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Events

• 1882 - The Louisville Eclipse's Tony Mullane becomes the first major leaguer to pitch both left- and right-handed in the same game; the ambidextrous ace, however, loses to the Baltimore Orioles, 9 - 8
• 1901 - In Boston's 6 - 5 loss at Cleveland, 1B Buck Freeman injures his foot chasing a foul ball. Freeman, leading the American League with seven homers, is replaced by Lou Criger. Buck will be back in the lineup on July 27th.
• 1905 - The Pirates tally eight hits including a home run, over seven innings against Christy Mathewson, to win, 2 - 1. The game is briefly stopped by umpire Jim Johnstone after a Giants fan tosses a pop bottle at Pirate RF Otis Clymer while he's chasing down a single.
• 1906:
  • Washington pitcher Fred Falkenberg bangs the century's first grand slam by a major league pitcher, connecting in the 6th inning off White Sox ace Frank Owen.
  • Ty Cobb, suffering stomach cramps, leaves the Tigers and returns to Detroit. He will undergo an operation for ulcers, and be out of the lineup until September.
• 1908 - The Cubs win by a run, beating the Giants, 5 - 4, behind Orval Overall. Hooks Wiltse takes the loss as Joe Tinker once again wins the game, this time with a two-run double in the 9th inning. Tinker also has a 6th-inning triple off Hooks.
• 1909 - Harry Krause of the A's loses, 5 - 4, in 11 innings to the Browns, ending his 10-game winning streak.
• 1912 - Gavvy Cravath swipes home in the 11th inning to give the Phils a 9 - 8 win over the Cubs. Reliever Tom Seaton is the winner over Jimmy Lavender. Seaton also pitches the second game but loses, 4 - 2, to Ed Reulbach.
• 1913 - At the Polo Grounds, the Cards win the opener of two, 4 - 3, with help from the error-prone Giants. In blanking the Cards, 5 - 0, in the nitecap, Christy Mathewson finally yields a base on balls, ending a record string of 68 walkless innings pitched. Ed Konetchy draws the pass in the 8th. Matty's record won't be topped until Bill Fischer in 1962.
• 1916:
  • In Chicago, with the score tied 4 - 4 in the 10th, umpire Bill "Lord" Byron forfeits a game to Brooklyn when Hippo Vaughn, protesting alleged sign stealing by baserunners, refuses to pitch.
  • At Boston, Babe Ruth pitches the Red Sox to a 4 - 3 win over the Browns. In the 3rd, Ruth triples and then scores on a infield grounder, bowling over St. Louis C Hank Severeid and knocking him unconscious. Grover Hartley replaces the injured Severeid.
• 1921:
  • The Black Sox trial begins in Chicago.
  • Babe Ruth hits the 139th home run of his career, passing Roger Connor to become baseball's all-time home run leader. The blast off Bert Cole at Navin Field in Detroit, MI is estimated by some to have traveled upwards of 575 feet, the longest in major league history.
• 1922 - Ray Grimes celebrates his return to the Cubs' lineup with a home run, double, and two singles as Chicago thrashes the Phils, 6 - 3. Grimes, who missed 10 days with an injury, has now driven in runs in 12 consecutive games.
• 1927 - The Philadelphia A's Ty Cobb makes what is celebrated at the time as his 4,000th hit, a double off Sam Gibson of Detroit. Detroit wins, 5 - 3, over Lefty Grove. Research will later reveal that he had two fewer hits than was thought at the time, and that number 4,000 actually three days later, on July 21st.
• 1929 - Trying to curb the hitters, National League president John Heydler orders umpires to rub up new balls before each game to remove the gloss.
• 1930 - Chuck Klein's consecutive-game hitting streak ends at 26. The Phillie outfielder is stopped by journeymen hurlers Al Grabowski and Jim Lindsey of the Cardinals.
• 1931 - John McGraw is ejected from a game in St. Louis after he rages over an out call on the Giants' Chick Fullis. A telegram McGraw receives before the next game causes another tantrum, as National League president John Heydler fines him $150 and suspends him for three days.
• 1932 - Washington 3B Ossie Bluege equals the American League record with five walks in the first game of a doubleheader won by Detroit, 8 - 6 and 2 - 1.
• 1933 - The Yankees win their ninth straight and take the lead from the Senators, beating the White Sox, 5 - 4.
• 1934 - Twenty-two players hit safely in Cleveland's 15 - 14 win over New York. Babe Ruth is hit in the leg by the ball and will be out for 10 days. It is the second time an injury has sidelined him this season.
• 1936 - The Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia A's set an American League record for most runs scored by two teams, as the White Sox win, 21 - 14, in the nitecap. Chicago OF Rip Radcliff ties an AL record with six hits (4 singles and 2 doubles) in seven at bats in the nine-inning game. The Sox also win the opener, 7 - 4.
• 1947:
  • Freddie Hutchinson of the Tigers shuts out the Yankees, 8 - 0, stopping their winning streak at 19.
  • The first 5-for-5 game of his career moves Ted Williams among the top hitters in the American League.
  • Willard Marshall of the New York Giants hits 3 consecutive homers, as Larry Jansen beats the visiting Reds.
• 1948:
  • In the first of two before 39,623, the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, 3 - 2. With two outs and the bases loaded in the 9th inning, rookie Robin Roberts hits Phil Cavarretta and Andy Pafko on the back with successive pitches to force home the winner. Chicago's Johnny Schmitz allows just four hits, three by Johnny Blatnik. The Jays (as they are still occasionally referred to in print) win the nitecap, 6 - 4, collecting 17 hits, including a homer by Del Ennis. Schoolboy Rowe evens his record at 5-5, beating Russ Meyer.
  • The Cards beat the Dodgers, 6 - 3, in 11 innings, then drop the nitecap, 13 - 4. In the 2nd inning, 17 Dodgers reach base against the Cardinals with nine hits, six walks, a fielder's choice, and an error before P Hank Behrman whiffs to end the inning. The other outs are on the bases.
  • Pat Seerey, chunky White Sox left fielder, hits four home runs, the last in the 11th inning, to lead Chicago to a 12 - 11 victory over the Athletics in Philadelphia. Seerey is the fifth major league player to accomplish the feat and is the only player in major league history to twice reach 15 or more total bases in a game, having totaled 15 bases in 1945. Fat Pat's first shot is over the LF bleachers' roof off Carl Scheib, the next two - off Scheib and Bob Savage - are on the roof, and the last, off Lou Brissie, into the upper LF stands. Brissie, the fifth pitcher, is the loser against Howie Judson. The A's take the second game, 6 - 1, in five innings as Seerey is 0 for 2. On the 24th, Seerey will become the first player to strike out seven times in a doubleheader.
• 1950 - At Chicago, the Phils split with the Cubs, winning the nitecap, 8 - 3, as Bubba Church beats big Bob Rush. Chicago wins the opener, 5 - 2, with Paul Minner besting Robin Roberts. The Phils now share the top spot in the National League with Boston and the Cards.
• 1951:
  • The Reds purchase OF Hank Edwards from the Dodgers.
  • The Pirates' Ralph Kiner drives in seven runs, hitting three home runs, including his tenth career grand slam, in a 13 - 12 slugfest win over the Dodgers. His final homer, a solo shot off Erv Palica in the 8th, breaks a 12 - 12 tie. Manager Chuck Dressen berates Palica, publicly questioning the pitcher's courage by clutching his throat in a choke signal. In Kiner's final at bat, in the 9th, Carl Furillo pulls down the slugger's long drive near the CF gate. Joe Garagiola and Gus Bell also homer for the Bucs, while Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson homer for Brooklyn.
  • Congressman Emanuel Celler says that President Harry Truman backs his probe of the reserve clause and sports status under the antitrust legislation.
• 1952 - Trailing 11 - 0 after three innings against Sal Maglie at the Polo Grounds, the Cardinals pull off a major comeback defeating the Giants, 14 - 12. The rally equals the largest come-from-behind win in National League history.
• 1953:
  • Dodger backup 1B Wayne Belardi scores two runs in the 8th inning, one on a pinch-hit grand slam. His slam is the third Dodger grand slam in three games (Gil Hodges connected on the 16th, and Billy Cox, on the 17th). The Dodgers' 8 - 6 win over the Cardinals puts Brooklyn three games ahead of Milwaukee.
  • 1B Whitey Lockman, 3B Hank Thompson and CF Bobby Thomson hit 1st-inning homers, as the Giants beat the Cubs, 12 - 7, to move into fourth place.
• 1954:
  • The National League awards a forfeit victory over the Cards to the Phils for a stall that follows a 1st-inning brawl featuring Phils manager Terry Moore and 1B Earl Torgeson, and Cards C Sal Yvars. The Cardinals are under the impression that local ordinances prevent lights being turned on to continue a game. Down 8 - 1 in the 5th inning of the second game, St. Louis begins stalling.
  • After winning 13 in a row, the Yankees lose the second game of a doubleheader to Detroit, 8 - 6. They now trail Cleveland by half a game.
• 1955 - Newly-acquired Jim Wilson of Baltimore two-hits the White Sox, 3 - 0.
• 1957:
  • Horace Stoneham says that the Giants will quit New York after the season. He says he has not heard anything more from San Francisco and that his move is not contingent on that of the Dodgers. He sees a new stadium or joint occupancy with the Yankees as the only solution that could convince the Giants to stay in New York.
  • Dodger slugger Gil Hodges hits his 12th career grand slam to tie the National League record of Rogers Hornsby and Ralph Kiner, as the Dodgers edge the Cards, 10 - 9. St. Louis remains a game behind the Phils. The slam comes against the Cardinals' Wilmer Mizell.
  • In what will later be revealed as false testimony, Kansas City A's owner Arnold Johnson denies before the Celler committee that he had any ties to the Yankee ownership or has favored them in any trades.
  • Ernie Banks and Chuck Tanner of the Cubs both hit inside-the-park homers at spacious Forbes Field. The Cubs nip Pittsburgh, 6 - 5.
  • Gene Woodling of the Indians throws out two Washington runners from LF in the 1st inning, tying a major league record. Washington wins, 4 - 0.
• 1959 - The Tigers drop the first game to the Orioles, 5 - 2, their 13th loss in 15 games, then win the nitecap, 2 - 0, despite getting just two hits off Hoyt Wilhelm. Hoyt allows two singles, but his knuckler proves elusive to Joe Ginsberg, who allows four passed balls to tie the American League record held by Gus Triandos and two others. O's catchers Ginsberg and Triandos will set the modern major-league record for passed balls this season with 49.
• 1960:
  • The Yanks score five runs in the 3rd off Dick Stigman, and Whitey Ford coasts to a complete game 9 - 2 victory over the Indians.
  • The National League votes to expand to ten clubs if the planned Continental League does not join Organized Baseball. The new NL clubs would invade CL territories.
• 1961:
  • At Busch Stadium, Bill White ties Ty Cobb's 49-year-old record by collecting 14 hits in consecutive doubleheaders as the Cardinal first baseman goes 3 for 4 in both games of a doubleheader sweep over the Cubs. Yesterday, the future National League president had gone 8 for 10 in twin bill action also against Chicago.
  • Mickey Mantle poles two homers off rookie Joe McClain to pace New York to a 5 - 3 win over the Senators. In pre-game ceremonies, Mantle teamed with New York Congressman Eddie Dooley to win the homer-hitting contest against other Congressional-player duos.
  • Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Joe Torre of the Braves startle the Reds with a triple steal in the 6th inning. For Aaron, it is his first steal of home.
• 1962 - Minnesota is the first 20th-century club to hit two grand slams in one inning when Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew connect in a team-record 11-run 1st inning against Cleveland. Barry Latman and Jim Perry serve the grand gophers. The Twins coast home, 14 - 3.
• 1964:
  • Ken Boyer, Bill White and Tim McCarver of the Cards hit consecutive 8th-inning home runs in a 15 - 7 bombing of the Mets.
  • The Reds' Pete Rose hits the only grand slam of his career as he drives in six runs in the Reds' 14 - 4 home win against the Phillies. His grand slam is served up by his future manager, Dallas Green.
• 1965 - Twins manager Sam Mele is fined $500 and suspended five days following an altercation with umpire Bill Valentine in Minnesota's doubleheader split with the Angels.
• 1967 - Harry Walker (42-42) is fired as manager of the Pirates. Danny Murtaugh is called back to finish the season.
• 1969:
  • Tommy John scatters eight hits in the White Sox's 6 - 1 win over the Royals. The Sox outfield records no putouts behind John.
  • At Crosley Field, the Astros take a 9 - 0 lead after batting in the 6th, only to lose, 10 - 9. The Reds score a run in the 6th, two in the 7th, and tie it with six in the 8th. Cincy wins it in the 11th when Ted Savage drives in a run off Jack Billingham.
  • Red Sox pitcher Ray Jarvis drives in two runs and beats the Orioles, 6 - 1. The only score for the O's is a homer by Don Buford with Dave May on first base. May holds up to watch Tony Conigliaro fall into the RF stands in a vain attempt to catch the drive and Buford passes May. May scores but Buford is called out and is credited with a single.
• 1970:
  • Milwaukee's Ted Kubiak has seven RBIs - on a single, double and grand slam - to lead the Brewers to a 10 - 5 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. The Red Sox blow a 5 - 1 lead, reached when Carl Yastrzemski hits a three-run homer and Reggie Smith a solo shot. Sparky Lyle is the loser, allowing one run.
  • San Francisco's Willie Mays, at the age of 39, strokes a single off Montreal's Mike Wegener for his 3,000th hit. Mays' safety comes in his 2,639th game and he joins Hank Aaron, who stroked his 3,000th a month earlier. Aaron's was hit in his 2,460th game. The Giants coast to a 10 - 1 victory.
• 1971 - The Pirates sweep a doubleheader from the Dodgers, 3 - 2 and 7 - 1, to extend their winning streak to 11 games. In the second game, Luke Walker has a no-hitter until Joe Ferguson homers in the 9th inning for Los Angeles. Pittsburgh is now in front by 11 1/2 games, their largest lead of the year.
• 1972 - San Diego's Steve Arlin takes a no-hitter against Philadelphia into the 9th inning before settling for a second straight two-hitter. The first hit comes when Denny Doyle hits a two-out bloop single over the head of 3B Dave Roberts, playing in for a possible bunt. During the season, Arlin will notch three two-hitters, a one-hitter, and a 10-inning one-hit stint, yet compile a 10-21 record.
• 1975 - In a 9 - 3 win over the Kansas City Royals, Boston's Jim Rice clouts a tremendous homer over the CF wall at Fenway Park, to the right of the flag pole, just the 6th player to accomplish this feat. Owner Tom Yawkey calls it the longest shot he's ever seen at Fenway. The others: Detroit's Hank Greenberg, on May 22, 1937; Boston's Jimmie Foxx, on August 12, 1937; Yankee Bill Skowron, on April 20, 1957; Boston's Carl Yastrzemski, on May 16, 1970; Brewer Bobby Mitchell, on September 29, 1973.
• 1976 - Houston's Ed Herrmann goes 5 for 5, including a homer, and knocks in four runs in a 10-inning, 7 - 6, win over the Expos.
• 1983:
  • Despite being in first place in the National League East, the Phillies fire manager Pat Corrales because the team is "not playing up to its potential." GM Paul Owens will manage the club instead. In Owens' first game, the Phils drop a 9 - 2 decision as the Astros shell Steve Carlton. It's Lefty's 11th loss of the year and drops the Phils into a tie for second place with the Pirates. Owens will be successful in steering the Phils to a division title, however.
  • At Toronto, George Brett is robbed of an apparent triple by his teammate Mike Armstrong. Brett hits a liner down the RF line that Armstrong, sitting in the bullpen, thinks is foul and retrieves. Umpire Bill Kunkel decides to send U.L. Washington, who scored on the play, back to third base, and Brett is sent to second. Brett has a homer off Jim Clancy but Kansas City eventually loses, 8 - 2.
• 1986:
  • Against Baltimore's Scott McGregor, the Twins' first two batters - Kirby Puckett and Gary Gaetti - hit homers. Puckett adds another to help the Twins to a 7 - 3 win. Bert Blyleven is the winner.
  • The Royals announce that 50-year-old manager Dick Howser, who led the club to a World Championship last season, will miss the rest of the season to undergo treatment for a brain tumor that is later revealed to be malignant. 3B coach Mike Ferraro will manage the club in Howser's absence.
• 1987 - With a home run in his eighth consecutive game, Don Mattingly ties Dale Long's 1956 major-league record. Ken Griffey Jr. will also equal the mark in 1993 with the Mariners.
• 1988 - Seattle's Gene Walter balks four times in 2 1/3 innings in a 12 - 3 loss to Detroit. He is the third American League pitcher to tie the major-league record this season.
• 1989:
  • Donnie Moore, 35, shoots himself to death at his home after shooting and critically wounding his estranged wife Tonya. Friends say Moore was haunted by the two-run home run he surrendered to Dave Henderson in Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS, costing the Angels a trip to the World Series, and that he had been even more depressed since his release last month by minor league Omaha.
  • The Dodgers trade P Tim Leary and SS Mariano Duncan to the Reds for OF Kal Daniels and IF Lenny Harris.
• 1990:
  • A day after setting a major-league record for triple plays, the Twins and Red Sox set one for double plays. The Red Sox hit into six double plays, while the Twins ground into four to set the major league record, as the Red Sox win again, 5 - 4. The previous mark of nine twin killings was last accomplished on April 15, 1961.
  • Arbitrator George Nicolau rules in favor of the Players Association saying that the 26 major league owners colluded and were aware of a databank that detailed 1987 salary offers. The owners will be forced to pay significant damages to the affected players.
• 1993:
  • The Braves obtain 1B Fred McGriff from the Padres in exchange for minor leaguers Melvin Nieves and Donnie Elliott.
  • Atlanta's Steve Avery and two relievers shut out the Pirates, 2 - 0, despite surrendering 13 hits, just one shy of the record for most hits allowed in a shutout.
• 1994:
  • The Major League Baseball Players Association rejects the owners' salary cap proposal as baseball moves a step closer to a strike.
  • Cleveland OF Albert Belle is suspended for ten days for using a corked bat in a July 14th game against the White Sox. The suspension will be reduced to seven days plus a $7,000 fine when Belle agrees to drop his appeal.
  • The Houston Astros spot the visiting St. Louis Cardinals an 11-run lead after three innings, but rally to win, 15 - 12. The Astros score 11 runs in the 6th on the way to matching the largest comeback in National League history.
• 1995:
  • The White Sox blast Yankee P Jack McDowell for 13 hits and 9 runs in 4 2/3 innings in their 11 - 4 win in the second game of a doubleheader. McDowell makes an obscene gesture to the fans as he is booed walking off the field.
• 1995:
  • Dave Andrews, public address announcer for the Abilene Prairie Dogs of the Texas-Louisiana League, is ejected from a game after Abilene manager Charlie Kerfeld is given the boot. Andrews proceeds to read a commercial for an eyeglass chain, infuriating the umpire. Andrews claims it was coincidence, but is still fined $50.
  • The Marlins score a 12 - 10, 14-inning victory over the Giants. Florida is led by 1B Greg Colbrunn, who drives in seven runs on two home runs.
• 1997 - The Mariners, seeking pitching help, trade Scott Sanders (3-6) and two minor leaguers (pitcher Dean Crow and 3B Carlos Villalobos) to the Detroit Tigers for right-handers Omar Olivares (5-6) and Felipe Lira (5-7). Lou Piniella practically begged for a trade after the M's lost to Minnesota, 9 - 7 in 12 innings, cutting Seattle's lead to over Anaheim in the American League West to one-half game.
• 1998:
  • With two outs, the Red Sox hit four homers in the 4th inning to become the first American League team to accomplish this feat with two down. Donnie Sadler, Darren Lewis, Nomar Garciaparra and Mo Vaughn all go deep for Boston in the 9 - 4 victory over the Tigers.
  • The Seattle Mariners hold the first ever Turn Ahead the Clock Night in a game against the Kansas City Royals. The success of this one-time promotion will prompt Major League Baseball to hold 14 such promotions in 1999. Those games, however, will be a tremendous flop and the idea will be quietly dropped. In the debut of the failed promotion, the M's win, 8 - 5.
• 1999:
  • On Yogi Berra Day at Yankee Stadium, David Cone becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history and the third Yankee to toss a perfect game, beating the Expos, 6 - 0. In pre-game ceremonies, Don Larsen throws out the ceremonial first pitch to Yogi, commemorating his 1956 World Series perfect game. Coincidentally, these are the only two perfect games ever pitched in interleague games.
  • Rookie Olmedo Saenz hits a two-run homer, Jimmy Haynes continues his strong pitching and Billy Taylor bounces back from taking a batted ball off his head a few days earlier as the hot Oakland Athletics defeat the Colorado Rockies, 3 - 2. A's vet Tim Raines is 0 for 1 before leaving the game for the hospital because of dizziness. He first felt a pain two days ago and tests will show he has Lupus. Raines will sit out a year and make a remarkable comeback in 2001 with the Expos.
• 2000:
  • The Mets outslug the Blue Jays, 11 - 7, as C Mike Piazza hits his third grand slam of the season. Toronto OF Shannon Stewart gets a major league record-tying four doubles in the game. Also today, the Royals defeat the Cubs, 12 - 4, as OF Johnny Damon gets five hits, including four doubles, to match Shannon Stewart's feat.
  • The Tigers purchase veteran 1B Hal Morris from the Reds.
• 2001:
  • In response to the grievance filed by the umpires earlier in the week, the commissioner's office announces pitch counts will not be used as an evaluation technique.
  • Players notify stadium security when a fan, reaching for a foul ball, drops and then retrieves a gun on the field at Comerica Park. It turns out to be a Glock pistol belonging to an embarrassed off-duty three-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, who had his weapon fall out of its holster as he went for the ball.
  • The Padres-Diamondbacks game is suspended after two innings because of an explosion in a LF light tower. Curt Schilling throws two perfect innings, allowing no hits.
  • Jeremy Giambi is 4 for 4 with six RBIs to lead the A's to a 7 - 2 win over the Twins. It is their 15th win in 19 games.
  • A train carrying toxic substances derails in Baltimore, causing the postponement of the second game of the Orioles' day-night doubleheader against the Rangers. Texas takes the first game, 6 - 4, behind Frank Catalanotto's 4-for-4 day, battering Sean Douglass in his major league debut.
  • The Mets down Florida, 4 - 3, in 11 innings and see Marlins manager Tony Perez ejected for arguing a call. It is his first ejection in 31 seasons and more than 3,800 games as a player and manager.
  • Houston batters St. Louis, 17 - 11, as 1B Jeff Bagwell hits for the cycle. He is the 212th major-league player since 1901 to cycle, 106th in the National league. The Cardinals score six runs in the 5th inning, but the Astros answer with eight in their next turn at bat. Batting notables include Moises Alou, who has a three-run home run to stretch his hitting streak to 23 games, and Bobby Bonilla, with his 2,000th career hit. McGwire, with his 564th, and Albert Pujols also homer for the Birds.
• 2002 - The Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 5 - 4, as Baltimore SS Melvin Mora ties a major league record by being hit by a pitch three times.
• 2008 - Back from the All-Star break, the Brewers get a complete game win from C.C. Sabathia - just as they did in their last game before the break. Sabathia becomes the first hurler since Wilbur Wood in 1975 to get complete game wins in consecutive games without his team playing a contest in between. Wood accomplished the feat under similar circumstances.
• 2009 - The Florida Marlins break ground on the construction of a new ballpark to replace the much-maligned Dolphin Stadium. The Fish's scheduled game with the Philadelphia Phillies is then rained out, demonstrating that the planned retractable roof on the new park is an excellent idea.
• 2011:
  • It takes a hot and humid evening in Chicago to slow down Phillies ace Roy Halladay. Making his first start since starting the All-Star Game, Doc leaves the game with none out in the 5th, trailing 3 - 1, weakened by the weather conditions at Wrigley Field. It is his shortest outing as a Philly. He is charged with his team's 6 - 1 loss; his opponent, Rodrigo Lopez, fares much better, going 6 2/3 innings to earn the win. Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena homer for the Cubs.
  • Clay Hensley is the winner in his first start since 2008 as he beats the Mets, 4 - 1, allowing only one hit over five innings. Mike Stanton drives in two runs for the Marlins, who move to within a half game of catching the Mets and escaping the NL East cellar. It is the Fish's ninth win in their last 10 games and they are now 15-9 since Jack McKeon took over as their manager.
  • The Indians sweep a doubleheader from the Twins in sweltering weather at Target Field, 5 - 2, and 6 - 3. Fausto Carmona wins the nitecap in his return from the disabled list after David Huff, just called up from the minors, earns the win in the opener with 7 shutout innings in an emergency spot start. The Indians like what they see from Huff enough to send down Jeanmar Gomez instead of him after the first game in order to activate Carmona to start the second game. The Twins also have to scramble for starters in the twin bill, using reliever Anthony Swarzak in the opener, and Scott Diamond, who makes his major league debut in the second game. Both pitch decently but end up with losses.
  • Luis Mendoza of the Omaha Royals seemingly throws a no-hitter against the Memphis Redbirds. However, right after the game ends, the official scorer changes a 9th-inning error by Omaha LF David Lough into a hit for Tyler Greene, taking the no-hitter away. An hour later, he changes his mind again, returning the no-hitter. Two days later, the Pacific Coast League will decide that it was in fact a hit for Greene, again costing Mendoza the no-hitter.
• 2012:
  • The A's improve to 10-2 in July with a 4 - 3 win over Texas, capped by a 9th-inning walk-off homer by Brandon Hicks off Michael Kirkman, his first major league long ball. Ryan Cook, the A's sole representative at last week's All-Star Game, picks up the win. The hot month has put the A's in surprising contention for a wild card spot.
  • The Giants and Braves score only one run each in the first nine innings of their game, but explode in extra innings. The Giants score twice in the top of the 10th, but Santiago Casilla allows a two-out, two-run homer to Brian McCann to keep the game going. Undaunted, San Francisco puts 6 more runs on the scoreboard in the 11th, thanks to three-run homers by Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco. Atlanta then scores one other run in the bottom of the 11th to make the final score 9 - 4.
• 2014:
  • The Astros fail to reach a deal with the top pick in the amateur draft, P Brady Aiken, as the deadline for signing players passes. The two sides had reached a tentative deal in early June, but a physical exam disclosed issues with the health of the young lefthander's elbow, leading the Astros to lower their offer, causing the impasse. It is only the third time that the top choice in a draft fails to sign a contract, following Danny Goodwin in 1971 and Tim Belcher in 1983.
  • The Angels acquire All-Star closer Huston Street from the Padres in a deal involving six players, all of the others being still in the minor leagues.
• 2015:
  • Chris Tillman allows a single to the first batter he faces, Ian Kinsler and a walk to Victor Martinez later in the 1st inning, but he then retires 23 straight batters in combining with Zach Britton on a one-hitter. The Orioles beat the Tigers, 3 - 0.
  • Two long-time rivals get into an exciting game as Team USA edges the Cuban national team, 6 - 5, in the semifinals of the 2015 Pan American Games. Cuba scores six runs in five innings off US starter Aaron Blair but four relievers shut them out in the next four innings, David Huff getting the win after retiring Frederich Cepeda with the bases loaded in the 9th. The US ties it in the 7th on two-run doubles by Travis Jankowski and Tyler Pastornicky. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Jankowski singles off Yoanni Yera, steals second and comes home on a single by Andy Parrino. In the other semifinal, host Canada trounces Puerto Rico, 7 - 1, as Phillippe Aumont allows three hits and no runs in eight innings and Jordan Lennerton, Brock Kjeldgaard and Tyson Gillies go deep.
  • The Central League sweeps the 2015 NPB All-Star Games by taking Game 2 by an 8 - 3 score. Hiroki Kuroda becomes the second pitcher over 40 to start a NPB All-Star Game, tossing two shutout innings for the CL. Youth is also served when Tomoya Mori hits a pinch-hit home run for the Pacific League; he is only the second teen to go deep in a NPB All-Star Game and is the youngest player to hit a pinch-hit home run in one. Tsubasa Aizawa is the game's MVP thanks to a homer off Brandon Dickson to start the scoring.
• 2016 - The last-place Minnesota Twins fire General Manager Terry Ryan. His second stint as GM of the club had begun in 2011.
• 2017 - The trading deadline frenzy heats up two weeks early this year as the Yankees pull off a big trade, acquiring 3B Todd Frazier and RP David Robertson, two former All-Stars, as well as P Tommy Kahnle from the White Sox for P Tyler Clippard and prospects Blake Rutherford, Ian Clarkin and Tito Polo. The Diamondbacks also make a move, getting OF J.D. Martinez from Detroit for three prospects. Both trades will prove very profitable for the acquiring teams.
• 2018 - As has been rumored for some time, the Dodgers trade for All-Star SS Manny Machado, who will become a free agent at the end of the season. The price is steep for what amounts to a short-term rental: five prospects, including AA OF Yusniel Diaz, one of the stars of the most recent Futures Game. The Dodgers have a gaping hole to fill, however, having recently lost SS Corey Seager for the remainder of the season.
• 2020 - The Canadian Minister of Immigration announces that he will not grant the special dispensation the Blue Jays need to play their home games at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON, as this would imply too many border crossings to and from areas with a high risk of transmission of COVID-19. As a result, the Blue Jays will need to find an alternate venue to play their home games this season.
• 2021 - A very strange play takes place in the 1st inning of today's game between the Mets and Pirates. With the bases loaded, Kevin Newman hits a slow dribbler down the third base line and Mets P Taijuan Walker touches it in foul territory to ensure it's a foul ball - or so he thinks. However, he pushes the ball towards the Pirates' dugout, and home plate umpire Jeremy Riggs rules it was in contact with the line when it was touched, so it's now a fair ball. All three runners score while Walker, C Tomas Nido and 3B J.D. Davis stand around not knowing what to do and no one bothers to retrieve the ball. Manager Luis Rojas is then ejected after he argues the call. Down 6 - 0 after that inning, the Mets will still rally to win the game, 7 - 6. According to Statcast, Newman's hit travelled all of one foot.
• 2022 - Youth is served in the annual Home Run Derby, held at Dodger Stadium on the eve of the All-Star Game as 23-year-old Juan Soto defeats 21-year-old rookie Julio Rodríguez in the final round, but not before 42-year-old Albert Pujols manages to upset NL home run leader Kyle Schwarber in the initial round. Two-time defending champion Pete Alonso goes down before Rodríguez in the semi-finals. Soto misses the title of youngest-ever winner ever by one day, behind 1993 winner Juan Gonzalez.
• 2023 - Twelve teams score double-digit runs in today's MLB games, something unseen since July 4, 1884, when there were 13 such instances, spread across three leagues and 24 games as a result of multiple doubleheaders. There are only 15 games played today, but these include four in which both teams score ten or more runs, setting a new record. All five teams in the AL Central score ten or more runs, only the second time this has happened in any division since 1969.

Births

• 1844 - George Zettlein, pitcher (d. 1905)
• 1858 - George Bignell, catcher (d. 1925)
• 1858 - Nick Scharf, outfielder (d. 1937)
• 1863 - Charlie Parsons, pitcher (d. 1936)
• 1865 - Herman Pitz, catcher (d. 1924)
• 1866 - Frank Butler, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1868 - William Madigan, pitcher (d. 1954)
• 1870 - Ben Ellis, infielder (d. 1931)
• 1873 - Harry Davis, infielder, manager (d. 1947)
• 1878 - Larry Hoffman, infielder (d. 1948)
• 1881 - Ad Brennan, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1881 - Larry McLean, catcher (d. 1921)
• 1882 - Simon Nicholls, infielder (d. 1911)
• 1887 - Bert Brenner, pitcher (d. 1971)
• 1888 - Cy Boothby, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1948)
• 1894 - Wilbur Fisher, pinch hitter (d. 1960)
• 1894 - Carl Stimson, pitcher (d. 1936)
• 1895 - Jesse Hubbard, pitcher/outfielder, manager (d. 1982)
• 1896 - Nick Logan, pitcher/catcher (d. 1975)
• 1897 - Hank Hulvey, pitcher (d. 1982)
• 1897 - Pat Murray, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1899 - Scrappy Brown, infielder (d. 1951)
• 1899 - Floyd Stahl, college coach (d. 1996)
• 1903 - Hod Kibbie, infielder (d. 1975)
• 1904 - Marty Karow, infielder (d. 1986)
• 1910 - Wes Livengood, pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1911 - Frank Finch, writer (d. 1992)
• 1914 - Andy Gilbert, outfielder (d. 1992)
• 1914 - Ben Huffman, catcher (d. 2005)
• 1915 - George Motto, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2004)
• 1916 - Eugene Bremer, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1971)
• 1916 - Johnny Hopp, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2003)
• 1917 - Rudy Briner, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2009)
• 1917 - Leo Wells, infielder (d. 2006)
• 1918 - Lee Benson, USA national team player
• 1918 - Walter Dilbeck, minor league owner (d. 1991)
• 1918 - Al Lyons, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1918 - Hideo Shimizu, NPB pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1920 - Eddie Kazak, infielder; All-Star (d. 1999)
• 1925 - Windy McCall, pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1927 - Jimmy Asato, college coach (d. 2022)
• 1927 - Bob Freels, umpire (d. 2002)
• 1928 - Billy Harrell, infielder (d. 2014)
• 1929 - Dick Spady, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1934 - Tom Farrell, minor league pitcher (d. 2003)
• 1935 - Taisei Nakamura, NPB pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1935 - Motoji Takuwa, NPB pitcher (d. 2024)
• 1940 - Joe Torre, infielder, manager; All-Star
• 1944 - Rudy May, pitcher (d. 2024)
• 1950 - Ted Gilje, minor league pitcher
• 1953 - Eddie Ford, minor league infielder
• 1953 - Jeff McKay, scout
• 1954 - Harry Spilman, infielder
• 1955 - Motoji Takuwa, NPB pitcher
• 1956 - Butch Edge, pitcher
• 1956 - Razor Shines, infielder
• 1957 - Chris Smith, infielder
• 1958 - Yuji Kubodera, NPB outfielder (d. 1985)
• 1959 - Bobby Pierce, college coach
• 1963 - Mike Greenwell, outfielder; All-Star
• 1963 - Scott Khoury, minor league player
• 1964 - Mike Basso, minor league catcher and manager
• 1966 - Xavier Rolland, Division Elite infielder and executive
• 1967 - Chris Cole, minor league pitcher
• 1968 - Rolando Arrojo, pitcher; All-Star
• 1968 - Tatsuji Nishimura, NPB pitcher
• 1969 - Matt Martin, minor league infielder
• 1970 - Ed Gerald, minor league outfielder
• 1970 - Scott Hennessey, scout
• 1970 - Matt Raleigh, minor league infielder
• 1971 - Alessandro Spera, Serie A1 pitcher
• 1971 - Hitoshi Taneda, NPB infielder
• 1973 - Frank Stattler, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1973 - Antone Williamson, infielder
• 1974 - Christophe Jahja, New Caledonia national team infielder
• 1975 - Torii Hunter, outfielder; All-Star
• 1975 - Tavo Sorovakatini, Fijian national team infielder
• 1977 - Harold Eckert, minor league pitcher
• 1977 - Glenn Williams, infielder
• 1978 - Abhiyendra Pratap, Fijian national team infielder
• 1978 - Ben Sheets, pitcher; All-Star
• 1979 - Matt Boone, minor league infielder
• 1979 - Andre Gruber, Austrian national team catcher
• 1979 - Yu-Wei Hsu, CPBL pitcher
• 1982 - Josh Banks, pitcher
• 1983 - Maikel Hurtado, Elitserien pitcher
• 1984 - Jesus Carnevale, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Michael Collins, minor league infielder and manager
• 1984 - Allen Craig, outfielder; All-Star
• 1984 - Micah Schnurstein, minor league infielder
• 1985 - Korey Noles, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Ramiro Pena, infielder
• 1985 - Anthony Perry, college coach
• 1986 - Tibor Bagyinszki, Hungarian national team pitcher
• 1986 - José M. Capellán, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Petar Petrov, Bulgarian national team infielder
• 1987 - Conor Gillaspie, infielder
• 1987 - Jose Gualdron, minor league infielder and manager
• 1987 - Hoon Jeong, KBO infielder
• 1988 - Rafael Escobar, Ecuadorian national team pitcher
• 1988 - Rodrigo Kanashiro, Brazilian national team player
• 1988 - Brett Nicholas, catcher
• 1989 - Osmel Aguila, minor league outfielder
• 1989 - Derek Dietrich, infielder
• 1991 - Dillon Moyer, minor league infielder
• 1991 - Eugenio Suarez, infielder; All-Star
• 1992 - Michal Ešmír, Extraliga infielder
• 1992 - Chun-Wei Kuo, CPBL catcher
• 1992 - Dinelson Lamet, pitcher
• 1993 - Robert Gsellman, pitcher
• 1994 - Ryan Helsley, pitcher; All-Star
• 1996 - Jaime Barria, pitcher
• 1996 - Sam Hentges, pitcher
• 2000 - Kyle Manzardo, infielder

Deaths

• 1908 - John Brown, pitcher (b. 1876)
• 1915 - Larry McKeon, pitcher (b. 1866)
• 1917 - Sparrow Morton, pitcher (b. 1858)
• 1919 - Jim Hart, manager (b. 1855)
• 1925 - Ed Bloom, umpire (b. 1861)
• 1928 - Ed Killian, pitcher (b. 1876)
• 1932 - Howard Freigau, infielder (b. 1902)
• 1932 - Sy Sanborn, writer (b. 1866)
• 1935 - Tom Ryder, outfielder (b. 1863)
• 1937 - Fred Jacklitsch, catcher (b. 1876)
• 1939 - J. Louis Comiskey, owner (b. ????)
• 1948 - Chick Hartley, outfielder (b. 1880)
• 1950 - Art LaVigne, catcher (b. 1885)
• 1951 - Danny Jenkins, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1886)
• 1951 - Joe Klugmann, infielder (b. 1895)
• 1956 - Hank Perry, outfielder (b. 1886)
• 1960 - Terry Turner, infielder (b. 1881)
• 1961 - Hod Eller, pitcher (b. 1894)
• 1962 - Carl Holling, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1966 - Roy Moran, outfielder (b. 1884)
• 1975 - Ted Wingfield, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1982 - Andy Anderson, infielder (b. 1922)
• 1982 - Pete Layden, outfielder (b. 1919)
• 1989 - Donnie Moore, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1954)
• 1993 - Ted Sadowski, pitcher (b. 1936)
• 1999 - Woody Davis, pitcher (b. 1913)
• 2001 - Barry Shetrone, outfielder (b. 1938)
• 2002 - Del Wilber, catcher, manager (b. 1919)
• 2006 - Naotaka Makino, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1910)
• 2007 - Orlando McFarlane, catcher (b. 1935)
• 2009 - D.L. Williams, Negro League pitcher (b. 1939)
• 2010 - Kuninobu Sunaoshi, NPB manager (b. 1922)
• 2011 - Joe Abernethy, minor league player and manager (b. 1934)
• 2011 - Nat Allbright, announcer (b. 1923)
• 2011 - Ryan Gaston, minor league pitcher (b. 1977)
• 2012 - Dick Aubertin, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2012 - Robert Creamer, writer (b. 1922)
• 2014 - Jimmy Davis, minor league player (b. 1935)
• 2015 - Paul Gannatal, college coach (b. 1914)
• 2017 - Matt Davis, minor league pitcher (b. 1977)
• 2017 - John Rheinecker, pitcher (b. 1979)
• 2023 - Larry Yellen, pitcher (b. 1943)