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Events

• 1901 - New York's Christy Mathewson allows just three hits in beating the Phils, 3 - 1.
• 1902 - At Cincinnati, Christy Mathewson tosses his seventh shutout of the year, beating the Reds, 6 - 0. Henry Thielman loses his third encounter of the year with Matty.
• 1903 - The Boston Beaneaters drive Christy Mathewson from the mound with five runs in the 6th to take a 6 - 5 lead over the Giants and hold on to win by that score. When Roger Bresnahan is called out at home in the 9th, New York and John McGraw and Billy Gilbert lead the argument against August Moran. Moran tosses them for their troubles. New York wins the nitecap, 3 - 2, in ten innings.
• 1905 - The Giants beat up on the Reds again, winning 2 - 0 and 6 - 5. New York scores four runs in the nitecap on wild pitches by Orval Overall, but when the Reds load the bases with no outs in the 9th, Christy Mathewson relieves Luther Taylor and gets three straight outs.
• 1908 - The Giants sweep, scoring a run in the 8th and two in the 9th to trip Irv Young and the host Pirates, 4 - 3. Christy Mathewson, in relief, is given the win, though by today's scoring he would receive a save. New York's eight-game win streak puts them ahead of Pittsburgh and Chicago by 3 1/2 games.
• 1909 - Cuban Giants 2B William Bedford is killed by a bolt of lightning while playing a game, as the electricity carries through his spikes, ending his life at age 23.
• 1910 - In Pittsburgh's 4 - 2 win over host Brooklyn, a National League record is set when the Buc outfield makes just one putout and Brooklyn's none.
• 1911:
  • Pittsburgh, playing without Honus Wagner, is no match for Christy Mathewson, as the Giants win, 6 - 2. Tommy Leach makes three errors behind Howie Camnitz. The Giants announce that for the first 11 playing days at the new Polo Grounds, the average attendance was 23,864.
  • Now pitching for the Rustlers, Cy Young delights the hometown Boston fans by pitching a complete game against the Cardinals, winning, 5 - 4.
• 1912:
  • At Boston, Owen Wilson has his second three-triple doubleheader this year. The fleet Buc triples off Otto Hess in the 5 - 4 win the first game. In the nitecap, an 8 - 4 loss, he triples in the 6th and 8th innings off Ed Donnelly.
  • Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends under American League rules of the time. In the second game of a doubleheader against the Browns, he relieves Tom Hughes with one out and two on in the 7th inning of a 2 - 2 game. The two runners score on a Pete Compton single up the middle and the Nationals lose, 4 - 3. The two runs are charged to Johnson, not Hughes, giving him the defeat. Under the National League's rules, Johnson would not be charged with the loss. After the season, AL president Ban Johnson will change the rules to conform with the senior circuit, but he will deny he does it because of this game.
• 1913 - Cincinnati's George Johnson surrenders just three hits to New York, but loses a 1 - 0 decision to Christy Mathewson. Fred Merkle triples in the 7th and scores the only run.
• 1914:
  • The Giants lose 1 - 0 to the Cardinals, managing just three hits off Bill Doak, but win the second game on a two-hitter by Christy Mathewson over Slim Sallee. The 4 - 0 win is Matty's 20th.
  • Frank Wickware of the Chicago American Giants pitches a no-hitter against the Indianapolis ABCs, winning 1 - 0. The ABCs' leadoff batter walks in the 1st, but is caught stealing. Wickware retires the remaining 26 men in order.
• 1916 - At Philadelphia's Shibe Park, A's hurler Joe Bush no-hits the Indians, 5 - 0. "Bullet Joe" will be credited with 15 of the last-place Athletics' 36 victories this season.
• 1918 - Ban Johnson casts the deciding vote in a National Commission decision awarding the disputed services of P Jack Quinn to the Yankees for 1919 over the claim of the White Sox, for whom Quinn was 5-1 this year.
• 1919 - Giants 1B Hal Chase handles 35 chances against the Pirates in a doubleheader.
• 1922 - The Yankees take over first place by beating the Browns, 9 - 2, behind Carl Mays. Rasty Wright is the loser.
• 1926 - Pittsburgh RF Paul Waner goes 6 for 6, including two doubles and a triple, in a game against St. Louis.
• 1929:
  • In the 8th inning of a 5 - 5 game at Wrigley Field, Cubs 3B Norm McMillan hits a line drive down the left field line with the bases loaded. Reds LF Evar Swanson, shaded toward center, can't find the ball, which he sees bounce off a gutter in foul territory. McMillan circles the bases and four runs score. Later, Cubs relief P Ken Penner picks up his jacket in the bullpen and discovers the ball in his right sleeve. It is Chicago's 8th grand slam of the year.
  • Abraham Mills, National League president in 1883 and 1884, author of the National Agreement and original reserve clause that governed baseball's early years, dies at 84.
• 1930:
  • Hack Wilson has four RBIs to lead the Cubs over the Pirates, 7 - 5. Wilson cracks a two-run single in the 5th, but then allows a Lloyd Waner liner to skip by him for an inside-the-park home run, and vows to atone. He hits his 44th home run, off young Larry French, breaking Chuck Klein's one-year-old National League record.
  • In San Francisco, Dolph Camilli's brother, Frankie, dies after a boxing match yesterday with heavyweight Max Baer. Fighting under the name Frankie Campbell, he has his neck broken in the 5th round by a Baer punch and never recovers. Camilli, a star for Sacramento (Pacific Coast League), will win the NL MVP in 1941.
• 1933 - Cleveland's Wes Ferrell stops Heinie Manush's hitting streak at 33 games, as Washington loses, 5 - 4 in 11 innings.
• 1934 - The East wins the 1934 East-West Game, 1 - 0, behind the pitching of Slim Jones, Harry Kincannon and Satchel Paige. Jud Wilson drives in Cool Papa Bell in the 8th with the game's only run, off the West's Bill Foster.
• 1935 - Lumbering 1B Zeke Bonura of the White Sox steals home with two outs in the 15th inning to beat the Yankees, 9 - 8.
• 1939 - A major league baseball game is telecast from Ebbets Field for the first time as the Reds play the Dodgers in a doubleheader. Red Barber broadcasts the game over W2XBS. The Reds take the first game, 5 - 2, and the Dodgers take the second, 6 - 1. Between the two games, a ceremony is held to honor Alexander Cartwright with a Hawaiian-themed celebration to mark the centennial anniversary of baseball.
• 1940:
  • Bucky Walters pitches the first-place Reds to a 3 - 2 win over the lowly Phillies. Bucky wins his 18th, driving in two runs with a homer and single. Ancient - 40 in December - Syl Johnson then holds the Reds to three hits to win the nitecap, 6 - 1.
  • Bob Feller rescues Mel Harder in the 7th and the Indians top the Senators, 4 - 3. Hal Trosky's two-run homer off Dutch Leonard is the big blow for the Tribe. Cleveland leads the idle Tigers by three games.
• 1942 - Johnny Beazley wins his 16th game of the year, 2 - 1 over the Dodgers in ten innings. The win caps a sweep of Brooklyn, with Max Lanier having edged Larry French in the opener two days before.
• 1945 - Red Sox pitcher Boo Ferriss wins his 20th game, beating the A's, 4 - 3, and doubling home the game-winner in the 10th inning.
• 1947 - Dan Bankhead becomes the major leagues' first black pitcher. He doesn't do well in a relief stint, giving up ten hits and six runs in 3 1/3 innings in a 16 - 3 loss to the Pirates, but the Dodger rookie hits a home run in his first major league at-bat.
• 1948 - The Cubs sweep two from the Braves, 5 - 1 and 5 - 2, despite a near-riot that holds up play for 20 minutes in the nitecap. The reaction by the fans comes when Jocko Conlan rules that a drive by Phil Cavarretta in the 3rd inning is a ground-rule double, not an inside-the-park homer. Conlan makes his call after Braves LF Jeff Heath "loses" the ball in the Wrigley Field vines, though it is really by his feet. The fans shower the field in protest and Conlan bawls out some of Chicago's finest for not taking any action. When play is resumed, Andy Pafko walks and Peanuts Lowrey hits a bases-loaded triple.
• 1949 - For choking an umpire in the Florida International League, Miami Sun Sox manager Pepper Martin is fined $100 and suspended for the remaining two weeks in the season.
• 1950 - Roy Campanella of the Dodgers hits three home runs in a 7 - 5 win over the Reds at Crosley Field.
• 1951:
  • At the Polo Grounds, Chuck Connors clubs his second and last major league homer, a three-run shot off Sal Maglie in the 9th to give the visiting Cubs a temporary 4 - 4 tie. Wes Westrum then answers with his second homer of the game, off reliever Walt Dubiel, and New York wins, 5 - 4. New York takes the nitecap, 5 - 1, to run their victory streak to 14 games. Jim Hearn tops Cal McLish. Willie Mays electrifies the crowd in the 6th by singling, advancing on a balk and a short fly, and stealing home. The Giants trail by six games.
  • The Pirates club the Dodgers, 12 - 11, to win the opener of two with the league leaders. Brooklyn chases Howie Pollet and takes a 9 - 2 lead but the Bucs roar back with eight runs in the 7th inning. Clyde King, unscored on in his last eight games, is the loser. The Dodgers load the bases in the 9th, and Murry Dickson walks pinch-hitter Cal Abrams to force in a run and make the score 12 - 11. But Carl Furillo and Pee Wee Reese fail to deliver. Pete Castiglione has two homers for the Pirates. Brooklyn wins the second game, 4 - 3, when Jackie Robinson homers in the 10th, off Ted Wilks. Andy Pafko homers in the 8th, off Bob Friend, and Preacher Roe (17-2) goes all the way.
  • Rookie hurler Niles Jordan of the Phillies blanks the Reds, 2 - 0, in his first major league start. Jordan gives up three hits, the same number allowed by loser Willie Ramsdell. The Reds win the opener, 4 - 2, as Ewell Blackwell bests Robin Roberts.
  • In the second game against the Yanks, veteran infielder Bert Haas hits a pinch homer in the 6th for the White Sox, his last major league at bat. The Sox will release the 37-year-old tomorrow. The Yanks win, 8 - 6, to remain a game behind the Indians. The Sox take the opener, 3 - 2, behind Saul Rogovin.
• 1953 - Giants OF Dusty Rhodes, hitting just .167, connects for three home runs in a row at the Polo Grounds in a 13 - 4 win over the Cardinals. Teammate Al Dark goes 5 for 5 with his own home run.
• 1955 - Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.
• 1956 - The Yankees announce the purchase of OF Enos Slaughter from Kansas City.
• 1957 - Yankee-killer Frank Lary stops New York as Detroit wins, 5 - 2. The New York lead is now down to 3 1/2 games, as they start a crucial series in Chicago. They will win all three games with the Sox.
• 1959:
  • The Indians stretch their winning streak to eight games when Rocky Colavito snaps a 4 - 4 tie with an 8th-inning home run. Jim Perry, in relief of Gary Bell, picks up the win, 5 - 4, over New York.
  • It's "Al Smith Day" at Comiskey Park, with every fan named Smith, Schmidt, Smythe or Smithe admitted free and given a button stating "I'm a Smith and I'm for Al." Smith himself doesn't help, going hitless as the White Sox lose to Boston, 7 - 6. Bill Monbouquette is the winner.
• 1960 - The Yanks crash five solo homers and four pinch hits, the latter tying an American League record, to top the Indians, 7 - 6.
• 1961:
  • Ed Short becomes general manager of the White Sox, replacing Hank Greenberg.
  • Hitting his 51st home run against the Kansas City A's, Roger Maris has the most homers in major league history at this point in the season.
• 1962:
  • At Chicago, Dick Ellsworth stops the Braves, 4 - 1, and stops Hank Aaron's hitting streak of 25 games. The Cubs tie a major-league record with three straight sacrifice bunts in the 6th inning following a bunt single by Ellsworth.
  • The Twins' Jack Kralick no-hits the A's and wins, 1 - 0, on Lenny Green's sacrifice fly off Bill Fischer. A 3 - 2 walk to George Alusik with one out in the 9th spoils the bid for a perfect game. Alusik had beaten Kralick with a two-run home run on August 8th.
  • Robin Roberts, discarded earlier in the year by the Yankees, beats Whitey Ford, 2 - 1, on home runs by Brooks Robinson and Jim Gentile to complete a five-game Oriole sweep of the sagging Yankees. The Twins and Angels are now three games behind New York.
  • After the Indians beat the Red Sox, 10 - 5, in the first game, Cleveland's Dick Donovan holds the Red Sox homerless in the nitecap to win, 4 - 0. It is Donovan's 100th major league win. The Sox had hit homers in 13 straight games.
• 1966:
  • With Baltimore trailing Boston, 2 - 0 in the 9th inning, Vic Roznovsky and Boog Powell sting Lee Stange with back-to-back pinch-hit home runs to tie the game. This is just the third time in history that back-to-back pinch home runs have occurred. Baltimore wins in the 12th, 3 - 2.
  • After seeing a caricature of himself on the scoreboard, an angry Leo Durocher calls the Astrodome's press box to have it removed. When nothing is done, the enraged Cubs manager rips the phone out of the dugout wall and tosses it onto the infield.
  • Against the Dodgers, Giants fireballer Bobby Bolin ties a major-league record by fanning the first five batters in the game. But the Dodgers win the game, 4 - 0.
  • Detroit's Earl Wilson, winner of six straight, hits an 8th-inning homer to give himself a 5 - 3 lead over New York. But the Yankees, batting against reliever Hank Aguirre in the 9th, tally one run on a Clete Boyer single, and win it, 6 - 5, when Mickey Mantle clouts a pinch homer over a leaping Al Kaline in right field. The win still leaves New York (57-72) in last place.
• 1968:
  • The Phils take a 5 - 0 lead over the Reds, only to lose 6 - 5. Jim Beauchamp hits a run-scoring single in the 7th for the winner.
  • Playing the last of nine games in Milwaukee, the White Sox draw a crowd (42,808) but lose to Earl Wilson and the first-place Tigers, 3 - 0. Wilson is hit by a pitch in the 2nd with the bases loaded to bring home the first run.
  • There is a record-tying mark of seven shutouts thrown today in the 16 games played. It's the fifth time this has happened, but the mark will be topped in 1972.
  • In their first of two straight doubleheaders, Dave McNally makes it easy in the opener by belting a 1st-inning grand slam, off the A's Chuck Dobson. The O's score seven runs in the inning and beat the A's, 8 - 2. The A's come back in the nitecap, winning 2 - 0 behind Catfish Hunter and Diego Segui.
• 1969 - Willie McCovey drives in six runs with homer #40, a grand slam, and a sac fly and a single, while Bobby Bonds drives in another five as the Giants bomb the Phils, 13 - 4. The win is the Giants' sixth in a row and they keep their half-game lead in the NL West. McCovey's slam - his second of the year - is his career tenth and his six RBIs ups his season total to 106. Gaylord Perry (16-10) is the winner.
• 1970 - In the Reds' 6 - 5 win over the visiting Phillies, Jim Merritt notches his 20th win of the year. Jim Bunning takes the loss. Merritt is the first Reds lefty to win 20 since 1925, but will be 6-26 the rest of his career.
• 1972:
  • Leo Durocher, formerly of the Cubs, replaces Harry Walker as manager of the Astros. It is only the second time someone has managed two National League teams in the same season. The first was in 1948, when Durocher piloted the Dodgers and the Giants.
  • At Wrigley Field, Ron Santo records his 2,000th career hit, a three-run home run off Ron Bryant. Santo's hit, driving in his 1,200th run, is the margin of victory as the Cubs top the Giants, 10 - 9.
  • The Red Sox score five in the 9th to top Texas, 7 - 6.
• 1973 - In a 10 - 1 win over the Royals, Oriole Paul Blair hits an inside-the-park grand slam off Paul Splittorff. Amos Otis and Steve Hovley collide in midair while chasing Blair's ball to help the O's win their 13th straight.
• 1975 - The first eight Pirates hit safely against the Braves, tying the major-league record set just three weeks earlier by the Phillies. Pittsburgh wins, 8 - 2.
• 1977 - New York wins its 12th in 13 games when Graig Nettles triples home two runs in the 9th inning to give the Bombers a 6 - 5 win over Texas. With the Red Sox losing, the Yankees move in front by two games.
• 1979 - At Shea Stadium, the Reds' Tom Seaver shuts out the Mets, 8 - 0, for his 11th consecutive win.
• 1980:
  • At Milwaukee's County Stadium, George Brett strokes four singles and a double in five at-bats as the Royals edge the Brewers, 7 - 6. The Kansas City third baseman's 5-for-5 performance raises his league-leading batting average to .407.
  • In an 8 - 6 Padres win over the Mets, there are ten intentional walks handed out, one shy of the record set in 1955.
• 1981 - Cards SS Garry Templeton is suspended indefinitely and fined $5,000 by manager-GM Whitey Herzog after making obscene gestures to the crowd following his ejection in the 3rd inning of a 9 - 4 win over the Giants. He will return to the lineup on September 15th.
• 1982 - The Expos' Jeff Reardon (7-3) wins a pair in relief over the Astros, 3 - 2 and 5 - 3.
• 1984 - In Anaheim, the Tigers use the long ball to beat the Angels, 12 - 6. Kirk Gibson has two homers and four runs scored, Marty Castillo hits a homer and scores three times, and Chet Lemon belts the first grand slam of his career. Tommy John goes just 2 2/3 inning in losing to Milt Wilcox (15-7). Detroit leads the AL East by 12 games.
• 1985 - The Braves fire manager Eddie Haas, who led the club to a 50-71 record and 12 losses in its last 13 games. Bobby Wine will serve as interim manager for the rest of the season.
• 1987:
  • Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak comes to an end as he waits in the on-deck circle watching pinch hitter Rick Manning single home the winning run in a 1 - 0, ten-inning victory over the Indians.
  • The Yankees and Reds exchange starting pitchers, with Dennis Rasmussen going to Cincinnati for Bill Gullickson.
• 1989:
  • The Trumbull, CT All-stars become the first American team to win the Little League World Series since 1983.
  • Toronto's Dave Stieb pitches his fifth career one-hitter, 7 - 0 over Milwaukee. The spoiler is Robin Yount's 6th-inning single.
• 1990:
  • The Red Sox shut out the Blue Jays for the third consecutive day to extend their lead in the AL East to four games. Toronto, leading the major leagues in runs scored, loses 2 - 0, 1 - 0, and 1 - 0. Greg Harris (7 2/3 IP) is the winner today, Roger Clemens, who threw a complete game, did so yesterday, and Dana Kiecker (8 IP) on the 24th.
  • In his first game after six weeks on the disabled list, Bo Jackson homers in his first at bat, off Randy Johnson, to tie a major-league record with four consecutive homers. Bo adds a single and double as Kansas City rolls by Seattle, 8 - 2.
• 1991:
  • Number one draft pick Brien Taylor is signed to a guaranteed $1.55 million contract by the Yankees. It is the largest deal ever given to an amateur player, surpassing the $1.2 million paid to Todd Van Poppel by Oakland in 1990.
  • At Royals Stadium, Bret Saberhagen fires a no-hitter beating the White Sox, 7 - 0.
• 1992 - Pittsburgh rookie P Tim Wakefield defeats Tom Candiotti of the Dodgers, 2 - 0, in the first matchup of knuckleballers in the National League since 1982. Candiotti gives up nine hits in six innings, while Wakefield (4-1) allows six hits in nine frames.
• 1993 - Mets co-owner Fred Wilpon announces that OF Vince Coleman will remain on "administrative leave" for the rest of the season, but that he is through as a Met.
• 1994 - Ichiro Suzuki, a rookie with the Orix BlueWave, reaches base for the 68th game in a row, setting a new Nippon Pro Baseball record.
• 1995:
  • Atlanta P Greg Maddux ties a major league record by notching his 16th consecutive road win, a 7 - 2 victory over his former team, the Cubs. Maddux now shares the record with Denny McLain, Cal McLish, and Rich Dotson.
  • The Athletics defeat the Red Sox by a score of 11 - 4. All Boston's runs score on C Mike Macfarlane's grand slam. It is the 101st grand slam hit in the majors this season, breaking the record set in 1987.
• 1996:
  • The Giants' William Van Landingham allows two hits over eight innings and defeats the visiting Phils, 1 - 0. At one point, Van Landingham retires 17 straight hitters. Curt Schilling allows a run in the 1st, and strikes out 11, in taking the loss.
  • The Mets fire manager Dallas Green and replace him with Bobby Valentine.
• 1997 - The Yankees pound out 22 hits in an 18 - 2 win over Oakland. Joe Girardi and Rey Sanchez lead the way with four hits apiece.
• 1998:
  • Florida's Derrek Lee, Kevin Orie, and Cliff Floyd hit consecutive home runs in the 9th inning of a game with St. Louis. The Marlins, who were trailing 6 - 0 at the time, go on to tie the game with six runs, then win, 7 - 6, with a run in the 10th. Mark McGwire hits home run #54 for the Cards.
  • At Coors Field, manager Phil Garner earns his 500th victory at the Brewers' helm, making him the only skipper in team history to reach that milestone.
  • Atlanta's Andruw Jones steals his 20th base of the season, becoming the youngest player ever to have a 20 homer, 20 steal season. Cesar Cedeno was the previous record-holder. The Braves go on to win by a score of 6 - 2.
  • The Cubs defeat the Reds, 9 - 2, with the aid of Sammy Sosa's 52nd home run in the 3rd inning.
• 1999:
  • The Cubs put Kevin Tapani on the disabled list for the rest of the season. In the first year of a two-year contract, Tapani is 0-9 in his last ten starts. They don't need him today as they edge the Giants, 11 - 10, behind Sammy Sosa's 53rd home run.
  • Arizona defeats Florida, 12 - 2, as Randy Johnson wins his 14th game. Johnson fans nine Marlin batters in becoming the fastest pitcher to reach 300 strikeouts in a season.
• 2000 - The Devil Rays defeat the Orioles, 4 - 1, in the first game of a doubleheader. Tampa Bay 1B Fred McGriff ties a major league mark by hitting a home run in his 37th different ballpark. Mark McGwire has also performed the feat. The Orioles take the second game, 2 - 0.
• 2001:
  • Led by hot-hitting Adam Dunn's four hits and Ken Griffey, Jr.'s four RBIs, the Reds roll by Montreal, 17 - 4. Robin Jennings, in his major league debut, collects four hits, a Reds club record.
  • In the 18th inning, second string catcher Bill Haselman beats out a bases-loaded potential inning-ending double play grounder, allowing Chad Curtis to score the winning run in the Rangers' 8 - 7 victory over the Red Sox. The 6-hour and 35-minute contest is the longest game ever played in Ranger history.
  • The Diamondbacks score in the 10th inning to defeat the Phillies, 4 - 3. Philadelphia rookie SS Jimmy Rollins is caught stealing in the 3rd inning, the first time in his career after a streak of 35 consecutive steals. Luis Gonzalez receives the ultimate compliment when the Phils give him an intentional walk with the bases empty. Gonzalez joins Manny Ramirez, Jason Giambi, Mike Piazza, and Jim Thome as the only players to receive an intentional pass with the bases empty this season. Ramirez is the only one of the group to have been walked intentionally twice this year with no ducks on the pond.
  • The Indians edge the Mariners, 4 - 3, ending Ichiro Suzuki's 21-game hitting streak.
  • The Cubs defeat the Cardinals, 6 - 1, as Sammy Sosa hits two more home runs, his 50th and 51st of the season. In doing so, he joins Mark McGwire and Babe Ruth as the only players with four 50-homer seasons.
• 2002:
  • The Red Sox score a 10 - 9, ten-inning victory over the Angels as Manny Ramirez gets five hits, including a pair of home runs.
  • The first video streaming coverage of a major league baseball game takes place on the internet. Approximately 30,000 fans visit MLB.com to see the Yankees defeat the Rangers, 10 - 3. Alfonso Soriano sets a team record for home runs by a second baseman. The previous mark of 30 was established in 1940 by Joe Gordon.
• 2007:
  • Warner Robins, GA wins the 2007 Little League World Series, 3 - 2, in extra innings, on a homer by Dalton Carriker. Tokyo had won their last two games on sayonara homers before losing this one. It is the second straight Little League World Series won by a Georgian team and the third US victory in a row.
  • The Lancaster JetHawks hit their 204th home run of the year, breaking the two-year-old California League record held by the High Desert Mavericks.
  • Tom Shearn debuts for the Reds two days shy of his 30th birthday. He is the oldest pitcher to make his first major league start for the Reds since former Negro Leaguer Pat Scantlebury in 1956.
  • David Wells beats out a bunt single against John Maine in a 6 - 1 win by the Dodgers. Wells is 44 years old and 248 pounds and says that it is hard for your opponents to field when laughing hysterically.
• 2008 - In Philadelphia, the Phillies beat the New York Mets in 13 innings, 8 - 7. The Phillies overcome an early 7 - 0 deficit, tying the game with two outs in the 9th inning with Eric Bruntlett's RBI double and winning in the 13th inning on Chris Coste's bases-loaded walk-off single. The comeback win allows the Phillies to temporarily regain first place in the NL East over the Mets, a position that they will not reclaim again until September 16th.
• 2009 - Three home plate umpires are needed to call Toronto's 3 - 2 win over Tampa Bay. Jerry Crawford is struck by a foul tip in the 2nd and has to leave the game, then his replacement, Tom Hallion is struck by a Scott Kazmir fastball. After a 20-minute delay during which he is attended to by training staff from both clubs, Hallion moves back to the bases, and Brian O'Nora assumes the role of home plate official. Toronto wins in the bottom of the 9th when J.P. Howell uncorks a wild pitch after loading the bases with three walks.
• 2010:
  • Alex Ramirez becomes the first player in Nippon Pro Baseball to drive in 100 runs for eight straight seasons, breaking Sadaharu Oh's record set from 1963 to 1969. Ramirez's three-run homer off Kazuki Yoshimi in the 1st puts him over the century mark in a 10 - 4 Yomiuri Giants win over the Chunichi Dragons.
  • Albert Pujols of St. Louis hits the 400th homer of his career, off Jordan Zimmermann of the Nationals in the 4th inning. Pujols becomes the 47th major leaguer to hit that many and is the third-youngest to do so after Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr. However, the hit is a distant memory by the time the game reaches its conclusion after 13 innings with an 11 - 10 Nats win. Ian Desmond drives in Nyjer Morgan from third base with a single through a drawn-in infield to end the roller-coaster game, giving him three hits and four RBI on the night as Blake Hawksworth takes the loss. 15 pitchers see action during the game. The Cards take a 10 - 8 lead in the top of the 9th with a four-run outburst, only to see Roger Bernadina blast a two-run homer off Ryan Franklin to send the contest into extra innings. The Cards have now lost 8 of 11.
  • Cedric Hunter of Portland has a great day at the plate in a 17 - 12 win over Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League. He collects a franchise-record eight RBI with a pair of three-run homers, a double and a single both plating a run, and another single for good measure. Dusty Ryan, with a grand slam, and Sean Kazmar also homer for Portland, while five Tacoma players do the same, including Mike Carp who hits two.
  • Yoshinori Sato of the Yakult Swallows becomes the first Japanese pitcher to top the 100 mph barrier. One gaijin, Marc Kroon, had reached the figure in Nippon Pro Baseball.
• 2011:
  • The Tigres de Quintana Roo win the 2011 Mexican League title, sweeping the Diablos Rojos del México in four games; it is the first sweep in the finals in 13 years. Jorge Campillo allows one hit in four shutout innings of relief, Carlos Gastélum cracks a grand slam, Sergio Contreras goes 5 for 5 and Albino Contreras hits a three-run homer in the 13 - 9 win.
  • Chris Capuano tosses the best game of his career, throwing a two-hit shutout while striking out 13, as the Mets defeat the Braves, 6 - 0.
  • The Rangers open a key three-game series with the Angels with an 11 - 7 win at home, stopping the Halos' six-game winning streak. Nelson Cruz homers twice and drives in six runs in support of Derek Holland's pitching. David Murphy adds a grand slam for the Rangers, who stretch their lead in the AL West back to three games.
  • Teams are bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, scheduled to hit the Northeastern states over the next two days. The Mets cancel their games scheduled for both days as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg orders a partial evacuation of the city's coastal areas and a shutdown of its transit system in anticipation of the storm. The Red Sox decide to move up their Sunday game against the A's to a Saturday afternoon doubleheader, while the Orioles are planning to cancel a Saturday doubleheader against the Yankees by playing one of the games as part of a Sunday doubleheader, and the second on what should have been an open date on September 8th. The Yankees are unhappy about losing what was their last scheduled rest day of the season, but their proposal to play a game instead at 10:00 am on Saturday is rejected. The Phillies also move games around, electing to play a scheduled Sunday game against the Marlins on Saturday afternoon, and moving Saturday's evening game to September 15th. All of these scheduling changes are made before the first drop of rain even falls.
• 2012:
  • The Japanese team from Tokyo wins the 2012 Little League World Series with a 12 - 2 victory over the team from Goodlettsville, TN in the finals in Williamsport, PA. The Americans had scored 24 runs in their semi-final win yesterday, the highest-scoring game in the tournament's history, but manage only two hits - both homers - against Japanese pitcher Kotaro Kiyomiya today. Noriatsu Osaka ties the LLWS record with three home runs in a game and adds a triple as well.
  • The Phillies complete a three-game sweep of the first-place Nationals as Cliff Lee hits a go-ahead double in the 5th and gives up one run in seven innings. Lee is now 3-7 after the 5 - 1 win in which Josh Lindblom picks up his first career save.
  • The Orioles obtain P Joe Saunders in a trade with the Diamondbacks, sending reliever Matt Lindstrom in return.
• 2013 - Having both Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter on the field for the first time this season does little to help the Yankees, who drop a 5 - 2 decision to R.A. Dickey and the Blue Jays. A-Rod hits his 650th career home run but Jeter goes 0 for 3 with a walk and hits into a double play.
• 2014 - Madison Bumgarner has a dominant performance against the Rockies, retiring the first 21 batters he faces before allowing a lead-off double to Justin Morneau in the 8th. He then proceeds to retire the next six batters in order to complete a 3 - 0 one-hit shutout. The Giants ace strikes out 13 while walking none.
• 2015:
  • David Price is a winner on his 30th birthday as the Blue Jays defeat the Rangers, 12 - 4 to extend their lead in the AL East to two games. Edwin Encarnacion hits a grand slam in the 6th inning to extend his hitting streak to 21 games, while Justin Smoak and Kevin Pillar also homer. The Rangers don't help their cause by issuing 11 walks and 3 wild pitches in the game. It is already the 20th time Toronto has scored ten or more runs in a game this year.
  • Detroit's Justin Verlander comes up just short in his bid for a third career no-hitter, as he has to settle for a one-hit, 5 - 0 shutout after Chris Iannetta leads off the 9th for the Angels with a double that lands on the left field foul line. Verlander retires the final three batters in order to earn only his second win of the year, after missing the start of the season to an injury and suffering from a lack of run support all season. It is the second time he loses a no-hit bid in the 9th inning.
  • Vadim Balan of the GCL Twins becomes the first Moldovan to appear in the minor leagues. He does a great job, fanning four of five batters he faces to close out his team's 6 - 2 loss to the GCL Rays.
• 2017:
  • By homering off Kyle Hendricks in the 1st inning of a 17 - 2 loss to the Cubs, Phillies OF Rhys Hoskins becomes the fastest player to hit ten homers in the majors, doing so in his 17th game. The previous record was 21 games, done by George Scott in 1966 and tied by Trevor Story in 2016.
  • Milwaukee Brewers minor leaguer Julio Mendez, playing for the AZL Brewers, suffers a heart attack when hit in the chest by a pitch during a game. He is rushed to hospital where he is listed in critical but stable condition. The game is ended prematurely after the accident, which takes place in the 9th.
• 2018:
  • Continuing his torrid hitting since June, the Cardinals' Matt Carpenter ties a club record that dates back to Hall of Famer Joe Medwick in 1937 by hitting four doubles in a 12 - 3 win over the Rockies. He leads off the game with a two-base hit off Tyler Anderson and adds another before the end of the inning as the Cards score six runs with two outs. P Austin Gomber contributes with a two-run single in the inning on his way to notching the win.
  • The Indonesian national team makes its first appearance at the Asian Games. The 2018 Asian Games host is competitive in its debut, losing 7 - 4 to Hong Kong. Hong Kong's Matthew Holliday scores two, drives in two and saves the win for Ka-Ho Sam Leung. Indonesian catcher Faldy Akhmad Zulfikar comes off the bench to go 3 for 3 with a run, getting three of his team's five hits. Chindy Patria Yudharana takes the loss. Meanwhile, defending champion South Korea, armed with the KBO's top stars (including two former big leaguers) is stunned, 2 - 1, by Taiwan as Sheng-Feng Wu, Tsung-Hao Wang and Cheng-Hao Wang stifle the Korean offense except for a homer by Jae-hwan Kim. Meanwhile, 2017 KBO MVP Hyeon-jong Yang serves up a 1st-inning homer to Chia-Yu Lin with Chien-Ming Chiang aboard.
  • Honolulu, HI wins the 2018 Little League World Series with a 3 - 0 shutout of Seoul, South Korea in the final game. Mana Lau Kong hits a leadoff homer before his teammates add two runs in the 3rd in support of Ka'olu Holt, who pitches six innings, as Honolulu completes the tournament with an aggregate score of 29-3.
• 2019 - Led by Marcus Semien who drives in a career-high seven runs, the Athletics set season highs for runs and hits in defeating the Royals, 19 - 4. Josh Phegley has four hits and drives in and scores three runs and Seth Brown singles in his first two career at-bats as Oakland pounds 22 hits, including four homers. Homer Bailey is the beneficiary of all of this hitting, pitching six innings for his 12th win.
• 2020 - Following the lead of the NBA, three major league games are postponed today as teams elect not to play in the wake of protests over the latest police shooting of an African-American man, Jacob Blake, shot seven times in the back in Kenosha, WI a few days ago. Protests take place all over the sports world, with games also cancelled in the Women's National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, and professional tennis. The Brewers' players are the first to announce their decision not to play, following the lead of the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. Their opponents, the Reds, decide to join in, and when they hear of the decision, players on four west coast teams join the movement in solidarity. A number of players also decide to sit out games on an individual basis, including Jason Heyward, Dexter Fowler and Matt Kemp. In a statement, MLB expresses understanding and support for the players' position.
• 2021 - The Yankees win their 12th straight game, their longest winning streak since 1961, by defeating the Athletics, 7 - 6. After the Yankees blow an early lead, Aaron Judge drives in the go-ahead run with a bloop single in the 9th and Aroldis Chapman records his 300th career save.
• 2022:
  • Rookie Julio Rodriguez and the Mariners agree on a huge contract extension for 12 years with options for a possible further five years. The deal is worth a guaranteed $210 million at a minimum, and could reach up to $470 million, which would surpass the largest contract yet, Mike Trout's deal worth $426 million.
  • Draci Brno wins their 23rd Czech Extraliga title, defeating crosstown rival Hrosi Brno, four games to two. In the decisive contest today, Arnošt Dubový has three hits and Pabel Manzanero drives in three in a 6 - 4 win. Filip Čapka throws 5 1/3 shutout innings (2 H, 7 K, 0 BB) for the victory over Kellen Croce.
• 2023 - Chunichi Dragons outfielder Yohei Oshima gets his 2,000th NPB hit, off Kenta Ishida. He joins the meikyukai in his 14th season, tying Isao Harimoto to be the quickest there.

Births

• 1852 - Charles Prince, owner (d. 1943)
• 1869 - Louis Balsz, minor league pitcher (d. 1906)
• 1873 - Chick Fraser, pitcher (d. 1940)
• 1878 - Guy Harrington, minor league outfielder/catcher (d. 1950)
• 1882 - Mickey Corcoran, infielder (d. 1950)
• 1887 - Tom Drohan, pitcher (d. 1926)
• 1889 - Frank Allen, pitcher (d. 1933)
• 1892 - Jesse Barnes, pitcher (d. 1961)
• 1894 - Sparky Adams, infielder (d. 1989)
• 1895 - Axel Lindstrom, pitcher (d. 1940)
• 1899 - Pea Ridge Day, pitcher (d. 1934)
• 1906 - Elmer Klumpp, catcher (d. 1996)
• 1909 - Gene Moore, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1978)
• 1911 - C.B. Griffin, outfielder (d. 1991)
• 1913 - Hank Helf, catcher (d. 1984)
• 1914 - Al Cuccinello, infielder (d. 2004)
• 1915 - Heinz Becker, infielder (d. 1991)
• 1916 - Adrian Zabala, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1917 - George Barnicle, pitcher (d. 1990)
• 1917 - Peanuts Davis, pitcher (d. 1973)
• 1917 - Henry Richardson, pitcher (d. 1981)
• 1920 - Leroy Gass, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1921 - Doris Barr, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1923 - Marvin Milkes, general manager (d. 1982)
• 1924 - Alex Kellner, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1996)
• 1924 - Wilber McCullough, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
• 1925 - Bob Cummins, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
• 1925 - Billy DeMars, infielder (d. 2020)
• 1926 - Frank Barnes, pitcher
• 1929 - Tom Poholsky, pitcher (d. 2001)
• 1934 - Brad Kohler, scout (d. 2014)
• 1934 - Mary O'Meara, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 2014)
• 1935 - Al Silvera, outfielder (d. 2002)
• 1939 - Rudy Serrett, minor league pitcher
• 1941 - Fred Wenz, pitcher (d. 2020)
• 1946 - Zelman Jack, minor league infielder (d. 1971)
• 1952 - Graham Ward, Australian national team infielder
• 1955 - Fumihiro Yamamoto, Japanese national team infielder
• 1956 - George Bjorkman, catcher
• 1957 - Alex Trevino, catcher
• 1958 - Gino Gentile, minor league outfielder
• 1961 - Angel Hernandez, umpire
• 1961 - Jeff Parrett, pitcher
• 1964 - Chad Kreuter, catcher
• 1965 - Luis Martinez, minor league infielder and manager
• 1965 - Carlos Quintana, infielder
• 1965 - Jeff Richardson, infielder
• 1966 - Brian Morrison, scout
• 1966 - Victor Rosario, infielder
• 1967 - Juan Manrique, Cuban league catcher
• 1967 - Shinji Sasaoka, NPB pitcher and manager
• 1968 - Brian Bark, pitcher
• 1969 - Ricky Bottalico, pitcher; All-Star
• 1969 - Ken Grundt, pitcher
• 1970 - Yukinaga Maeda, NPB pitcher
• 1972 - Anito Encarnacion, minor league player
• 1973 - Mark Budzinski, outfielder
• 1973 - Norlis Concepción, Cuban league catcher
• 1973 - Satoshi Funaki, NPB pitcher
• 1975 - Morgan Ensberg, infielder; All-Star
• 1975 - Michael Johns, minor league infielder and manager
• 1975 - Troy Mattes, pitcher
• 1975 - Ben Slemmer, minor league infielder
• 1976 - Geoff Geary, pitcher
• 1976 - Alex Sanchez, outfielder
• 1977 - Agustin Montero, pitcher
• 1977 - Allan Simpson, pitcher
• 1979 - Greg Bochy, minor league infielder
• 1979 - Doug Lantz, minor league player
• 1979 - Terrence McClain, minor league outfielder
• 1979 - Miriëldo Trinidad, Netherlands Antilles national team outfielder
• 1979 - Charlie Zink, pitcher
• 1980 - Brendan Harris, infielder
• 1980 - Jesus Soto, minor league player
• 1981 - Bubba Nelson, minor league pitcher
• 1982 - Willy Guedez, Venezuelan national team pitcher
• 1982 - Brian Stitt, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Francisco Cordoba, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Masato Okawara, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1984 - Kyle Kendrick, pitcher
• 1984 - Brian Peacock, minor league catcher
• 1985 - Bobby Bell, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Eric Fryer, catcher
• 1985 - Tim Kiely, minor league pitcher
• 1985 - Darin Mastroianni, outfielder
• 1985 - David Price, pitcher; All-Star
• 1986 - Xavier Cedeno, pitcher
• 1986 - Luis Marte, pitcher
• 1986 - Brett Wallace, infielder
• 1987 - Ryan Brasier, pitcher
• 1987 - Greg Halman, outfielder (d. 2011)
• 1987 - Cale Johnson, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Héctor Acuña, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Elvis Andrus, infielder; All-Star
• 1988 - Mario Hollands, pitcher
• 1988 - K.C. Judge, minor league outfielder
• 1988 - Joe Leonard, minor league infielder
• 1988 - Danijel Levak, Croatian national team pitcher
• 1988 - Gregorio Rosario, minor league player
• 1988 - Kevin van Veen, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• 1988 - Xiaotian Zhang, Chinese national team infielder
• 1989 - Rossmel Perez, minor league catcher
• 1990 - Jamal Austin, minor league outfielder
• 1990 - Daniel Corcino, pitcher
• 1990 - Kyoung-min Hur, KBO infielder
• 1990 - Ruderly Manuel, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• 1990 - Jiovanni Mier, minor league infielder
• 1990 - Cola Phouangkeo, Laotian national team catcher-pitcher
• 1991 - Markus Solbach, minor league pitcher
• 1992 - Cito Culver, minor league infielder
• 1992 - Maikel Franco, infielder
• 1992 - Trevor Gott, pitcher
• 1992 - Artem Kulik, Russian national team pitcher
• 1993 - Akihiro Wakabayashi, NPB infielder
• 1994 - Enelsy Cordoví, Cuban women's national team pitcher
• 1994 - Tyler Wells, pitcher
• 1995 - Ranger Suarez, pitcher
• 1996 - Luis Alejandro Basabe, minor league infielder
• 1996 - Luis Alexander Basabe, outfielder
• 1996 - Jean Carlos Mejia, pitcher
• 1996 - Justin Wylie, minor league infielder
• 1997 - Jacob Dean, Great Britain national team outfielder
• 1998 - Brusdar Graterol, pitcher
• 1999 - Spencer Torkelson, infielder
• 2002 - Lucas da Silva, Brazilian national team infielder

Deaths

• 1909 - William Bedford, Negro League infielder (b. 1885)
• 1921 - Henry Oberbeck, outfielder (b. 1858)
• 1928 - Snake Wiltse, pitcher (b. 1871)
• 1939 - Nelson Dean, pitcher (b. 1899)
• 1941 - Stoney McGlynn, pitcher (b. 1872)
• 1947 - Hugh McQuillan, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1948 - Rip Cannell, outfielder (b. 1880)
• 1955 - Sol White, manager; Hall of Fame (b. 1868)
• 1968 - John Kroner, infielder (b. 1908)
• 1970 - Eddie Rommel, pitcher (b. 1897)
• 1972 - Danny MacFayden, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1975 - Eddie Snead, pitcher (b. 1910)
• 1979 - Dizzy Sutherland, pitcher (b. 1922)
• 1984 - Bill Trotter, pitcher (b. 1908)
• 1985 - Stu Clarke, infielder (b. 1906)
• 1985 - Dick Wakefield, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1921)
• 2000 - Ed Rakow, pitcher (b. 1935)
• 2003 - James Keelty, owner (b. 1911)
• 2007 - Chuck Comiskey, owner (b. 1925)
• 2010 - Cal McLish, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1925)
• 2014 - Bob Simpson, minor league pitcher (b. 1932)
• 2015 - Ian MacDonald, writer (b. 1928)
• 2016 - Joe DeMaestri, infielder; All-Star (b. 1928)
• 2016 - Steve Korcheck, catcher (b. 1932)
• 2017 - Andy Torgeson, minor league outfielder (b. 1949)
• 2018 - Dan Lynk, minor league infielder (b. 1933)
• 2019 - Tom Jordan, catcher (b. 1919)
• 2019 - Yasuyuki Miyazaki, Japanese national team infielder (b. 1930)
• 2021 - Dale Willis, pitcher (b. 1936)
• 2022 - Pete Burnside, pitcher (b. 1930)