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Events

• 1894 - Future Hall of Famer Fred Clarke sets a record by going 5 for 5 with a double in his first major league game, but Louisville squanders his performance in a 13 - 6 loss to Philadelphia. Clarke will be appointed manager in just three years.
• 1901 - Pete Dowling of Cleveland throws the first no-hitter in American League history, 7 - 0 against his former team, Milwaukee - except hardly anyone notices. This is because most game reports credit him with a one-hitter, the single safety being hit in the 7th inning by Wid Conroy on a ball that 3B Bill Bradley fails to snag. However, the official scorer soon reverses his decision, charging Bradley with an error, and Milwaukee's papers give the hurler proper credit, but their reach is not wide enough to prevent Dowling's feat to be largely lost in the mists of history until it is re-discovered in the 21st century.
• 1902:
  • Cleveland is the first American League team to hit three consecutive home runs in one inning as Nap Lajoie, Piano Legs Hickman and Bill Bradley connect in the 6th off St. Louis, with all the hits ending in the LF bleachers at St. Louis. The last two come on the first pitch thrown. Jack Harper tees up the gopher balls in the 17 - 2 loss. The feat was last done on May 10, 1894.
  • Jim Jones, Giants LF, throws three baserunners out at home in an 8 - 0 loss to Boston. His three assists at home ties the major league record set by Billy Hoy on June 19, 1889. It will be tied again in 1905.
• 1903:
  • At Chicago, the White Sox jump on Boston starter Nick Altrock for eight runs in the 1st inning. Chicago has seven hits and three walks. Altrock finishes the game, a 10 - 3 Chicago win, for his only complete game in a Boston uniform. Chicago must like what they see: they purchase Altrock on July 2nd.
  • The Cards bunch three hits and a George Davis error in the 6th for three runs and beat Christy Mathewson, 4 - 2. Davis will appear in just four games this year, all for the Giants, before White Sox owner Charles Comiskey secures an injunction to keep him off the field. He'll be back with the Sox next season.
• 1904 - Christy Mathewson blanks Boston, 3 - 0, despite allowing eight hits. The Giants have now won 14 in a row.
• 1905:
  • Nap Lajoie is sidelined by blood poisoning from neglect of a spike wound. He will play in only 65 games, losing a chance to lead the American League in batting for the fifth straight year.
  • At New York, Eddie Plank is removed with no outs in the 9th inning and the A's leading, 7 - 4. Rube Waddell comes in and retires the side to preserve the A's victory.
• 1908 - Cy Young's third career no-hitter is an 8 - 0 Boston win over New York. Cy almost duplicates his perfect game of 1904, walking just one batter - leadoff hitter Harry Niles. Niles is then caught stealing and the next 26 batters make out. Cy also tallies three hits and drives in half the Pilgrims' runs off Rube Manning. At 41 years and 3 months, he is the oldest pitcher to turn the no-hit trick. Nolan Ryan will beat him in 1990 at the age of 43.
• 1909:
  • At Washington Park, the Superbas gaff the Giants, 7 - 2, beating Hooks Wiltse in the opener. The Giants come back in the nitecap, 3 - 0, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty strikes out nine and allows four hits.
  • Forbes Field opens in Pittsburgh, PA with a sell-out crowd of 30,332 watching the first-place Pirates lose, 3 - 2, to the Cubs as a parade of old-time players precedes the game. Built at a cost of over $1 million, it is the most expensive ballpark built to this point and the first to feature amenities such as elevators and an underground parking garage for motorcars. Chicago's Ed Reulbach spoils Pittsburgh's dedication of the new playpen, allowing three hits and beating Vic Willis. The Pirates will draw 98,000 fans in their first five home games, including 41,000 on July 5th.
• 1910 - The Athletics hold a special day to benefit the widow and children of Doc Powers, who died a year earlier from an intestinal condition while still active as a player. 12,000 persons come to Shibe Park to witness skills competitions followed by a friendly exhibition game between the A's and stars from other American League teams, raising $8,000 for the cause.
• 1911 - Brooklyn's Baron Knetzer lords it over Grover Alexander, handing Pete and the Phils a 5 - 0 shutout. Alexander's record is now 15 - 3 and the Phils are tied for second with the Cubs, two games behind New York.
• 1912 - In the second game of a doubleheader at St Louis, Joe Jackson ties the major-league record with three triples to pace Cleveland to a 15 - 1 pasting of the Browns.
• 1913:
  • At Philadelphia, New York's thrilling 11 - 10 win over the Phils puts the Giants on top to stay. Hooks Wiltse pitches the first nine innings for New York before wilting, and Christy Mathewson relieves. In the 10th, Buck Herzog singles off Grover Alexander and Matty wins his 14th. The fireworks continue after the game when John McGraw, walking to the clubhouse with several Phillies, is belted and then jumped by several Philly fans. McGraw is cut up and Phils P Ad Brennan is identified as the instigator of the fight. After investigating, National League President Tom Lynch will suspend both McGraw and Brennan for five days, with Brennan also fined $100.
  • The same ball is used for the entire game in the Reds' 9 - 6 win over the Cubs.
• 1914 - Cleveland's Terry Turner ends a long dry spell by hitting a three-run homer off the Browns' Earl Hamilton. Turner's last home run was back in 1906: he had gone 3,186 at bats without a round-tripper.
• 1916 - For the second time in three days, the Braves' Ed Konetchy collects the only hit in a game, a single. Today it is Rube Benton of the Giants firing the one-hitter.
• 1917:
  • Pirates manager Nixey Callahan is fired after his team goes 20-40. Popular star Honus Wagner is named field manager with Hugo Bezdek to take over the team's business affairs. As his first order of business, Wagner guides to Bucs to a 5 - 4 win over the Reds, contributing a two-run double as well.
  • The Tigers split with the host Browns, losing the opener before winning, 5 - 3. Ty Cobb warms up in the first game with two hits, then clocks an opposite field grand slam and a triple in the second game. The slam clears the left field bleachers.
• 1918 - In the 10th inning, Babe Ruth hits his 11th homer to beat Walter Johnson, 3 - 1, and boost the Red Sox back into first place. Ruth is playing CF when not pitching.
• 1924 - 2B Max Bishop and 3B Sammy Hale, the first two men in the A's batting order, draw eight of the nine walks issued by New York pitchers in the A's 10 - 3 win. A .271 hitter for 12 years, "Camera Eye" Bishop will draw 1,153 bases on balls, giving him a walk percentage of .204, which is higher than Babe Ruth's and just behind Ted Williams's .207.
• 1927:
  • The Tigers edge the Indians, 6 - 5, beating George Uhle for the fifth time this year.
  • A crowd of 3,000 at Yankee Stadium see the Yanks hand the Red Sox their 12th straight loss, beating the visitors, 13 - 6 on 19 safeties. Lou Gehrig takes over the home run lead when he clouts his 25th in the 1st inning, a bounce home run off Slim Harriss, but Babe Ruth, back in the lineup, golfs his 25th in the 4th, also off Slim. Gehrig has three hits and also swipes home. New York (49-20) wins its fifth straight while Boston loses its twelfth straight.
  • Alphonse "Tommy" Thomas pitches a 5 - 1 win over the Browns, the sixth time this season that the White Sox pitcher has beaten St. Louis. He last beat them on June 22nd. Lefty Stewart, who gives up a homer to Earl Sheely in the 6th, takes the loss.
  • Pirates SS Glenn Wright, heading home from St. Louis after a beaning in a game with the Cards, is slightly injured when the train he is riding is wrecked near Dennison, Ohio. Pitcher Lee Meadows, accompanying Wright, is also shook up.
• 1928 - The Yankees win two from Boston and close out the month 11 1/2 games in front of the A's. Attendance lags, as the race appears over.
• 1930:
  • Brooklyn, in need of an outfielder, buys Ike Boone from the San Francisco Missions (Pacific Coast League) where he was hitting .448 through 83 games. In 1929, Boone compiled an all-time record of 553 total bases while hitting 55 homers and batting .407. Boone wasn't even Brooklyn's first choice; the Robins preferred another PCL batting star, Buzz Arlett, who had his eye injured in a postgame fight with umpire Chet Chadbourne, who slugged the Oakland OF with his mask.
  • The Cubs move into first place ahead of Brooklyn by defeating the Giants.
• 1931:
  • The New York Giants' Ethan Allen pinch-hits a grand slam off the Cubs' Pat Malone to tie the game, but Chicago scores again to win at the Polo Grounds, 11 - 10. Sparky Adams also homers in the game, his first since 1925. He had been to bat 3,104 times without a round-tripper.
  • The Athletics buy veteran Waite Hoyt from Detroit.
• 1934:
  • In a 4 - 3, 10-inning loss to the Browns, Tiger CF Gee Walker is picked off base twice in the same frame, earning him a ten-day suspension for his ineptitude. After Hank Greenberg singles, Walker reaches base on a error, but then gets caught off base when C Rollie Hemsley fires to first base. Greenberg attempts to draw a throw by running to third base and is thrown out, with Walker taking second. Moments later, with Walker standing six feet off the bag "as brave as a boy on a burning deck" (writer Charles P. Ward's description), pitcher Jack Knott's throw to SS Alan Strange nabs him. Mickey Cochrane is so furious he suspends Walker and fines him $20 - the sixth time this season that he has earned a $20 fine. Gee's next appearance won't come until July 16th when he pinch-hits for Cochrane.
  • Lou Gehrig has three triples at Washington. However, the game is rained out after 4 1/2 innings, depriving Gehrig of a record.
  • Led by pinch hitter Harlin Pool's two hits and two runs, the Reds drop nine runs on the visiting Cardinals in the 8th inning, and win, 11 - 4.
  • On the 25th anniversary of Forbes Field, a granite monument to Barney Dreyfuss to the left of the exit gate is unveiled before the start of the Cubs-Pirates match. The Windy City squad wins, 4 - 2, behind Bill Lee, the eighth straight win for the Cubs.
• 1935:
  • At St. Louis, leadoff hitter Pete Fox leads the Tigers to a twinbill drubbing of the Browns, as Detroit rolls, 18 - 1 and 11 - 6. Fox drives in ten runs, six in the opener when he hits his second grand slam of the month. Fox has eight hits, five in the nitecap, and scores four runs in each game. Schoolboy Rowe coasts in the opener and Alvin Crowder is the nitecap winner.
  • At Boston, the Phils unload on the Braves, winning 15 - 5 to give Syl Johnson his eighth straight win.
• 1938 - The Phillies play their final game in the Baker Bowl, losing 14 - 1 to the Giants. They will play future games in A's-owned Shibe Park. Hank Leiber hits the last homer in the park, while Slick Castleman is the last winning pitcher.
• 1948:
  • In his first full season as a pitcher, Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians pitches a no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers, 2 - 0, in front of 49,628 at Briggs Stadium. Lemon has only two scares: Dale Mitchell makes a miraculous catch of a George Kell drive in the 4th and Ken Keltner makes a great stop behind third base in the 5th. The Tigers' home was the last park in the junior circuit to use lights, installing illumination only two weeks ago.
  • An 18-year-old lefthander from Rochester, NY, Johnny Antonelli, gets a $75,000 contract from the Braves. Shortly afterward, the Tigers will pay a similar sum to another teenager, catcher Frank House.
• 1950:
  • Brownie stalwart P Ned Garver loses the game because of his mental error against the White Sox. In what would have been the winning run in regulation, Garver is called out for his failure to touch third base when rounding it. He loses, 3 - 2, in 13 innings.
  • Joe and Dom DiMaggio both hit home runs in the 10 - 2 Red Sox victory over New York in the nightcap of a doubleheader. It has been 15 years since two brothers homered in a game.
• 1951 - The Braves make it easy for new manager Tommy Holmes's first appearance in front of the home crowd. Boston tallies eight runs in the 7th inning and seven runs in the 8th inning, to squash the Giants, 19 - 7. Backing Vern Bickford's pitching, Earl Torgeson racks up seven RBIs in the two innings, including a grand slam off Sal Maglie, the first time that the Barber's been clipped for a slam.
• 1952 - Satchel Paige is named to the All-Star team.
• 1953 - Braves slugger Eddie Mathews has five straight hits in a ten-inning, 6 - 4 win over the Reds.
• 1954 - Tom Morgan of the Yankees hits three Red Sox in the 3rd inning of a 6 - 1 loss. Mickey Mantle's homer against Willard Nixon is the only Yankee tally.
• 1957 - The Braves sweep a doubleheader from Pittsburgh, 7 - 4 and 6 - 5, to take a half-game lead over the second-place Redlegs.
• 1959:
  • The Giants' Sam Jones throws a 2 - 0 one-hitter against the Dodgers, allowing only Jim Gilliam's controversial single in the 8th, a grounder that SS Andre Rodgers has difficulty picking up. Willie Mays's two-run home run against Don Drysdale accounts for all the scoring.
  • At Wrigley Field, a bizarre play occurs in the 4th inning when two balls are put into play. On a 3 - 1 count, Bob Anderson's pitch to Stan Musial is wild and bounces back to the screen. Catcher Sammy Taylor ignores the ball, assuming it ticked off Musial's bat, but Cubs 3B Alvin Dark rushes in to retrieve the wild pitch/foul tip. The bat boy tosses the ball to field announcer Pat Piper, and Dark finally retrieves it from him. Meanwhile home plate ump Vic Delmore has handed a second ball to Anderson. Through all this, Musial reaches first with what he thinks is ball four, and then streaks for second base. Simultaneously, Dark and Anderson fire to the bag. Anderson's throw goes into CF, but Dark's to Ernie Banks catches the sliding Musial. Stan ignores the tag and rambles to third base as play is stopped. Delmore then rules Musial is out at second, while Al Barlick rules Stan safe at first base. Both managers play the game under protest, but the Cards drop theirs after dropping the Cubs, 4 - 1. The National League will drop Vic Delmore at the end of the season.
• 1960:
  • Dick Stuart blasts three consecutive home runs, as the Pirates split with the Giants. Stuart drives in seven runs and joins Ralph Kiner as the second Pirate to hit three home runs in a game at Forbes Field. Jack Sanford pitches a three-hit shutout to give the Giants an 11 - 0 first-game win. With the 11 - 6 nitecap victory, Pittsburgh is three ahead of the second-place Braves.
  • New York beats up on their cousins from Kansas City by banging out five homers to win 10 - 5. Moose Skowron leads with two home runs, with one each from Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Tony Kubek.
  • At Fenway Park, SS Don Buddin pulls some fancy footwork to lead the BoSox to a win against the Tigers. With the score tied in the 8th, Buddin is caught in a rundown between third base and home, but he eludes Detroit catcher Red Wilson to score. Wilson argues that Buddin left the base line, and earns an ejection by Red Flaherty for his views. The Red Sox score three more runs and win, 11 - 7. Ted Williams has a home run, off Jim Bunning, and Rocky Colavito answers with two homers.
• 1961 - Whitey Ford (14-2) tops the Senators, 5 - 1, to give the second-place Yankees their 22nd win of the month. Roger Maris drives in three runs and Mickey Mantle lines a shot over CF Willie Tasby that rebounds for an inside-the-park home run. Ford becomes the first pitcher in American League history to win eight games in one month.
• 1962:
  • With the aid of 13 strikeouts and a Frank Howard home run, Sandy Koufax no-hits Bob Miller and the Mets, 5 - 0 in Los Angeles. Sandy starts off the game by fanning the side on nine pitches in the 1st inning, the first National League pitcher to strike out the side on nine pitches since Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance, in 1924. It will be the first of four career no-hitters thrown by Koufax.
  • At Houston, the game between the Colts and the Reds is called on account of fog after seven innings. Houston is leading 7 - 3 when the fog rolls in. It is so thick that the outfielders can't see home plate.
  • Houston has no monopoly on problematic weather, it would seem; in St. Louis, a messy, muddy game features 36 hits, 22 of them collected by the visiting Pirates, en route to a 17 - 7 rout of the host Cardinals. Chief offenders among the ungracious guests are Smoky Burgess and Roberto Clemente with three home runs, two doubles and 12 RBI between them. Burgess pushes home seven with his three extra-base blows while Clemente, for the second consecutive season, reaches the right field pavilion roof at Busch Stadium.
• 1964 - At Wrigley Field, the Reds' Joey Jay allows just two hits but loses to the Cubs, 1 - 0. Larry Jackson does him one better, allowing just one hit and driving in the lone run with a single. Jackson's no-hit bid is stopped in the 7th when Pete Rose singles.
• 1967 - Losing 12 - 3 in the second game against the Giants, the Phils send in utility man Cookie Rojas to pitch the 9th. Rojas throws a scoreless inning and has now played all nine positions since arriving in the big leagues in 1963.
• 1970 - A sellout crowd of 51,050 is on hand for the dedication of Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium, rushed to completion so the Reds can host the All-Star game. There is no electricity in the refreshments areas, and the scoreboard occasionally misfires, but Hank Aaron doesn't misfire as he hits the park's first home run off Cincinnati starter Jim McGlothlin in the 1st inning. The Braves win, 8 - 2.
• 1972 - Joe Pepitone rejoins the Cubs after a brief retirement, and is 1 for 4 in the Cubs' 4 - 3 win over the Pirates. Rick Reuschel allows two hits in 7 1/3 innings before leaving with a twisted ankle, but picks up the win. Billy Williams drives in three runs for the Cubs.
• 1973:
  • The Cubs, leading by seven games, lose to the Mets and Jon Matlack, 2 - 1.
  • The first-place Dodgers spot the Reds a 5 - 1 lead, before coming back to win, 8 - 7, in 13 innings. The Reds (39-37) are in fourth place.
• 1975:
  • Baltimore C Dave Duncan ties the major-league record with four consecutive doubles during an 8 - 2 win over first-place Boston. Compounding the loss, Boston P Dick Pole suffers a broken cheek when he is hit by a line drive off the bat of 1B Tony Muser.
  • The Brewers whip the Yanks, 5 - 4, by scoring two runs in the bottom of the 9th. Bobby Darwin's eighth homer of the year is the big blow. Bill Travers (4-0) takes the win. Milwaukee, winner of 15 out of its last 21, is in third place in the AL East.
  • For the third time in four days, the Reds win on an extra-inning home run. This time, Johnny Bench belts a three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th and the Reds whip the Astros, 9 - 6. Clay Kirby gets the decision.
• 1977:
  • Cliff Johnson becomes the second player in three days to hit a pair of homers in an inning, after Willie McCovey did it on June 27th. He hits three consecutive home runs, including two in the 8th inning, as the Yankees rout the Blue Jays, 11 - 5. New York (42-33) is a half-game behind the Red Sox.
  • The host Reds beat the Giants, 11 - 5, as Joe Morgan paces the scoring with five runs and two stolen bases, despite going 0 for 2 at the plate.
• 1978:
  • Larry Doby becomes the second black major league manager, after Frank Robinson, replacing Bob Lemon as skipper of the White Sox. Chicago has a 34-40 record at the time, and will go 37-50 the rest of the way.
  • On an 0-2 pitch from Atlanta Braves pitcher Jamie Easterly, Giants first baseman Willie McCovey launches his 500th career home run over the left field fence at Fulton County Stadium becoming the 12th player to accomplish the feat. The historic homer occurs in the 2nd inning of the opener of a doubleheader which the Giants sweep, 10 - 9 and 10 - 5. Mike Ivie adds his second pinch grand slam of the year in the opener. Jack Clark has three home runs in the two games.
• 1979:
  • The Mets score six runs in the top of the 11th to break a 3 - 3 tie with the Cubs. Chicago storms back with five runs in the bottom of the frame, including ex-Met/now Cub Mike Vail's grand slam, but New York hangs on to win the game, 9 - 8.
  • In San Francisco, the Reds' Tom Seaver fires a three-hitter, beating the Giants, 2 - 0. Tom Terrific retires the last 21 straight batters and the Reds push over two runs in the 9th off Ed Whitson to win.
  • Less than halfway into its maiden season, the Inter-American League - planned as a new Triple-A circuit - folds. The Miami Amigos, with a 43-17 record, are declared the league champions.
• 1983:
  • The Reds score eight runs in the 1st inning and go on to beat the visiting Giants, 15 - 5. Paul Householder drives in four runs, two on a freak inside-the-park homer. With Ron Oester on first base, Householder hits a shallow fly that LF Chris Smith loses in the sun and it bounces over his head. Smith then slips going after the ball and the two baserunners race around the bases. Oester slides across the plate just ahead of Householder's slide, which is so close he spikes Oester's knee.
  • Outfielder Lance Junker of the Redwood Pioneers (California League) connects for two grand slams in the 9th inning against Reno. He is the third to do this in organized baseball history.
• 1985:
  • Cleveland beats Seattle, 7 - 3, to snap the Mariners' club-record nine-game winning streak.
  • In his final at bat of the month, Pedro Guerrero delivers a two-run home run off Bruce Sutter to give the Dodgers a 4 - 3 win over the Braves. It is Guerrero's 15th home run in June (19th overall), tying the major league record.
• 1986:
  • 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson makes his professional baseball debut with the Memphis Chicks of the AA Southern League and goes 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.
  • The Yankees trade OF Ken Griffey to the Braves for OF Claudell Washington and SS Paul Zuvella.
• 1988 - Alarmed by the White Sox's threatened move to St. Petersburg, Florida, Illinois lawmakers grant state subsidies for a new stadium to replace venerable but decaying Comiskey Park.
• 1993:
  • 70-year-old Minnie Minoso appears as a DH for the St. Paul Saints in a game against Thunder Bay in the independent Northern League. Minoso grounds back to pitcher Yoshi Seo in his only at bat.
  • The Indians finish their home stand with a 4 - 2 win over the White Sox. The Indians have now won 23 straight at Jacobs Field.
  • The Mets defeat the Marlins, 7 - 1, to win consecutive contests for the first time in 65 games.
• 1994 - In Montreal's 7 - 3 victory over the Giants, San Francisco OF Darren Lewis commits an error, allowing Cliff Floyd's base hit to skip under his glove. It is Lewis' first error in 392 major league games (938 chances), and his first miscue since May 10, 1991, at Triple-A Phoenix.
• 1995:
  • Cleveland's Eddie Murray singles in the 6th inning against Minnesota's Mike Trombley for his 3,000th career hit, making him just the 20th player to reach the mark. The visiting Indians beat the Twins, 4 - 1.
  • Barry Bonds has four hits, including a pair of homers, and drives in five runs to pace the Giants to a 7 - 6 win over the Padres. His second homer is a two-run shot with two outs in the 9th inning off Trevor Hoffman, his first walk-off home run as a Giant. Chris Hook (3-0) is the winner.
• 1996:
  • Rockies 2B Eric Young steals six bases in Colorado's 16 - 15 win over the Dodgers to tie a major league record. Three steals come in the 3rd inning when he steals second base, third and home. The two teams score in 14 of their 18 turns at bat, tying another big league mark. There are seven lead changes in the contest, which is marked by 38 hits, ten home runs and ten stolen bases - nine of them with Hideo Nomo on the mound. Three of the homers come on consecutive pitches as Mike Piazza, Eric Karros and Raul Mondesi homer off Mark Thompson. The 4-hour and 20-minute game is the longest nine-inning contest in National League history. Mondesi drives home six runs for Los Angeles, while Dante Bichette gets five hits and four ribbies for Colorado.
  • The Giants lose their tenth in a row, as San Diego wins, 7 - 4. It ties the losing streak record for the franchise in San Francisco.
  • The Twins defeat the Royals, 5 - 2, as Minnesota LF Marty Cordova has his hitting streak stopped at 23 games.
  • Cards pitcher Todd Stottlemyre has three hits, two in the six-run 2nd inning, in beating the Pirates, 10 - 3.
• 1997:
  • In the resumption of interleague play, the Cubs set the tone by edging the American League Royals, 8 - 7. Dave Clark's three-run, pinch-hit home run with two outs in the 8th tops off a five-run inning. Jeff King hits his fifth homer against National League pitchers for the Royals.
  • In Baltimore, Cal Ripken's second grand slam of the season is the big blow in a six-run 3rd inning as the Orioles beat the hapless Phillies, 8 - 1. Mike Mussina wins his 100th game to help Baltimore end its four-game losing streak. For the Phils, it is their 15th loss in 16 games.
  • Rangers hurler Bobby Witt becomes the first American League pitcher to hit a home run in a regular season game in nearly 25 years. His round tripper off Ismael Valdes helps Texas beat the Dodgers in interleague action, 3 - 2. Roric Harrison was the last AL pitcher to hit a home run, in 1972, before the introduction of the designated hitter the following year.
  • Bobby Higginson belts three home runs and drives in seven runs and Justin Thompson allows four hits in eight innings as Detroit kicks the Mets, 14 - 0. It is the most lopsided shutout in Mets history. Detroit hits more homers (6) than the Mets have hits (5), and it is the most home runs given up by Mets pitchers since April 29, 1978.
  • In the first regular-season game between Canada's major league teams, the Expos emerge 2 - 1 winners over the Blue Jays. Pedro Martinez allows three hits, including a solo home run by Carlos Delgado, and strikes out ten while Vladimir Guerrero hits a home run in his first interleague at-bat.
  • Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr., who missed the last two All-Star Games with injuries, is elected for the eighth straight year. Griffey tops all players with 3,514,340 votes. Orioles 3B Cal Ripken, picked to play in his 15th All-Star Game, is second with 2,571,985 votes.
  • At Oakland, Tony Gwynn, Chris Jones and Greg Vaughn all hit three-run home runs as San Diego pounds Oakland, 15 - 6. Gwynn and Vaughn have four RBIs apiece as the Padres bat around twice. 1B Wally Joyner strokes five hits for the Pods.
• 1998:
  • Mark McGwire belts his 37th homer of the year, tying Reggie Jackson's record for most homers before the All-Star break. The homer is a 472-ft upper deck shot off Kansas City's Glendon Rusch.
  • Dodgers P Ramon Martinez undergoes season-ending surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff and torn cartilage in his pitching shoulder.
  • With an 8th-inning homer against the Diamondbacks, Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa extends his major league record for home runs in a month, hitting his 20th round-tripper in June. The Cubs lose to the Diamondbacks, 5 - 4.
• 1999:
  • The Pirates score eight runs in the 4th inning on their way to a 9 - 1 victory over Philadelphia.
  • President Bill Clinton shows up in time to see Sammy Sosa blast his National League-leading 30th homer as the Cubs edge the Brewers, 5 - 4. Sosa has nine homers in his last 13 hits.
  • The Athletics defeat the Mariners, 14 - 5. Seattle P Damaso Marte makes his major league debut in the 8th inning, and surrenders a home run to DH John Jaha on his first big league pitch.
  • Cincinnati defeats Arizona, 2 - 0, as Ron Villone and Scott Williamson combine on a one-hitter. The Diamondbacks' only hit is a single by OF Tony Womack. Randy Johnson strikes out 17 in a magnificent but losing effort; in his last start he struck out 14 in losing to a no-hitter by Jose Jimenez.
  • Texas defeats Anaheim, 18 - 4, as both DH Rafael Palmeiro and 3B Todd Zeile get four hits and drive home four runs.
  • The Blue Jays defeat the Orioles, 10 - 9, in ten innings, as Willie Greene ties an American League record by hitting a pinch home run in two consecutive at bats. His previous pinch home run came against the Royals on June 20th. Greene's homer in the bottom of the 9th ties the score at 7 - 7. The Orioles score two in the top half of the 10th, but the Blue Jays come back with three runs in their half of the inning to win.
• 2000:
  • Ila Borders, the first woman to play in men's professional baseball, retires at age 26. Borders was pitching for the Zion Pioneerzz of the Western Baseball League.
  • After trailing 8 - 2 with two outs in the 8th inning, Mike Piazza's tie-breaking three-run homer completes a ten-run miracle comeback as the Mets stun the Braves, 11 - 8. Nine of the runs are driven in with two outs and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets.
  • The Red Sox seemingly answer their 3B needs by acquiring Ed Sprague from the Padres for minor league IF Cesar Saba and P Dennis Tankersley.
• 2001 - Oakland defeats Texas, 15 - 4, as SS Miguel Tejada hits three home runs and a single and drives home eight runs. Tejada had gone 26 games without a homer before hitting a grand slam in the 1st, followed by a three-run shot in the 2nd. He adds a solo blast in the 9th. Erik Hiljus is the benefactor, winning his first major league decision. Hiljus also strikes out four batters in the 7th.
• 2002 - In a 13 - 1 drubbing by the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Padres second baseman D'Angelo Jimenez comes in to pitch with two outs in the 7th inning. He retires the four batters he faces, but Jeff Suppan allows one run in seven innings, and Raul Ibanez uses a home run and triple to drive in four runs for the Royals.
• 2004 - For the third straight game, the Tigers win thanks to walk-off home run. Following the lead of teammates Eric Munson and Carlos Pena in the two previous games, Dmitri Young hits a two-run dinger in the 11th inning to beat the Indians, 9 - 7.
• 2005 - Rain forces a game between the Astros and Reds to be called after seven innings with the score at 2 - 2. It will be the last tie game before a change of rules in 2007 will make future ties possible only under extremely rare circumstances.
• 2007 - A staged protest by Pittsburgh Pirates fans appears to be underwhelming as about 1,000 fans (among over 28,000 in attendance) leave in the 2nd inning. Organizers cite a strong contest by the Pirates as a reason for the lack of enthusiasm for the vocal minority's protest.
• 2008:
  • The White Sox top the Indians, 9 - 7, behind the potent bat of Nick Swisher. Swisher hits his second grand slam in four days and homers from both sides of the plate in the win.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates bat a pitcher eighth for the first time in over 50 years when manager John Russell has Paul Maholm in the #8 slot and Jack Wilson batting last. The Pirates fall, 4 - 3, to the Reds, when Matt Capps blows the save, allowing a two-run bottom-of-the-9th homer to Ken Griffey Jr.
• 2009:
  • The Baltimore Orioles complete the biggest comeback in their history, besting Boston, 11 - 10, after trailing 10 - 1. They score five runs in the 7th and five more in the 8th, capped by Nick Markakis' two-run double off closer Jonathan Papelbon, thus depriving John Smoltz of a chance to win his first game for the Red Sox.
  • Jason Marquis pitches a two-hit shutout as Colorado blanks the Dodgers, 3 - 0. He is the first ten-game winner in the National League this season.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates are busy on the transaction front. They trade starting LF Nyjer Morgan and P Sean Burnett to the Washington Nationals in return for P Joel Hanrahan and OF Lastings Milledge, a former top prospect who has failed to crack the Nats' line-up. In a separate move, the Bucs send veteran OF Eric Hinske to the Yankees for two minor leaguers.
• 2010:
  • The Texas Rangers, leading the AL West, make a deal for veteran catcher Benjie Molina, acquiring him in a trade from the Giants for P Chris Ray. The Rangers have been winning in spite of lacking a proven backstop. In today's game, Vladimir Guerrero's bat does the damage, as he belts a grand slam and a solo homer among his four hits against his former teammates, the Angels, to lead Texas to a 6 - 4 victory. In his major league debut, Omar Beltre only goes four innings for the Rangers and Dustin Nippert picks up the win in relief - the team's 21st this month, a franchise record. Josh Hamilton extends his hitting streak to 23 games in the contest.
  • For the second night in a row, the Yankees' bats are stymied by a Mariners hurler. One day after Cliff Lee's complete game win, Felix Hernandez pitches a two-hitter and strikes out 11 in a 7 - 0 win. Michael Saunders hits two homers for the winners.
  • The Phillie Phanatic, the Philadelphia Phillies' furry green mascot, is being sued by a Pennsylvania woman who claims that she suffered an arthritis flare-up, leading to knee-replacement surgery, after the creature climbed on top of her at a minor league game in Reading, PA in 2008.
• 2011 - The Rockies acquire veteran 2B Mark Ellis from Oakland in return for P Bruce Billings and a player to be named later. Ellis became expendable with the promotion of rookie Jemile Weeks a few weeks ago.
• 2012:
  • Johan Santana shuts out the Dodgers, 5 - 0, allowing three hits over eight innings. It is the Dodgers' seventh consecutive loss. Ike Davis hits a three-run homer for the Mets.
  • The Phillies trade veteran 1B Jim Thome to the Orioles for minor leaguers Kyle Simon and Gabriel Lino. The 41-year-old is hitting .242 with five home runs in 30 games, but had to miss a month with a bad back; in Baltimore, he will be used as a DH and won't need to worry about having to play the field.
  • A rain delay during the 7th inning of a Frontier League game between the Joliet Slammers and the Southern Illinois Miners almost turns tragic, as hurricane-force winds begin tearing through the ballpark, ripping the tarp off the field and swallowing a number of the workers who are trying to secure it with sandbags. Luckily, no one is hurt, but the game is cancelled.
• 2013:
  • After a 14-inning marathon further lengthened by a two-hour-and-twenty-minute rain delay, the Pirates defeat the Brewers, 2 - 1, for their ninth straight win. Both starting pitchers have to leave after the 2nd-inning thunderstorm, but relievers Tyler Thornburg for Milwaukee and Vin Mazzaro for Pittsburgh are both outstanding, the latter retiring all 15 batters he faces in order. Trailing 1 - 0, the Bucs tie the game on a pair of hits off Jim Henderson in the 8th and Russell Martin finally ends the game with a pinch-hit single off Francisco Rodriguez in the bottom of the 14th.
  • Eddie Gamboa throws a seven-inning no-hitter for the Bowie BaySox against the Harrisburg Senators in the first game of a doubleheader in the Eastern League. A week ago, Gamboa, who began throwing the knuckleball only this year, had taken a no-hitter into the 8th inning of a game against Altoona.
• 2014:
  • The Rays set a major league record when Brad Boxberger strikes out Ichiro Suzuki of the Yankees in the 12th inning of a 4 - 3 win. Ichiro's is the 287th strikeout by a Rays pitcher in June, beating by one the record for most K's in a month set by the Cubs in August of 2002.
  • After beginning his last start with six perfect innings, the Cubs' Jake Arrieta is at it again, taking a no-hitter into the 8th inning before the Red Sox's Stephen Drew singles with two out. He ends up a 2 - 0 winner, as two relievers complete the two-hit shutout.
  • Mike Hessman of the Toledo Mud Hens takes Jake Brigham of the Indianapolis Indians deep for his 259th International League home run. This breaks Ollie Carnegie's IL home run record, Carnegie having last played in the circuit 69 years earlier.
• 2015:
  • Chris Sale ties a record set by Pedro Martinez in 1999 when he strikes out ten or more batters for the eighth straight start. He also collects his first major league hit in limiting the Cardinals to a run and strikes out 12 in eight innings, but leaves with the game tied 1 - 1. The White Sox win, 2 - 1, in 11 innings.
  • Rookie Mike Montgomery of the Mariners pitches his second straight shutout in defeating the Padres, 5 - 0, on a one-hitter. The only hit is a double by Yangervis Solarte with one out in the 7th
• 2016:
  • Coastal Carolina University wins the 2016 College World Series by defeating the University of Arizona, 4 - 3, in Game 3 of the finals after the schools had split the first two games. It is Coastal Carolina's first championship in any sport and comes in its first appearance in the College World Series.
  • Giants manager Bruce Bochy makes a rare decision, eschewing the use of the designated hitter in a road game against the Athletics to allow pitcher Madison Bumgarner to hit for himself. It turns out to be an inspired move as Bumgarner doubles off Dillon Overton in the 3rd inning, sparking a six-run outburst, as the Giants go on to win, 12 - 6. The last team to have deliberately declined to use the DH were the 1976 White Sox who had P Ken Brett bat for himself a few times.
• 2017 - The major leagues conclude the month of June with a record of 1,101 homers hit during the month. This beats the previous record of 1,069 set in May 2000. The sluggers doing the most damage are rookie Cody Bellinger, who led all batters with 13, George Springer, who hit 11, and Justin Smoak and another rookie, Aaron Judge, smashing ten each. 77 batters had multi-homer games, including a four-homer game by the unlikely Scooter Gennett on June 6th.
• 2018 - Michael Lorenzen homers in a third consecutive at-bat, having done so on June 24h as a pinch-hitter and again on June 29th, this time in his normal role as a relief pitcher. The third one is the most spectacular, however, as it comes against Jacob Barnes of the Brewers with the bases loaded in the 7th inning, again as a pinch-hitter. His grand slam is key to the Reds' 12 - 3 win.
• 2019 - The pitchers and substitutes for the 2019 All-Star Game are announced, and the youth trend already evident in the results of the fan vote announced earlier in the week is confirmed. 31 players will be making their first appearance in the Mid-Summer Classic, not counting any late additions to the two leagues' rosters.
• 2020 - Minor League Baseball officially announces the cancellation of its season, as Major League Baseball will not make players available to minor league teams this year. Teams will instead keep a "taxi squad" of eligible players ready to be added to the major league roster on short notice if the need arises. The decision was pretty much inevitable in any case, as minor league teams are dependent on gate receipts to cover most operating expenses, and did not have the option of playing games solely for a television audience as their major league counterparts are now preparing to do.
• 2021:
  • Mississippi State University wins the 2021 College World Series, defeating Vanderbilt University, 9 - 0, in the final game, for the first title in school history. Pitchers Will Bednar, who is the named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player, and Landon Sims combine on a one-hitter, defeating Kumar Rocker.
  • Trea Turner celebrates his 28th birthday by becoming the fifth player in history to hit for the cycle for the third time in a 15 - 6 Nationals win over Tampa Bay.
• 2022 - The Pirates are the first team in major league history to have three batters have three-homer games in the same month, as Michael Perez goes deep three times in an 8 - 7 win over the Brewers. This comes exactly one day after Bryan Reynolds did so against the Nationals, and two weeks after Jack Suwinski had done the same, capped with a walk-off homer, against the Giants on June 19th. In fact, the record for an entire season is four such games, accomplished three times.
• 2023:
  • The Royals trade P Aroldis Chapman to the Rangers in return for P Cole Ragans and minor league OF Roni Cabrera.
  • The Braves end the month in force by belting six homers in a 16 - 4 win over the Marlins, two coming off the bat of Matt Olson. This gives Atlanta 61 homers in June, the second highest total for any team in any month of a major league season, while their 21 wins are a team record. Michael Soroka picks up his first win since tearing his Achilles tendon back on August 3, 2020.
  • For the first time, the Mexican national team wins a major international tournament. Following ten Silver Medals, dating to their debut in the 1926 Central American Games, they win the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games. They led the round-robin at 5-1 and were set to face Cuba in the Gold Medal Game before it was wiped out by rain, giving Mexico the title. In the Bronze Medal Game, Venezuela edges the Dominican national team, 8 - 7 in extra innings, when 1B José García smacks a two-run double to end it.
• 2024 - Rookie OF Wyatt Langford hits for the cycle in leading the Rangers to an 11 - 2 win over the Orioles. CF Derek Hill also homers twice in the win which snaps a six-game losing streak. Baltimore's Gunnar Henderson strikes out all four times he faces winning pitcher Andrew Heaney, ending a streak of reaching base in 36 straight games.

Births

• 1860 - John Connell, umpire (d. 1896)
• 1862 - Tug Arundel, catcher (d. 1912)
• 1863 - Henry Killilea, owner (d. 1929)
• 1864 - Ned Bligh, catcher (d. 1892)
• 1864 - Jocko Flynn, pitcher (d. 1907)
• 1865 - Tim Hurst, manager; umpire (d. 1915)
• 1873 - George Stultz, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1880 - Davy Jones, outfielder (d. 1972)
• 1888 - William Hawker, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1953)
• 1894 - Wes Griffin, scout (d. 1956)
• 1895 - Johnny Miljus, pitcher (d. 1976)
• 1896 - Will Jones, catcher (d. ????)
• 1900 - Ed Rile, pitcher/outfielder (d. 1971)
• 1902 - Hal Smith, pitcher (d. 1992)
• 1903 - Robert Hannegan, owner (d. 1949)
• 1905 - Art Scharein, infielder (d. 1969)
• 1912 - Dino Chiozza, infielder (d. 1972)
• 1912 - Johnny Hudson, infielder (d. 1970)
• 1913 - Manny Salvo, pitcher (d. 1997)
• 1915 - Roberto Ortiz, outfielder (d. 1971)
• 1915 - Harry Pletersek, minor league outfielder (d. 1999)
• 1917 - Willie Grace, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2006)
• 1921 - Jack Albright, infielder (d. 1991)
• 1921 - Masumi Isegawa, NPB catcher (d. 1996)
• 1921 - Joe Stephenson, catcher (d. 2001)
• 1923 - Raymond Guard, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1923 - Harry Ornest, minor league infielder (d. 1998)
• 1926 - Louis Vavro, minor league pitcher (d. 1998)
• 1928 - Yo-Yo Davalillo, infielder (d. 2013)
• 1928 - Dick Raklovits, minor league infielder (d. 2017)
• 1930 - Otha Bailey, Negro League catcher (d. 2013)
• 1931 - Don Gross, pitcher (d. 2017)
• 1933 - Dave Roberts, infielder (d. 2021)
• 1935 - Yusaku Akimoto, NPB pitcher (d. 2016)
• 1935 - Paul Toth, pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1936 - Lou Vassie, minor league infielder
• 1937 - Rendon Marbury, Negro League infielder
• 1944 - Ron Swoboda, outfielder
• 1945 - Jerry Kenney, infielder
• 1945 - Otis Thornton, catcher
• 1947 - David Mundy, Australian national team infielder
• 1949 - Kazuyuki Yamamoto, NPB pitcher
• 1952 - Tom Zimmer, coach
• 1956 - Chuck Meriwether, umpire (d. 2019)
• 1957 - Bud Black, pitcher
• 1960 - Darren Dilks, minor league pitcher
• 1960 - Al Newman, infielder
• 1962 - Tony Fernandez, infielder; All-Star (d. 2020)
• 1964 - Doug Dascenzo, outfielder
• 1964 - Edgar Perez, minor league infielder
• 1964 - Bill Robinson III, minor league outfielder
• 1965 - Max Diaz, minor league manager
• 1965 - Chuck Mount, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Paul Schrieber, umpire
• 1968 - Tim Barker, minor league infielder (d. 2020)
• 1968 - Dan Peltier, outfielder
• 1969 - Hiroki Nomura, NPB pitcher
• 1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, infielder; All-Star
• 1971 - Ernesto Guevara, Cuban league pitcher
• 1971 - Mattias Landin, Swedish national team infielder
• 1972 - Garret Anderson, outfielder; All-Star
• 1972 - Jim Stoops, pitcher
• 1973 - Atsushi Matsuoka, Japanese national team infielder
• 1973 - Chan Ho Park, pitcher; All-Star
• 1974 - Jae-ho Baek, KBO infielder
• 1975 - Mike Judd, pitcher
• 1975 - Billy Munoz, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Ryan Hankins, minor league infielder
• 1979 - Ron Acuna, minor league outfielder
• 1979 - Miguel Miyagusuku, Peruvian national team pitcher
• 1980 - Hugo Castellanos, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Carter Kahue, Palauan national team pitcher
• 1980 - Todd Linden, outfielder
• 1980 - Massimiliano Sartori, Italian Baseball League infielder
• 1980 - Masashi Sasaki, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1980 - Marc Sauer, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Derick Grigsby, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Mitch Maier, outfielder
• 1982 - Delwyn Young, outfielder
• 1983 - Tsz-Yeung Chan, Hong Kong national team outfielder
• 1983 - Daisuke Ochi, NPB pitcher
• 1983 - Drew Sutton, infielder
• 1984 - Stephen Faris, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Matt Maradeo, minor league pitcher
• 1984 - Keiji Uezono, NPB pitcher
• 1985 - Leandro Juárez, Argentinian national team pitcher
• 1985 - Pat Venditte, pitcher
• 1986 - Mike Carp, infielder
• 1986 - Yuan-Chuan Wen, CPBL infielder
• 1987 - Claudio Bavera, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Ryan Cook, pitcher; All-Star
• 1987 - Cole Figueroa, infielder
• 1987 - Ivan Kornev, Russian national team outfielder
• 1988 - Jeff Kobernus, infielder
• 1988 - Blake Treinen, pitcher; All-Star
• 1989 - Dean Green, minor league infielder
• 1989 - Victor Samchuk, Russian national team outfielder
• 1990 - Che Yeyne Abad], minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Jesus Aguilar, infielder; All-Star
• 1990 - Cody Asche, infielder
• 1990 - Yong-joo Seo, KBO outfielder
• 1993 - Trea Turner, infielder; All-Star
• 1994 - Rogelio Armenteros, pitcher
• 1994 - Eric María, minor league catcher
• 1994 - Josh Rojas, infielder
• 1994 - Albin Sivard, Elitserien pitcher
• 1995 - Wei-Lin Chen, CPBL pitcher
• 1995 - Irving López, infielder
• 1995 - Denis Pakši, Slovakian national team infielder
• 1995 - Luis Silva, minor league infielder
• 1996 - Pablo Grass, Bolivian national team catcher
• 1996 - Kazuma Okamoto, NPB infielder
• 1997 - Pierce Khan, Pakistani national team infielder
• 2003 - Sheng-Wen Chen, CPBL pitcher
• 2003 - Julian Faulhaber, Austrian national team pitcher
• 2003 - Kittipong Thonglor, Thailand national team outfielder

Deaths

• 1905 - Pete Dowling, pitcher (b. 1876)
• 1908 - William Van Cott, executive (b. 1821)
• 1912 - Harry Lyons, outfielder (b. 1866)
• 1917 - Henry Mathewson, pitcher (b. 1886)
• 1931 - Lee Dressen, infielder (b. 1889)
• 1937 - Pete O'Brien, infielder (b. 1867)
• 1937 - Jerry Upp, pitcher (b. 1883)
• 1942 - Cad Coles, outfielder (b. 1886)
• 1943 - Mike McDermott, pitcher (b. 1874)
• 1946 - Grover Baichley, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1946 - Sam Hope, pitcher (b. 1878)
• 1947 - Mellie Wolfgang, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1950 - Paul Fitzke, pitcher (b. 1900)
• 1950 - Joe Lake, pitcher (b. 1881)
• 1952 - Donald Jarmon, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 1959 - Clarence Berger, outfielder (b. 1894)
• 1961 - Dizzy Dismukes, pitcher, manager (b. 1890)
• 1967 - Fred Liese, pinch hitter (b. 1885)
• 1967 - Hap Myers, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1968 - Ned Porter, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1969 - Charley Carter, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1969 - Milt Gray, catcher (b. 1914)
• 1973 - Doc Cook, outfielder (b. 1886)
• 1974 - Mule Haas, outfielder (b. 1903)
• 1974 - Bill Perrin, pitcher (b. 1910)
• 1975 - Red Jones, outfielder (b. 1911)
• 1976 - Firpo Marberry, pitcher; umpire (b. 1898)
• 1977 - Monk Younger, college coach (b. 1894)
• 1978 - Danny Lynch, infielder (b. 1926)
• 1990 - Danny Amaral, minor league outfielder (b. 1911)
• 1994 - Don Kolloway, infielder (b. 1918)
• 1996 - Jerry May, catcher (b. 1943)
• 1997 - Barney Hearn, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1912)
• 1999 - Tokichiro Ishii, college coach; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1924)
• 2002 - Pete Gray, outfielder (b. 1915)
• 2002 - Raul Sánchez, pitcher (b. 1930)
• 2002 - Wilmore Williams, outfielder (b. 1918)
• 2005 - Al Milnar, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1913)
• 2009 - Jay Kleven, catcher (b. 1949)
• 2011 - Don Buddin, infielder (b. 1934)
• 2014 - Frank Cashen, General Manager (b. 1922)
• 2014 - Bobby Castillo, pitcher (b. 1955)
• 2015 - Doug Opperman, minor league infielder (b. 1925)
• 2016 - Shoji Tokai, NPB outfielder (b. 1938)
• 2019 - Luis Mercedes, outfielder (b. 1968)
• 2021 - Simon Heemskerk, Hoofdklasse infielder and manager (b. 1935)
• 2021 - Yasunori Oshima, NPB infielder (b. 1950)