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Events

• 1890 - Giants pitcher Mickey Welch beats the Pirates, 4 - 2, to become baseball's third 300-game winner. The 31-year-old Brooklyn native will win only seven more games before ending his 13-year career next season.
• 1903 - Boston's Vic Willis outpitches Christy Mathewson to beat the Giants, 5 - 3. 3B Ed Gremminger solves Matty, banging out a single, double, home run and sacrifice to lead Boston.
• 1907 - The Reds take their third game in a row from the Giants, and winning pitcher Jake Weimer adds insult to injury with a swipe of home. An incensed John McGraw gets into a fight with a park security man and belts him. Police break it up and no arrests are made.
• 1908:
  • Walter Johnson's recuperation from his operation from an infection behind the right ear seems complete as he pitches 15 innings against the Browns with neither team scoring. Washington pulls out a 2 - 1 victory in the 16th as Johnson strikes out 15, the Big Train's highest strikeout total for his career. He will win 11 of his next 13 decisions.
  • Hooks Wiltse and Vic Willis lock horns and the Giants and Pirates duel for 16 innings before the game is called, 2 - 2, because of darkness. Honus Wagner is 0 for 6 but drives home a run with a sacrifice fly.
• 1909 - Brooklyn's Jim Pastorius no-hits the Phillies until pinch-hitter Doc Martel laces a one-out triple in the 9th inning. Pastorius wins, 4 - 0.
• 1911 - Charles "Victory" Faust shows up at the Giants' hotel in St. Louis asking for a tryout. Manager John McGraw observes the "pitcher," who obviously is no player, and carries him on the team as an unofficial mascot and good luck charm. But the Giants lose to the Cards today, 5 - 2, with the help of five errors. McGraw will eventually let Faust pitch in a couple of meaningless games, after the pennant is secured.
• 1914 - The Red Sox acquire lefty Vean Gregg (9-3), a 20-game winner the past three years, from Cleveland for Adam Johnson, Fritz Coumbe, and catcher Ben Egan.
• 1917 - In a doubleheader at St. Louis, the Red Sox sweep, winning both games by 3 - 2 scores, the second in 11 innings. In the 20 innings, not one Red Sox batter strikes out. Another oddity is in the second game, as Ernie Shore is called out twice for interference when hit with a batted ball.
• 1922:
  • Rogers Hornsby ties the National League single-season home run record with his 27th, matching the 38-year-old mark set by Ed Williamson of the Chicago White Stockings in 1884. Hornsby's 8th-inning solo shot off the Giants' Bill Ryan carries into the Polo Grounds' left field bleachers and pulls the Cards to within two runs of their New York hosts. But hospitality goes only so far; New York answers right back with two and closes out St. Louis, 8 - 4.
  • The American League announces plans to erect a $100,000 monument to baseball in East Potomac Park, Washington. It never gets built.
  • The Yanks move back into first place when Sad Sam Jones beats Ray Kolp, 7 - 3. Kolp lasts just two innings before Bill Bayne takes over for the final seven and allows two runs. Ken Williams hits his 23rd homer but Whitey Witt counters with a three-run home run.
• 1931 - The White Sox record an American League-record 12 hits in the 8th inning against the Yankees. They score 11 runs as Bob Fothergill homers and triples to win, 14 - 12.
• 1934:
  • The veteran Waite Hoyt stops Dizzy Dean's win streak at ten with a 5 - 4 win in Pittsburgh.
  • Chuck Dressen, who will win pennants in Brooklyn and manage 16 seasons in the major leagues, begins by replacing Bob O'Farrell at the helm for the Cincinnati Reds.
• 1935 - Ted Lyons ties a major-league record with two doubles in the same inning while beating the Browns, 14 - 6.
• 1936:
  • In the 6th inning of a 16 - 6 Yankee win in Detroit, the Tigers' Goose Goslin drives a ball in the gap in right center. RF Joe DiMaggio and CF Myril Hoag, in for a slumping Jake Powell, sprint for the ball and collide, the ball bounding by for an inside-the-park home run. Both players are knocked unconscious but appear unhurt: DiMaggio stays in though Hoag is replaced. Hoag will play tomorrow and collect a single, then collapse in his hotel room on the 30th with a brain clot. Hoag will be operated on successfully at Harper Hospital and will be out the rest of the season, but he'll return to play six more years. New York wins the game on 20 hits, scoring four runs in each of the first two innings, and three apiece in the 4th and 5th. Lou Gehrig's two doubles, single and home run number 31 with two aboard pace the visitors. Tommy Bridges is the loser while Johnny Murphy, who relieves Monte Pearson in the 4th, is credited with the win. George Selkirk adds a homer for the Yankees, who have now hit 122.
  • Dolph Camilli's 9th-inning homer, his second of the game, caps a four-run rally as the Phillies top the visiting Cubs, 5 - 3. Reliever Larry French, who replaces Roy Henshaw in the 9th, loses after he gives up a single to Johnny Moore off the RF wall to tie, strikes out Chuck Klein and serves up the dinger to Dolph.
  • Bill Dietrich makes his first start for the White Sox since being picked up on waivers and Chicago makes it easy with a 19 - 6 win over Philadelphia. Dietrich helps his own cause with four singles.
  • Earl Averill raps his 18th and 19th homers of the year, off Earl Whitehill, as Cleveland beats the Senators, 6 - 4. Lloyd Brown is the winner, allowing 11 hits. Hal Trosky extends his hitting streak to 22 games, while Cleveland's Roy Weatherly sets an American League rookie record by hitting in his 20th consecutive game.
• 1940 - King Kong Keller clouts three home runs for the New York Yankees in a 10 - 9 win over Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader split.
• 1948 - Detroit's Dizzy Trout shuts out the Red Sox, 13 - 0, to stop Boston's win streak at 13 games. Hoot Evers paces the 18-hit attack with four hits.
• 1949:
  • Detroit pitcher Dizzy Trout hits a 9th-inning grand slam against the Senators to help the Tigers to a victory.
  • A 12 for 25 run raises Jackie Robinson's National League-leading batting average to .364. Jackie will tail off from that mark but will win the batting title at .342.
• 1950 - The Indians' Larry Doby, Al Rosen and Luke Easter connect for consecutive home runs in the 3rd in a 13 - 1 whipping of the Red Sox.
• 1951:
  • The Giants go 7-0 at Crosley Field this year by defeating the Reds, 3 - 1. Willie Mays has his third homer in six days and Larry Jansen wins to go 15-2 against the Rhinelanders.
  • P Russ Meyer hurls a 1 - 0 shutout over the Cubs, the fourth shutout in a row for the Phillies staff. Robin Roberts, Ken Johnson and Bubba Church pitched the earlier whitewashings.
  • Charlie Gehringer succeeds Billy Evans as General Manager of the Detroit Tigers.
  • Clyde Vollmer, who started the month on the bench, continues his explosive fireworks against the Indians. He singles in the tying run in the 15th and then in the 16th hits a grand slam off reliever Bob Feller for an 8 - 4 Red Sox win. The grand slam is the latest to be hit in a game in major league history. Mickey McDermott pitches all 16 innings for the Sox, striking out 15 and walking one.
• 1952 - Rogers Hornsby, after being fired by the St. Louis Browns, replaces another former Brownie manager, Luke Sewell, as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
• 1954 - Giants OF Dusty Rhodes hits three consecutive home runs at the Polo Grounds to back Johnny Antonelli's 10 - 0 whipping of St. Louis. It is Antonelli's tenth consecutive win. Willie Mays smacks his 36th homer, a 447-foot clout to left field.
• 1958 - For the sixth time in his career, Mickey Mantle hits home runs from both sides of the plate. New York beats the Athletics, 14 - 7.
• 1959 - The White Sox take over first place for good by toppling the Yankees, 4 - 3, behind P Billy Pierce. Al Smith, with a two-run home run in the 8th, provides the winning margin. The Sox will go 13-9 against the Yankees this year, the first time since 1925 that Chicago is over .500 for the season against the Bombers.
• 1960:
  • With relief help from Bobby Shantz, Whitey Ford, who leaves with an upset stomach, picks up a 4 - 0 win over the Indians. Tony Kubek, Mickey Mantle and Clete Boyer homer for the Yanks. The pinstripers sweep, winning the nitecap, 9 - 2, and take over first place by three percentage points.
  • The Red Sox, losers of nine straight to the White Sox, beat Chicago, 4 - 2, knocking the Pale Hose out of first. Boston OF Gary Geiger, who homered yesterday against Chicago, suffers a collapsed lung and is out for the rest of the season.
• 1961 - The Yanks buy 1B Bob Hale from Cleveland. This will make veteran Earl Torgeson, signed on June 17th, expendable. They'll release Torgy as a player in early September and sign him as a coach.
• 1962:
  • After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus in New York two days ago with teammate Gene Conley to use the rest room, prodigal infielder Pumpsie Green returns to the Red Sox and is fined.
  • On Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium, White Sox knuckleballer Eddie Fisher loses a 3 - 0 shutout when he surrenders 7th-inning homers to Mickey Mantle and Johnny Blanchard and loses, 4 - 3.
• 1963:
  • Chicago's Dick Ellsworth strikes out ten Cardinals, including Stan Musial three times, in a 5 - 1 win.
  • The Mets' 8 - 2 loss at Houston is their 22nd straight away from the Polo Grounds, and matches the major-league record set by the 1890 Pirates.
• 1964 - The Angels' Jim Fregosi hits for the cycle to assure a 3 - 1 win over the Yankees. New York's only score is a Mickey Mantle homer over the centerfield fence at Chavez Ravine, one of only two hits off Dean Chance. It's the first homer given up by Chance in 69 innings.
• 1965:
  • The Reds' Sammy Ellis outpitches Sandy Koufax, as he beats the Dodgers, 4 - 1, striking out 12 batters.
  • RF Tony Conigliaro suffers a broken left wrist when hit by a Wes Stock pitch in a 6 - 0 Boston win. He will miss 24 games.
• 1966 - Rick Reichardt, California's young hitting star, is sidelined with a kidney ailment. He will have a kidney removed in two weeks.
• 1968:
  • Dave McNally outduels Mickey Lolich to give Baltimore a much-needed win over the Tigers, 5 - 1.
  • Ken Holtzman and the Cubs beat the Dodgers' Don Sutton, 1 - 0. It is Sutton's second straight 1 - 0 loss to Chicago; he is now 0-10 against the Cubs, and Holtzman will top him the next three times they face each other.
  • At Shea Stadium, Reds Ps Jim Maloney and Clay Carroll combine on a one-hit, 5 - 3, victory. Maloney gives up a run-scoring double to Cleon Jones in the 1st inning and then is lifted in the 6th after walking three batters. Carroll gives up two run-scoring grounders, but pitches four hitless frames.
• 1970:
  • It's a tough day for Angels C Tom Egan as he is charged with five passed balls, all with different pitchers. To make matters worse, the California backstop also commits an error, allowing the winning run to score in a 6 - 5 loss to the Yankees.
  • Donn Clendenon sets a club record by driving in seven runs as the Mets beat the Giants, 12 - 2. A sacrifice fly and a pair of three-run homers does it. Jim McAndrew is the winner.
• 1971 - Orioles 3B Brooks Robinson, a sixteen-time gold glove winner, commits three errors. Thanks to Frank Robinson's 9th-inning three-run walk-off home run off Rollie Fingers, the Orioles prevail and beat the A's, 3 - 2.
• 1972 - Steve Carlton wins his tenth straight for the last-place Phils, beating the Cubs' Milt Pappas, 2 - 0. Lefty allows four hits and strikes out seven, while setting the club record for consecutive wins.
• 1973:
  • Tony Perez makes his fourth hit of the game a good one, homering in the 10th to beat the Padres, 2 - 1. Don Gullett, in relief of Tom Hall, is the winner over Randy Jones.
  • The Kansas City Royals blow out the Oakland A's, 19 - 8, with Aurelio Monteagudo picking up the win. A defensive moment is provided by A's CF Billy North, who makes an unassisted double play.
• 1974 - The Reds whip the Padres, 14 - 1, at Riverfront Stadium.
• 1976 - White Sox pitchers Blue Moon Odom (five innings) and Francisco Barrios (four innings) combine to no-hit the A's, 2 - 1. It is Odom's last major league victory.
• 1977:
  • Toronto peppers Gaylord Perry for 11 hits, but the Texas hurler still shuts them out, 3 - 0.
  • In New York, a Thursday crowd of 40,918 cheer as New York unleashes a 15-hit attack to down the Orioles, 14 - 2. The Yankee barrage includes homers by Graig Nettles, Thurman Munson and Roy White.
  • In a wild one at Wrigley Field, the first-place Cubs (6) and Reds (5) combine for 11 home runs to tie the major league record. The Cubs come back four times to win, 16 - 15, in 13 innings in a contest that goes 4 hours and 50 minutes. The Reds lead 6 - 0 to start, beginning with Pete Rose's leadoff home run, and lead, 15 - 14, near the finish, but Dave Rosello's RBI single off Jack Billingham wins the game. Rick Reuschel wins his 15th game, and second in two days, pitching just two-thirds of an inning. Going deep are Bill Buckner (2), Bobby Murcer, George Mitterwald (2, including one in the 12th inning) and Jerry Morales for Chicago; Rose, Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey, Mike Lum and Cesar Geronimo homer for the Reds.
• 1978 - The Orioles' Rich Dauer has his tenth straight game with at least two hits. In his streak, which began on July 18th, Dauer hit .583 (28 for 48). Dauer's mark is a club record.
• 1979:
  • At Texas, the Boston Red Sox pull off a 1st-inning triple play - 9-4-3 - against the Rangers. It's Boston's third triple play of the year (July 23rd and May 10th) tying a major-league record, and it's needed as the Sox win, 1 - 0. Dennis Eckersley beats Fergie Jenkins.
  • The Cubs' Dave Kingman continues his slugging with a single and three consecutive home runs during a 6 - 4 loss to the Mets. Kingman ties two records by having his second three-homer game of the season (the first was on May 17th) and hitting five home runs over two consecutive games.
• 1980 - At Montreal, the Expos beat the Reds, 5 - 4, with Fred Norman getting the win over Mario Soto. Ron LeFlore of the Expos steals his 62nd base in the 7th inning and the Montreal scoreboard notes that the first stolen base was 115 years earlier. As LeFlore stands off base reading the message, he is tagged out.
• 1982:
  • After a 3 - 2 loss to the Brewers, Rangers manager Don Zimmer is fired and replaced by Darrell Johnson. During the 1976 season, Zimmer had replaced Johnson as manager of the Boston Red Sox.
  • Atlanta's Phil Niekro posts his 250th career win, 8 - 6 over the Padres. The 43-year-old knuckleballer will finish the season 17-4, leading the major leagues in winning percentage.
• 1983 - American League president Lee MacPhail decides that George Brett's "Pine Tar" home run should count. The remainder of the game will played on August 18th with the Royals beating the Yankees, 5 - 4.
• 1985:
  • Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, Arky Vaughan and Hoyt Wilhelm are inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Cooperstown, New York. Wilhelm is the first pitcher to be inducted because of his role as a reliever.
  • Darrell Porter drives in three runs with a double and homer to lead the Cards to a 4 - 2 win over the Padres. LaMarr Hoyt loses after winning 11 straight.
  • Darrell Evans hits his 300th career home run, off Ken Schrom, to lead Detroit to a 3 - 2 win over the Twins.
• 1987 - Montreal's Jeff Reed makes three errors in the 7th inning of an 8 - 3 loss to the Cubs, tying the major-league record for catchers.
• 1989 - Vince Coleman's major league record-setting consecutive stolen base streak ends at 50 as Expos backstop Nelson Santovenia nails him trying to swipe second base. The Cardinal speedster surpassed the previous record of 38 established by Davey Lopes of the Dodgers in 1975.
• 1990:
  • Cubs SS Shawon Dunston ties a major-league record with three triples in a 10 - 7 win over the Expos. Shawon also drives in five runs.
  • Cal Ripken's errorless streak ends at 95 consecutive games, as Baltimore loses to Kansas City, 10 - 9. The streak is a new major-league record for a shortstop, eclipsing Kevin Elster's 89-game mark.
  • With one out to go, the Giants' Scott Garrelts loses a no-hitter when the Reds' Paul O'Neill singles. Garrelts finishes with a 4 - 0 one-hit win.
• 1991 - Dennis Martinez of the Expos tosses the 13th perfect game in major league history (excluding those of Harvey Haddix and Ernie Shore), setting down all 27 Dodgers to face him in a 2 - 0 win. Martinez strikes out five in the contest. C Ron Hassey becomes the first receiver to catch two perfectos, having been behind the plate for the Indians' Len Barker's masterpiece in 1981. Dodger infielder Alfredo Griffin goes 0 for 3 against Martinez, to go along with his 0 for 3 performance in Tom Browning's perfect game in 1988, and 0 for 2 in Barker's perfecto in 1981.
• 1992 - In the Mets' 8 - 6 win over the Phils, Howard Johnson suffers a hairline fracture of his wrist. He'll go on the disabled list on August 3rd and miss the rest of the season.
• 1993:
  • Darren Daulton belts a grand slam and a two-run triple as the Phils pound the Cards, 14 - 6. Dave Hollins drives in three runs as well for the team known as 'Macho Row'.
  • The Mets defeat the Marlins, 5 - 4, as Anthony Young takes the win in relief, ending his 27-game losing streak.
  • Detroit 3B Travis Fryman strokes five safeties as he hits for the cycle in the Tigers' 12 - 7 loss to the Yankees. He is the first Tiger to cycle in 43 years.
  • Seattle's Ken Griffey homers for the eighth consecutive game, tying the major league mark set by Dale Long and tied by Don Mattingly. The Mariners lose to the Twins, however, 5 - 1.
• 1994:
  • Texas P Kenny Rogers hurls a perfect game, defeating the Angels, 4 - 0. Rogers fans eight in the 11th regular season perfect game of the 20th Century. He becomes the first left-hander in American League history to toss a perfecto and the 14th pitcher in history.
  • The Players Association executive board approves of August 12th as the date for a strike.
• 1995:
  • The Yankees get P David Cone from the Blue Jays in a trade for minor league pitchers Marty Janzen, Jason Jarvis and Mike Gordon. The Yanks also trade OF-DH Danny Tartabull to the Athletics for OF-DH Ruben Sierra and minor league P Jason Beverlin.
  • The Orioles acquire 3B-OF Bobby Bonilla and a player to be named later from the Mets in exchange for OF Alex Ochoa and Damon Buford.
  • With baseball's new speed-up rules in place, the Cubs dispose of the Phillies, 4 - 0, in a brisk 2:29. Cubs' P Frank Castillo says, "It wasn't the rule about throwing a pitch in 12 seconds since I usually throw in five seconds."
• 1996:
  • Darryl Strawberry's 300th career home run, a two-run shot in the 9th, lifts the Yankees to a 3 - 2 win over the visiting Royals. The Yankees now lead by 12 games.
  • Padres C John Flaherty has his 27-game hitting streak stopped by the Marlins in the Padres' 8 - 2 win. The streak is the second-longest ever by a catcher behind Benito Santiago's record, also set with the Padres.
• 1997 - In the first game of a doubleheader, Milwaukee P Steve Woodard, recalled just that morning, hurls eight innings of one-hit ball to defeat the Blue Jays, 1 - 0. Mike Fetters tosses a hitless 9th for the Brewers. Toronto's only hit is a double by CF Otis Nixon.
• 1998:
  • I like it so much, I'll do it again. After setting the record yesterday for hitting the most home runs before getting a grand slam, Sammy Sosa hits his second in four at bats in the Cubs' 7 - 5 loss to the Diamondbacks. Sosa is the first Cub to hit grand slams in consecutive games, and just the 18th player in history.
  • Twins 2B Todd Walker ties a club record with his ninth consecutive hit, in a 3 - 0 victory over Kansas City. He also matches a club record by reaching base safely 11 straight times. Walker's batting average is now up to .352.
• 1999 - The Blue Jays obtain 1B David Segui from the Mariners in exchange for Ps Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair. Segui's refusal of the Mariners' three-year, $17-million offer prompted the trade. Segui will settle for a one-year arbitrated contract with the Jays.
• 2000:
  • The Mets pick up All-Star SS Mike Bordick from the Orioles for IF/OF Melvin Mora, C Mike Kinkade, and Ps Lesli Brea and Pat Gorman. New York then picks up OF Bubba Trammell and P Rick White from the Devil Rays for light-hitting OF Jason Tyner and P Paul Wilson.
  • The Athletics obtain Ps Jim Mecir and Todd Belitz from the Devil Rays in exchange for P Jesus Colome and a player to be named later. Mecir will fill in for the slumping Jason Isringhausen.
  • Unable to win in four months, David Cone is sent to the team's minor league camp in Tampa by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. The struggling veteran will be under the supervision of Billy Connors, the Yankees' vice president of player personnel.
  • The Indians obtain Ps Bob Wickman, Steve Woodard, and Jason Bere from the Brewers in exchange for slugging 1B Richie Sexson, Ps Paul Rigdon and Kane Davis, and a player to be named later. The Indians keep trading, bringing back OF Wil Cordero from the Pirates for prospects IF Enrique Wilson and OF Alex Ramirez, both of whom will wind up as busts for Pittsburgh. The Tribe had declined to re-sign Cordero after last season and he upped with the Bucs for three years. The Indians then pick up slick-fielding 1B David Segui from the Rangers for OF Ricky Ledee.
• 2001:
  • Orioles OF Melvin Mora's wife, Gisel, gives birth to quintuplets. The three boys and two girls, who all weigh in under two and half pounds, are all doing well.
  • In a day-night doubleheader, Vinny Castilla of the Houston Astros becomes the 13th player this season to hit three home runs in a game when he does it against Pittsburgh, but the Pirates still edge the Astros, 9 - 8, with an amazing comeback. Pittsburgh becomes only the second team in National League history to win a game by scoring seven runs starting with two outs and nobody on base in the 9th inning. Brian Giles caps the scoring with a walk-off grand slam off Astros ace closer Billy Wagner to win it. The Cubs did it, against the Reds, in the first game of a doubleheader on June 29, 1952.
  • The Twins get P Todd Jones from the Tigers in exchange for P Mark Redman.
• 2002:
  • The Indians send P Paul Shuey to the Dodgers. In return, the Tribe gets P Terry Mulholland and minor league pitchers Ricardo Rodriguez and Francisco Cruceta.
  • During his induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, with the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow playing in the background and a copy of The Wizard of Oz in his hands, Ozzie Smith compares his baseball career to Dorothy's away trip from Kansas. Citing the recipe for his success during his 19-year career with the Cardinals and Padres, the 47-year-old tells the crowd he had the mind to dream, which the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to believe, which the Tin Man wanted, and courage, which the Lion lacked, in order to persevere.
  • The Giants trade two minor league pitchers, right-hander Felix Diaz and left-hander Ryan Meaux, to obtain veteran CF Kenny Lofton from the White Sox.
  • Oakland scores eight runs in the 9th inning to complete its 12 - 2 win over Texas.
• 2005 - The Blue Jays play the longest game in franchise history, innings-wise, an 18-inning marathon against the Angels at Rogers Centre. The Jays win, 2 - 1, after nearly five hours of play, when Orlando Hudson hits a line drive past a drawn-in infield, scoring Alex Rios from third base.
• 2007 - One home run away from tying Hank Aaron's all-time major league record, Barry Bonds goes 0 for 3 with a walk against the Marlins' Dontrelle Willis in a 4 - 3 win by the Giants.
• 2008:
  • The Angels, with the top record in baseball, defeat one of baseball's best pitchers, Daisuke Matsuzaka, who entered the game with a record of 11-1, 7 - 5 over Boston. Home runs by Casey Kotchman and Torii Hunter are the big blows. In a losing cause, Manny Ramirez homers for the 20th time this season and becomes the eighth player in history with 14 straight 20-homer seasons. Three days from now, Ramirez will be traded.
  • The Astros beat Cincinnati, 5 - 4. Roy Oswalt, fresh off the disabled list, improves to 20-1 against the Reds. Through today's game, this is the record for a pitcher with 20+ decisions versus one team.
• 2009 - In his first start since throwing a perfect game on July 23rd, Mark Buehrle retires the first 17 batters he faces to set a new major league mark of 45 consecutive batters retired. The previous mark of 41 was set by Jim Barr in 1972 and tied by Buehrle's teammate, Bobby Jenks, in 2007. The Twins still manage to beat the White Sox, 5 - 3.
• 2010:
  • The Dominican Republic national team wins its first Gold Medal in a major tournament in 28 years, taking the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games behind the arms of Juan Peña, José Cabrera and Dario Veras in a 3 - 2 win over the Mexican national team. In the other game, the host Puerto Rico leads Nicaragua, 6 - 3, going into the bottom of the 9th but three relievers allow a combined four runs to blow it, giving Nicaragua the Bronze Medal.
  • In a match-up of pitchers who have thrown no-hitters this year, Roy Halladay of the Phillies tops Edwin Jackson of the Diamondbacks, 7 - 1, with Halladay tossing a complete game. Top Philly prospect Domonic Brown makes his debut in CF, taking over for an injured Shane Victorino, and hits a double to the wall in his first major league at-bat. The last matchup of hurlers who had thrown no-hitters that year was in September 1991 when Nolan Ryan and Wilson Alvarez squared off.
  • With the trading deadline approaching, a few clubs are making moves. The Tigers, reeling from a number of injuries, obtain 3B Jhonny Peralta from Cleveland for minor league P Giovanni Soto, while the Dodgers acquire veteran OF Scott Podsednik from the Royals for minor leaguers Lucas May and Elisaul Pimentel.
  • Giants closer Brian Wilson is fined $1,000 for wearing bright orange cleats in a game against the Marlins on July 27th. Wilson wore the offending shoes in the All-Star Game, but they are not legal for regular-season games as they do not conform to Major League Baseball's rules pertaining to uniform colors. Liking the shoes, Wilson decides to render them legal by covering some of the orange color with a black marker.
• 2011 - The Indians acquire Japanese OF Kosuke Fukudome from the Cubs for two minor leaguers, P Carlton Smith and OF Abner Abreu.
• 2012 - The Twins send P Francisco Liriano to their division rivals the White Sox in return for IF Eduardo Escobar and P Pedro Hernandez. It is the first trade between the two teams since 1986.
• 2013:
  • Yasiel Puig adds another chapter to his storybook rookie season, hitting a walk-off homer off Curtis Partch of the Reds in the 11th inning to break a scoreless tie and give the Dodgers a 1 - 0 win.
  • The Cubs beat the Giants, 2 - 1. The only players with more than one hit are opposing starters Travis Wood (2 for 3, HR) and Tim Lincecum (2 for 2). That feat last happened on June 21, 1963.
  • It is an unusual induction ceremony at Cooperstown as the writers did not elect a single player to the Hall of Fame and, for the first time since 1965, the ceremony is conducted without a single living inductee present. Instead, those in attendance hear tributes about three great figures from the 19th and early 20th century: player Deacon White, umpire Hank O'Day and owner Jacob Ruppert.
• 2014 - The Blue Jays send P Liam Hendriks and C Erik Kratz to the Royals in return for 3B Danny Valencia in a rare trade between contenders ahead of the trading deadline.
• 2015:
  • In the small hours of the morning, the Blue Jays acquire SS Troy Tulowitzki from the Rockies in return for their own starting SS, Jose Reyes and pitching prospects Miguel Castro, Jeff Hoffman and Jesus Tinoco. Veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins accompanies Tulowitzki to Canada. The deal is considered a surprise, as the hard-hitting Jays were thought to be looking for pitching in their quest to end a 22-season postseason drought.
  • In other moves today, the Nationals acquire reliever Jonathan Papelbon from the Phillies for P Nick Pivetta. Papelbon had stated clearly that he wanted out of Philadelphia, and he will now displace Drew Storen as the Nats' closer. The Angels stock up on outfielders because of concerns over the health of CF Mike Trout; one day after acquiring Shane Victorino, they get David DeJesus from the Rays and David Murphy from the Indians to shore up the position. Finally, the Athletics trade Ben Zobrist to the Royals in return for two prospects, Aaron Brooks and Sean Manaea.
  • For the second time this year, Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia tests positive for a banned steroid, a few weeks after completing an 80-game suspension. This time, he is suspended for an entire season.
  • The Rangers feel good after scoring five runs and chasing Chris Capuano in the 1st inning, but it doesn't last as the Yankees answer by scoring 11 times in the 2nd, the most by any team in any inning this season. The inning features ten hits including a bases-clearing triple by Didi Gregorius. Chris Young then piles on with a grand slam in the 3rd. The Yankees end up winning, 21 - 5, as Diego Moreno records his first career win by pitching 5 1/3 hitless innings in relief of Capuano.
• 2016 - The Twins trade their sole All-Star, SS/3B Eduardo Nunez, to the Giants in return for pitching prospect Adalberto Mejia. Nunez, a life-long back-up until this season, is having a career year, but the Giants are about to get three infielders back from the disabled list - 2B Joe Panik, 3B Matt Duffy and back-up Ehire Adrianza - so it is puzzling why they would feel the need to add another one at this point.
• 2017 - With the trading deadline a couple of days away, there are a few more trades announced today. In a bit of a surprise, the Mets, who had been sellers thus far, acquire P A.J. Ramos from Miami for two minor leaguers. Philadelphia are clearly sellers, however, and they send Howie Kendrick to the Nationals and P Jeremy Hellickson to the Orioles. They receive one major leaguer - Baltimore OF Hyun Soo Kim - and a pair of prospects in return for the two, with financial considerations evening things out.
• 2018 - Career minor league journeyman Francisco Arcia is making the most of his belated opportunity to play in the Show after 12 seasons as a pro. In his second career game, he homers and drives in six runs to lead the Angels to an 11 - 5 win over the Mariners. This follows upon a four-RBI game in his debut two days earlier, giving him a record ten RBIs over his first two games. Joe Cunningham previously held the record with nine in his first two games for the 1954 St. Louis Cardinals.
• 2019 - The Blue Jays make a couple of trades, first sending 2B Eric Sogard across the diamond to their opponents for today's game, the Rays, then after the game dealing their ace, P Marcus Stroman, to the Mets in return for two prospects, Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson. That last trade raises some questions, as the Mets are also out of the race, but seemingly could not resist acquiring a top-notch starting pitcher for at relatively low cost.
• 2020 - In the first meeting between the Dodgers and Astros since details of the Astros' sign-stealing came out, Joe Kelly - who wasn't even on the Dodgers at the time the Astros' actions probably cost the Dodgers the 2017 World Series - decides to mete out justice by throwing at Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa. His gesture leads to benches clearing, something not seen kindly by major league authorities in these days of forced distancing, and will cost Kelly a steep eight-game suspension. Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts is also suspended for a game.
• 2021:
  • The first Olympic baseball game in 13 years is a thriller. The host Japanese national team gets five of its nine hits in the bottom of the 9th, rallying against the Dominican Republic's Jairo Asencio and Jhan Maríñez. Hayato Sakamoto singles in Munetaka Murakami with the winner as Japan wins, 4 - 3. Charlie Valerio's two-run double off Koyo Aoyagi in the 7th gives the Dominicans the lead, which they hold until the 9th. The game begins with six shutout innings from the starters, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and C.C. Mercedes.
  • On the trade front, the Athletics send once untouchable pitching prospect Jesus Luzardo to Miami to obtain veteran OF Starling Marte, and the Brewers obtain 3B Eduardo Escobar from the Diamondbacks in return for two prospects.
• 2023 - The White Sox continue their clearance sale of veteran pitchers. Two days after trading Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López, they send Kendall Graveman to the Astros for C Korey Lee, and Joe Kelly and Lance Lynn to the Dodgers for OF Trayce Thompson and two minor leaguers.
• 2024:
  • Xavier Edwards becomes the second player in Marlins franchise history to hit for the cycle, one year after Luis Arraez had become the first to do so. He opens today's game against the Brewers by hitting his first career homer on the first pitch of the game by Tobias Myers, and also adds his first career triple later in the game. He comes up with two out in the 9th against closer Devin Williams and beats out an infield single to complete the feat. Alas, for all his contributions, Miami loses the game, 6 - 2.
  • A number of transactions take place as the trading deadline approaches. Tampa Bay continues to deal veteran players: after sending away OF Randy Arozarena and P Zach Eflin in separate deals in the last couple of days, today they trade 3B Isaac Paredes to the Cubs in return for 3B Christopher Morel and two prospects and also send P Jason Adam to the Padres for three prospects. In the other significant deal today, the Rangers add C Carson Kelly, obtained from the Tigers for two prospects.

Births

• 1863 - Ed Carfrey, infielder (d. 1921)
• 1865 - Bob Wood, catcher (d. 1943)
• 1867 - Bill Day, pitcher (d. 1923)
• 1867 - Duke Esper, pitcher (d. 1910)
• 1877 - Willie Garoni, pitcher (d. 1914)
• 1883 - William Henderson, minor league infielder (d. 1966)
• 1886 - Hank Perry, outfielder (d. 1956)
• 1887 - George Daly, pitcher (d. 1957)
• 1890 - Elmer Miller, outfielder (d. 1944)
• 1891 - Joe Mathes, infielder (d. 1978)
• 1893 - Bullet Rogan, pitcher/outfielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (d. 1967)
• 1894 - John Glaiser, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1898 - Paul McCullough, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1901 - Freddie Fitzsimmons, pitcher, manager (d. 1979)
• 1903 - George Gerken, outfielder (d. 1977)
• 1906 - Ray Dobens, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1909 - Morrie Silver, minor league executive (d. 1974)
• 1910 - Ernie Stewart, umpire (d. 2001)
• 1911 - Joe Martin, infielder (d. 1960)
• 1914 - Bus Payton, minor league catcher (d. 2000)
• 1914 - Sidney Williams, pitcher/outfielder (d. 2006)
• 1918 - Satchel Davis, pitcher (d. 2013)
• 1918 - Harold Graff, minor league catcher (d. 1990)
• 1921 - Ben Steiner, infielder (d. 1988)
• 1928 - Marvin Deal, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1929 - Ted Lepcio, infielder (d. 2019)
• 1931 - Gus Keriazakos, pitcher (d. 1996)
• 1931 - Bill Sharp, infielder (d. 2004)
• 1932 - Chet Montgomery, scout (d. 2012)
• 1934 - Masaaki Koyama, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1935 - Jack Allen, minor league manager (d. 2016)
• 1935 - Ernie Bowman, infielder (d. 2019)
• 1937 - Koshiro Ito, NPB outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1942 - Marty Brennaman, broadcaster
• 1943 - Dick Simpson, outfielder
• 1943 - Ron Theobald, infielder (d. 2016)
• 1944 - Jim Pettersen, college coach (d. 2020)
• 1947 - Emilio Castro, Panamanian national team infielder (d. 2018)
• 1949 - Vida Blue, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2023)
• 1953 - Rick Duncan, minor league infielder
• 1953 - Jerry Maddox, infielder
• 1953 - Mark Williams, outfielder
• 1954 - Wayne Krivsky, general manager
• 1957 - [[[Kataaki Saito]], Japanese women's national team manager
• 1960 - Carmelo Martinez, outfielder
• 1964 - Hideyuki Awano, NPB pitcher
• 1964 - Scott Johnson, minor league outfielder
• 1964 - Bob Milacki, pitcher
• 1964 - Terry Taylor, pitcher
• 1965 - Isaac Jimenez, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Derek Lee, outfielder
• 1966 - Wally Trice, minor league pitcher
• 1967 - Cliff Brannon, minor league outfielder
• 1968 - Carlos Jiminian, Division Elite pitcher
• 1970 - Matt Current, minor league catcher
• 1970 - Jose Mejia, minor league catcher and manager
• 1970 - Joe Urso, college coach
• 1971 - Randy Betten, college coach
• 1974 - Gustavo Carubelli, minor league outfielder
• 1975 - Chad Paronto, pitcher
• 1976 - Mike Estabrook, umpire
• 1977 - Shane Hogan, signed infielder
• 1979 - Takao Kinugawa, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1980 - P.J. Bevis, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Cristhian Presichi, minor league outfielder
• 1981 - Hsiao-Wei Huang, CPBL infielder
• 1982 - Kyle Haines, minor league infielder and manager
• 1982 - Yoshiyuki Kamei, NPB outfielder
• 1982 - Jose Rodriguez, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Francisco Felix, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Olivo Astacio, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Kyu-jin Yun, KBO pitcher
• 1985 - Henry Sosa, pitcher
• 1986 - Nick Hogan, German national team coach
• 1986 - Jake Opitz, minor league infielder and manager
• 1986 - Darin Ruf, infielder
• 1986 - Matt Vance, Bundesliga infielder
• 1987 - Jae-Gyun Hwang, infielder
• 1987 - Sheng-Feng Wu, Taiwan national team pitcher
• 1988 - Alessio Angelucci, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Paul León, minor league infielder
• 1989 - Chad Nacapoy, minor league catcher
• 1989 - Petr Zýma, Extraliga player
• 1990 - John Stilson, minor league pitcher
• 1991 - Caleb Smith, pitcher
• 1992 - Dafne Mejia, Mexican women's national team pitcher
• 1992 - John Richy, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Drew Jackson, infielder
• 1994 - Walker Buehler, pitcher; All-Star
• 1994 - Kieran Lovegrove, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Chih-Chieh Su, CPBL outfielder
• 1995 - Jorge Alcala, pitcher
• 1995 - Tylor Megill, pitcher
• 1995 - Alexandre Roy, minor league pitcher
• 1996 - Spencer Howard, pitcher
• 1997 - Brendon Davis, infielder
• 1998 - Yovanny Cuevas, minor league outfielder
• 1998 - Fernando Kelli, minor league outfielder
• 2000 - Mark Beronilla, Philippines national team infielder
• 2002 - Ángel Chivilli, pitcher

Deaths

• 1905 - Jim Tray, catcher (b. 1860)
• 1913 - John Greening, pitcher (b. 1848)
• 1917 - Whitey Ritterson, catcher (b. 1855)
• 1918 - Joseph Creamer, trainer (b. 1876)
• 1938 - Bill Morgan, catcher (b. 1857)
• 1934 - Dan Phelan, infielder (b. 1861)
• 1936 - W.W. Jeffers, umpire (b. 1852)
• 1940 - Red Ehret, pitcher (b. 1868)
• 1940 - Stan Yerkes, pitcher (b. 1874)
• 1954 - Jim Bagby, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1955 - Rudy Bell, outfielder (b. 1881)
• 1955 - Dell Clark, infielder (b. 1891)
• 1958 - Lu Blue, infielder (b. 1897)
• 1959 - Frank Ragland, pitcher (b. 1904)
• 1960 - Marty Kavanagh, infielder (b. 1891)
• 1960 - Ken Landenberger, infielder (b. 1928)
• 1961 - John Grim, catcher (b. 1867)
• 1962 - Ted Waring, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1885)
• 1966 - Hal Dixon, umpire (b. 1920)
• 1971 - Myril Hoag, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1908)
• 1971 - Harry Wolfe, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1972 - Helen Traubel, owner (b. 1899)
• 1982 - Lefty Wallace, pitcher (b. 1921)
• 1986 - Cliff Melton, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1912)
• 1986 - Joe Oeschger, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1990 - Red Barrett, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1915)
• 1997 - Bud Hardin, infielder (b. 1922)
• 1999 - Ed Cole, pitcher (b. 1909)
• 2001 - John Easton, pinch hitter (b. 1933)
• 2002 - Steve Souchock, outfielder (b. 1919)
• 2002 - Hal Spindel, catcher (b. 1913)
• 2006 - Michael Lutz, minor league outfielder (b. 1927)
• 2012 - Clarence Zieser, minor league pitcher (b. 1929)
• 2013 - Frank Castillo, pitcher (b. 1969)
• 2013 - Drungo Hazewood, outfielder (b. 1959)
• 2013 - George Scott, infielder; All-Star (b. 1944)
• 2014 - Bob Bresnen, minor league pitcher (b. 1956)
• 2014 - Don Kirby, minor league outfielder (b. 1922)
• 2015 - Mickey Mena, announcer (b. ????)
• 2018 - Bob Banna, college coach (b. 1934)
• 2018 - Johnny Lewis, outfielder (b. 1939)
• 2019 - Loek van Mil, NPB pitcher (b. 1984)
• 2020 - John McNamara, manager (d. 1932)
• 2023 - Ken Suarez, catcher (b. 1943)
• 2024 - Doug Creek, pitcher (b. 1969)
• 2024 - Reyes Moronta, pitcher (b. 1993)