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Events, births and deaths that occurred on June 24.

Events

• 1894 - The Chicago Colts score five runs in the top of the 9th to take the lead over Baltimore, but the National League leaders respond with three runs in the bottom of the inning to claim an 11 - 10 win.
• 1901:
  • The Giants edge St. Louis, 3 - 2, when Sammy Strang singles home Charlie Hickman in the bottom of the 9th. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in beating Willie Sudhoff, though the Cards' pitcher hits a two-run homer, his only major league round tripper.
  • The Chicago Orphans lose, 2 - 1, to Brooklyn when Bill Dahlen hits a sacrifice fly to bring home Brooklyn's Wee Willie Keeler. Brooklyn C Deacon McGuire throws out five Chicago runners.
  • After Cincy loses 8 - 0 in the opener of a twinbill, the Reds' Bill Phillips sets several records in the second game as he gives up 19 runs and 22 hits at Philadelphia, losing, 19 - 1. He faces 55 batters, with 49 official at bats - both records for the 20th century. Phils pitcher Doc White has four hits, including an inside-the-park home run.
• 1905:
  • Chicago Cubs rookie right-hander Ed Reulbach wins an 18-inning marathon duel with the Cards' Jack Taylor, 2 - 1, in St. Louis. First baseman Frank Chance has 27 putouts and two assists for Chicago.
  • At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat Boston, 2 - 1, in 12 innings, with Christy Mathewson getting the win. With two outs in the 12th, Matty hits a fly ball to CF Rip Cannell, who drops the ball. Catcher Frank Bowerman, on first base, chugs around with the winning run. Irv Young is the unfortunate loser.
• 1907 - In a Tri-State League contest at Williamsport, a game with Altoona ends in the 4th inning when a bolt of lightning sets fire to the grandstand. Williamsport pitcher Rube Vickers is so stunned by the ordeal that he needs medical attention.
• 1908:
  • Honus Wagner does it all today, smacking a home run and double, then breaking a 3 - 3 tie with an 8th-inning single. He ends his scoring with a steal of home as the Pirates win, 5 - 3, over the Reds.
  • The Giants sweep two games from Boston to move into third place. Hooks Wiltse tosses a two-hit shutout to win, 4 - 0, and Christy Mathewson follows with a 7 - 1 victory over Irv Young in the second match. Matty leaves after seven innings.
  • Charging the Highlanders owners with refusing to spend money to build the team, manager Clark Griffith resigns; Kid Elberfeld replaces him following today's 6 - 6 tie with the A's. New York will fade fast and finish last with 103 losses.
• 1910 - In eight innings in the field at Pittsburgh, Cubs 1B Solly Hofman sets a National League record with no putouts. His only assist opportunity is fumbled for an error as Chicago loses, 6 - 5.
• 1911:
  • At Brooklyn's Washington Park, a crowd of 20,000 see Christy Mathewson defeat Elmer Knetzer, 7 - 4, for a Giants victory.
  • In a Reds win in Cincinnati, Cards player-manager Roger Bresnahan is called out on strikes by Bill Klem to end the game. When Roger argues too long over the call, Klem belts him. An embarrassed National League president Tom Lynch will fine the arbiter $50 for the punch.
• 1913 - The Giants tally 11 hits off Cardinal pitcher Dan Griner, but fail to score. St. Louis wins, 1 - 0.
• 1914 - Washington's Walter Johnson is en route to a 2 - 1 home win over the A's when newsboys come through the stands hawking the latest edition of the papers headlining the wedding that evening of the ace to Hazel Roberts. The fiancee is supposedly spotted by the crowd, but the real Ms. Roberts slips by unnoticed.
• 1915 - With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Heinie Zimmerman swipes home to give Chicago a 14 - 13 win over the visiting Cardinals. St. Louis goes ahead, 13 - 10, but the Cubs score four in the 9th, highlighted by a two-run pinch double by Zimmerman.
• 1916:
  • The leading Robins sweep a doubleheader against the Giants at Ebbets Field, winning 6 - 4 and 5 - 4. Casey Stengel is the hero in the opener, going 3 for 4.
  • The Red Sox sweep two from the A's, winning 3 - 2 and taking the night cap, 7 - 3 behind Carl Mays. Mays also saves the opener for Dutch Leonard.
• 1917 - Cincinnati splits a pair with the Cardinals, losing 4 - 2 before winning 15 - 4. The Reds' Fred Toney is caught stealing three times in one game, tying a National League record. A Cards catcher will do the same to Hy Myers in two months.
• 1926 - Bullet Joe Bush, 1-8 with the Senators, is handed his release. The Pirates will sign him.
• 1928 - Grover Alexander beats the Reds for the third time in eight days.
• 1931 - Bill Sweeney, Red Sox 1B, makes 21 putouts, one fewer than Hal Chase's 1906 record. Boston outfielders have no putouts as the Red Sox lose, 7 - 3, in Cleveland.
• 1933 - Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle, as the Pirates beat the Dodgers, 15 - 3.
• 1934 - After being hitless in his last 21 at bats, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam in a 5 - 0 Yankee win over the White Sox.
• 1936 - Rookie Joe DiMaggio ties three major-league records in New York's ten-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting two home runs for eight total bases. With two doubles, he equals the modern record of four long hits in a game. New York beats St. Louis, 18 - 4.
• 1944 - The Cardinals beat the Pirates, 16 - 0, as Cards hurler Mort Cooper tosses a three-hitter while his teammates pound out 22 hits.
• 1946 - A bus careens off a Cascade Mountain pass road, killing nine members of the Spokane (Western International League) club. Jack Lohrke, a young infielder, had gotten off the bus at its last stop before the accident, on orders to report to San Diego. The future Giant and Phil will be known ever after as "Lucky". Ben Geraghty is also among the survivors.
• 1947 - The Dodgers win, 4 - 2, over the Pirates, as Jackie Robinson swipes home for the first of 19 times in his career.
• 1950:
  • With just 11 career homers, catcher Wes Westrum has three home runs and a triple today, as the Giants beat Cincinnati, 12 - 2. The Giants belt seven home runs (Hank Thompson, Alvin Dark, Whitey Lockman and Monte Irvin hit the others) in the game, with Westrum driving in four runs and scoring five. Sheldon Jones is the winner, scattering eight hits.
  • The Phils top the Cubs, 5 - 4, on two-run homers by Granny Hamner and Andy Seminick. Jim Konstanty, in relief of Russ Meyer, hurls four hitless innings to save the win. The Whiz Kids trail the Dodgers by a game.
  • The first-place Dodgers have a contest delayed to New York's Sunday curfew when their game with the Pirates is halted with one out in the 8th, Brooklyn leading, 19 - 12. Five homers are hit including a Jackie Robinson grand slam in the 8th. The game will be completed later.
  • Art Houtteman pitches Detroit to a 4 - 1 win over the Yankees. Yogi Berra's homer is the only Yankee score, as New York loses its fourth straight and eighth in 12 games. Detroit now leads the American League by three games.
  • The Newport Canners of the Mountain States League are no-hit by Tom Dunovant of the Harlan Smokies, losing 7 - 0. The previous night, Jose Aguiar, pitching for Newport, recorded a 7 - 0 no-hit win versus the Big Stone Gap Rebels.
• 1953 - The Braves sign 17-year-old Joey Jay from Middletown, Connecticut, making him the first Little League player to make it to the major leagues.
• 1955:
  • In an 18 - 7 loss to the Tigers, Senators 18-year-old rookie third baseman Harmon Killebrew hits his first major league home run off Billy Hoeft. "Killer" will finish his 22-year Hall of Fame career with 573 homers.
  • Already down six, en route to an 8 - 2 drubbing by Milwaukee, the Dodgers debut Brooklyn-born bonus baby, Sandy Koufax. Working a scoreless but labor-intensive 5th and 6th, Koufax puts Braves on every base — via hit, walk and error (his own) — before recording his first major league out by blowing a 3-2 fastball past Bobby Thomson.
• 1956 - Ed Bailey of the Redlegs hits three home runs in a 10 - 6 first-game win against the Dodgers. The Redlegs win the nitecap, 2 - 1. Eleven Cincinnati players then make an appearance on the What's My Line? television show that night.
• 1958 - The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 4th inning off Early Wynn to beat the White Sox, 6 - 2, at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle's clout into the centerfield bleachers leads off the inning, followed by a single, walk and Jerry Lumpe's first major league home run, and a home run by Norm Siebern. Ryne Duren strikes out six of the last nine batters to preserve Bob Turley's win.
• 1960 - Willie Mays hits two home runs, singles, steals home, and makes ten putouts to lead the Giants in a 5 - 3 win at Cincinnati. Mays has three RBI and three runs scored.
• 1962:
  • Led by a grand slam from Hank Foiles and four RBIs on two home runs from Frank Robinson, the Reds outslug the Dodgers, 12 - 10, at Dodger Stadium.
  • A marathon between the Tigers and Yankees concludes in the 22nd inning when Jack Reed's home run - his only one in the big leagues - gives New York and Jim Bouton a 9 - 7 victory. Reed replaced Joe Pepitone in the 13th. For the Tigers, Phil Regan takes the loss and Rocky Colavito has seven hits. Bobby Richardson ties a mark by going to the plate 11 times. At an even seven hours, the game is the slowest extra-inning contest in league history and it is the longest game in innings in Yankee history.
• 1964 - University of Wisconsin star slugger Rick Reichardt signs with the Angels. He receives the biggest bonus to that point, an estimated $200,000. The signing is one reason that the amateur draft is put into place to try to level the playing field and hold the line on bonuses.
• 1967 - Mickey Mantle breaks a 3 - 3 tie in the 9th with a home run off Detroit's Fred Gladding to give ninth-place New York a 4 - 3 win.
• 1968 - Detroit RF Jim Northrup becomes the sixth American League player to hit two grand slams in one game, connecting in the 5th inning off Eddie Fisher and in the 6th off Billy Rohr, as the Tigers bomb Cleveland, 14 - 3. Denny McLain is the victor. First baseman Willie Smith pitches the last three innings, walking just one and allowing one hit and no runs. Detroit's Don Wert is taken to the hospital following a 6th-inning beaning which shatters his batting helmet. He will miss just a few games.
• 1969:
  • Richie Allen is fined $2,500 and suspended indefinitely when he fails to appear for the Phillies twi-night doubleheader game with the Mets. Allen had gone to New Jersey in the morning to see a horse race and got caught in traffic trying to return. He will stay suspended until July 20th. Allen picked up a $1000 fine in May when, for two straight days, he reportedly arrived at the ballpark after the game had started. Without Allen, the Phils drop a pair, 2 - 1 and 5 - 0. Larry Hisle's homer in the opener off Tom Seaver is the only Phils score. Jim McAndrew is the winner in the nitecap, allowing two hits in eight innings.
  • The White Sox sweep a pair from the Pilots, winning 6 - 4 and 7 - 6, with reliever Wilbur Wood winning both games, giving up a hit in 3 2/3 innings in the first game and a hit in two innings of the second. In the nitecap, Bill Melton hits three consecutive homers, in the 2nd, 4th and 6th innings, but it takes a homer by Ed Herrmann in the 9th to win it. Jim Bouton pitches in both games for Seattle without allowing a run in 3 2/3 innings.
• 1970:
  • In a doubleheader with the Indians at Yankee Stadium, Bobby Murcer ties Lou Gehrig's record of four straight homers. The Yanks lose the opener, 7 - 2, despite Murcer's 9th-inning home run off Sam McDowell. Murcer next connects off the second game's starter, Mike Paul, hitting a solo shot in the 1st inning. A walk in the 4th, then a two-run homer off Paul in the 5th, and a game-tying homer in the 8th, off Fred Lasher. New York scores in the bottom of the 9th to salvage a 5 - 4 win. Cleveland 1B Tony Horton hears a boo and literally crawls back to the dugout after fanning on two of Yankee hurler Steve Hamilton's "folly floaters." Sensitive to fans' booing during the season, Horton will be hospitalized, and at 25, this is his last season.
  • In the last game ever played at Crosley Field, Lee May and Johnny Bench hit back-to-back home runs in the 8th off Juan Marichal to give the Reds a 5 - 4 win. After the game, home plate is presented to Mayor Eugene Ruehlman and is flown by helicopter to the Reds' new home, Riverfront Stadium.
• 1971 - The Mets' Tom Seaver smashes an 8th-inning homer off Montreal's Bill Stoneman to win his own game, 2 - 1.
• 1972 - Culminating a long battle to reach pro baseball, Bernice Gera umpires the first game of a doubleheader between Auburn and Geneva (New York-Penn League). Several disputes take place and she ejects the Auburn manager, Nolan Campbell. Gera resigns before the second game, leaving in tears, saying resentment from the other umps was a factor in her decision. She will later work in the Mets' public relations department.
• 1974 - Steve Busby retires the first nine White Sox to set an American League record with 33 consecutive batsmen retired. The Royals lose, however, 3 - 1.
• 1975 - In Atlanta, Joe Morgan lofts a three-run homer off Phil Niekro to account for all the scoring as the Reds beat the Braves, 3 - 0.
• 1976 - The Braves top the Expos, 2 - 1, but Rowland Office is collared after hitting safely in 29 straight games. Office hit .408 during the streak, which began on May 23rd.
• 1977:
  • Bob Watson hits for the cycle to lead Houston to a 6 - 5 win over the Giants. Joe Sambito is the winning pitcher.
  • At Minnesota, Chicago's Ralph Garr hits an apparent three-run homer in the 3rd, but Jim Essian, the baserunner on first base, watches the ball to see if it will be caught and Garr passes him. Garr gets credit for a single and two RBIs. As a result, Minnesota wins, 7 - 6.
  • Before 54,940 at Yankee Stadium, Roy White launches a dramatic two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Yanks a 5 - 5 tie with the Red Sox, and New York scores in the next inning on Reggie Jackson's bases-loaded single to win, 6 - 5. White's key hit comes after Bill Campbell retires the first two Yankees in the 9th and then Willie Randolph triples to bring up Bobby Murcer. Sparky Lyle picks up the win, handing Boston their first loss in eight games. With homers from Carl Yastrzemski, Butch Hobson and George Scott, the Sox set a major-league record of 33 homers in ten games.
• 1978 - The Red Sox lose the first of two games with Minnesota, 5 - 4, to stretch their losing streak to five games. Rod Carew's two-run double in the 6th inning, off Dick Drago, gives the Twins the 5 - 3 lead. In the nitecap, the Red Sox score four runs in the 6th inning to win, 4 - 2, overcoming the loss of starter Mike Torrez, who is tossed in the 1st inning for protesting a balk call. Carl Yastrzemski drives home a run, collecting his 1,500th career RBI, and Carlton Fisk hits his 15th homer of the year.
• 1979:
  • The Redbirds' Ted Simmons suffers a broken bone in his left wrist during a 6 - 2 loss to the Mets. He will miss 28 games.
  • Rickey Henderson makes his major league debut for Oakland in a 5 - 1 loss to Texas in the first game of a doubleheader. Henderson has a single and double in four at bats, and steals the first base of his career.
• 1983 - Milwaukee's Don Sutton strikes out Alan Bannister in the 8th inning of a 3 - 2 win over Cleveland to become the eighth pitcher in major league history with 3,000 career strikeouts. County Stadium is packed with 46,037 fans for the game, mostly to welcome back popular OF Gorman Thomas, who was traded to Cleveland earlier this month.
• 1984:
  • At the Metrodome, Tim Teufel's bloop single in the 9th inning with two on turns into an inside-the-park homer when it bounces over the head of Harold Baines to give the Twins a 3 - 2 win over the White Sox. Rich Dotson is the unlucky loser. The Twins' Randy Bush hit an inside-the-park home run in yesterday's 4 - 3 win over Chicago.
  • After missing two starts, Jack Morris (12-3) stops the Brewers, 7 - 1. Ruppert Jones and Lance Parrish hit homers for the Tigers, who have drawn 165,000 fans for the four-game series with Milwaukee. Detroit now leads the AL East by 8 1/2 games.
  • Oakland's Joe Morgan hits his 265th career home run as a second baseman, breaking Rogers Hornsby's major-league record for that position. Morgan, who has 267 home runs overall, connects off Frank Tanana in the 1st inning of the A's 4 - 2 win over Texas.
• 1988 - Cleveland's Doug Jones celebrates his 31st birthday by saving his 14th game in 14 appearances, breaking the major-league record for consecutive saves set last season by Steve Bedrosian. Jones retires all seven batters he faces to close out the Indians' 7 - 5 win over the Yankees.
• 1989:
  • Cardinals OF Vince Coleman steals his 39th and 40th consecutive bases in a 5 - 2 loss to the Pirates to break the major league record set by Davey Lopes in 1975. Coleman has not been caught stealing since last September 15th.
  • Cleveland's Joe Carter hits three home runs in a game for the third time in his career as the Indians beat Texas, 7 - 3. The Rangers' Charlie Hough and Kenny Rogers combine to allow just six hits - all homers.
• 1991:
  • The Twins' Scott Erickson wins his 12th consecutive decision, tops in the majors, stopping the Yankees, 5 - 0, on two hits. He retires 24 of the final 25 batters.
  • California's Dave Winfield goes 5 for 5 and hits for the cycle as the Angels defeat Kansas City, 9 - 4. In so doing, he becomes the oldest player in history (39) to accomplish the feat. He completes the cycle, the first of his career, in the 8th with a triple off infielder Bill Pecota, making his first pitching appearance. Winfield is the first batter faced by Pecota, who takes over when Tom Gordon's hemorrhoids act up.
• 1992:
  • The Mets, behind Doc Gooden, defeat the Cubs, 3 - 2, at New York. Danny Jackson takes the loss. Gooden has now beaten the Cubs twelve straight times. Before his loss in August 1987, he had another streak of ten straight wins over the Cubs.
  • Yankees P Steve Howe is permanently banned from baseball by Commissioner Fay Vincent after having pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of attempting to purchase a gram of cocaine. It is Howe's seventh suspension from the game, as he becomes the first player ever permanently banned from baseball because of drugs; the ban will later be rescinded.
• 1993:
  • Carlton Fisk of the White Sox, plays his 2,226th and final major league game, surpassing Bob Boone's record of 2,225 for most games caught. Fisk reluctantly retires with 3,999 total bases, the most ever for a catcher. The Sox will exacerbate Fisk's bitterness by refusing to allow him into the locker room after the Sox make the playoffs this year. When the Sox retire Fisk's #72 in 1997, Fisk will request that Jerry Reinsdorf and GM Ron Schueler not be there for the ceremony, and when he goes into Cooperstown he will wear a Red Sox cap. A clerical error about three games caught in 1981, in which Fisk relieved, initially gives him a total of 2,229 games caught. This error will appear on Fisk's Hall of Fame plaque when he is inducted, the fifth edition of Total Baseball, and the 1997 edition of The Sports Encyclopedia - Baseball. Other records books correctly show him with 2,226 games caught lifetime. SABR historian Wayne McElreavy and others note the discrepancy and the plaque and subsequent editions of the record books will correct the total to 2,226.
  • The Marlins obtain OF Gary Sheffield and P Rich Rodriguez from the Padres for P Trevor Hoffman, Andres Berumen and Jose Martinez. The Fish will give Sheffield a four-year contract extension in September.
  • The Mets tie an 86-year-old record when they lose to the Cardinals, 8 - 5. They have not won two straight games for the 61st consecutive time.
  • After never having had a multi-homer game in his career, dating back to Little League, Giants 2B Robby Thompson hits two home runs in a game for the second day in a row, leading San Francisco to a 17 - 2 win over the Rockies. Thompson gets five hits on the day for the Giants.
• 1994 - Aided by a nine-run 6th inning, Houston goes on to defeat the Dodgers, 16 - 4. 1B Jeff Bagwell drives home six of the Astros' runs as he slugs three homers, including two in the 6th inning. He is the 28th player in major league history to homer twice in the same inning.
• 1995 - Phillies 2B Mickey Morandini strokes five hits to lead Philadelphia to a 10 - 9 win over the Cardinals. He gets three singles and two doubles, drives home three runs, and scores a pair to help the Phillies maintain their five-game lead over Atlanta in the National League East.
• 1996:
  • Ron Gant homers on the first pitch and the Cards go on to beat the Braves, 9 - 2, ending John Smoltz's 14-game winning streak. Brian Jordan has six RBIs to stop Smoltz, who was trying to match Gaylord Perry's 15-game streak in 1974. Smoltz, 4-9 against the Cards, has not beaten them since 1992.
  • On Oh! Henry candy bar day in Montreal, Henry Rodriguez bangs two homers to tie for the National League lead at 25. His Expos beat the Pirates, 11 - 3, nine of the runs coming in the 2nd inning. Rodriguez adds a single and two-run double.
  • Former Yankees P Steve Howe, released by the team just two days ago, is arrested at Kennedy International Airport in New York for carrying a loaded gun in his luggage. He will plead guilty to a misdemeanor and be sentenced to three years probation and 150 hours of community service.
• 1997:
  • At Seattle, the Mariners fall to the Athletics, 4 - 1, despite a 19-strikeout performance by Randy Johnson. The 19 Ks are the most ever by an American League left-hander. Mark McGwire turns one Johnson fastball into a homer that travels an estimated 538 feet.
  • 1B Tino Martinez hits two singles, a double, and a pair of home runs while driving in four as the Yankees top Detroit, 12 - 9. Chad Curtis adds five ribbies for New York.
• 1998:
  • The Indians trade OF Geronimo Berroa to the Tigers for P Tim Worrell and minor league OF Dave Roberts.
  • Despite Jeff Bagwell's two homers - #200 and #201 of his career - the Astros lose to the Rockies, 8 - 6.
• 1999:
  • The Angels defeat the Mariners, 12 - 7, as 2B Randy Velarde and DH Mo Vaughn both go 5 for 6. Velarde homers and drives home four runs, while Vaughn homers twice and brings home six.
  • The Reds defeat the Astros, 3 - 0, as Ron Villone and Danny Graves combine to toss a one-hitter. A single by C Tony Eusebio is Houston's only safety.
• 2000:
  • The Reds beat the Padres, 11 - 5, as Barry Larkin goes 5 for 5 with two home runs, four RBIs, and four runs scored.
  • The Giants defeat the Astros, 13 - 4, as C Doug Mirabelli strokes five hits, including three doubles and a home run.
  • The Tigers trim the Indians, 14 - 8, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader behind OF Bobby Higginson's three home runs and six RBIs. The Indians take the first game by a score of 8 - 1.
  • The Cardinals defeat the Dodgers, 6 - 1, behind Mark McGwire's major-league-leading 28th home run of the season. It is McGwire's 550th career homer.
• 2001 - The Royals send C Sal Fasano and P Mac Suzuki to the Rockies for C Brent Mayne.
• 2003 - With a bunt single in the 2nd, a double in the 5th, a triple in the 6th, and a homer in the 7th, Brad Wilkerson becomes the fifth Expo player to hit for the cycle. The left fielder's 4-for-4 performance, which drives in four runs, enables the Expos to beat the Pirates, 6 - 4.
• 2004 - The Mexican League regular season ends with Francisco Campos winning the first pitching Triple Crown since 1956. The league considers winning percentage .857 (12-2), 99 Ks and 1.47 as the requirements.
• 2005 - Thanks to Bernie Williams dropping a ball in center field, the Mets become the first National League team to hit three sacrifice flies in one inning. Backstop Ramon Castro's sac fly to right ties the game at 1 - 1 as David Wright advances to third; the Yankee's centerfielder then drops Jose Reyes's deep fly ball allowing Wright to score; Mike Cameron skies to right plating Doug Mientkiewicz, who had advanced to third on an errant pick-off throw.
• 2007:
  • Oregon State University wins the 2007 College World Series in the first finals rematch in 34 years, as they face the University of North Carolina. They become the first College World Series champion to have finished under .500 in conference play, having gone 10-14 in the Pacific-10 Conference and almost being left out of the field of 64 for the tournament. They only trail for one inning out of 45 in the CWS and handily win the finale, 9 - 3.
  • Roger Clemens makes his first relief appearance in 22 years, 341 days, a new major league record. Steve Carlton (15 years, 343 days) had held the record previously. Clemens had not pitched in relief since his rookie season. He volunteered to fill in when the Yankees had worn out their bullpen in 13 innings yesterday.
• 2008 - For the first time since Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, the New York Yankees visit Pittsburgh, PA. After Bill Mazeroski, the hero of that Game 7, throws out the ceremonial first pitch, the home team pulls off a reenactment of their last meeting, upsetting New York. The Pirates top the Yanks, 12 - 5, with six Bucs getting multiple hits. Ryan Doumit goes 3 for 5 with a homer, two runs and two RBI and Freddy Sanchez scores three times while Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi go a combined 1 for 12.
• 2009:
  • Jared Mitchell hits a three-run homer to help lead the Louisiana State University Tigers to a 11 - 4 win in the finale of the 2009 College World Series. It is LSU's sixth title, tying the University of Texas (this year's runner-up) for second-most College World Series pennants.
  • Vladimir Guerrero hits his first home run since April 12th in Los Angeles's 11 - 3 win over the Colorado Rockies, who lose their second straight after winning 17 of their previous 18 games. Guerrero and Bobby Abreu drive in three runs each for the Angels and Joe Saunders picks up the win while Jason Marquis fails in his bid to become the majors' first ten-game winner.
• 2010:
  • The White Sox win their ninth straight with a 2 - 0 shutout of Atlanta. Their winning streak has enabled the Sox to shave seven games off the Minnesota Twins' lead in the AL Central in 15 days, putting them within striking distance of first place with a 2 1/2 game deficit. Gavin Floyd gives Chicago another great start in the win; Sox starters have gone 11-1, 2.03, over the past 15 games.
  • Dustin Pedroia hits three homers, the last in the 10th inning at Coors Field, as the Red Sox defeat the Rockies, 13 - 11. The wild game takes 4 hours and 48 minutes to complete and ends when Jonathan Papelbon redeems himself for blowing an 11 - 9 lead in the 9th - his second blown save in a row - by setting down the Rox in the bottom of the 10th.
• 2011:
  • With stories circulating that the Nationals will soon name veteran Davey Johnson, who last managed in the big leagues in 2000, as their new skipper, John McLaren wins his debut as interim manager, although he's long gone by the time the game is decided. With the Nats holding a 2 - 0 lead over the White Sox in the 8th, McLaren is tossed after disputing home plate umpire Jeff Nelson's decision to overturn a call made by crewmate Mike Estabrook at first base. The Nationals add another run in the top of the 9th, but Tyler Clippard coughs up a three-run pinch homer to Mark Teahen in the bottom of the frame to send the game into extra innings. Washington then blows one-run leads in the 10th and 12th innings before putting up a four-spot against Matt Thornton in the 14th to win, 9 - 5. Collin Balester picks up his first victory of the season as Washington wins its 12th game in its last 13.
  • The complete game may be threatened with extinction, but no one told Tampa Bay's James Shields. He throws his third consecutive complete game in beating Houston, 5 - 1. Evan Longoria homers and drives in three in support of his strong performance on the mound, and B.J. Upton adds a solo shot. Shields is now 8-4 and leads the majors with six complete games.
  • The University of South Carolina wins its 14th straight College World Series game, setting a record. They beat Virginia, 3 - 2, in 13 innings, to move to the finals of the 2011 College World Series against SEC rival Florida.
• 2012:
  • Cody Ross hits two homers and drives in five runs as the Red Sox defeat Atlanta, 9 - 5. 3B Kevin Youkilis is removed from the game after hitting a triple in the 7th inning, then tips his cap to hometown fans and salutes his teammates in a teary farewell. The Sox confirm after the game that Youkilis has been traded to the Chicago White Sox in return for OF Brent Lillibridge and P Zach Stewart. He had recently lost his starting job at 3B to rookie Will Middlebrooks.
  • The Yankees snap R.A. Dickey's streak of 44 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run with four 3rd-inning runs on their way to a 6 - 5 win over the Mets. Robinson Cano snaps a 5 - 5 tie with an 8th-inning homer off Miguel Batista. Dwight Gooden still holds the Mets franchise record with 49 consecutive innings without an earned run in 1985.
• 2013 - Rookie Yasiel Puig hits his seventh homer in 20 games and drives in the deciding run in the 8th in leading the Dodgers to a 3 - 1 win over the Giants.
• 2014 - Justin and B.J. Upton homer in the same game for the Atlanta Braves for the fourth time since becoming teammates last season, tying the record for brothers homering for the same team in one game. Wilton and Vladimir Guerrero, and the Giambi brothers, Jeremy and Jason, share the mark. The two brothers had homered together three times in their first 20 games for the Braves in 2013, but had not done so since.
• 2015:
  • The University of Virginia becomes the third straight first-time College World Series champion. They beat defending champion Vanderbilt University, 4 - 2, in Game 3, as Brandon Waddell and Nathan Kirby combine to contain the powerful Commodore offense. Pavin Smith homers and drives in three for Virginia. Josh Sborz, the Virginia relief star, is named College World Series Most Outstanding Player.
  • Marco Estrada of the Blue Jays takes a perfect game into the 8th inning until Logan Forsythe of the Rays barely beats out a slow roller to third for an infield single with one out. Just before Forsythe's hit, 3B Josh Donaldson helps out Estrada with a tremendous catch as he leaps head-first into the stands to catch a foul pop-up by David DeJesus. This comes after Estrada had started his last start with seven hitless innings. The game is scoreless until the 12th inning, when Chris Colabello hits a solo homer to give the Jays a 1 - 0 win.
• 2017 - Three different players hit their first career home run as the Athletics defeat the White Sox, 10 - 2. Matt Olson hits his first two long balls, and teammates Jaycob Brugman and Franklin Barreto, making his big league debut, also go deep in the win. This had not happened since 1914, with the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League pulling off the trick, with Duke Kenworthy, Art Kruger and John Potts hitting the long balls on April 26th. Daniel Gossett picks up his first major league win in the game.
• 2018 - The Dodgers set a National League record with seven solo homers in an 8 - 7 win over the Mets. The last of these, hit by Justin Turner off Chris Flexen, provides the margin of victory. Enrique Hernandez and Cody Bellinger go deep twice each, and Max Muncy and Joc Pederson homer as well.
• 2019 - The Yankees tie a record belonging to the 2002 Rangers by homering in their 27th straight game on their way to defeating the Blue Jays, 10 - 8. Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton both go deep in the game, in support of CC Sabathia's pitching, but the Jays, who trail 10 - 2 after six innings, make it a game when they score five runs against Jonathan Holder who does not retire a single batter in the 8th. The outburst is highlighted by a grand slam by Freddy Galvis and forces Yankee manager Aaron Boone to use closer Aroldis Chapman in the 9th, who gives up another run before notching the save. The Yankees will set a new record tomorrow.
• 2021:
  • Four Cubs pitchers combine on the seventh no-hitter of the season, one shy of the all-time record, in a 4 - 0 win over the Dodgers. Zach Davies pitches the first six innings, then Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin and Craig Kimbrel add one inning each to complete the feat. The Cubs issue eight walks in the game, with each of the four pitchers allowing at least one.
  • Kyle Schwarber just keeps on sluggin' as he has his third multi-homer game in his last five games when he hits a pair of long balls in Washington's 7 - 3 win over the Marlins. With eight homers in that span, Schwarber joins an elite group of seven sluggers who have hit that many, with Shawn Green still the all-time leader with a nine-homer outburst over five games in 2002. The Nats have now won ten of their last 11 games, putting themselves right back in the postseason picture.
  • The Dominican national team moves to the finals of the 2020 Final Olympic Qualifier, with a 4 - 3 win over the Netherlands. Ramón Torres goes 3 for 3 with a walk and scores the winning run in the bottom of the 9th when Sharlon Schoop makes a throwing error on a bunt by Gustavo Núñez. Curt Smith hits a two-run homer for the Netherlands.
• 2023:
  • Andrelton Simmons and Dudley Leonora possibly become the first players to wear three different national team uniforms. Having previously represented the Netherlands Antilles and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, they combine for three runs and two RBI in a 12 - 4 win by Curaçao over El Salvador in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. Curaçao has become independent politically from the rest of the Antilles and fields its own team in certain events, allowing them to make history.
  • Major League Baseball returns to London for the first time since 2019 as the Cubs defeat the Cardinals, 9 - 1, at London Olympic Stadium in the London Series. Ian Happ homers twice against Adam Wainwright and Justin Steele allows only one run in six innings. Paul Goldschmidt of St.Louis becomes the first player to appear in a major league game in five different countries, adding the UK to a list that already includes the U.S., Canada, Australia and Mexico.
  • The Angels set a franchise record for runs in a 25 - 1 demolition of the Rockies at Coors Field. The win includes a 13-run inning in the 3rd, and 28 hits. Mike Trout, Brandon Drury and Matt Thaiss homer on consecutive pitches against Chase Anderson to start off the huge inning. Matt Carasiti eventually replaces Anderson but allows a further eight runs to score before the frame ends as L.A. leads 23 - 0 after four innings. Both Hunter Renfroe and Mickey Moniak end the night at 5 for 5, while David Fletcher drives in five runs. Following the game, the two teams complete a trade, with the Angels acquiring veteran Mike Moustakas from Colorado for pitching prospect Connor Van Scoyoc.
• 2024 - The University of Tennessee wins the 2024 College World Series, defeating Texas A&M, 6 - 5, in the third game of the finals. OF Dylan Dreiling is named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player as the Volunteers win their first national title.

Births

• 1865 - Billy Nash, infielder, manager (d. 1929)
• 1867 - Jake Stenzel, outfielder (d. 1919)
• 1869 - Kirtley Baker, pitcher (d. 1927)
• 1869 - John Weyhing, pitcher (d. 1890)
• 1871 - Hugh Ward, owner (d. 1941)
• 1875 - Jack Katoll, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1876 - Bill Hanlon, infielder (d. 1905)
• 1880 - Ted McGrew, umpire (d. 1969)
• 1882 - Jack Kull, pitcher (d. 1936)
• 1884 - Willy Fetzer, pinch hitter (d. 1959)
• 1886 - Doc Cook, outfielder (d. 1973)
• 1887 - Henry Keupper, pitcher (d. 1960)
• 1888 - Clarence Eldridge, umpire (d. 1981)
• 1889 - Paul Musser, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1892 - Howard Fahey, infielder (d. 1971)
• 1892 - George Harper, outfielder (d. 1978)
• 1900 - Juan Ley Fong, minor league executive; Salon de la Fama (d. 1969)
• 1902 - Juan Antonio Yánez, executive (d. 1987)
• 1904 - Bobby Reeves, infielder (d. 1993)
• 1906 - Johnny Gottselig, AAGPBL manager (d. 1986)
• 1907 - Rollie Hemsley, catcher; All-Star (d. 1972)
• 1913 - Hal Kelleher, pitcher (d. 1989)
• 1913 - Rafael Polanco, outfielder (d. ????)
• 1915 - Buster Adams, outfielder (d. 1990)
• 1915 - Bob Stewart, umpire (d. 1981)
• 1916 - Bob Bonifay, minor league executive (d. 2003)
• 1916 - John Henry McQueen, outfielder (d. 1977)
• 1917 - Al Gerheauser, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1919 - Jim Mills, minor league infielder-outfielder and manager (d. 2008)
• 1919 - Joe Mills, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2004)
• 1923 - Mel Hoderlein, infielder (d. 2001)
• 1925 - Bill Arce, college coach (d. 2016)
• 1925 - Jack Banta, pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1925 - Wally Yonamine, NPB outfielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2011)
• 1928 - Juan Armenteros, minor league catcher (d. 2003)
• 1929 - Red Norwood, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 2003)
• 1935 - Charlie Dees, infielder
• 1935 - Hua-Shan Huang, Chinese Taipei national team outfielder
• 1937 - Jim Campbell, catcher
• 1938 - Don Mincher, infielder; All-Star (d. 2012)
• 1940 - Frank Kasheta, minor league pitcher
• 1940 - Dick Naylor, college coach (d. 2018)
• 1945 - Ying-Ta Hsu, Chinese Taipei national team infielder
• 1946 - Orlando Gomez, coach
• 1946 - Robert Reich, politician
• 1951 - Mike Bruhert, pitcher
• 1951 - Mitsuo Oomori, NPB and minor league catcher
• 1951 - Ken Reitz, infielder; All-Star (d. 2021)
• 1956 - George Vukovich, outfielder
• 1957 - Doug Jones, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2021)
• 1958 - Tom Klawitter, pitcher
• 1962 - Charlie Mitchell, pitcher
• 1971 - Chip Glass, minor league outfielder
• 1971 - Toshihiro Noguchi, NPB catcher
• 1971 - Lamarr Rogers, minor league infielder and manager
• 1973 - Todd Betts, minor league infielder
• 1973 - Kevin Hodges, pitcher
• 1973 - Ryan Nye, pitcher
• 1973 - Rob Ryan, outfielder
• 1974 - Chris Guccione, umpire
• 1975 - Juan Figueroa, minor league pitcher
• 1976 - Juan Camilo, minor league outfielder
• 1976 - Kaoru Takahashi, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1979 - Jason Romano, outfielder
• 1980 - Paul Bell, minor league infielder
• 1980 - Doug Bernier, infielder
• 1980 - Juan De Leon, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Brian Hipps, minor league outfielder
• 1980 - Juan Llamas, minor league infielder
• 1980 - Luis Marquez, scout (d. 2021)
• 1980 - Jonathan Prieto, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Jeremy Papelbon, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Josh Papelbon, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Elias Sölveling, Elitserien infielder
• 1983 - Kwang-min Song, KBO infielder
• 1984 - Lei Li, Chinese national team outfielder
• 1984 - Alejandro Zuaznábar, minor league infielder
• 1985 - Mabel Cuello, Cuban women's national team
• 1985 - Matt McGraw, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Kentaro Takasaki, NPB pitcher
• 1986 - Philip Hughes, pitcher; All-Star
• 1986 - Orlando J. Díaz, Division Honor catcher
• 1986 - Keijiro Matsumoto, NPB outfielder
• 1986 - Juan Serrano, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
• 1987 - Khyle Dimino, minor league outfielder
• 1987 - Juan Francisco, infielder
• 1987 - Sam Freeman, pitcher
• 1987 - Vinicio Sparagna, Italian Baseball League outfielder
• 1989 - Tomohiro Abe, NPB infielder
• 1989 - Kuo-Long Lo, CPBL outfielder
• 1989 - Yusuke Nomura, NPB pitcher
• 1989 - Robbie Ross, pitcher
• 1990 - Yung-hoon Sung, KBO pitcher
• 1991 - Shelby Gordon, Canadian women's national team pitcher
• 1992 - Se-jin Shin, South Korean national team pitcher
• 1993 - Alejandro Chacin, pitcher
• 1993 - Wing-Sing Li, Hong Kong national team pitcher
• 1994 - Cheuk-Kiu Chan, Hong Kong national team outfielder
• 1994 - Jong-seong Kim, KBO outfielder
• 1994 - Tim Lopes, infielder
• 1994 - Keelan Smithers, signed pitcher
• 1995 - Anfernee Seymour, minor league outfielder
• 1996 - Tristan Beck, pitcher
• 1997 - Payton Henry, catcher
• 1997 - Cade Marlowe, outfielder
• 1997 - Faldy Akhmad Zulfikar, Indonesian national team catcher
• 1998 - Brett Harris, infielder
• 1998 - Kenny Hernández, minor league pitcher
• 1999 - Wilyer Abreu, outfielder
• 1999 - Slade Cecconi, pitcher
• 1999 - Christopher Morel, infielder
• 2002 - Edgardo Henriquez, pitcher
• 2004 - Iyad Ansari, Pakistani national team infielder
• 2004 - Akili Carris, Greek national team infielder

Deaths

• 1906 - Joe Strauss, outfielder (b. 1858)
• 1907 - Billy Klusman, infielder (b. 1865)
• 1922 - Dan O'Leary, outfielder, manager (b. 1856)
• 1926 - John Gillespie, outfielder (b. 1862)
• 1928 - Frank Cox, infielder (b. 1857)
• 1940 - Bert Adams, catcher (b. 1891)
• 1940 - Axel Lindstrom, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1946 - Mel Cole, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1914)
• 1957 - Jack Burns, infielder (b. 1878)
• 1959 - Jim Hitchcock, infielder (b. 1911)
• 1959 - Joe Ogrodowski, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1962 - Steve Basil, umpire (b. 1893)
• 1963 - Jud Wilson, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Fame (b. 1896)
• 1964 - Bruce Dudley, minor league executive (b. ????)
• 1965 - Johnny Humphries, pitcher (b. 1915)
• 1966 - Shigeo Hasegawa, NPB outfielder (b. 1932)
• 1967 - Roy Castleton, pitcher (b. 1885)
• 1969 - John Perrin, outfielder (b. 1898)
• 1971 - Thomas Kain, minor league pitcher (b. 1907)
• 1971 - Kenny Washington, minor league outfielder (b. 1918)
• 1972 - Crush Holloway, outfielder (b. 1896)
• 1972 - Willis Ordway, minor league player (b. 1877)
• 1974 - Joe Burns, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1977 - Shigeo Mori, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1906)
• 1978 - Ginger Watts, minor league catcher (b. 1907)
• 1984 - Jim Roberts, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1986 - Loy Hanning, pitcher (b. 1917)
• 1987 - Fred Newman, pitcher (b. 1942)
• 1991 - Bud Swartz, pitcher (b. 1929)
• 1992 - Vern Curtis, pitcher (b. 1920)
• 1994 - Virgil Q. Wacks, minor league executive (b. 1906)
• 1999 - Takehiko Bessho, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1922)
• 2003 - Jack Bruner, pitcher (b. 1924)
• 2006 - Albert Zachary, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 2007 - Giles Knowles, minor league pitcher (b. 1917)
• 2010 - Lorn Brown, broadcaster (b. 1938)
• 2011 - Richie Myers, pinch hitter (b. 1930)
• 2012 - Darrel Akerfelds, pitcher (b. 1962)
• 2012 - Harry Farnsworth, umpire (b. ????)
• 2013 - Othoniel Higuera, minor league catcher (b. 1983)
• 2019 - Al Ogletree, college coach (b. ~1930)
• 2020 - Eddie Kasko, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1931)