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Events

• 1868 - In a battle of the top two Cincinnati teams‚ the Red Stockings cut down the Buckeyes‚ 28 - 10. Asa Brainard‚ from the Excelsior Club‚ makes his first appearance with the Reds as a number of players have changed teams this year. Those who do so while having a valid contract with their original team are called "revolvers."
• 1869 - The Mutuals of New York journey to Boston, MA on a three-day visit‚ during which time they will beat the Tri-Mountains (69 - 17)‚ the Harvards (43 - 11)‚ and the Lowells (26 - 21).
• 1877 - Hartford edges Cincinnati‚ 5 - 4‚ thanks to a grounder that goes through the legs of 2B Jimmy Hallinan‚ allowing three runs to score.
• 1882 - Cleveland wins dramatically in the bottom of the 10th with two outs‚ 4 - 3, as three Buffalo players collide chasing Mike Muldoon's single.
• 1884 - Larry Corcoran limits Cleveland to one single in a 5 - 0 shutout for Chicago. Jim McCormick takes the loss.
• 1886 - St. Louis SS Bill Gleason makes six errors to give Brooklyn a 13 - 12 win in ten innings.
• 1889 - Lou Bierbauer carries the Athletics to a 9 - 8 win with a two-run homer and a grand slam‚ and scores the winning run after a 9th-inning single.
• 1890:
  • Chicago's 10 - 8‚ ten-inning win at Philadelphia is thrown out by National League directors when umpire Jack McQuaid admits he made an error in not allowing Philadelphia to send OF Bill Gray in as a substitute during the game.
  • In a 17 - 10 New York victory‚ New York and Pittsburgh combine for a National League-record 20 stolen bases in a single game. New York swipes a record 17 against the battery of rookie Crazy Schmit and Doggie Miller. Joe Hornung gets six of the thefts. Crazy gives up 19 hits and 17 runs.
• 1895 - The Louisville Colonels drop a game to Brooklyn because they have run out of baseballs. The home team is responsible for supplying balls‚ but the game begins with just three baseballs on hand‚ two of them practice balls borrowed from Brooklyn. By the 3rd inning‚ the balls are worn out and a messenger sent for new ones does not arrive back in time. Louisville is forced to forfeit the game.
• 1897 - A "shoot the chutes" waterslide opens at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis. With the Browns in last place at 5-20‚ owner Chris Von der Ahe is trying to draw customers with a variety of amusement park attractions. It doesn't help today as the Browns lose their 21st‚ 14 - 6‚ to Louisville.
• 1898 - The Eastern League‚ struggling to stay alive‚ cuts all rosters to 15 players.
• 1901:
  • Nap Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics receives the ultimate sign of respect from an opposing team when he is intentionally walked with the bases loaded by the Chicago White Sox.
  • The Cleveland Blues rally for nine runs with two outs in the 9th inning to post an amazing 14 - 13 victory over the Washington Senators. The Blues collect six singles, two doubles, a walk, and a hit batsman during the rally.
• 1902 - Cleveland financier Charles Somers‚ who is also the president of the Boston club‚ meets with Nap Lajoie in Philadelphia and guarantees him a four-year contract at $7‚000 per year no matter what the legal outcome of his case. Lajoie has played one game‚ then sat in the stands as the Phillies have filed an injuction to prevent him from playing in the American League. The Phillies will win their legal case, but the ruling will only apply to games played in Pennsylvania, which is why Lajoie will head for Cleveland. In 1903‚ Cleveland fans will vote to rename the club the Naps in honor of Lajoie.
• 1904 - Chicago's Jake Weimer and Christy Mathewson duel for 11 innings before the game is a called a 1 - 1 tie. Umpire Bob Emslie calls the game at the West Side Grounds so the Giants can catch a train for New York. Matty allows six hits‚ one less than Weimer.
• 1905 - Paced by Bill Dahlen's two home runs‚ the Giants scrub Orval Overall for a 7 - 0 win over the Reds. Christy Mathewson strikes out eight and allows just three singles for the win.
• 1906:
  • With an off day‚ Chicago city officials close the gates at West Side Grounds in the middle of the series with the Giants. The reason is that city ordinances state that no fans are allowed to sit or stand in the aisles.
  • In Oakland‚ the San Francisco Seals play the first Pacific Coast League game in the Bay Area since the earthquake‚ beating the Fresno Raisin Pickers‚ 4 - 3. A new ballpark will be ready for the Seals by the start of next season.
• 1907 - Before a packed house of 23‚000‚ John McGraw uses his entire pitching staff of six against the Cubs‚ but Chicago still wins‚ 5 - 2, to move into first place over New York. Hooks Wiltse lasts just one inning‚ giving up two Chicago runs. Jimmy Sheckard's three-run homer in the 5th off Christy Mathewson‚ pitching on a day's rest‚ seals the win for Chicago.
• 1908:
  • Giants 3B Art Devlin ties a record by handling 13 total chances as the Cards beat New York, 6 - 2. Two errors cost him a new record.
  • Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren beats the Boston Nationals‚ 6 - 4‚ his tenth straight win over them in four years. Lundgren will post an 18-7 record this year‚ allowing no homers.
• 1910 - The Reds' Dode Paskert steals second base‚ third base‚ and home in the 1st inning against the Boston Doves. Dode's score is the difference as the Reds win‚ 6 - 5.
• 1911:
  • Detroit beats Washington's Walter Johnson‚ 9 - 8. Detroit loads the bases in the 8th inning for Ty Cobb‚ already 3 for 4 with three stolen bases‚ and Johnson‚ in relief of Dolly Gray‚ walks him to force in what will be the winning run.
  • New York's Christy Mathewson continues his mastery of the Reds‚ beating them‚ 7 - 2‚ for the 18th straight time.
• 1912 - The Reds defeat the visiting Pirates‚ 12 - 1, stealing seven bases against the Bucs. Bob Bescher has three and Rube Benton‚ the winning pitcher‚ adds a steal of home.
• 1914 - At St. Louis‚ Slim Sallee stops the Giants to preserve the Cards' lead‚ and the Birds win‚ 4 - 3‚ over Christy Mathewson.
• 1915 - The Chicago Tribune announces a contest with an unusual prize: the three winners will join one of Chicago's three major league teams - the Cubs, the White Sox and the Whales of the Federal League - for a road trip at the end of the season. The contest is open to all local amateur players under the age of 21 and will help launch the major league careers of Henry Rasmussen and Charlie Pechous.
• 1916 - In Cincinnati‚ Rube Benton pitches the Giants to a 4 - 3 win over the Reds‚ New York's 12th win in a row on the road. Benton needs relief help from Jeff Tesreau and Christy Mathewson in the 9th to win.
• 1917 - Grover Alexander of the Phils allows the Reds only two hits; he collects three himself‚ including a home run and a sacrifice‚ and wins‚ 5 - 1‚ over Fred Toney.
• 1918 - The Giants win, 6 - 4, in St. Louis‚ no thanks to outfielder Benny Kauff who strikes out five times. The five K's ties the major league record.
• 1919:
  • It's Hank Gowdy Day in Boston‚ the catcher's first game after returning from the Army. He hits the first pitch he sees from Dolf Luque for a single‚ but the Reds prevail over the Braves‚ 10 - 4.
  • Phillie slugger Gavvy Cravath treats his old teammate Pete Alexander unkindly‚ collecting three hits and five RBIs to lead the Phillies to a 7 - 2 win over the Cubs. The winning pitcher is George Smith‚ just acquired from the Giants for P Joe Oeschger. Oeschger will be bundled to the Braves in August for Art Nehf.
  • Eddie Cicotte overwhelms the Yankees as the White Sox win‚ 5 - 0.
• 1920:
  • The Braves beat the Reds‚ 7 - 0‚ behind Jack Scott's three-hitter. Boston chases Jimmy Ring in the 3rd inning and goes on to tally 12 hits.
  • After a week in bed with illness‚ Babe Ruth returns to belt a two-run homer in the 6th‚ off Carl Weilman‚ to give the Yankees a 3 - 2 win over the visiting Browns. Baby Doll Jacobson's two-run homer in the 4th is the only Browns scoring off Bob Shawkey.
• 1922 - George Sisler and Frank Baker match homers as the Browns and Yankees go into the 7th tied, 3 - 3. Ken Williams hits his 12th home run of the year‚ with two on‚ giving St. Louis a 6 - 3 lead‚ and the Browns add five more runs off reliever Lefty O'Doul to win‚ 11 - 3. Urban Shocker is the winner.
• 1923 - Pittsburgh sends 2B Cotton Tierney and P Whitey Glazner to the Phils for 2B Johnny Rawlings and P Lee Meadows. Meadows will win 85 games over the next five years as Glazner's replacement in the Pittsburgh rotation.
• 1924 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators strikes out 14 in a 4 - 0, one-hit win over the Chicago White Sox for his 103rd major league career shutout.
• 1925:
  • Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pete Donohue hit a home run and four singles to beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 11 - 2.
  • The Cardinals trade C Mike Gonzalez and infielder Howard Freigau to the Cubs for catcher Bob O'Farrell. O'Farrell‚ who suffered a fractured skull from a foul tip‚ played just 71 games in 1924 and lost his job to Gabby Hartnett. But O'Farrell will have a banner year for the Cards‚ hitting .293 and catching 146 games‚ and then take over as manager in 1927. Freigau will hit .307 for the year.
• 1926:
  • Hack Wilson smacks a 5th-inning home run‚ a rare blast off the Wrigley Field scoreboard‚ situated at ground level‚ to start a rout of the Braves. The Cubs score seven runs in the 8th inning to win, 14 - 8. Sparky Adams contributes four hits for Chicago. Later that night‚ Wilson and a few others are arrested at a friend's apartment for drinking beer in violation of the Prohibition Act. The scoreboard will be moved to the left field corner in 1937‚ before one will be built atop the newly-built bleachers in centerfield, where it still resides.
  • In Washington‚ Al Simmons hits a solo homer‚ off Walter Johnson‚ into the center field stands. The A's beat the "Big Train"‚ 5 - 3‚ behind the pitching of Slim Harriss.
• 1927 - Despite 1st-inning back-to-back home runs by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig off Sloppy Thurston‚ the Senators edge the Yankees‚ 3 - 2.
• 1928:
  • Jack Slattery quits as manager of the last-place Braves. Owner Emil Fuchs announces that "after much persuasion" Rogers Hornsby has consented to take over as manager.
  • Cleveland left fielder Charlie Jamieson starts a triple play against the White Sox in a 4 - 3 loss. Today's triple killing occurs when Bud Clancy is out on a short fly to Jamieson‚ who then throws out Johnny Mann‚ the runner on third who tries to score. The relay from C Luke Sewell to his brother Joe at second base catches Ray Schalk off base‚ and he is tagged at third base. Jamieson will start another triple play against the Yankees on June 9th.
• 1929:
  • In Philadelphia‚ the A's win a pair from the Senators by 9 - 8 scores. In the first game‚ they spot the Senators eight runs in the first two innings and then come back to win. The win goes to Howard Ehmke‚ the A's fourth pitcher. Rube Walberg goes all the way to win the nitecap. Ossie Bluege has a homer in each game for the Nationals. The first-place A's will sweep the series with the Nats.
  • The Browns split a pair with the Indians‚ losing the opener, 5 - 4, in 12 innings‚ and taking the nitecap‚ 7 - 5. Oscar Melillo paces the second game offense by hitting for the cycle.
• 1930 - Despite a homer by Bill Terry in the 8th and a three-run shot by Mel Ott in the 9th‚ Carl Hubbell loses to the Phillies, 9 - 8. Philadelphia bangs out 17 hits‚ including a home run by Pinky Whitney against "King Carl."
• 1931 - Cleveland's Earl Averill cracks three doubles and a home run in a 10 - 5 win over Chicago. Averill is the second Indian this year to hit four extra-base hits in a game. Joe Vosmik‚ who did it earlier‚ has a pair of doubles today.
• 1934 - Boston's Lefty Grove allows five early runs‚ then settles down to beat the Indians‚ 7 - 5. Down 5 - 4 in the 9th‚ Grove hits for himself and singles. Grove will lose his next four.
• 1935 - Cleveland has an internal problem between manager Walter Johnson and two veterans‚ 3B Willie Kamm and Glenn Myatt. Judge Landis refuses to intervene‚ and Kamm is eventually made a scout while Myatt is released. Johnson continues his shaky tenure‚ which will not last the season.
• 1936:
  • At Crosley Field‚ following a single by Lee Handley‚ and two pinch-hitters reaching base‚ Sammy Byrd hits a pinch ultimate grand slam in the bottom of the 9th to give the Reds a 4 - 3 win over Pittsburgh. Bucs starter Bill Swift loads the bases and reliever Cy Blanton serves up just one pitch to Byrd who lets it fly. Byrd will hit one more homer this year and then retire next March 10th to play professional golf. The three pinch-hitters scoring ties the National League record.
  • Tony Lazzeri hits three home runs‚ two in the nitecap‚ good for four RBI as the visiting Yankees pound the Athletics‚ 12 - 6 and 15 - 1. The crowd of 24‚240‚ one of the largest in several seasons‚ pelts the field with cushions‚ bottles and other articles‚ making play difficult. Bill Dickey‚ Ben Chapman‚ Red Rolfe‚ and Frank Crosetti also homer for New York.
• 1938 - The Cubs' Bill Lee tops the Bees‚ 4 - 1‚ as the Bees score their only tally in the 4th when pitcher Lou Fette drives in the run. This is the only run that Lee will allow in 47 innings going back to the 19th‚ when he tossed a shutout. He will shut out Pirates‚ 5 - 0‚ on May 27th‚ the Reds‚ 3 - 0 on May 30th‚ and the Bees‚ 4 - 0‚ on June 3rd.
• 1939 - P Boots Poffenberger is suspended by the Dodgers and fined $400 for breaking training rules. Brooklyn acquired Boots over the winter.
• 1940 - In front of just 793 paid customers in St. Louis‚ the Browns trip the Senators‚ 8 - 7‚ in 12 innings. Jimmy Bloodworth's two-run homer gives the Nats the lead in the top of the 12th‚ but the George McQuinn's second homer of the day‚ a single‚ and a triple by Rip Radcliff‚ who scores on a sac fly, gives St. Louis the win over Sid Hudson.
• 1944:
  • Wartime restrictions are eased‚ and Ebbets Field is the scene of the first night game in metro New York since 1941. The Giants' Bill Voiselle loses a 2 - 1‚ 9th-inning lead because an apparent last-out fly ball is dropped by CF Johnny Rucker when Charlie Mead runs into him. Two runners score and the Dodgers win, 3 - 2. In other cities‚ there was no restriction on night play‚ but games could be interrupted at any time by test blackouts.
  • Milwaukee defeats Toledo, 28 - 0, in an American Association game.
• 1945 - Mort Cooper is traded by the Cardinals to the Braves. The three-time twenty-game winner has twice jumped the club in a salary hassle. Threatening to run out again unless his contract is increased from $12‚000 to $15‚000‚ Cooper is swapped by owner Sam Breadon to the newly-affluent Braves for Red Barrett and $60‚000 cash. Cooper will develop arm trouble while Barrett‚ 9-16 in 1944‚ will win 21 games for the Cards this season.
• 1948 - Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hits three consecutive home runs in a 6 - 5 victory over the Cleveland Indians Two of his homers come off Bob Feller.
• 1950 - Pittsburgh's first bonus baby, Bill MacDonald, who went 13-11 at New Orleans in 1949, makes his first major league start and shuts out the Phillies‚ 6 - 0. MacDonald will finish the season at 8-10 for the last-place Bucs before going into the service in 1951. He'll win just one more major league game after that.
• 1951:
  • Mel Parnell gives up four hits in shutting out the Browns‚ while stroking four hits himself. Ted Williams walks five times in the 12 - 0 win. Vern Stephens sets an assist record for a third baseman‚ with an assist from SS Johnny Pesky. On the last out of the game‚ a grounder to Pesky‚ he flips to Stephens‚ who fires to 1B to set the record at ten assists. Frank Malzone will equal the record in 1957 and Ken McMullen will top it in 1966.
  • The Reds' Connie Ryan clouts an 11th-inning grand slam to beat the Cardinals‚ 5 - 1‚ in St. Louis.
• 1952:
  • The Dodgers jar the Phils‚ 5 - 1‚ as Roy Campanella drives in all five runs. Campy has two homers (the 99th and 100th of his career) in his first two at bats‚ including a grand slam. In his final at bat yesterday against the Reds‚ Campy also homered. Ben Wade wins over Karl Drews.
  • Sal Maglie wins his eighth without a loss‚ stopping the Braves‚ 5 - 3. Maglie tires in the 9th‚ giving up three hits‚ including a two-run homer by Ebba St. Claire. Al Dark's two-run homer in the five-run 4th is the big blow for the Giants‚ who stay a half-game in back of the Dodgers.
  • The Phillies send P Bubba Church‚ 15-11 last year‚ to Cincinnati for OF Johnny Wyrostek‚ an All-Star the past two years‚ and P Kent Peterson.
• 1954:
  • At New York‚ Mickey Mantle's three-run homer in the 3rd ties the game‚ but Mickey strikes out for the final out of the game‚ and Boston wins‚ 10 - 9.
  • The White Sox send SS Grady Hatton and $100‚000 to the Red Sox for 3B George Kell.
• 1956 - The Kansas City Athletics score two runs in the 9th to tie the Washington Senators at 5 apiece, then score another two runs in the 17th to win, 7 – 6. The tying run scores on a wild pitch by Camilo Pascual and the winner comes on a Jim Finigan homer.
• 1957 - At Ebbets Field‚ the Yanks top the Dodgers‚ 10 - 7‚ in the Mayor's Trophy Game. Al Cicotte allows two hits in six innings‚ and smacks two himself. Mickey Mantle is 4 for 5.
• 1959 - The Athletics' Bud Daley beats the White Sox, 16 - 0‚ keeping Chicago a half-game behind Cleveland‚ a loser to Detroit, 6 - 4.
• 1961:
  • Norm Cash‚ Steve Boros‚ and Dick Brown hit consecutive homers for the Tigers in a 5 - 2 win over Minnesota.
  • At Chicago‚ Ernie Banks makes his debut in left field and goes 1 for 4 with no errors. But the Cubs lose‚ 2 - 1‚ in ten innings to the Phillies.
• 1962 - Joe Pepitone of the New York Yankees hits two home runs in the nine-run 8th-inning of the Yankees' 13 - 7 triumph over the Kansas City Athletics.
• 1963:
  • Baltimore veteran Robin Roberts two-hits the Senators to win, 6 - 0. Both hits are by weak-hitting Eddie Brinkman.
  • Pittsburgh trades OF Bob Skinner to the Reds for OF Jerry Lynch.
• 1964 - At New York‚ the Angels score four in the 1st‚ and the Yankees counter with five in the bottom of the inning off Bo Belinsky. That's all the scoring for the pinstripers as the Angels win, 9 - 5. This is only the second time this season that the injury-plagued Yanks have started their regular outfield of Mickey Mantle‚ Roger Maris and Tom Tresh. Mantle will pull a muscle on the 26th‚ keeping him out of the lineup for two weeks.
• 1965:
  • The Dodgers score two in the 1st off Bob Buhl‚ but then are shut out for the next 15 innings by Cubs pitching. Chicago scores in the 6th and 9th and finally in the 16th on a bases-loaded walk to George Altman. Dick Ellsworth is the winner over Howie Reed in the longest game of the year.
  • The Braves trade OF Lee Maye to the Astros for P Ken Johnson and OF Jim Beauchamp.
• 1969
  • Mickey Lolich sets a Detroit record with 16 strikeouts while defeating Andy Messersmith and the Angels, 6 - 3. Mickey Stanley's grand slam is the difference. Lolich's mark breaks the record of 15 set by Paul Foytack in 1956.
  • Pittsburgh's rookie 1B Al Oliver ties the major league record with three errors in one inning‚ and the Bucs lose, 3 - 0, at San Francisco.
• 1970:
  • The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants battle for 15 innings, with San Diego winning, 17 - 16. Nate Colbert leads the Padres with five hits and four runs batted in. A 15th-inning home run by Steve Huntz‚ one of nine homers in the game‚ ends the 5:29 affair. Giants manager Clyde King is fired following the loss; Charlie Fox is named as the new skipper.
  • Dick Allen belts two homers to drive in all the runs as the Cardinals beat the Phillies‚ 3 - 1. Bob Gibson allows four hits and strikes out 16.
• 1971 - With 53‚337 on hand, Mickey Lolich and Les Cain‚ with three innings from Joe Niekro‚ notch shutouts as the Tigers sweep a doubleheader from the Senators, 5 - 0 and 11 - 0. The loser in the opener is Denny McLain‚ making his first appearance in Detroit since being traded. Al Kaline and Norm Cash each hit two-run homers off Denny‚ with Cash adding another pair‚ one with the sacks full‚ in the nitecap.
• 1978:
  • The American League approves the transfer of the Boston Red Sox to a group headed by Jean R. Yawkey, Buddy LeRoux, and Haywood Sullivan. The purchase price is estimated at $15 million. Sullivan had a seven-year career as a catcher for the Red Sox and Kansas City Athletics, while LeRoux was the Boston trainer for eight years.
  • With Oakland leading the AL Western Division with a surprising 24-15 record‚ manager Bobby Winkles walks off the job. Jack McKeon takes over.
• 1979:
  • The Rangers' Al Oliver hits three home runs in a 7 - 2 win over the Twins at Texas.
  • The Yankees trade pitchers with the Cubs‚ sending Dick Tidrow to Chicago for Ray Burris. Tidrow will regain his form in the Windy City‚ while Burris will be just 1-3 in pinstripes before being banished to the Mets.
• 1980:
  • Five hours after the midnight deadline, Major League players and owners avert a strike by announcing a new four-year basic agreement. The new deal raises the minimum salary from $21,000 to $30,000 and increases the clubs' contributions to the players' pension fund, but the major issue of free agent compensation remains unresolved and will lead to a much more damaging strike in 1981.
  • Ferguson Jenkins of the Rangers wins his 250th career game‚ a 3 - 1 two-hitter versus Oakland.
• 1981 - Minnesota and Kansas City go 14 innings without scoring before Willie Wilson's RBI single in the 15th ends it‚ 1 - 0. Paul Splittorff goes 11 innings while Roger Erickson goes 9 1/3 innings.
• 1984:
  • At Anaheim‚ 41‚205 watch as Dan Petry and the Tigers clip the Angels‚ 4 - 2‚ to run Detroit's record to 34-5. Detroit has now won 16 straight on the road to tie the American League record of the 1912 Senators. The win goes to Petry. The losing pitcher is reliever Frank LaCorte‚ who takes his last major league loss when he gives up a two-run homer in the 7th to Lance Parrish. LaCorte will beat the Yankees' Phil Niekro on the 29th for his last win.
  • In a rematch against Steve Carlton‚ who hit a grand slam off him on May 16th‚ Fernando Valenzuela strikes out 15 Phillies while pitching the Dodgers to a three-hit, 1 - 0 victory.
• 1986 - The Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League get doused by Hawaii‚ 31 - 5.
• 1987 - At Wrigley Field‚ the Cubs outlast the Braves to win‚ 7 - 6‚ in 16 innings. Ryne Sandberg greets new reliever Jim Acker with a single and Jerry Mumphrey doubles him home. Dale Murphy is 2 for 3 and is walked five times for the second time in his career. Teammate Ozzie Virgil strikes out five times. The Braves garner 14 walks - six off winning pitcher Jamie Moyer‚ who allows no runs in 4 1/3 innings - and strand 17 runners.
• 1988:
  • Braves manager Chuck Tanner is fired and replaced by Russ Nixon. The Braves were 12-27 under Tanner‚ last in the NL West.
  • Danny Tartabull‚ who hit an inside-the-park home run against Bert Blyleven last October‚ does it again in the Metrodome. The Twins hang on for a 7 - 5 win over Kansas City. Bert also served up a pair of inside-the-parkers to Dick Allen at Metropolitan Stadium in 1972‚ his only other such homers at Minnesota.
• 1989:
  • The Cleveland Indians lose to the Detroit Tigers, 7 - 2, to drop their record to 21-22, but remain in first place in the AL East by percentage points. It marks the latest point in a season a sub-.500 team has been in first place.
  • Bo Jackson of the Kansas City Royals hits a monstrous 461-foot home run against Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers. Jackson had struggled in his previous matchups against Ryan, striking out the last six times in succession.
• 1991 - Tommy Greene of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches a 2 - 0 no-hitter over the Montreal Expos.
• 1995:
  • Houston OF Derek Bell strokes five hits‚ including a pair of doubles‚ but the Astros still lose to the Reds by a score of 10 - 5.
  • Pitchers Kevin Foster of the Chicago Cubs and Marvin Freeman of the Colorado Rockies each hit home runs off each other in a 7 - 6 Chicago victory at Coors Field. Foster and Freeman became just the tenth duo in the 20th century to hit and throw homers against each other.
• 1996:
  • In the Red Sox's 11 - 4 sinking of the Mariners‚ Roger Clemens tosses a complete game win and bounces his first major league hit‚ and the first by a Sox pitcher since 1972. Clemens gets to bat when DH Jose Canseco moves to LF in the 8th inning.
  • David Howard steals home‚ the second Royal to do it in two days - Bob Hamelin also swiped home against the Tigers - and Kevin Appier pitches 7 2/3 strong innings to give the Royals their fourth straight win‚ 4 - 2.
  • San Diego tops Philadelphia by a score of 7 - 5‚ as OF Steve Finley strokes five hits for the Padres‚ including a double and homer.
• 1997:
  • The Twins fall to Oakland‚ 8 - 4‚ despite getting five hits from Paul Molitor‚ including a double.
  • The Rockies sell Darnell Coles to the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese Central League. Coles‚ who hit 29 homers and .302 for Chunichi last year‚ will replace Mike Greenwell‚ who suffered a broken leg after just seven games with Hanshin.
• 1999:
  • Down 4 - 1 going into the 8th inning‚ the Milwaukee Brewers score five runs in the 8th and seven runs in the 9th to defeat the Expos‚ 13 - 4.
  • The Red Sox defeat the Blue Jays‚ 10 - 8‚ as Tom Gordon extends his major league record to 50 consecutive saves in 50 chances.
  • Tampa Bay rookie P Ryan Rupe holds the Angels to one hit in nine innings‚ but leaves the game in a scoreless tie. Anaheim scores four runs in the 10th off Roberto Hernández to win the game, 4 - 0. Chuck Finley hurls nine scoreless frames for Anaheim as Troy Percival gets the win in relief.
  • The Orioles defeat the Rangers‚ 15 - 6‚ scoring ten runs in the 1st inning. Baltimore OF Brady Anderson is hit by a pitch twice in the 1st to set an American League record, and tie the major league record. Anderson joins Willard Schmidt (1959) and Frank Thomas (1961) as the only batters hit by a pitch twice in one inning.
  • Kansas City 1B Jeff King announces his retirement‚ suggesting that his heart is no longer in the game.
  • The Mets rally for five runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Phillies and Curt Schilling‚ 5 - 4.
• 2000 - The Orioles defeat the Mariners‚ 4 - 2. Seattle's Rickey Henderson draws his 2‚000th career walk in the 9th inning‚ making him the third player to reach that level‚ after Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.
• 2001 - The Yankees defeat the Red Sox‚ 7 - 3 as SS Derek Jeter gets five hits‚ including a double and home run. David Cone takes the loss‚ going five innings and giving up three runs. Andy Pettitte is the winner.
• 2002:
  • At Miller Park, Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the 14th man in major league history to hit four home runs in a game and also sets a big league record with 19 total bases. Green goes 6 for 6, scores six runs (both franchise records), and has seven RBI in a 16 - 3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Green is the second player this year to hit four home runs in a game, after Mike Cameron did it on May 2nd. He also surpasses Joe Adcock's former mark of 18 total bases, set in 1954. Green also is the first major league player to collect six hits while hitting four homers, and his four homers plus a double tie the National League mark for extra-base hits. The Dodgers hit eight homers in the game, another franchise record. Before today's power display, Green had gone 0 for 15, and had been benched on May 18th.
  • Marlins 2B Luis Castillo hits his first home run from the left side of the plate in his 600th major league game‚ pacing Florida to an 8 - 4 win over Cincinnati.
• 2003:
  • Jeremi Gonzalez earns his first major league victory in nearly five years as the Devil Rays beat the Angels, 3 - 1, at Anaheim Stadium. Gonzalez wins for the first time since June 28, 1998, when he was with the Chicago Cubs. He had elbow surgery that year and in 1999 before the Cubs released him in 2001.
  • The Phillies edge the Expos‚ 4 - 2‚ as Philadelphia's Jose Mesa becomes the tenth player in history to reach 100 saves with two different teams. He also reached the century mark with the Cleveland Indians.
  • The Cardinals rally from a 7 - 2 deficit to pull out a 10 - 8‚ ten-inning win over the Pirates. Albert Pujols strokes five hits for St. Louis‚ including a pair of doubles‚ to pace their 17-hit attack.
  • In a Class A South Atlantic League game in Lakewood, NJ‚ between the BlueClaws and Kannapolis‚ a groundskeeper is ejected from the game. Buddy Biancalana's Lakewood team is leading 3 - 0‚ when it starts raining hard. Bill Butler‚ who wanted to protect the field with a tarpaulin‚ walks on the field‚ but the umpires want to stop him and the dispute turns heated and he is ejected. He is a three-time Groundskeeper of the Year in the minors and is working his 13th season in the business. He says he told umpires Brandon Cooney and Steve Cummings it was time to cover the field.
• 2004:
  • The Mets down the Rockies‚ 4 - 0‚ as Tom Glavine hurls a one-hitter. Glavine loses his no-hitter with two outs in the 8th inning as Kit Pellow doubles. Kaz Matsui leads off the game with a homer for New York‚ the fifth time he has done so this year to tie Chili Davis for the most leadoff homers for a National League rookie. He hit one yesterday as well.
  • Randy Johnson and the Diamondbacks defeat the Marlins‚ 4 - 3. Johnson sets down the first six Florida batters he faces‚ giving him a streak of 39 in a row over three starts‚ two shy of Jim Barr's major league record.
  • Eelco Jansen wins his 100th game in Hoofdklasse, the tenth pitcher to reach that level. The Neptunus hurler beats ADO, 1 - 0, in the contest, striking out nine. Tom Becker closes it up for the save. Jansen will retire later this year but will win Pitcher of the Year honors for the second time in his career.
• 2005 - Lefthander Mark Mulder of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes just the 12th National League pitcher since 1976 to throw a complete game shutout of ten innings or more when he blanks the Houston Astros, 1 - 0, in ten innings. Greg Maddux posted the last extra-inning shutout in the National League in 1988.
• 2006:
  • Ramón Hernandez of the Baltimore Orioles goes 3 for 5 with two home runs, including a three-run shot and a grand slam, in the Orioles' 14 - 4 victory over Seattle.
  • Carlos Beltran hits a two-run home run in the bottom of the 16th inning that gives the Mets a 9 - 8 victory over Philadelphia. The game lasts 5 hours, 22 minutes, has 522 pitches and is the longest for the Mets since 1995.
  • Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals hits his major-league leading 23rd home run in the Cardinals' 8 - 5 victory over San Francisco.
• 2007 - Kimiyasu Kudoh of the Yokohama BayStars beats his former club, the Seibu Lions. It marks his 23rd consecutive season with at least one win, a Nippon Pro Baseball record. The old mark of 22 was held by Tetsuya Yoneda. Kudoh moves to 15th all-time with his 216th victory.
• 2009 - In the German Bundesliga, the Buchbinder Legionäre beat the Saarlouis Hornets, 5 - 0. Eddie Aucoin tosses a no-hitter and walks none but hits two batters, both of whom are erased on double plays.
• 2010:
  • The Mets win their first subway series against the crosstown Yankees since 1998 with a 6 - 4 victory. Jason Bay homers twice - only his second and third long balls of the year - against CC Sabathia. Johan Santana is the winner and Francisco Rodriguez picks up the save by striking out Alex Rodriguez with two men on to end the game.
  • 43-year-old Tim Wakefield gives up no runs in eight innings as he picks up his first win in almost a year when Boston defeats Philadelphia, 8 - 3. Kevin Youkilis triples, homers and scores three runs for Boston.
• 2011:
  • The Rangers get two mainstays of their offense back as Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz both homer in their return from the disabled list to lead them to a 4 - 0 win over the White Sox. Alexi Ogando is the winner in his first career shutout.
  • Corey Hart hits his first three homers of the year and has seven RBI to power Milwaukee past Washington, 11 - 3. The second of the three blasts is the 100th of his career.
  • Brian Fuentes of the A's falls to 1-7, dropping his fourth straight decision. He becomes the third reliever (since at least 1920) to lose seven times in his team's first 50 games - Gene Garber and Jim Kern had previously done so.
• 2012 - The Red Sox use a power outburst from their scrubs to defeat the surprising first-place Orioles, 6 - 5, and reach .500 for the first time this year. Back-up C Kelly Shoppach and OFs Scott Podsednik and Daniel Nava, both recently called up from the minors because of a rash of injuries, all homer from the bottom three spots in the starting line-up.
• 2013:
  • The Angels hit four home runs - by Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Chris Iannetta and Mark Trumbo - as they defeat Kansas City, 5 - 4, for their fifth straight win. Joe Blanton wins for the first time this season after seven straight losses, while Robert Coello picks up his first career save after closer Ernesto Frieri falters by giving up two runs in the 9th.
  • The Indians trounce Boston, 12 - 3, in a game that marks Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park, where he last managed in 2011. Drew Stubbs, Mark Reynolds and Michael Bourn combine for nine hits and eight RBIs to lead the Tribe's offence.
• 2014 - The Red Sox lose their eighth straight, bowing 1 - 0 to the Rays on a pinch-hit double by Cole Figueroa in the bottom of the 9th, Figueroa's first career RBI. The Sox also lose RF Shane Victorino, who leaves the game in the top of the 9th after aggravating a pulled hamstring.
• 2015:
  • Brian Matusz becomes the second pitcher this week to be ejected for having a foreign substance on him, after Will Smith. The Orioles' lefty is tossed in the 12th inning of what is then a scoreless game against the Marlins. Miami scores on a bases-loaded single by Martin Prado in the bottom of the 13th for Dan Jennings' first win as a manager, 1 - 0. Like Smith, Matusz will receive an eight-game suspension for his action.
  • Neptunus beats UVV, 10 - 0, with the 44th no-hitter in Hoofdklasse history. It is the first combined no-hitter, though, as Orlando Yntema (5 IP), Jorian van Acker (1 IP) and Loek van Mil (1 IP) team up on the whitewash, walking three. Jim Ploeger takes the loss, while Benjamin Dille scores three and drives in two for the victors.
• 2016 - The family of late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn files a wrongful death lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Gwynn died in 2014 at age 44 of salivary gland cancer caused by using smokeless tobacco for over three decades.
• 2017 - Ervin Santana tosses a two-hit shutout to lead the surprising Twins to a 2 - 0 win over the Orioles, maintaining their one-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central. Santana improves to 7-2 with an ERA of 1.80 on the year.
• 2018 - The Seattle Mariners sign a new 25-year lease to continue playing at Safeco Field. The lease will take effect at the expiration of the current 20-year lease at the end of the season, a lease which was signed when the ballpark opened in 1999.
• 2021 - There are two very hot teams in the majors right now. In the American League, the Rays win their tenth straight, 6 - 4 over the Blue Jays, when they rally for four runs in the top of the 9th thanks to the generosity of Tyler Chatwood and Travis Bergen, who walk three consecutive batters with the bases loaded. In the National League, the Padres win their 9th straight, completing a perfect homestand, with Fernando Tatis Jr. leading the charge with two homers, including a grand slam, and six RBIs, in a 9 - 2 win over the Mariners.
• 2023:
  • Gerrit Cole records the 2,000th strikeout of his career when he fans Jorge Mateo of the Orioles in the 2nd inning, becoming the third-fastest pitcher to the mark in terms of both games pitched (278) and innings pitched (1,714 2/3). It's not his best start, however, as he gives up five runs in as many innings, and is briefly overshadowed by a courageous squirrel that captures the fans' attention at New Yankee Stadium by running along the top of the outfield fence before taking an epic fall into the playing area (the squirrel is unhurt). Trailing 5 - 4 entering the bottom of the 9th, the Yankees tie the game on a homer by Aaron Judge off closer Felix Bautista, and win it in the 10th, 6 - 5, on a sacrifice fly by rookie Anthony Volpe.
  • The Blue Jays, who had lost eight of their last nine entering the game, hand the major league-leading Rays a rare beating at home with a 20 - 1 win. Ten of the runs come against two position players, Luke Raley and Christian Bethancourt, including nine in the 9th when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. belts a grand slam and Matt Chapman and Danny Jansen also go deep. The Jays, who had been struggling to get hits with runners in scoring position of late, collect 27 base knocks during the game, two shy of the franchise record. George Springer leads the way by going 4 for 5.
• 2024 - By defeating the Rangers, 5 - 2, behind the pitching of Zack Wheeler, the Phillies complete a three-game sweep and have now gone 29-6 over their last 35 games. The last time in franchise history that the Phillies won that many games over a 35-game stretch was back in 1892.

Births

• 1856 - Al Bradley, outfielder (d. 1937)
• 1859 - Elias Peak, infielder (d. 1916)
• 1862 - Billy Hoy, outfielder (d. 1961)
• 1864 - Jack McGeachy, outfielder (d. 1930)
• 1868 - Tom Murray, infielder (d. 1939)
• 1869 - Algie McBride, outfielder (d. 1956)
• 1872 - Deacon Phillippe, pitcher (d. 1952)
• 1873 - Jack Taylor, pitcher (d. 1900)
• 1874 - Nap Shea, catcher (d. 1968)
• 1879 - Bill Miller, outfielder (d. 1957)
• 1881 - Frosty Thomas, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1885 - Hugh Bradley, infielder (d. 1949)
• 1885 - Ralph McLaurin, outfielder (d. 1943)
• 1888 - Zack Wheat, outfielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1972)
• 1890 - George Payne, pitcher (d. 1959)
• 1892 - Pop-Boy Smith, pitcher (d. 1924)
• 1892 - Luke Stuart, infielder (d. 1947)
• 1893 - Elmer Leifer, infielder/outfielder (d. 1948)
• 1894 - Lee McElwee, infielder (d. 1957)
• 1898 - Halsey Hall, broadcaster (d. 1977)
• 1899 - Frank Kelliher, pinch hitter (d. 1956)
• 1899 - Charlie Niebergall, catcher (d. 1982)
• 1900 - Herb Brett, pitcher (d. 1974)
• 1901 - Arch McDonald, announcer (d. 1960)
• 1903 - Charlie Sullivan, pitcher (d. 1935)
• 1905 - Harry Child, pitcher (d. 1972)
• 1906 - Pat Creeden, infielder (d. 1992)
• 1906 - Willis Hudlin, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1909 - Chile Gomez, infielder (d. 1992)
• 1910 - Earl Huckleberry, pitcher (d. 1999)
• 1912 - Augie Galan, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1993)
• 1918 - Kazuo Hattori, NPB outfielder (d. 2000)
• 1918 - Frank Mancuso, catcher (d. 2007)
• 1918 - Lennie Pearson, infielder; All-Star (d. 1980)
• 1919 - Nobuo Yasuda, NPB catcher (d. 2009)
• 1920 - Pancho Pepe Cróquer, announcer (d. 1955)
• 1921 - Bill Drescher, catcher (d. 1968)
• 1921 - Roland LeBlanc, scout (d. 1995)
• 1922 - Bill Krueger, scout (d. 1961)
• 1922 - Lawrence Ritter, author (d. 2004)
• 1923 - Jerry McCarthy, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1924 - Clyde King, pitcher, manager (d. 2010)
• 1925 - Fumio Maruyama, NPB pitcher (d. 2006)
• 1927 - Don Schirmer, umpire (d. 2020)
• 1928 - Wes Gibson, minor league outfielder
• 1929 - Spider Wilhelm, infielder (d. 1992)
• 1937 - Ta-Chuan Kuan, Taiwan national team infielder; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2006)
• 1938 - Skip Bertman, college coach
• 1944 - Joe Ferris, college pitcher
• 1945 - Tom Penders, minor league infielder
• 1948 - Reggie Cleveland, pitcher
• 1952 - Pepe Mangual, outfielder
• 1952 - Butch Metzger, pitcher
• 1956 - Buck Showalter, manager
• 1958 - Mitch Albom, writer
• 1958 - Nelson Norman, infielder
• 1960 - Hideaki Sato, NPB pitcher (d. 2007)
• 1961 - Kevin Romine, outfielder
• 1962 - Munenao Ogawa, NPB pitcher
• 1963 - Tom Ricketts, owner
• 1964 - Gino Minutelli, pitcher
• 1965 - Mike Soper, minor league infielder
• 1966 - Randy Mazey, college coach
• 1967 - Neder Horta, minor league infielder and manager
• 1968 - Masanori Sugiura, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1969 - Ramon Caraballo, infielder
• 1969 - Raul Catedral, CPBL pitcher
• 1969 - Gi-tae Kim, KBO DH and manager
• 1970 - Ricky Gutierrez, infielder
• 1971 - Marshall Boze, pitcher
• 1972 - Lamar Cherry, minor league infielder
• 1972 - Pat Rigsby, minor league catcher and manager
• 1972 - Casey Whitten, minor league pitcher
• 1973 - Ramon Ortiz, pitcher
• 1973 - Mike Stoner, minor league player
• 1974 - Hiroshi Shibahara, NPB outfielder
• 1975 - Maria Lopez, Venezuelan womens' national team pitcher
• 1975 - Fumihiro Suzuki, NPB catcher
• 1976 - Jake Robbins, pitcher
• 1976 - Mario Santana, minor league catcher
• 1977 - Omar Moraga, minor league player
• 1978 - Scott Dunn, pitcher
• 1978 - Mike Gonzalez, pitcher
• 1979 - Cesar Crespo, infielder
• 1979 - Kirk Saarloos, pitcher
• 1979 - Chris Sampson, pitcher
• 1979 - Wei-Hsun Wang, TML pitcher
• 1979 - John Webb, pitcher
• 1980 - Yuya Kubo, NPB pitcher
• 1982 - Petr Pacas, Extraliga pitcher
• 1982 - Chindy Patria Yudharana, Indonesian national team player
• 1983 - Matt Devins, minor league infielder
• 1983 - Dustin Kelly, coach
• 1983 - Matt Rusch, minor league pitcher and manager
• 1984 - Alexandre Sochon, Division Elite pitcher
• 1984 - Óscar Vera, Guatemalan national team infielder
• 1985 - Mike Dunn, pitcher
• 1985 - Matt McBride, infielder
• 1986 - Austin Hyatt, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Yuki Inoue, Japanese national team catcher
• 1986 - Luca Scalera, Italian Baseball League infielder
• 1986 - Jordan Zimmermann, pitcher; All-Star
• 1987 - Mike Cisco, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Roman Vinicio, minor league player
• 1987 - Cole Rohrbough, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Vic Black, pitcher
• 1988 - Renato Imperiali, Italian Baseball League infielder
• 1988 - Matt North, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1990 - Kyle Barraclough, pitcher
• 1990 - Teo Gutierrez, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - César Hernández, infielder
• 1990 - Luis Mateo, minor league infielder
• 1991 - Spencer Medick, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Tyler Beede, pitcher
• 1993 - Victor Liriano, minor league outfielder (d. 2015)
• 1993 - Gabriel Ramos, Panamanian national team pitcher
• 1993 - Jaider Rocha, minor league pitcher
• 1995 - Randolph Gassaway, scout
• 1995 - Tsz-Him Yan, Hong Kong national team pitcher
• 1996 - Michael Helman, outfielder
• 1996 - Robert Mullen, minor league catcher
• 1996 - Chandler Seagle, catcher
• 1997 - Logan Allen, pitcher
• 1997 - Sakai Phraechai, Thai national team pitcher
• 1997 - Davis Wendzel, infielder
• 1997 - Chia-Chi Yeh, CPBL pitcher
• 1998 - Jonathan Aranda, infielder
• 1998 - Luis Frías, pitcher
• 2000 - Ethan Hankins, minor league pitcher
• 2000 - Rixon Wingrove, minor league infielder
• 2000 - Yu-Hsiang Yao, CPBL infielder
• 2002 - Javier Araya, Chilean national team pitcher
• 2002 - Jonatan Clase, outfielder

Deaths

• 1920 - Doc Kennedy, catcher (b. 1853)
• 1923 - Willard Mains, pitcher (b. 1868)
• 1931 - Bob Miller, pitcher (b. 1868)
• 1932 - Doug Neff, infielder (b. 1891)
• 1936 - Ted Lewis, pitcher (b. 1872)
• 1937 - Danny Clark, infielder (b. 1894)
• 1941 - Jack Clements, catcher, manager (b. 1864)
• 1946 - Johnny Grabowski, catcher (b. 1900)
• 1947 - Harry Bemis, catcher (b. 1874)
• 1947 - Goat Cochran, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1950 - Ernie Groth, pitcher (b. 1884)
• 1952 - Bill McGilvray, pinch-hitter (b. 1883)
• 1953 - William Chandler, college coach (b. 1895)
• 1954 - Bill Davidson, outfielder (b. 1884)
• 1957 - Les Haserot, minor league infielder (b. 1904)
• 1962 - Rip Radcliff, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1906)
• 1963 - Gavvy Cravath, outfielder, manager (b. 1881)
• 1964 - Ernie Wolf, pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1965 - Clarence Brooks, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1888)
• 1965 - Earl Webb, outfielder (b. 1897)
• 1968 - Hubert Lockhart, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1973 - Neil Mahoney, scout (b. 1906)
• 1974 - Rolla Daringer, infielder (b. 1888)
• 1976 - Pete Falsey, pinch hitter (b. 1891)
• 1976 - Shigeru Tokuami, NPB catcher (b. 1924)
• 1977 - Sam Bohne, infielder (b. 1896)
• 1979 - Bob Chesnes, pitcher (b. 1921)
• 1979 - Hiroshi Oshita, NPB outfielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1922)
• 1981 - Gene Green, outfielder (b. 1933)
• 1981 - Toshihide Hatafuku, NPB pitcher (b. 1913)
• 1982 - Philip Brideoake, Australian Baseball Hall of Fame player (b. 1917)
• 1985 - Whitey Wilshere, pitcher (b. 1912)
• 1986 - Carlos Galina, minor league infielder; Salon de la Fama (b. 1920)
• 1986 - Hugh McMullen, catcher (b. 1901)
• 1990 - Seiichi Hayashi, NPB outfielder (b. 1915)
• 1990 - Charlie Keller, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1916)
• 1995 - Ab Wright, outfielder (b. 1905)
• 1996 - Masao Yoshida, amateur pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1914)
• 2000 - Tom Johnson, owner (b. 1914)
• 2000 - Art Reichle, college coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 - Frank Calacurcio, minor league infielder (b. 1931)
• 2007 - John Floras, umpire (b. 1952)
• 2007 - Doug McMillan, scout (b. 1947)
• 2008 - Bob Ferguson, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 2010 - José Lima, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1972)
• 2011 - Stanley Derry, minor league outfielder (b. 1934)
• 2012 - Terutoshi Okiyama, NPB outfielder (b. 1933)
• 2013 - Epy Guerrero, coach (b. 1942)
• 2013 - Luis Zuloaga, Venezuelan national team pitcher (b. 1922)
• 2014 - Francisco Galindo, scout (b. 1950)
• 2014 - Andy Olsen, umpire (b. 1931)
• 2022 - Joe Pignatano, catcher (b. 1929)
• 2023 - Cotton Nash, infielder (b. 1942)