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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 25.

Events

• 1900:
  • Emmet Heidrick swipes 4 bases in St. Louis's 2 - 0 win over Chicago.
  • Criticism of administration in the National League continues. The Sporting News offers the new American League some editorial encouragement: "An organization opposed to the National League will be welcome because it will mean the elevation of the game if it is successful."
• 1902 - Ban Johnson announces the American League's intention to have a New York team in 1903, with Clark Griffith as manager. The Baltimore franchise will be moved to accomplish this.
• 1906:
  • Washington sweeps a doubleheader from the White Sox to end Chicago's win streak at 19 games. The Sox jumped from fourth place to first during the streak.
  • The Giants trailing the Reds 3 - 2 after six innings, jump on Bob Wicker for six runs in the 7th and win going away, 8 - 3. One of the six hits in the 6th is a double by Christy Mathewson, the winning pitcher.
  • New York rookie Slow Joe Doyle debuts with a 2 - 0 shutout against Cleveland.
• 1908 - The Giants win their third in a row from Pittsburgh, stopping Nick Maddox, 5 - 3. Maddox had won eight in a row. Doc Crandall is the winner. Larry Doyle triples in the 3rd inning, then steps off the bag while chatting with Buc third sacker Tommy Leach. George Gibson's throw from home nails Doyle.
• 1909 - Christy Mathewson stops the Pirates, 3 - 2, on five hits to notch his 20th victory of the season. It is the seventh season in a row in which Matty has hit 20 wins. Nick Maddox takes the loss for the leading Bucs.
• 1910:
  • In the 12th inning at Brooklyn, Pittsburgh's Bobby Byrne doubles, steals third base, and then steals home to beat Brooklyn, 4 - 3. This is the National League's first 20th Century's extra-inning steal of home.
  • At St. Louis, the Athletics' Danny Murphy hits for the cycle, but it is not enough as Philadelphia loses, 9 - 6.
• 1911:
  • The Giants take over sole possession of the lead with a 3 - 2 win over Pittsburgh. New York will remain atop the National League for the rest of the way.
  • Red Sox pitcher Smoky Joe Wood tops the St. Louis Browns, 3 - 2, for his 20th win.
• 1913:
  • Braves veteran Art Devlin slaps the game-winning hit in the 9th for Boston and gets rewarded by manager George Stallings by being sent down to Rochester, never to return to the major leagues. His .229 average might have had something to do with it.
  • Ty Cobb swipes home in the 5th inning to help the Tigers edge the Senators, 6 - 5.
• 1914 - The A's score nine runs to back Rube Bressler's shutout of the Browns in the first of two games. Teammate Herb Pennock then follows with a 1 - 0 shutout.
• 1915:
  • The Giants release Rube Marquard to Toronto (International League) but the veteran pitcher refuses to go to the minors. He works out his own deal and is signed by Wilbert Robinson and the Robins. Rube will post a 13-6 record next season for Uncle Robby.
  • The Red Sox win, 2 - 1, in 13 innings, to sweep the Tigers and solidify their hold on first place. Boston has now won seven straight and 19 of 21.
• 1917 - Behind Jeff Pfeffer and Rube Marquard, the Robins apply a doubleheader whitewash to the Cardinals, winning 12 - 0 and 4 - 0. Brooklyn's Hy Myers is thrown out three times trying to steal in one game by the Cards, the second player this year to be thrown out three times in a game. Not till Rodney Scott, in 1979, will another National League runner be caught stealing three times.
• 1921 - With Cleveland waltzing to a 15 - 1 win over the Yankees, New York hurler Harry Harper, pitching in the 8th, plunks OF Charlie Jamieson in the ribs, Larry Gardner in the arm, and Steve O'Neill in the back. O'Neill throws the ball back at Harper, precipitating a bench-clearing brawl. New York OF Bob Meusel contributes four errors in the game. The Tribe takes over first place from the Yankees.
• 1922:
  • In the first of a doubleheader before a sold-out Polo Grounds, the Browns beat the Yankees, 3 - 1, behind Urban Shocker. Waite Hoyt is the loser, but stops Ken Williams' hitting streak at 28 games. George Sisler hits in his 24th straight game. In the second game, the Yankees jump to a 2 - 0 lead on Babe Ruth's two-run triple, then extend it to 6 - 1 behind Joe Bush. The Browns close to 6 - 5, but that is it.
  • In spite of a 4th-inning lead of 25 - 6, the Cubs need to hold on to defeat Philadelphia, 26 - 23, as the Phillies leave the bases loaded in the 9th. The total amount of runs, 49, is the major league mark for most tallies in one game. The two teams also set modern records for hits, most players scoring runs (13 Phillies scored) and most players scoring multiple runs (9 Cubs).
• 1924 - Walter Johnson hurls a seven-inning rain-shortened no-hitter against the Browns, winning by a score of 2 - 0.
• 1926 - The Cardinals regain first place in the National League, but the next day the Pirates retake the high ground.
• 1929:
  • After three straight shutouts by Browns hurlers, the Yankees break their 32-inning scoreless streak with a 4th-inning homer by Babe Ruth. St. Louis still wins, 3 - 2.
  • The second-largest crowd ever to pack the Reds' ballpark - 35,432 - watches their team split a pair with the pennant-bound Cubs. The Reds win the opener, 6 - 3, behind Red Lucas' 17th victory, while Guy Bush wins his 18th in the nitecap, 10 - 1.
  • At the Polo Grounds, fans are able to hear the calls of home plate umpire Cy Rigler, who is wired for sound, a first in major league history. Wearing a mike, wearing metal-plated shoes, and standing on a flat metal sheet, Cy's calls are broadcast over speakers. The Giants top the Pirates, 10 - 5.
• 1930 - Tommy Bridges walks 12 Brownies, but Detroit still beats St. Louis, 7 - 5.
• 1931 - At Chicago, the Yankees record their first shutout of the season when Herb Pennock blanks the White Sox, 6 - 0. Ben Chapman has a good day with a triple, single, two runs scored and his 50th and 51st stolen bases of the year. In addition, he beats the Sox's Carl Reynolds in a pre-game 100-yard dash.
• 1934 - Schoolboy Rowe, Detroit's sensational rookie P, defeats the Senators, 4 - 2, for his 16th win in a row, tying the American League record held by Walter Johnson, Joe Wood, and Lefty Grove.
• 1935 - Earle Combs of the Yankees collides on a fly ball with teammate Red Rolfe and suffers a severe shoulder injury. It will contribute to his decision to retire at the end of the season.
• 1936 - The Giants win their 13th straight and take over first place.
• 1937 - Cleveland's Bob Feller strikes out 16 Red Sox, one less than his own American League record, in an 8 - 1 victory.
• 1938 - St. Louis Browns George McQuinn's 34-game hitting streak is stopped seven short of George Sisler's American League record.
• 1939 - Red Rolfe scores for the Yankees in his 18th consecutive game, giving him a total of 30 runs.
• 1940:
  • Lefty Tom George, who started in pro ball in 1907, returns to the mound for York (Interstate League) at age 54, and wins, 3 - 2. He had been inactive for five years.
  • In the second game of a twinbill, the Red Sox explode for 11 runs in the 6th inning. Jimmie Foxx hits his third grand slam of the year in the inning, connecting off the Browns' Emil Bildilli. The game is called after seven innings, with the Sox ahead, 17 - 3.
• 1942 - The largest night crowd in St. Louis history watch two aces deal, the Dodgers' Whit Wyatt and the Cardinals' Mort Cooper, go scoreless for 12 innings. Both teams score in the 13th, and the Cards win it in the 14th, 2 - 1, on Walker Cooper's solo shot. The win by Cooper cuts the Dodgers' lead over St. Louis to 5 1/2 games.
• 1945 - The Tigers' Joe Hoover will swipe only 19 bases in his career, but the most valuable one comes today. On the front end of a 3rd-inning double steal, Hoover steals home against the Browns for the game's only run.
• 1947:
  • The Cubs' Billy Jurges, shifted from coach to active player two days ago, smashes a two-run homer in the 10th to give Chicago a 9 - 7 win over the Giants. Also homering are Bob Scheffing and Andy Pafko for Chicago and Willard Marshall and Bobby Thomson for the Giants.
  • Future major leaguer Rocky Nelson is married at home plate at Lynchburg City Stadium, home of the Lynchburg Hillcats.
• 1948 - At Boston, it is Cleveland's turn to take over first place as they roll 9 - 0 behind Bob Lemon. It is Lemon's eighth shutout of the year.
• 1950:
  • The Red Sox win their 11th straight, beating the leading Tigers, 6 - 2, behind Mel Parnell. Boston, in fourth place, is just 3 1/2 games in back of Detroit.
• 1950 - The Cubs win, 7 - 6, over the Braves, as reliever Dutch Leonard tops Warren Spahn.
• 1951 - Before 66,110 at Cleveland, Mickey Mantle belts an opposite field two-run homer off Mike Garcia to help the Yankees win, 7 - 3. New York (77-46) moves to a game back of the Tribe.
• 1952:
  • Tiger Virgil Trucks (5-14) throws the second of his two no-hitters this season blanking the Yankees, 1 - 0. Phil Rizzuto's 3rd-inning at-bat is quickly scored as an error but is changed to a hit only to be reversed again in the 6th inning, making the no-hitter a bit controversial.
  • Although the game only lasts seven innings, Bill Bell of Bristol (Appalachian League) pitches his third no-hitter of the season.
• 1954 - The Dodgers hit nine home runs in a two-day sweep of the Redlegs, winning 12 - 4 and 13 - 2. Gil Hodges of the Dodgers has two RBIs today to knock in 100 runs for the sixth consecutive season.
• 1956 - To make room for Enos Slaughter, the Yankees give Phil Rizzuto his unconditional release. Through the instigation of Ballantine Beer, Rizzuto will be in the announcing booth next year, replacing Jim Woods.
• 1959:
  • The White Sox take out pennant insurance, sending Bob Sagers and Harry Simpson packing to Pittsburgh in exchange for veteran Ted Kluszewski. Klu will hit .297 during the season and a torrid .391 in the World Series.
  • In Cleveland, Rocky Colavito homers twice as the Tribe tops the Yankees, 6 - 3. The Indians have now won seven straight to move two games behind the first-place White Sox.
• 1960:
  • Boston's Vic Wertz's second career grand slam as a pinch hitter, off Don Newcombe, ties the record set by Bill Skowron in 1957. Ted Williams hits his 516th home run in a 10 - 7 Boston win over Cleveland.
  • With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Glen Hobbie concludes his pitching duel with Vinegar Bend Mizell in dramatic fashion by launching Mizell's first pitch into the left field bleachers for a 2 - 1 Cubs win over the Pirates.
• 1961:
  • In the Orioles' 5 - 2 win over the Twins, Oriole Dave Philley sets a major-league record for pinch hits. His swinging bunt down the third base line is his 23rd hit, breaking the record set by the Giants' Sam Leslie in 1932. Philley is 23 for 63 in the pinch this season.
  • Jim Bunning (15-9) allows just two hits while blanking the Senators, 6 - 0, in a game called after eight innings because of rain. The win keeps the Tigers two games ahead of the Yankees.
• 1962:
  • Pirates players call off a threatened strike. They had objected to a rained-out game being rescheduled as a night game the day before a doubleheader.
  • Winning for the 18th time in 21 games - over Houston, 7 - 6 - the Reds move within three games of first place. Joey Jay wins his 20th game.
• 1963:
  • Cleveland batters suffer an American League-record 27 strikeouts in a doubleheader (24 innings) split against the Red Sox. The 44 strikeouts for both teams are also an AL record, with Dick Stuart chipping in with six.
  • With the game tied at 6 - 6 in the 6th inning, Chunichi Dragons left fielder Shinichi Etoh refuses to leave his position when rain pours down from the sky, fearing the game will be called a tie and hoping for a win. A TV station covers Etoh's actions for 20 minutes before he finally goes to the dugout.
• 1965:
  • Moonlight Graham dies in Chisholm, MN. Graham played in one major league game, for the New York Giants in 1905, and did not get to bat. His character in W.P. Kinsella's novel Shoeless Joe, later played by Burt Lancaster in the movie Field of Dreams, will eventually make him a baseball household name.
  • Braves reliever Billy O'Dell sees Red again as he is victimized for the second day in a row by a 9th-inning Cincy homer. This time it is Tony Perez doing the damage by hitting a three-run homer to defeat the Braves, 7 - 4.
• 1966:
  • The owners approve a 55 percent raise in contributions to the players' pension fund. It will come from television, World Series, and All-Star Game money. Some money will also go to pay the salary of the Players' Association executive director.
  • Whitey Ford (2-5) undergoes surgery for a circulatory problem in his left shoulder.
• 1967:
  • Houston's Don Wilson strikes out ten Reds, including Pete Rose four times, but loses to Cincy, 2 - 1.
  • The Twins' Dean Chance throws his second no-hitter of the month, defeating the Indians, 2 - 1. On August 5th he threw five perfect innings in an abbreviated game against the Red Sox.
  • Boston tops the White Sox, 6 - 2, to take over first place by a half game. A doubleheader split with Chicago tomorrow will put the Twins back atop the American League.
• 1968:
  • The Tigers, ahead 5 - 0, fail to score with two on in the 4th inning when the Yanks bring in Rocky Colavito to pitch. The 35-year-old slugger retires Al Kaline and Willie Horton and tosses 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. In Rocky's only other pitching appearance, in 1958, he also faced Kaline, and the victory by a non-pitcher will be the last this century. Bill Robinson and Bobby Cox crash successive homers to tie the score and, after a walk, Rocky comes around to score the winning run. In the 8th, Yankees reliever Lindy McDaniel ties the American League record for consecutive batters retired by setting down the first Tiger he faces, giving him 32 straight batters retired over four appearances. New York sweeps, winning 6 - 5 and then topping Mickey Lolich, 5 - 4. The four losses in New York leaves the Tigers just five games ahead of the Orioles.
  • After 5 hours and 27 minutes, the Orioles defeat the Red Sox, 3 - 2, in 18 innings when Brooks Robinson drives in Boog Powell.
• 1970 - In Minnesota, a bomb scare delays the game with Boston for 43 minutes in the 4th, but the only bomb is an 8th-inning homer by Tony Conigliaro to give the Sox a 1 - 0 win. The Sox end the game with a double play, a 1-6 force at second base, then a throw home to nab Tony Oliva trying to score. Ken Brett is the winner in relief over Tom Hall.
• 1972 - Phillie Ken Reynolds ties a dubious National League record with his 12th straight losing decision from the start of the season after dropping a 6 - 1 decision to the Reds. Reynolds is knocked out in the 4th and loses to Don Gullett.
• 1973 - Dan Driessen drives in five runs to pace the Reds to a 6 - 4 win over the visiting Cardinals. Ken Griffey debuts in the major leagues with a pair of hits.
• 1975 - Astro Cliff Johnson hits a home run in the top of the 11th for his sixth in six consecutive games, pushing his team to a 4 - 3 lead. Unfortunately, the game is called due to rain in the bottom half of the inning, and the score reverts to what it was in the 10th, thus erasing Johnson's home run. It deprives Johnson of becoming only the second National League player to hit six home runs in six consecutive games.
• 1976 - The Yankees edge the Twins, 5 - 4, in a 19-inning marathon. Grant Jackson is the winner over Pete Redfern.
• 1977 - The Twins blow a 4 - 2 lead over the Yankees when Mickey Rivers hits a two-run single in the 7th inning and Reggie Jackson drives home a run in the next inning.
• 1978:
  • Major League umpires stage a one-day strike in defiance of their contract, in order to gain recognition for their union as their bargaining agent with Major League Baseball. Semipro and amateur umps are pressed into service until a restraining order forces the strikers to return. The umpires will walk out again at the beginning of the 1979 season.
  • With four amateur umpires officiating, Ron Guidry posts his 18th win, beating the A's, 7 - 1. Reggie Jackson's home run drives in his 1,001st career RBI. The win keeps the Yankees 7 1/2 games behind the Red Sox.
  • At Toronto, the Blue Jays beat the Minnesota Twins, 7 - 3, with two amateur umpires and two coaches officiating: Toronto coach Don Leppert and Twins coach Jerry Zimmerman umpire. Since 1910, this is just the fifth time this century, and the first time since 1941, that active players or coaches have umpired.
  • Dennis Eckersley (15-5) shuts out the Angels, 6 - 0, on four hits to run his Fenway Park record to 8-0. Jim Rice belts his 32nd homer, off former teammate Don Aase, one of three hits he garners.
• 1979:
  • Angel Don Baylor ties a club record by knocking in eight runs during a 24 - 2 slaughter of the Blue Jays. The 24 runs the 26 hits are both Angel records. After the first three Jays pitchers are cuffed around, 1B Craig Kusick takes the mound in his only major league pitching appearance. He does a creditable job, pitching 2 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and two runs, with no walks or K's.
  • Willie Horton has two homers, including his ninth career grand slam, to pace Seattle to an 8 - 4 win over Detroit. Champ Summers has a pair of homers for the Tigers.
  • In a Hollywood Stars vs. the Media game played at Dodger Stadium, Robin Williams, the star of the hit television show, Mork and Mindy, in which he plays an alien, runs the bases backwards. The comedian explains circling the bags clockwise is very common on the Planet Ork, his character's home in the universe.
• 1980 - At Exhibition Stadium, Rangers P Ferguson Jenkins is arrested for possession of illegal drugs after customs officials discover an estimated $500 worth of cocaine, marijuana, and hashish in his suitcase. The arrest stuns the entire country, where Jenkins, a Canadian citizen, is considered a national hero.
• 1981 - Chicago's Dennis Lamp loses his no-hitter when the Brewers' Robin Yount leads off the 9th inning with a bloop double. Lamp settles for a one-hit 5 - 1 win.
• 1982 - In a 7 - 6 loss to Pittsburgh, San Diego outfielder Tony Gwynn breaks his wrist diving for a fly ball. Gwynn, hitting .271, will be out for three weeks. He'll return September 13th, hit .348 for the rest of the year, but will fall short of the .300 mark for the only time in his career.
• 1983 - The Louisville Redbirds (American Association) become the first minor league team to draw one million fans in a season, as 31,258 watch them beat Evansville, 7 - 0 to clinch the Eastern Division title. Louisville will finish the season with an attendance of 1,052,438.
• 1985 - Dwight Gooden wins his 14th consecutive game and his 20th of the season, 9 - 3 over the Padres. Gooden will finish the season 24-4. Gooden, at 20 years, 9 months of age, is the youngest pitcher ever to win 20 games. Bob Feller was a month older when he first won 20 in 1939.
• 1986 - At Tiger Stadium, A's rookie Mark McGwire hits his first major league home run off Walt Terrell.
• 1989 - Pittsburgh's Gary Redus hits for the cycle in a 12 - 3 win over the Reds.
• 1990 - Red Sox farmhand Kevin Morton pitches a seven-inning perfect game as New Britain (AA) beats Reading, 1 - 0.
• 1991:
  • Manager Doug Rader is fired by the Angels and replaced by former Montréal Expos manager Buck Rodgers, who was let go earlier this season.
  • Cubs OF Doug Dascenzo commits an error in Chicago's 12 - 9 loss to San Diego, ending his National League-record streak of 242 consecutive games without a miscue (442 chances). The streak, which began in 1988, is two games short of the major league record.
• 1992:
  • The Astros return from the longest scheduled road trip in big league history. During the 26-game road trip, which was made necessary due to the Republican National Convention being held at the Astrodome, the team posted a record of 12-14.
  • The Expos score five runs - three earned - off Tom Glavine in 4 2/3 innings and win 6 - 0, stopping Glavine's win streak at 13 games. Chris Nabholz, who lost his last outing to Glavine, goes 7 1/3 innings for the win. Glavine will start another winning streak of 13 games - all against the Expos - and will not lose again to Montreal until June 27, 2000.
• 1994 - Las Vegas Stars C Kevin Higgins and OF Keith Lockhart both play all nine positions in the Stars' 10 - 7 victory over Tacoma in a Class AAA game.
• 1995:
  • St. Louis defeats Colorado, 8 - 3. Both leadoff hitters - Bernard Gilkey for the Cardinals and Trenidad Hubbard for the Rockies - homer in the 1st inning, marking the first time this has happened in the National League since 1986. One near tragedy occurs when 6-year-old Cameron Wilson suffers a skull fracture when hit by a foul ball off the bat of Eric Young. He will be okay.
  • Rounding second base in a 17 - 4 blowout over the Dodgers, the Phils' Darren Daulton tears the ACL in his right knee and will be out for the remainder of the season. He'll play just five games in 1996. Gregg Jefferies becomes the first Phillie in 32 years to hit for the cycle, and hurler Jeff Juden goes the distance for the win, and also hits a grand slam. It is the third grand slam hit by a pitcher in the National League this season, setting a league record. Florida's Chris Hammond and Pittsburgh's Denny Neagle hit the others.
  • Jose Canseco hits a homer in his fifth straight game to account for Boston's only score in a 6 - 1 loss to Oakland. Canseco is the fifth Red Sox player to homer in five straight games. Scott Brosius clouts a pair of homers and Doug Jones hands Boston just its third loss in 23 games.
• 1996:
  • The Red Sox defeat the Mariners by a score of 8 - 5. Ken Griffey, Jr. and Alex Rodriguez hit back-to-back homers for Seattle in the 8th inning, marking the 17th time this season Mariner players have hit consecutive homers, for a major league record.
  • The Cubs defeat the Braves, 3 - 2, stopping Marquis Grissom's hitting streak at 28 games.
  • The Yankees dedicate their first new monument in 47 years, to Mickey Mantle, in Monument Park in center field at Yankee Stadium. Miller Huggins, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig are also honored with monuments, while 15 men are honored on plaques.
  • The Rockies defeat the Pirates, 13 - 9, despite five hits, including a home run, by Pittsburgh 2B Jeff King. Larry Walker and Vinny Castilla each drive home four runs for Colorado.
  • The Cards' Alan Benes, 1-7 in his first eight decisions, loses 4 - 1 to the Astros. It is Benes' first loss after reeling off ten straight wins since his rocky start. Jeff Bagwell hits his 28th home run and drives in his 100th run for Houston, now up by 1 1/2 games over the Cards. Donne Wall is the winner.
  • The Giants defeat the visiting Expos, 7 - 2, and Barry Bonds sits, ending his consecutive games played streak at 357, a Giants record. Bonds had pinch hit in the previous two games.
• 1998:
  • Toronto's Roger Clemens strikes out 18 Royals in a 3 - 0 victory over Kansas City. He becomes the first pitcher ever to record three games of 18 or more strikeouts. Clemens allows only three hits and does not walk a batter.
  • The Twins trade veteran Mike Morgan to the Cubs in exchange for a player to be named and cash.
• 1999:
  • The Phillies follow yesterday's scoring feast with another, defeating the Padres, 15 - 1. Rico Brogna goes 4 for 5, with two doubles and two homers, and drives home seven runs for Philadelphia. The Pads finally turn to infielder Ed Giovanola who pitches 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Giovanola last pitched in Little League.
  • The Royals defeat the Orioles, 8 - 6, as Kansas City P Jeff Montgomery becomes the tenth hurler to notch 300 saves. In doing so, he becomes the first to record all of them with the same team.
  • The Indians defeat the Athletics, 12 - 4. Manny Ramirez hits a double and three home runs for the Tribe.
• 2001:
  • Bengie Molina sets a team record by stroking nine consecutive hits. The Angel catcher is the first Anaheim player to have consecutive four-hit games since Tim Salmon accomplished the feat in 1994.
  • The Rangers defeat the Red Sox, 8 - 7, in 18 innings, in 6 hours, 35 minutes - the longest game of the season. The teams combine to use 17 pitchers, one away from the major-league record for an extra-inning contest. Boston makes an error and a wild pitch in the last frame, and Chad Curtis scores on a grounder after stealing third base. Chris Michalak is the winning pitcher; he was the loser yesterday.
  • The Mariners edge the Indians, 3 - 2, in 11 innings, in a game marked by a bench-clearing incident in the 9th inning. When Seattle's Arthur Rhodes comes on to pitch in relief, Cleveland batter Omar Vizquel complains that sunlight is reflecting off the reliever's right earring. Rhodes begins yelling at Vizquel and is eventually ejected by third base umpire Tim McClelland.
  • The Yankees defeat the Angels, 7 - 5, as Roger Clemens becomes the first American League hurler to go 17-1 to begin a season. OF Paul O'Neill hits his 20th home run of the year, making him the oldest player in history - at age 38 - to reach the 20 home run and 20 stolen base mark in a season.
• 2002:
  • Arizona's Randy Johnson strikes out 16 Cubs as the Diamondbacks defeat Chicago, 7 - 0.
  • Participating in a minor-league baseball promotion, a 28-year-old woman collapses and dies after running from the outfield fence to the infield in quest of a hidden diamond. She was one of approximately 250 women hoping to find a small box containing the treasure after the game between the Orlando Rays and Jacksonville Suns.
• 2005 - With the 6 - 3 Cardinal win over the Pirates at PNC Park, skipper Tony LaRussa with his 2,195th career triumph, moves past Sparky Anderson for third place for most victories by a big league manager. Connie Mack (3,731) and John McGraw (2,763) are first and second on the all-time managerial list for the number of major league wins.
• 2007 - Craig Stansberry of the Padres, born in Saudi Arabia, is the first Middle East native to play in the majors. He hits a pinch-hit single off Doug Brocail in his first at-bat.
• 2008:
  • The Twins try to get some help for the stretch run by picking up ex-Twin Eddie Guardado from the Rangers for Mark Hamburger. The deal creates many interesting headlines.
  • Grady Sizemore becomes the second player in Cleveland Indians history to go 30-30 in a season. He homers twice in a 4 - 3 win over the Tigers, the eighth straight victory for Cleveland. Sizemore is in the top five in the American League in both homers and steals through today's action.
• 2009:
  • Zach Greinke breaks the Kansas City Royals franchise record for most strikeouts in a single game, striking out 15 in an eight-inning effort. The Royals beat Cleveland, 6 - 2.
  • The Rockies continue to catch up on the Dodgers. Trailing by 15 1/2 games in the NL West on June 3rd, the Rocks cut the lead to just two games with a 5 - 4 win over Los Angeles today. Troy Tulowitzki singles off James McDonald with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 10th for the win.
• 2010:
  • Today's games feature two teams coming back from nine-run deficits. First, the Rockies are down 10 - 1 in the 3rd, but rally to beat Atlanta, 12 - 10. They score four runs off Jonny Venters in the 8th to take the lead. The Reds also blow an early 10 - 1 lead achieved against rookie starter Madison Bumgarner in their game against the Giants, but come back to tie it at 11-all in the 9th on a single by Paul Janish. Joey Votto drives in the winning run with a single in the 12th, going 4 for 7 with two homers and four RBIs. Barry Zito is the loser in only the second relief appearance of his career.
  • Félix Hernández of the Mariners beats the Red Sox in the second game of a doubleheader, fanning nine. That makes him the fourth-youngest hurler to 1,000 career strikeouts, following Bob Feller, Bert Blyleven and Dwight Gooden. David Ortiz is his 1,000th victim.
  • In the California League, Lancaster defeats Lake Elsinore, 3 - 1, in ten innings, as five pitchers combine on a no-hitter. Starter Robert Donovan goes 5 2/3 innings before running out of gas and giving way to Edwin Walker. Lake Elsinore ties the game at 1 in the 8th against David Berner, the result of a walk and two sacrifice bunts that both result in throwing errors by Berner. David Carpenter succeeds him, finishes the 8th and pitches a perfect 9th to get credit for the win when his teammates score two in the top of the 10th inning. Another reliever, Jose Trinidad, completes the unusual no-no by pitching the bottom of the 10th, allowing only a walk.
• 2011 - The Oakland A's take an early 7 - 1 lead against the Yankees, but it's all Bronx Bombers after that. Robinson Cano hits a grand slam in the 5th inning, Russell Martin follows suit in the 6th, they put up another six runs in the 7th, and in the 8th, Curtis Granderson also homers with the bases loaded to make the Yanks the first team ever to hit three grand slams in one game. Andruw Jones follows Granderson's blast with a solo homer to make the final score 22 - 9. Martin has a career day, going 5 for 5 with a walk and six RBI and also hitting a solo shot to complement his slam as the Yankees bat around in their final four innings. It is the most runs given up by an Athletics team since 1955; their pitchers help the cause by surrendering 22 hits and issuing 13 walks in the rout. In the 9th inning, DH Jorge Posada takes the field at second base; it is his first major league appearance at the position he played in the lower minors 20 years ago.
• 2012:
  • The Red Sox and Dodgers complete a huge blockbuster deal, with Boston getting rid of $260 million in future salary by sending 1B Adrian Gonzalez, P Josh Beckett, OF Carl Crawford and IF Nick Punto to Los Angeles. In return, they receive 1B James Loney and four prospects: Ps Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster, IF Ivan DeJesus and OF/1B Jerry Sands. Both Crawford and De La Rosa are recovering from Tommy John surgery and will not play until next season. Gonzalez makes the biggest immediate impact, hitting a three-run homer in his first at-bat as a Dodger to key an 8 - 2 win over the Marlins. For their part, the Sox blow a 9 - 3 lead and lose to Kansas City, 10 - 9, in 12 innings, with none of the new acquisitions in the line-up.
  • The Indians end nine-game losing skid by defeating the Yankees, 3 - 1, behind Justin Masterson. In spite of the win, the Indians, who were in playoff contention in late July, have lost 22 of their last 27 games.
  • Justin Toole of the Carolina Mudcats plays all nine positions in a 4 - 2 win over the Salem Red Sox. He starts in RF and plays one position each inning in a special "Toole Time" promotion. His biggest challenge comes when he catches the 8th inning, having never played there before. He then ends the game by pitching the 9th with a 4 - 0 lead. He gives up a pair of solo homers but strikes out the last two batters he faces to end the contest. The promotion came out of a conversation early in the year when manager Edwin Rodriguez asked Toole where he played. "Everywhere", he answered, leading to the stunt.
  • In the Czech Republic, Draci Brno wins its 17th Extraliga pennant in 18 years, beating the Eagles Praha in the finals, three games to one. They romp, 18 - 6, in Game 3, then win a pitching duel in the second game of the doubleheader today, 1 - 0. Tom Brice homers off Bradley Merritt in support of Petr Minařík.
  • The Karlskoga Bats win the Swedish Elitserien title, topping the Leksand Lumberjacks, three games to one. Christoffer Johansson is named MVP of the finals.
• 2013:
  • The Dodgers lose a series for the first time in two and a half months, as Jake Peavy three-hits them in an 8 - 1 win for Boston.
  • In a match-up of two leading playoff contenders, Atlanta tops the Cardinals, 5 - 2, as Mike Minor wins his 13th and Andrelton Simmons homers. Allen Craig has three hits in a losing cause.
  • Jordan Danks homers and John Danks gets the win as the White Sox top Texas, 5 - 2. No player had homered in support of his brother's win since Walker Cooper and Mort Cooper in 1947.
  • Tokyo wins the 2013 Little League World Series, beating Chula Vista, CA, 6 - 4, in the championship game. Shunpei Takagi homers twice and Ryusei Hirooka hits a crucial two-run double in the 5th to lead the Japanese entry to the title.
• 2014 - The Orioles hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the 5th inning of their game against the Rays, as Delmon Young hits a three-run shot, followed by long balls by J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis. Nick Markakis and Steve Pearce had hit back-to-back homers off Jake Odorizzi in the 3rd, to mark the first time in team history that the Orioles have recorded the two combinations in the same game. They win easily, 9 - 1, with Chris Tillman the beneficiary of the long ball explosion.
• 2016 - Matt Moore of the Giants comes within one out of throwing a no-hitter against the Dodgers, but Corey Seager singles to right with two outs in the 9th to end the bid. Moore immediately leaves the game, but the Giants win, 4 - 0, bringing them back to within two games of their first-place rivals. Before the game, Los Angeles trades C A.J. Ellis and minor leaguer Tommy Bergjans to the Phillies for veteran Carlos Ruiz. Ellis was the personal catcher of ace Clayton Kershaw, but as Kershaw is currently sidelined with an injury and Ellis is batting south of the Mendoza Line, the Dodgers feel it necessary to make a move to strengthen the position.
• 2018 - Kendrys Morales homers in his sixth straight game to spark a comeback for the Blue Jays, who trail the Phillies, 5 - 0 at that point in the 4th. But a two-run homer by Billy McKinney in the 7th brings the Jays to within one run, then Morales sparks the winning rally in the 8th with a lead-off walk against Seranthony Dominguez. A few batters later, Aledmys Diaz hits a bases-clearing double to put Toronto ahead, 8 - 6, and Ken Giles records his 18th save in as many opportunities. Morales will homer again tomorrow, to bring his streak to seven games, one shy of the major league record.
• 2019:
  • With a week left to go in the month, the Yankees have already shattered the record for most homers by a team in any month, as the three they hit in tonight's 5 - 1 win over the Dodgers bring their total to 61, erasing the previous record of 58 shared by the 1987 Orioles and 1999 Mariners, both times in May. D.J. LeMahieu, Aaron Judge and Mike Ford all go deep off Clayton Kershaw in support of Domingo German's major league-leading 17th win.
  • The Huskies de Rouen win their fifth straight French Division I title, beating the Templiers de Sénart in the finals for the third time in that stretch. In Game 4 of the best-of-five series, Rouen wins, 14 - 7, with Esteban Prioul getting the win after starter Ely Izturriaga struggles. Enrique Sosa Jr. drives in five and has four hits while Bastien Dagneau scores three.
  • River Ridge, LA wins the 2019 Little League World Series, the first champion team from Louisiana. They beat Willemstad, 8 - 0, in the finals as Egan Prather throws a two-hit shutout.
  • The oldest pair of opposing hurlers in Holland Series history face off. 44-year-old Rob Cordemans gets the start for the L&D Amsterdam Pirates in Game 3 of the 2019 Holland Series while 45-year-old Elton Koeiman relieves in the 2nd for Curaçao Neptunus Rotterdam. Neither factors in the decision as Neptunus wins, 7 - 6, in 12 innings, when Gianison Boekhoudt doubles in Stijn van der Meer.
• 2020 - Lucas Giolito of the White Sox pitches the first no-hitter of the season, defeating the Pirates, 4 - 0. He strikes out 13 while allowing just one walk.
• 2021 - In the longest major league game since the introduction of the tiebreaker rule before the 2020 season, the Dodgers need 16 innings to defeat the Padres, 5 - 3, after almost six hours of playing time. After five scoreless extra frames in spite of the presence of a designated runner on second base every time, the Dodgers finally take a 3 - 1 lead in the top of the 15th, only to see Fernando Tatis Jr. tie it with his 35th homer of the year off Corey Knebel in the bottom of the inning, necessitating yet another inning. A.J. Pollock finally provides the margin of victory with a two-run homer off Daniel Camarena and the Padres fail to score against Shane Greene.
• 2023 - Having already pitched a no-hitter earlier this month, Framber Valdéz of the Astros tosses seven hitless innings against the Tigers before being removed from the game, having thrown 114 pitches. Pinch-hitter Kerry Carpenter breaks the spell with a one-out single off Bryan Abreu in the 8th. Detroit then stages a remarkable comeback in the 9th: after the first two batters strike out against Ryan Pressly, three consecutive singles tie the score at 1 - 1 and rookie Parker Meadows ends the game with his first career homer, a three-run walk-off shot.

Births

• 1858 - Frank Jones, infielder/outfielder (d. 1936)
• 1859 - Jack Holland, umpire (d. 1915)
• 1859 - Len Stockwell, outfielder (d. 1905)
• 1862 - Hank Simon, outfielder (d. 1925)
• 1869 - Jack McFetridge, pitcher (d. 1917)
• 1881 - Ned Pettigrew, pinch hitter (d. 1952)
• 1882 - John McCloskey, pitcher (d. 1919)
• 1882 - Conny McGeehan, pitcher (d. 1907)
• 1883 - Elmer Brown, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1884 - Tom Catterson, outfielder (d. 1920)
• 1884 - Duke Reilley, outfielder (d. 1968)
• 1886 - Rube Kroh, pitcher (d. 1944)
• 1887 - Dick Rudolph, pitcher (d. 1949)
• 1889 - Fred Graf, infielder (d. 1979)
• 1889 - Jim Stevens, pitcher (d. 1966)
• 1892 - Tony Boeckel, infielder (d. 1924)
• 1892 - Johnny Jones, pitcher (d. 1980)
• 1893 - Bob Gandy, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1894 - Buzz Wetzel, pitcher (d. 1941)
• 1895 - Ray Roberts, pitcher (d. 1962)
• 1907 - Rufus Meadows, pitcher (d. 1970)
• 1908 - Ross Kendrick, British national team pitcher (d. 1975)
• 1910 - George Cisar, outfielder (d. 2010)
• 1911 - Fred Frink, outfielder (d. 1995)
• 1913 - Sam Narron, catcher (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Bernie Snyder, infielder (d. 1999)
• 1916 - Joe Gantenbein, infielder (d. 1993)
• 1917 - Willie Wynn, catcher (d. 1992)
• 1918 - Paul Busby, outfielder (d. 2003)
• 1921 - Al Jurisich, pitcher (d. 1981)
• 1922 - Jim Devlin, catcher (d. 2004)
• 1925 - Pel Austin, minor league outfielder and manager (d. 1976)
• 1926 - Bob Milliken, pitcher (d. 2007)
• 1927 - Jim Suchecki, pitcher (d. 2000)
• 1928 - Darrell Johnson, catcher, manager (d. 2004)
• 1928 - Floyd Wooldridge, pitcher (d. 2008)
• 1934 - Ralph Mauriello, pitcher
• 1934 - Frank Stanek, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1935 - Choo Choo Coleman, catcher (d. 2016)
• 1937 - Luis Zayas, minor league outfielder
• 1939 - Gentaro Shimada, NPB pitcher
• 1939 - Dooley Womack, pitcher
• 1940 - Don Wallace, infielder
• 1940 - Tom Young, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1942 - Shaun Fitzmaurice, outfielder
• 1944 - Dick Smith, outfielder
• 1946 - Rollie Fingers, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer
• 1949 - Bob Babcock, pitcher
• 1950 - Dave Heaverlo, pitcher
• 1950 - Stan Perzanowski, pitcher
• 1951 - Vic Travis, umpire (d. 2015)
• 1953 - Bob Lacey, pitcher
• 1954 - Pete Redfern, pitcher
• 1955 - Ted Springenatic, Canadian national team catcher
• 1959 - Greg Smith, minor league infielder
• 1960 - Bob Meacham, infielder
• 1962 - Oddibe McDowell, outfielder
• 1962 - Luis Fernando Méndez, minor league pitcher
• 1963 - Doug Schreiber, college coach
• 1964 - Linty Ingram, minor league pitcher
• 1965 - Sam Ferretti, minor league outfielder
• 1965 - Masahiko Mori, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1966 - Albert Belle, outfielder; All-Star
• 1966 - Dave Miller, coach
• 1967 - Wen-Yu Wu, Chinese Taipei national team infielder
• 1968 - Thomas Schlagloth, Bundesliga player
• 1970 - Duff Brumley, pitcher
• 1970 - Doug Glanville, outfielder
• 1970 - Herminio Irigoyen, Division Honor outfielder
• 1971 - Carlton Fleming, minor league infielder
• 1971 - Changzheng He, China Baseball League catcher
• 1971 - Takashi Ishii, NPB pitcher
• 1972 - Andy Abad, infielder
• 1972 - Mitsuru Honma, NPB infielder
• 1972 - Mike Welch, pitcher
• 1973 - Dante Powell, outfielder
• 1974 - Hyuk Kang, KBO infielder
• 1974 - Gary Matthews, outfielder; All-Star
• 1974 - Pablo Ozuna, infielder
• 1975 - Marcus Sanders, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Pedro Feliciano, pitcher (d. 2021)
• 1976 - Mike Rose, catcher
• 1977 - Alberto Acosta, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Jose Pena, minor league player
• 1979 - Doug Gredvig, minor league infielder
• 1979 - Trent Pratt, minor league player
• 1980 - Neal Musser, pitcher
• 1982 - Shayne Watson, Australian national team coach
• 1985 - Chang-min Lim, KBO pitcher
• 1985 - Nathan Nery, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Ramon Hernandez, minor league player
• 1987 - Lisette Bennink, Dutch women's national team pitcher
• 1987 - Logan Morrison, outfielder
• 1987 - Murphy Smith, pitcher
• 1987 - Justin Upton, outfielder; All-Star
• 1987 - Adam Warren, pitcher
• 1988 - Greg Nappo, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Cody Scarpetta, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Nick Shaw, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Carson Vitale, minor league catcher
• 1989 - Michael Lennox, minor league pitcher
• 1990 - Matt Marksberry, pitcher
• 1990 - Deven Marrero, infielder
• 1990 - Max Muncy, infielder; All-Star
• 1990 - Lorenzo Piron, minor league infielder
• 1990 - Muhammad Zubair, Pakistani national team outfielder
• 1991 - Edwin Gómez, minor league outfielder
• 1991 - Luke Tendler, minor league outfielder
• 1991 - Karsten Whitson, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Yudai Aranishi, NPB pitcher
• 1992 - Leandro Hara, Brazilian national team outfielder
• 1992 - Ericson Leónora, minor league outfielder
• 1992 - Karl Malecek, Extraliga pitcher
• 1992 - Chandler Shepherd, pitcher
• 1993 - Jared Carkuff, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Luis Valenzuela, minor league infielder
• 1994 - Seong-yong Moon, KBO catcher
• 1994 - Tito Polo, minor league outfielder
• 1994 - Johan Quezada, pitcher
• 1995 - Edwin Diaz, minor league infielder
• 1996 - Alexander Aribowo, Indonesian national team outfielder
• 1997 - Grae Kessinger, infielder
• 1997 - Masato Morishita, NPB pitcher
• 1997 - Esteban Prioul, Division Elite pitcher
• 1999 - Eguy Rosario, infielder
• 2001 - Hiroya Miyagi, NPB pitcher
• 2002 - Brian Fürböck, Austrian national team pitcher

Deaths

• 1891 - Jerry Sweeney, infielder (b. 1857)
• 1894 - Yank Robinson, infielder (b. 1859)
• 1897 - Jimmy Dee, infielder (b. 1864)
• 1904 - William Blodgett, umpire (b. 1852)
• 1913 - Red Donahue, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1916 - Lou Galvin, pitcher (b. 1863)
• 1917 - Billy Smith, umpire (b. 1871)
• 1927 - Harry Cheek, catcher (b. 1879)
• 1934 - Bill Kling, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1949 - Mule Watson, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1950 - George Disch, pitcher (b. 1879)
• 1952 - Harry Maupin, pitcher (b. 1872)
• 1953 - Charlie Maisel, catcher (b. 1894)
• 1955 - Jimmy Hudgens, infielder (b. 1902)
• 1957 - Ivy Griffin, infielder (b. 1896)
• 1960 - Fred Crolius, outfielder (b. 1876)
• 1962 - Skipper Friday, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1965 - Moonlight Graham, outfielder (b. 1876)
• 1966 - Ray Rolling, infielder (b. 1886)
• 1966 - Sam Zoldak, pitcher (b. 1918)
• 1967 - Emmett Nelson, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1968 - C.P. Mosley, college coach (b. 1888)
• 1970 - Leo Moon, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1972 - Italo Chelini, pitcher (b. 1914)
• 1972 - Jack Crouch, catcher (b. 1903)
• 1977 - Irving Vincent, pitcher (b. 1909)
• 1980 - Cliff Lee, outfielder (b. 1896)
• 1982 - Ray Steineder, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1984 - Waite Hoyt, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1899)
• 1984 - Skeeter Scalzi, infielder (b. 1913)
• 1988 - Ron Slocum, infielder (b. 1945)
• 1989 - Jim Brideweser, infielder (b. 1927)
• 1990 - Lud Fiser, college coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 - Max Puckett, Australian national team player (b. 1935)
• 1991 - Shigeyoshi Matsumae, executive; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1901)
• 1993 - Cecil Bolton, infielder (b. 1904)
• 1994 - Cliff Garrison, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1998 - Harold Hairston, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 2000- John Mackin, umpire (b. 1915)
• 2004 - Hal Epps, outfielder (b. 1914)
• 2013 - Sheng-Ming Hsu, CPBL manager; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1958)
• 2016 - Paul Dade, outfielder (b. 1951)
• 2016 - Antonio Herradora, Nicaraguan national team pitcher (b. ????)
• 2017 - Dean Lakatosh, minor league pitcher (b. 1934)
• 2019 - Vince Naimoli, owner (b. 1937)
• 2022 - Ken Frailing, pitcher (b. 1948)
• 2022 - Gladwyn Scott, Baseball Canada executive; Canadian Hall of Fame (b. 1932)
• 2022 - Domingo Setien, announcer; Salon de la Fama (b. 1943)
• 2023 - Kenji Furusawa, NPB pitcher (b. 1948)