmy Collins protests to no avail.
• 1904:
  • Lefthander Nick Altrock of the White Sox, en route to the first of three 20-win seasons, handles 13 fielding chances "the modern major-league record for pitchers" in an 8 - 1 victory over the Athletics. He will finish the year with 49 putouts, an American League record for pitchers.
  • At the Polo Grounds, 20,488 watch the Giants roll over St. Louis, 8 - 1. Christy Mathewson, the winner, exits after six innings, and is replaced by Red Ames.
• 1906:
  • In New York, Art Devlin and John McGraw are tossed for abusing umpire James Johnstone during a 3 - 1 loss to Chicago. The two will be suspended. There is a near riot as fans jump on the field at the Polo Grounds after Johnstone calls Bill Dahlen out on strikes with two men on base to end the game, looking to make the umpire pay for his alleged sins. However, police officers quickly intervene to escort him to the safety of the dressing room ahead of the angry mob.
  • At Cleveland's League Park, the Boston Americans are shut out for the fourth consecutive time, bowing to the Naps, 4 - 0. Combined with a scoreless three-game sweep by the White Sox, the team establishes a new American League record.
• 1908 - A scheduled doubleheader in Brooklyn with St. Louis is washed out after five innings of the first game, but lefty Johnny Lush, with a one no-hitter over Brooklyn under his belt, allows no Brooklyn hits in his outing. The Cards win 2 - 0, on two unearned runs, as 1B Tim Jordan drops a fly ball with the bases loaded.
• 1912:
  • Inspired in part by the Ty Cobb suspension and the Tigers' brief strike in May, the formation of a "Players Fraternity" is announced, headed by attorney and former player Dave Fultz. Leading players include Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Mickey Doolan, and Jake Daubert. The goals are to oppose contract violations, rowdyism, and anything that may "impair a player's ability."
  • At Cleveland, Joe Wood gives up 13 hits in an 11-inning 5 - 4 win for Boston. He strikes out five in running his record to 23-4.
• 1913 - The Pirates pound Giants ace Christy Mathewson for ten hits and nine runs in five innings, including seven in the 5th. C Larry McLean is traded from the last-place Cardinals to the Giants for Doc Crandall. One of the biggest players of this era at 6' 5" and 230 pounds, the veteran catcher will bat .500 in the World Series. The popular Crandall will make two pinch hitting appearances before the Giants reacquire him in a week.
• 1914:
  • Rabbit Maranville cracks a 10th-inning homer to give the Braves their ninth win in a row, a 5 - 4 topper over Pittsburgh.
  • Vic Saier starts the Chicago scoring with a solo homer off Christy Mathewson. The Cubs then score two in the 8th and two in the 9th to edge the Giants, 4 - 3. The Giants now lead the Braves by 6 1/2 games.
• 1916 - Red Sox pitcher Rube Foster allows three hits in beating the Browns, 1 - 0. Most of the hitting in the game comes when Browns 3B Jimmy Austin and Boston C Pinch Thomas mix it up. The Sox end the day .002 ahead of the White Sox, but will take three out of four in Chicago to open up some room.
• 1917 - Veteran Eddie Plank, 41, hooks up with Washington's Walter Johnson in a brilliant 11-inning duel, won 1 - 0 by Johnson. For Plank, this is the last game of his oustanding career, and he will announce his retirement in a week, citing stomach problems as the reason. Pitching for the hapless Browns doesn't help as Plank's 1.79 ERA this season results in just a 5-6 record.
• 1919 - In each of the first three innings of Brooklyn's 6 - 1 victory over the Reds, Jimmy Johnston faces a different Cincinnati pitcher and raps each one for a single.
• 1922 - In St. Louis, Walter Johnson gives up the first grand slam of his career, a 3rd-inning shot by Jack Tobin, as the Browns top the Senators, 8 - 4. George Sisler is 2 for 2 against the Big Train, as Urban Shocker picks up the victory.
• 1929 - In a Ladies Day game at Wrigley Field that draws 29,000 women and 11,000 men, the Cubs have their five-game win streak stopped by Brooklyn, 5 - 4, despite Rogers Hornsby's 23rd home run of the year. Brooklyn's Johnny Morrison is the winner over Chicago ace Pat Malone. But Chicago will win its next three.
• 1930 - During the Waco Cubs' 18-run 8th-inning eruption at Katy Park, Gene Rye hits three home runs in one inning. The Texas League outfielder's round trippers include a solo shot, a two-run homer and a grand slam.
• 1933 - A's 3B Pinky Higgins hits for the cycle in a 12 - 8 win over the Senators.
• 1937:
  • In a ten-inning game Cleveland outfielders have no chances against the Yankees. In the 10th inning Joe DiMaggio hits a drive which 3B Odell Hale deflects into foul territory. One umpire calls it foul, so the Indians LF fails to chase after the ball. But the other umpire overrules the first, allowing the winning run to score because of the OF's idleness. Cleveland's protest of the game will be upheld.
  • For the first time in the 20th century, the first two batters in a game - Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of the Boston Bees - lead off with home runs. They do it off Cubs P Tex Carleton.
• 1938:
  • Former American League P George Pipgras joins the league's umpiring staff.
  • Mickey Cochrane is fired as Detroit manager.
  • Cincinnati has only one assist in a game with the Dodgers, tying the major-league record held by four clubs.
• 1939 - In the first 1939 East-West Game, the East leads, 2 - 1, going into the bottom of the 8th, but Dan Wilson cracks a two-run homer off Roy Partlow to give the West the win.
• 1940 - Rookie Sid Hudson one-hits the A's on his way to a 17-win season for the hapless Senators. It's his second one-hit shutout this year. Hudson pitched for the Sanford Lookouts (Class D Florida State League) last year and was 24-4.
• 1941 - Detroit P Al Benton collects two sacrifices in one inning, a major-league record.
• 1942 - An editorial in The Sporting News argues for segregation on the diamond. The column states that members of each race "prefer to draw their talents from their own ranks and both groups know their crowd psychology and do not care to run the risk of damaging their own game."
• 1943 - Rip Sewell, now throwing his blooper pitch some 25 feet high, loses to the Cardinals after 11 straight wins. He has won 18 already but will get only three more victories the rest of the season.
• 1947 - Can a pinch runner drive in a run? Skeeter Webb of the Tigers takes the paths for Fred Hutchinson against the Indians and scores. Detroit bats around, and Webb lifts a fly ball that scores a run in the nine-run 8th. Stubby Overmire wins, 13 - 6, in the first of two. Detroit sweeps, winning the nitecap, 7 - 5, behind Hutchinson.
• 1948 - The Reds release Johnny Neun as manager and pick Bucky Walters to succeed him. The change doesn't help today as Brooklyn's Rex Barney wins, 4 - 1.
• 1949 - Luke Appling appears as a shortstop in his 2,154th game, surpassing Rabbit Maranville's major-league mark. Appling will finish with 2,218 games at the position.
• 1950:
  • Boston P Ellis Kinder hits a grand slam off White Sox ace Billy Pierce, and totals six RBIs in the game. Kinder's homer comes after an intentional pass to Birdie Tebbetts. For "Old Folks," it is his first and only career homer. The Red Sox roll, 9 - 2. Kinder also stops rookie Chico Carrasquel's consecutive game hitting streak of 24 games. Joe Dobson gives up seven hits in the nitecap and wins, 4 - 3, to give the Bosox a sweep.
  • Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen of the Giants both hurl shutouts, winning, 3 - 0 and 5 - 0 respectively, against the Pirates.
• 1951 - Lame duck Commissioner Happy Chandler testifies in front of the Senate committee, urging that baseball expand out of its eastern area. He adds that some owners see sport only as big business.
• 1952 - The St. Louis Browns' Satchel Paige, 46, beats Virgil Trucks, 1 - 0 in 12 innings. He becomes the oldest pitcher to record a shutout in the major leagues.
• 1953 - Ted Williams is back in a Red Sox uniform after military duty in Korea. He will finish his abbreviated season with 13 homers and a .407 mark.
• 1959 - White Sox lefty Billy Pierce and the Orioles P Billy O'Dell are even up 1 - 1 when Hoyt Wilhelm relieves in the 9th for Baltimore. Wilhelm tosses 8 2/3 innings of no-hit ball before allowing a safety. After 18 innings and the score still at 1 - 1, the game is mercifully called because of the midnight curfew. Pierce goes 16 innings before he gets relief from Turk Lown.
• 1961:
  • Mickey Mantle leads the Yankees to a doubleheader sweep of the Twins, going 5 for 9 with three home runs and a double. His four RBIs give him an even 100 for the year and his homer total is now 43. In the opener, Mantle has two home runs off his favorite pitcher, Pedro Ramos, but it is Johnny Blanchard's homer in the 10th that ties the game at 6 - 6. In the 15th, Yogi Berra hits a bases-loaded grounder and just beats the throw at first to give the Yanks the win. The Yankees win the nitecap by a run as well, when Clete Boyer drives in Mantle in the 9th inning to break a 2 - 2 tie. New York now leads Detroit by 2 1/2 games.
  • Maury Wills' first home run in 1,167 major league at bats, and a double, triple, and home run by Frank Howard give the Dodgers an 11 - 4 win against Chicago and first place by a half game in the National League. Wills has three hits and scores four runs, while Johnny Podres gives up ten hits, but goes the distance to win. Wally Moon drives in three runs with three hits.
• 1962 - At Houston, reliever Johnny Klippstein belts a home run in the 13th inning to give the Reds a 1 - 0 win over the Colts. Klippstein relieved starter Bob Purkey in the 11th.
• 1963 - Stan Williams of the Yankees one-hits the Senators, giving up a double to Don Blasingame.
• 1965 - After going 7 for 11 against the White Sox, Mickey Mantle loops a homer off Mickey Lolich but Detroit tops the visiting Yankees, 5 - 4. New York will win tomorrow and Mick will add another homer.
• 1967:
  • Minnesota's Dean Chance throws a perfect no-hitter for five innings against the Red Sox before the game is called. Chance wins, 2 - 0.
  • Brooks Robinson hits into his fourth career triple play, setting a major league record.
• 1969:
  • Jim Merritt pitches the Reds back into first place in the National League West with a 3 - 2 win against the Mets.
  • Twins manager Billy Martin punches Dave Boswell, sending his pitcher to the hospital to get twenty stitches. The incident happens after a scuffle between Boswell and teammate Bob Allison.
• 1970:
  • At Minnesota, George Mitterwald leads off the bottom of the 14th with a home run to beat California, 2 - 1. Stan Williams (7-0) wins with two innings of work; Williams will be 10-1 for the year, all in relief.
  • For the second and last time in his career, Lou Brock steals home, teaming up with Joe Hague on a double steal in the 1st inning against the Mets in St. Louis. Nelson Briles wins, 3 - 0, stopping Tom Seaver's nine-game win streak.
• 1971 - The Yankees kayo Pat Dobson in the 4th, beating the Orioles, 12 - 3. The loss ends Dobson's win streak of 12 games, his nine consecutive complete games, and his consecutive scoreless inning streak of 23.
• 1972 - Hitting his 660th and 661st career homers, Hank Aaron breaks Yankee legend Babe Ruth's record for most home runs with one team. Hammerin' Hank's second homer of the day is a 10th-inning blast which enables the Braves to beat the Reds, 4 - 3.
• 1973:
  • Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn head the list of new inductees at Cooperstown. Clemente is the first Latin-born player to achieve membership in the Hall of Fame, albeit posthumously. The Rangers beat the Pirates in the Hall of Fame Game, 6 - 4.
  • In Milwaukee, an exhibition game between the Brewers and the Atlanta Braves draws 33,337. The Brewers win, 7 - 5 in the fourth and last exhibition between the two teams. But the big thrill is provided by Hank Aaron, who homers.
• 1975:
  • The Reds amass 20 hits to beat the Giants, 12 - 5, at Candlestick Park.
  • The Mets fire manager Yogi Berra, promoting coach Roy McMillan as interim skipper.
  • Vic Davalillo of the Cafeteros de Cordoba hits the first postseason grand slam in Mexican League history, doing so against Jalisco.
• 1977 - The Phils nip the Dodgers, 1 - 0, as Gene Garber picks up his second win in two days over the Dodgers.
• 1978 - With a 3 - 1 win over the visiting Padres, the Reds move into first place.
• 1979:
  • After delivering a eulogy at Thurman Munson's funeral in Ohio, Bobby Murcer, a teammate and close friend of the deceased Yankee catcher, drives in all the runs in the Yankee 5 - 4 comeback victory over the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. The New York outfielder hits a three-run home run and wins the game with two-run single in 9th inning.
  • The Rangers blast the Padres, 12 - 5, in the Hall of Fame Game which features a record nine home runs.
• 1981:
  • National League owners agree to the $20.5 million sale of the Cubs to the Tribune Company. In three weeks, Cubs stockholders (led by Bill Wrigley with 81 percent) will approve the sale.
  • The players approve a split-season format necessitated by the seven-week strike. The Yankees, A's, Phillies and Dodgers are declared the first-half champions and will be automatically qualified for the 1981 Postseason.
• 1982:
  • The Yankees trade 1978 play-off hero Bucky Dent to the Rangers for OF/1B Lee Mazzilli. In spite of hitting just .169, the popular Yankee infielder nearly was elected to the All-Star Game by the fans appreciative of his late-season heroics that year.
  • Jack Clark and Reggie Smith both homer twice in San Francisco's 7 - 6 win over Houston. The Giants trail, 6 - 4, in the 9th inning before Clark and Smith hit back-to-back home runs to send the game into extra innings.
• 1983 - Walt Terrell becomes the first pitcher in five years to homer twice in one game, belting a pair of two-run shots off Ferguson Jenkins to lead New York to a 4 - 1 win over the Cubs.
• 1984 - The Tigers and Red Sox split, with Detroit outslugging Boston in the opener, 9 - 7, and Boston replying, 10 - 2. Aurelio Lopez (8-0) wins the first game in relief as Chet Lemon and Lance Parrish each hit homers and drive in three runs. Marty Barrett has four hits for the Sox in the opener and Wade Boggs does the same in the nitecap. Two of his hits are homers to fuel Roger Clemens to his sixth win.
• 1985 - As announced three weeks ago, the Players Association keep their word and go on strike. The second mid-season work stoppage in history will last only two days.
• 1986:
  • The Mets release outfielder George Foster, the last National League player to hit 50 home runs in one season. Foster will play 15 games for the White Sox before retiring for good.
  • Rangers infielder Toby Harrah hits a 2nd-inning grand slam and Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer both go deep for grand slams in the Orioles' nine-run 4th as Texas beats Baltimore, 13 - 11, establishing a new record for homers with the bases full in one game.
  • The Seibu Lions set a NPB record with six home runs in one inning. Going deep are Yoshihiro Nishioka, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, Hiromichi Ishige, George Vukovich, Koji Akiyama and Takuji Ota.
• 1987 - Rich Gossage earns his 287th career save in San Diego's 7 - 4 win over Atlanta to move past Bruce Sutter into second place on the all-time list.
• 1988:
  • Cub reliever Rich Gossage becomes the second player in major league history to record 300 career saves as he retires one batter in a 7 - 4 victory over the Phillies.
  • Jose Canseco becomes the 11th player in major league history to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in a season. The A's outfielder, with 31 homers, joins the 30-30 club by stealing second base with one out in the 9th inning for his 30th as Oakland beat the Mariners, 5 - 4. He will become the first-ever member of the 40-40 club before the season is over.
  • Pirates reliever Jim Gott balks three times in the 8th inning to force in the winning run in a 5 - 3 loss to the Mets.
• 1989:
  • After 5 hours and 49 minutes of play in Pittsburgh, the Pirates' Jeff King mercifully ends the game with an 18th-inning leadoff home run off the Cubs' Scott Sanderson. Sanderson had pitched eight innings of shutout relief. The Pirates win, 5 - 4.
  • It is Carl Yastrzemski Day at Fenway Park and the Sox retire his uniform number 8. Roger Clemens then retires just one batter before leaving, giving up three earned runs. But Boston scores four in the 3rd and two in the 8th to beat Cleveland, 6 - 4.
• 1990 - Giants outfielder Rick Leach is suspended for 60 days following a positive drug test.
• 1991 - Toronto's Tom Henke saves his 24th game in 24 opportunities breaking the record set by John Franco in 1988, and tied by Rob Dibble two years later. The Blue Jays edge the booming bats of the Tigers, 2 - 1, and increase their lead to 5 1/2 games over Detroit. Willie Hernandez of Detroit saved 32 consecutive games in 1984, but blown saves were not an official stat at the time.
• 1992:
  • Texas P Nolan Ryan is ejected from a game for the first time in his 26-year career, getting tossed after engaging in a shouting match with Oakland's Willie Wilson with two outs in the 9th inning. The Athletics win, 2 - 0.
  • Padres Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff become the first teammates to swat back-to-back home runs twice in the same game since Ernie Banks and Dee Fondy of the Cubs in 1955. The Padres win the game over the Astros, 7 - 5.
• 1993 - Raising his batting average to .348, Padre outfielder Tony Gwynn singles off Rockies' hurler Bruce Ruffin for his 2000th career base hit.
• 1994:
  • The Mariners defeat the Royals, 11 - 2, to end Kansas City's 14-game winning streak, the second longest in club history. KC started the streak in third place, the same spot they're in today.
  • Detroit defeats Toronto, 3 - 2, as Blue Jays OF Joe Carter steals second base in the 4th inning. In doing so, he becomes just the tenth player in history to amass 300 home runs and 200 stolen bases.
  • Cards lefty Danny Jackson severely sprains his right ankle while running the bases, and will be out the rest of the year. The ligament will not respond to treatment and Jackson will miss the opening of the 1995 season as well. Jackson underwent thyroid-cancer surgery after the 1993 season and did not react well to the medication. He started the season by losing nine straight and is at 2-12 now.
• 1996:
  • Darryl Strawberry strokes three home runs off Kevin Tapani in the Yankees' 9 - 2 victory over the White Sox. In doing so, he becomes just the eighth player to hit three in a game in both leagues.
  • Marcel Lachemann of the stumbling Angels quits as manager. John McNamara will take over for the rest of the season.
• 1998:
  • The Red Sox obtain P Pete Schourek from the Astros in exchange for cash.
  • In Chicago, Jack Brickhouse, the long-time voice of the Cubs, dies at the age of 82. Brickhouse was the play-by-play announcer from 1941 to 1981. Jack also handled the White Sox announcing from 1948 to 1967 and was the radio voice for the Chicago Bears of the NFL from 1953 to 1976. He even did Bulls games in the 1960s, signing the deal for WGN over drinks with the team's owner.
  • The Blue Jays trade P Randy Myers to the Padres in exchange for C Brian Loyd and a player to be named. The Padres don't really need Myers, but claim him on waivers in a move to block his going to the Atlanta Braves in a trade; the move backfires as the Jays do not withdraw waivers as expected, and the Pads are stuck with Myers' expensive contract while they already have a top closer in Trevor Hoffman.
  • Kevin McClatchy's vision of a new baseball-only stadium starts to become more of a reality as PNC Bank strikes a deal with the Pirates to call the Bucs' new home "PNC Park."
• 1999:
  • Indians OF Jacob Cruz, filling in for the hobbled Kenny Lofton, tears ligaments in his right thumb and is out for the season. Tampa Bay beats the Tribe, 4 - 2.
  • The Padres defeat the Expos, 12 - 10, as San Diego OF Tony Gwynn records the 3000th hit of his big league career. Gwynn goes 4 for 5 to lead the Padres to victory. Quilvio Veras ties a Pads record by scoring four runs.
• 2000:
  • The Reds obtain OF Brian Hunter from the Rockies in exchange for P Robert Averette.
  • The Padres defeat the Cubs, 8 - 6, behind rookie Adam Eaton, who gives up two runs in seven innings. Another rookie, Daniel Garibay, takes the loss. In front of his hometown fans, 1B Mark Grace records his first five-hit day, going 5 for 5 for Chicago, with two doubles and a home run.
  • The Mariners defeat the Yankees, 11 - 1. OF Stan Javier goes 5 for 6 for Seattle, including a double.
  • The Blue Jays obtain 2B Mickey Morandini from the Phillies in exchange for a player to be named. He just misses moving into second on the all-time games played list for Philadelphia Phillies second basemen, having played 926 games at second for Philadelphia, the third highest total in franchise history, six games short of Otto Knabe (1905-1913). Tony Taylor (1960-1971 and 1974-1976) holds the record having played in 1,003 games for the Phils at second.
• 2001:
  • The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee, comprised of five former players, five media members and five former executives, which was established in 1953, is to be replaced by a 90-member group made up of the members of the Hall of Fame (61), the recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writers (13), the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters (13) and current Veterans Committee members (3). The new committee will be able to elect players only once every two years and executives, umpires and managers only once every four years. The new committee will fail to elect anyone before being restructured again.
  • The Red Sox defeat the Rangers, 10 - 7, as Boston C Scott Hatteberg performs the ultimate baseball opposites in consecutive at bats. With two men on in the 4th inning and the Sox ahead 4 - 2, he lines into a triple play. Two innings later, after the Rangers score five to go ahead, he hits a grand slam to put Boston in the lead to stay.
  • In a Vanity Fair magazine interview, Tommy Gioiosa, a former friend of Pete Rose, alleges that Rose bet on baseball, used a corked bat, and participated in drug dealings.
• 2002:
  • The Athletics down the Red Sox, 9 - 1, but SS Miguel Tejada's 24-game hitting streak comes to an end. The streak began the day after the All-Star break, July 11th, and is the second-longest in the majors this year behind Luis Castillo's.
  • The Blue Jays nearly blow a 13 - 2 lead, but hold on to defeat the Mariners, 14 - 12. P Mark Hendrickson makes his major league debut for Toronto. Hendrickson also played pro basketball, thus becoming the tenth major leaguer to have also played in the NBA.
  • In the 13th inning, Tom Nevers, a first baseman for Chattanooga, takes the mound and pitches five innings. He gets the victory as the Lookouts beat the Huntsville Stars, 8 - 7, in 18 innings. He also goes 3 for 8 with a homer and two RBIs at the plate.
  • Protecting the Giants' 11 - 10 lead over the Cubs, 32-year-old reliever Robb Nen becomes the 16th and youngest closer to record the 300th save of his career.
• 2003 - Three weeks after acquiring Armando Benitez in a trade with the crosstown Mets, the Yankees send the much-maligned reliever to the Mariners. In return, the Bronx Bombers get back 36-year-old Jeff Nelson for his second tour with the team.
• 2008 - Jeff Karstens, in his second start for the Pirates, retires the first 23 batters he faces before Chris Young doubles in the 8th. Karstens settles for a two-hit shutout and has not allowed a run in his first 15 innings since being acquired by Pittsburgh. Karstens aids his own cause with his first two career hits, both off Randy Johnson.
• 2009:
  • After losing the first eight contests between the two teams this year, the Yankees beat their heated rivals, the Red Sox, 13 - 6, before a capacity crowd at New Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Bombers feast off John Smoltz, still struggling to regain his form after missing all of the 2008 season, and Billy Traber, recalled earlier in the day from AAA Pawtucket, lighting up the two pitchers for 13 runs on 18 hits in seven combined innings. Johnny Damon, Jorge Posada, Melky Cabrera and Mark Teixeira all go deep for the Yankees, while Boston fails to take full advantage of 12 walks issued by five New York pitchers.
  • Andre Ethier hits a three-run home run in the bottom of the 9th off Braves closer Rafael Soriano to lead the Dodgers to a 5 - 4 win. It is Ethier's fifth walk-off hit of the year.
• 2010:
  • The Atlanta Braves honor pitcher Tom Glavine by retiring his uniform number 47 before today's game with the Giants. San Francisco wins the game, 3 - 2, in 11 innings. They manage to tie the score in the 9th and score the winning run in the 11th without the benefit of any hits, taking advantage of two Braves errors in the 9th, and using a trio of walks and a sacrifice fly to score the game winner. Brian Wilson records the final out for his 32nd save at 12:32 a.m. after rain showers delay the start of the game by 90 minutes.
  • Adam Wainwright tosses a two-hit shutout for the Cardinals for his 16th win of the year, as St. Louis defeats Florida, 7 - 0. Albert Pujols hits a three-run homer off Ricky Nolasco in the top of the 1st, and the Cards never look back.
  • The Red Sox may be reeling from injuries this year, but their rivalry with the Yankees endures. Today, they beat their nemesis, 6 - 3, at New Yankee Stadium, taking advantage of a dropped pop-up by Yankee C Francisco Cervelli to score three in the 2nd. Ryan Kalish hits his first major league homer, a two-run shot off Javier Vazquez, to put the game away in the 6th. Clay Buchholz is the winner, while David Ortiz also hits one out for the Sox, as well as Mark Teixeira for the Yanks. Derek Jeter lines a single ahead of Teixeira's homer in the 1st for his 2,873rd hit, tying Babe Ruth on the all-time list.
• 2011:
  • The Red Sox defeat the Yankees, 10 - 4, in the second game of a three-game series at Fenway Park, to tie the two teams in first place in the AL East. Jacoby Ellsbury hits a three-run homer off CC Sabathia and drives in six runs to power the Red Sox. Sabathia is 0-4 against Boston this year, and 16-2 against all other teams.
  • The Phillies score a couple of runs in the 1st inning and then turn to Cole Hamels, who pitches a complete game, in beating the Giants, 2 - 1, outpitching Matt Cain. The Phillies have won a season-high nine consecutive games.
• 2012 - Pitching is the name of the game today. The Angels' Jered Weaver earns his major league-leading 15th win with a four-hit shutout of the Athletics, 4 - 0; he has now earned a win in ten straight starts, tying a club record. In Detroit, Justin Verlander racks up 14 strikeouts to beat the Yankees, 7 - 2, a career-best and the most in the American League this season. And in Pittsburgh, Erik Bedard opens a crucial 11-game homestand for the Pirates by shutting out the Diamondbacks, 4 - 0, allowing two hits over seven innings without any walks.
• 2013 - With knuckleballer Steven Wright making his first major league start for Boston, catcher Ryan Lavarnway ties an unenviable record by allowing four passed balls in the 1st inning. Wright helps out with a wild pitch, two walks and a hit batsman as the Astros score three times, and he is removed in favor of Brandon Workman before the start of the 2nd inning. The game is far from over, however, and Lavarnway gets a chance to redeem himself with a two-run double that gives the Red Sox an 8 - 7 lead in the 5th. They will not relinquish it, eventually winning the game, 15 - 10.
• 2014 - After a six-week search, the Padres, introduce their new General Manager, A.J. Preller, who was formerly the assistant GM of the Texas Rangers and spent most of his career in scouting.
• 2017:
  • The Mariners acquire 1B Yonder Alonso from the Athletics in return for young OF Boog Powell. Alonso is having a career year after playing in his first All-Star Game three weeks ago.
  • The Dodgers complete their first-ever season sweep of the Mets with an 8 - 0 win on a combined one-hitter by Hyun-Jin Ryu, Tony Cingrani and Kenley Jansen. New York only places two men on base all day: Travis d'Arnaud who hits a single in the 3rd, and Brandon Nimmo who draws a walk in the 9th. Meanwhile, Cody Bellinger hits his 32nd homer and Justin Turner, who also homers, improves his National League-leading batting average to .349. As the Associated Press puts it: "Los Angeles crushed the Mets like refuse in a trash compactor, outscoring them 57-15 over seven games and outhomering them 25-11."
• 2018 - The Clearwater Threshers of the Florida State League are no-hit but still manage to win a game against the Tampa Tarpons. In the second game of a doubleheader, Deivi Garcia is perfect through the seven regulation innings for Tampa, striking out 12, but the 8th starts with a runner on second base against reliever Christian Morris, courtesy of the tiebreaker rule. A throwing error and a fielder's choice lead to a run, and Alberto Tirado shuts down the Tarpons in the bottom of the 8th to give Clearwater a 1 - 0 win.
• 2019 - Mariners utility player Tim Beckham is suspended for 80 games after testing positive for the illegal anabolic steroid Stanozolol.
• 2020 - After originally announcing he would sit out the season over health and safety concerns and then changing his mind, Nick Markakis starts in right field for the Braves for the first time this year. He then ends the game with a walk-off homer off Wilmer Font in the bottom of the 9th, giving his team a 4 - 3 win over the Blue Jays.
• 2021 - The Athletics are dealt a major blow as starting RF Ramon Laureano is handed an 80-game suspension for testing positive for the banned substance Nandrolone.
• 2022 - France wins the 2022 European Women's Championship, successfully defending its title. The French women also avenge their lone loss of the event, beating Czechia, 13 - 3. Cassandra Vigneau goes the distance while Coralie Guillemin reaches base four times in four appearances and produces three runs, en route to being named tourney MVP.
• 2023:
  • Going 4 for 5 with a homer, rookie Davis Schneider leads the Blue Jays to a 13 - 1 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, completing a three-game sweep after Toronto lost the first seven contests of the season between the two teams. Schneider has nine hits and two homers in the series, including a long ball in his first career at-bat two days earlier.
  • On the other end of the scale, Lyon Richardson makes his major league debut in starting for the Reds against the Nationals, but his first two pitches of the game - and of his career - are hit for homers, by C.J. Abrams and Lane Thomas. He settles down a bit after that but is still charged with a 6 - 3 loss. Both feats are considered unprecedented in major league annals.
• 2024 - Framber Valdéz of the Astros comes out in the 9th inning with a chance of pitching a second career no-hitter, but after a double play gets him two outs, he walks Josh Smith and Corey Seager follows with a homer. Josh Hader then records the final out of the 4 - 2 win over the Rangers.

Births

• 1853 - Ed Ducharme, umpire (d. 1892)
• 1860 - Jim McDonald, infielder; umpire (d. 1914)
• 1864 - Bobby Wheelock, infielder (d. 1928)
• 1872 - Sam Mertes, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1874 - John Foreman, pitcher (d. 1926)
• 1881 - Bud Sharpe, infielder (d. 1916)
• 1884 - Jake Boultes, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1884 - Sherry Magee, outfielder (d. 1929)
• 1888 - Hy Gunning, infielder (d. 1975)
• 1889 - Buck Thrasher, outfielder (d. 1938)
• 1890 - Frank Barron, pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1890 - Jack Wallace, catcher (d. 1960)
• 1894 - Bruce Hocker, infielder (d. 1975)
• 1896 - Ray Blades, outfielder, manager (d. 1979)
• 1898 - Earl Gurley, infielder (d. 1968)
• 1903 - Jim Turner, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1998)
• 1903 - Hal Wiltse, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1904 - Herb Cobb, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1905 - Prez Jones, college coach (d. 1982)
• 1905 - Ed Roetz, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1906 - Chad Kimsey, pitcher (d. 1942)
• 1907 - Tom Hughes, outfielder (d. 1989)
• 1909 - Al Veach, pitcher (d. 1990)
• 1912 - Bud Hafey, outfielder (d. 1986)
• 1914 - Bob Loane, outfielder (d. 2002)
• 1914 - Tommy Reis, pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1916 - Mike Burke, executive (d. 1987)
• 1917 - John McGillen, pitcher (d. 1987)
• 1917 - Akira Noguchi, NPB pitcher-catcher-infielder (d. 1996)
• 1918 - Leon Culberson, outfielder (d. 1989)
• 1919 - Bobby Sturgeon, infielder (d. 2007)
• 1921 - Warren Peace, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1923 - Vincent Plumbo, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2005)
• 1924 - Van Fletcher, pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1926 - Dick Hendley, minor league catcher (d. 2014)
• 1926 - Clem Labine, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2007)
• 1926 - Ralph Schwamb, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1927 - Bobby Greene, minor league outfielder (d. 2015)
• 1927 - Len Noren, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1986)
• 1928 - Herb Moford, pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1930 - Hiroshi Arakawa, NPB outfielder and manager (d. 2016)
• 1931 - Takeshi Yamashita, NPB catcher (d. 2006)
• 1936 - Dave Gerard, pitcher (d. 2001)
• 1937 - Cam Carreon, catcher (d. 1987)
• 1937 - Joe Schaffernoth, pitcher (d. 2016)
• 1937 - Wayne Schurr, pitcher (d. 2024)
• 1941 - Ray Culp, pitcher; All-Star
• 1942 - Koshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder (d. 2023)
• 1943 - Jim Hardin, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1945 - Andy Messersmith, pitcher; All-Star
• 1946 - Jack Rhodes, college coach
• 1947 - Jim Dunegan, pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1948 - Chico Vaughns, minor league outfielder
• 1949 - Tim Grant, minor league pitcher (d. 2005)
• 1949 - Mike Reinbach, outfielder/designated hitter (d. 1989)
• 1952 - David Allen, minor league pitcher
• 1954 - Ken Phelps, designated hitter
• 1955 - Ron Davis, pitcher; All-Star
• 1955 - Steve Nicosia, catcher
• 1955 - Jim Pankovits, infielder
• 1956 - Jim Baba, Canadian national team manager
• 1957 - Bob Horner, infielder; All-Star
• 1957 - Kevin Malone, general manager
• 1959 - Akira Yonemura, NPB pitcher
• 1960 - Hiroshi Moriwaki, NPB infielder and manager
• 1960 - Shaye Ramont, minor league pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1962 - Jephrey Doorey, minor league pitcher
• 1965 - Atsuya Furuta, NPB catcher and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1965 - John Ramos, catcher
• 1965 - Hiroshi Tsuno, NPB pitcher
• 1966 - Stan Belinda, pitcher
• 1967 - Sixto Baez, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)
• 1967 - Tim Delgado, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Todd Guggiana, scout
• 1968 - Darryl Scott, pitcher
• 1969 - Keith Mitchell, outfielder
• 1969 - Masanobu Sasaki, NPB umpire
• 1971 - Todd Fairbrother, Australian national team player
• 1972 - Duane Singleton, outfielder
• 1972 - Lenny Weber, minor league pitcher
• 1974 - Chris Heintz, catcher
• 1974 - Dave Lindstrom, minor league catcher
• 1974 - Luis Vizcaino, pitcher
• 1975 - Derrick Cook, minor league pitcher
• 1975 - Victor Zambrano, pitcher
• 1976 - Kris Wilson, pitcher
• 1977 - Chris George, minor league pitcher
• 1977 - John Hendricks, scout
• 1978 - Alexis Gomez, outfielder
• 1978 - Cheng-Min Peng, CPBL infielder and manager
• 1978 - Myung-chul Shin, KBO infielder
• 1979 - Sung-ki Jung, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Yasutomo Kubo, NPB pitcher
• 1980 - Mark Ripperger, umpire
• 1981 - Junyi Chen, Chinese national team pitcher
• 1982 - Sean Danielson, minor league outfielder
• 1982 - Justin Germano, pitcher
• 1983 - Karl Gélinas, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Randy Boone, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Fumio Katayama, CPBL pitcher
• 1984 - Richie Lentz, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Osiris Matos, pitcher
• 1984 - Marcus McKenzie, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Michael Antonini, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - John Shelby III, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Jake McGee, pitcher
• 1986 - Mauro Schiavoni, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Yu-Chi Hsiao, CPBL pitcher
• 1990 - Diego Polanco, Guatemalan national team pitcher
• 1991 - Wilmer Flores, infielder
• 1992 - Ricardo Andújar, minor league infielder
• 1992 - John Gant, pitcher
• 1992 - Nelson Ward, minor league infielder
• 1994 - Vincenzo Aiello, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Starlyng Sanchez, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Rawafi Yaputra Yanto Rozali, Indonesian national team pitcher
• 1995 - Zidney Fahmidyan, Indonesian national team outfielder
• 1996 - Manuel Rodríguez, pitcher
• 1997 - Benjamín Alegría, minor league infielder
• 1998 - Woo-suk Go, KBO pitcher
• 1999 - Hunter Greene, pitcher; All-Star
• 1999 - Matt McLain, infielder
• 2000 - Barbora Klečková, Czech women's national team infielder
• 2001 - Osvaldo Carvalho Jr., Brazilian national team infielder
• 2001 - Jared Jones, pitcher
• 2002 - Tink Hence, minor league pitcher

Deaths

• 1912 - Dick Van Zant, infielder (b. 1864)
• 1914 - Ed Curtis, manager (b. 1843)
• 1916 - Harry Chipman, umpire (b. 1857)
• 1929 - Tony Cusick, catcher (b. 1857)
• 1936 - Charlie Girard, pitcher (b. 1884)
• 1937 - Bruno Block, catcher (b. 1885)
• 1940 - George Johnson, outfielder (b. 1890)
• 1942 - Gordon McNaughton, pitcher (b. 1910)
• 1946 - Tony Lazzeri, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
• 1946 - Tad Quinn, pitcher (b. 1882)
• 1947 - Gene Good, outfielder (b. 1882)
• 1953 - Bill Phyle, pitcher (b. 1875)
• 1955 - Hooks Cotter, infielder (b. 1900)
• 1962 - Bob Williams, catcher (b. 1884)
• 1963 - Frank Ray, outfielder (b. 1909)
• 1964 - Curly Ogden, pitcher (b. 1901)
• 1980 - Charles Urbanus Sr., Hoofdklasse player and coach (b. 1914)
• 1983 - Johnny Tobin, pinch hitter (b. 1906)
• 1983 - Jimmy Wasdell, outfielder (b. 1914)
• 1984 - Johnnie Dawson, catcher (b. 1914)
• 1993 - Tex Hughson, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1916)
• 1993 - Bob Miller, pitcher (b. 1939)
• 1998 - Jonas Gaines, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1915)
• 2000 - Marv Felderman, catcher (b. 1915)
• 2001 - Jim Mallory, outfielder (b. 1918)
• 2001 - Roy Mantle, minor league outfielder (b. 1936)
• 2008 - Karl Kuehl, manager (b. 1937)
• 2010 - Ultus Alvarez, minor league outfielder (b. 1933)
• 2013 - Mava Thomas, AAGPBL player (b. 1929)
• 2014 - Clem Comly, author (b. 1954)
• 2017 - Darren Daulton, catcher; All-Star (b. 1962)
• 2019 - Brian Allen, minor league pitcher (b. 1979)
• 2023 - Lee Richard, infielder (b. 1948)
• 2024 - Bill Bean, outfielder (b. 1964)