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Events

• 1884 - New York Gothams pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out the first nine Cleveland Blues hitters to face him, establishing a major league record that still stands.
• 1903:
  • At South End Grounds, New York outhits the Beaneaters to win, 12 - 6. Christy Mathewson wins his 26th, allowing three runs in the 1st and 9th innings. John Malarkey is the losing pitcher for Boston.
  • Cleveland and St. Louis players escape serious injury when their train derails near Napoleon, OH.
• 1905 - The Giants beat the Cards, 8 - 1, with Christy Mathewson outpitching Jake Thielman. New York leads the Pirates by 8 1/2 games.
• 1907 - Highlander pitcher Tex Neuer, begins baseball's most successful short career by besting the Red Sox 1 - 0 in his first start, the nitecap of a doubleheader. In one month he will pitch six complete games, win four, including three shutouts, and then disappear from the major league scene. In the first game, Boston's Cy Young wins his 20th game, defeating the Highlanders, 5 - 3.
• 1908:
  • The Senators give some support to Walter Johnson, scoring eight runs against Cleveland to win 8 - 0. Johnson's last outing was a 1 - 0 loss to the Tigers on the 24th.
  • The Red Sox replace manager Deacon McGuire with Fred Lake.
• 1909:
  • In the first of two games at South Side Park, Dolly Gray of Washington enters the record book by walking eight White Sox in the 2nd inning, with seven of the walks in a row (both major league records). The six runs scored are enough for a 6 - 4 Chicago win, although they manage only one hit against Dolly. Leading off the 2nd, Patsy Dougherty logs the only hit, and when he bats again in the inning, manager Billy Sullivan suggests he go to the plate without a bat. For Dougherty, this is the third of four times he'll have the only hit in a game.
  • In New York, the matchup between Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson fizzles when the Cubs score four runs in the first two innings. Matty is lifted and Brown wins the game, 6 - 1.
• 1912 - The Red Sox have only 50 at bats - a major-league record for fewest at bats in a twinbill - in a doubleheader with Chicago, but they make them count. Boston wins, 5 - 3 and 3 - 0.
• 1913 - Walter Johnson's 14-game winning streak is ended, although it takes Boston 11 innings to beat him 1 - 0. Boston manages a 2nd-inning single by Steve Yerkes and doesn't have another baserunner until Yerkes singles again in the 11th, and reaches third as the ball goes through the legs of CF Clyde Milan. A fielder's choice and a single win it. Johnson strikes out ten, including five in a row, and walks none.
• 1915 - In the first of two at Cleveland, the Red Sox win 5 - 3 behind Babe Ruth and Carl Mays,
• 1916 - The Giants send veteran Larry Doyle to the Cubs, along with Herb Hunter, for 3B Heinie Zimmerman and SS Mickey Doolan. The move allows Buck Herzog to shift to 2B.
• 1917 - The Cards rally for four runs off Grover Alexander to beat the Phils, 6 - 5. Gene Paulette's steal of home is the capper.
• 1918 - Tris Speaker is suspended for the remainder of the season because of his assault on umpire Tom Connolly following a dispute at home plate in a game in Philadelphia.
• 1921:
  • At Chicago, Boston's Sam Jones wins his 20th game, beating the White Sox, 6 - 5, in 11 innings.
  • Jimmy Dykes handles an American League-record 17 chances at 2B for the A's, as they beat St. Louis 12 - 4.
  • Despite three doubles by Babe Ruth, the Tigers drop the Yankees, 7 - 3. Ruth starts a record streak in which he gets at least one extra-base hit in nine straight games. Into the record books go his 119 extra-base hits, 177 runs, and 457 total bases. His .846 slugging average is one point behind that of a year ago.
• 1924 - Despite Babe Ruth's two home runs, the Senators beat the Yankees 11 - 6 and move into first place. The Yankees will tie them for two days in September, but otherwise the Senators stay on top till the end.
• 1925 - Although the Baker Bowl is considered a bandbox by some, the aggressive Kiki Cuyler of the Pirates hits two inside-the-park home runs there in a victory over the Phils.
• 1926 - The Indians use the same lineup in two victories over the Red Sox, including Dutch Levsen, who pitches the 6 - 1 and 5 - 1 sweep. He strikes out none.
• 1929 - Donie Bush resigns as Pirates manager; coach Jewel Ens replaces him.
• 1930:
  • Brooklyn beats up on Giants ace Carl Hubbell, scoring seven runs in the 6th inning, en route to a win, 8 - 7. Dazzy Vance is the victor.
  • The Cards outlast the league-leading Cubs, 8 - 7, in a 20-inning game at Wrigley Field. Andy High's single scores the winning run, even though High is tagged out trying to reach second base. Taylor Douthit's run is ruled to have scored before the out. Hack Wilson leaves the game with a strained back after a big swing.
• 1932 - Due to the anticipation of an eclipse, the Red Sox complete a game several days earlier than scheduled with the Indians and beat the Tribe in 11 innings, 4 - 3. Three days later, Fenway Park goes dark for twenty minutes during the solar event.
• 1936 - The Giants win their 15th in a row, beating Pittsburgh 7 - 4 in 14 innings. First base coach Bill Terry inserts himself as a pinch hitter and delivers a bases-loaded single to break the 1 - 1 tie in the 14th. The streak will be stopped the next day by Red Lucas.
• 1937 - Van Mungo is suspended indefinitely for insubordination after rejecting the Dodger trainer's program to cure his sore arm.
• 1938 - On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader from the White Sox, setting a league record by playing their seventh successive twin bill in eight days.
• 1939 - Cleveland OF Jeff Heath punches a taunting fan leaning over the railing, but the umpires miss the incident and he goes unpunished.
• 1940:
  • The Cubs recall Dizzy Dean from Dallas and release Billy Rogell.
  • Homestead Grays (Negro League) P Ray Brown earns his 27th consecutive victory over a two-year span when he shuts out the Baltimore Elite Giants 5 - 0 on a three-hitter. The win raises his record to 12-0 for the season.
• 1942 - Dodger Pete Reiser, hitless in his last 13 trips and with his batting average down 35 points in six weeks, enters the hospital with a torn thigh ligament.
• 1945 - Against the Phillies, Brooklyn's teenage SS Tommy Brown hits a triple and then steals home sliding under a high pitch by Rene Monteagudo. At 17, he is the youngest to pull off a home steal. The Dodgers win, 7 - 1, for their 13th win in 14 games.
• 1948:
  • Vern Stephens is 4 for 4 with two doubles to pace the Red Sox to a 6 - 2 decision over Chicago. Ellis Kinder (6-7) is the only starter not to collect a hit for the first-place Sox.
  • The Yanks stroll into second-place by edging the Indians, 3 - 2. Ahead 2 - 1, Sam Zoldak wilts in the 98-degree weather and Gene Bearden replaces him in the 9th. Joe DiMaggio is hit, and two wild throws brings in Ed Klieman, who finishes the walk to Yogi Berra. A Bobby Brown sac bunt and an intentional pass to Phil Rizzuto load the bases. Cliff Mapes walks to force a run and a grounder brings home the winner.
  • The Phils snap their ten-game losing streak with a pair of victories over the Pirates, 9 - 2 and 11 - 7. Del Ennis and Andy Seminick homer in the opener to back Schoolboy Rowe. Ennis hits pair in the second game, Seminick adds another, as do Eddie Miller, Granny Hamner - his first of the year - and Al Lakeman. But the Phils lose star Richie Ashburn, who breaks a finger on his left hand.
• 1950:
  • Earle and Roy Mack, Connie's sons by his first marriage, purchase 54 percent interest in the Athletics from Connie Mack, Jr., their younger brother from a second marriage. Earle, Roy and Connie Mack now own 1,198 shares out of 1,500. "As long as dad wants to manage," the two announce, "he will continue to manage."
  • At Fenway Park the Red Sox come back from 10 - 0 and 12 - 1 deficits to beat the Indians, 15 - 14. Bob Feller is the loser, this time in his only relief appearance of the season, coming in for starter Bob Lemon, the American League's winningest pitcher. Dom DiMaggio's two triples and a single pace the offense. It is the second day in a row the Tribe has blown a big lead, losing a seven-run advantage yesterday.
  • At Wrigley Field, Hank Sauer socks three consecutive home runs off Curt Simmons, as the Cubs edge the Phillies, 7 - 5, in the first game. Sauer will connect for three homers off Simmons once more, in 1952. Knuckleballer Dutch Leonard, in his only start of the year, is today's winner. The Phils then take the nitecap, 9 - 5, to move 5 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers.
• 1951:
  • The Indians triumph over the A's, 1 - 0, on Bob Kennedy's homer off Sam Zoldak. It is Sam's second 1 - 0 loss to the Tribe. Early Wynn wins his 15th to keep the Indians a game ahead of New York, 7 - 5 winners in ten innings at St. Louis.
  • The Pirates end the Giants' 16-game winning streak defeating New York, 2 - 0. Due to the consecutive victories, Leo Durocher and his club were able to narrow the Dodgers' lead from 13 1/2 to six games.
  • The Dodgers edge the visiting Reds, 3 - 1, behind rookie Clem Labine. Duke Snider provides the offense off Howie Fox with a single and two-run homer, the latter breaking a tie in the 8th.
  • The Braves sell P Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 and a young pitcher named Lew Burdette. It is another late-season insurance measure for the New Yorkers.
• 1952 - The Brooklyn Dodgers set the National League mark for consecutive games with a double play, with 23.
• 1956 - The Giants sign 17-year-old lefty Mike McCormick to a bonus contract.
• 1958 - White Sox 2B Nellie Fox sets a record for consecutive games without striking out (98).
• 1959:
  • Before 70,938 fans in Cleveland, the first-place White Sox top the second-place Indians, 7 - 3, behind the pitching of Bob Shaw. The Tribe now trail by 2 1/2 games.
  • A two-out, bases-empty inside-the-park homer to deepest center field at Forbes Field by Roberto Clemente ignites a five-run rally while starting pitcher Vern Law, as the Pirates administers a 9 - 0 whitewashing to Philadelphia.
• 1960:
  • In New York, the Yankees snap a 3 - 3 tie when Mickey Mantle hits a two-run homer in the 5th and Yogi Berra follows with a solo shot. The Yanks top the Tigers, 8 - 5.
  • In Los Angeles, the Reds drop nine runs - six unearned - on the Dodgers in the 1st inning, then get shut out the rest of the way. The Reds win, 9 - 3, behind Bob Purkey.
  • In a battle of New York's chief rivals for the American League pennant, Baltimore's Milt Pappas has Chicago down 3 - 0 in the 8th. An apparent three-run home run by Ted Kluszewski is nullified because umpire Ed Hurley calls time just before Pappas delivers. Hurley spotted Floyd Robinson and Earl Torgeson warming up along the right field sideline. The Sox argue for 15 minutes, with Nellie Fox and Al Lopez being tossed, before Klu hits again and lines out. The O's prevail, 3 - 1, and take over second place, two games behind the Yankees, and the Sox are 3 1/2 back.
• 1961:
  • At LA's Wrigley Field, Baltimore takes advantage of the friendly confines to hit five home runs and beat the Angels 11 - 5. Jack Fisher has a complete game win, despite allowing 12 walks. The game is the last for Paul Richards as the manager for Baltimore. He'll be replaced by Lum Harris on September 1st.
  • At Washington, Rocky Colavito and Al Kaline belt 1st-inning homers as Detroit wins, 7 - 3 to cut New York's lead to 1 1/2 games. Rocky now has 39 homers and 120 RBIs. Jake Wood hits a 6th-inning grand slam to complete the scoring for Detroit.
• 1962:
  • Angels thumpers Lee Thomas, Leon Wagner, and Buck Rodgers hit consecutive home runs in the 4th inning of a 10 - 5 trouncing of Kansas City.
  • At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle connects for a two-run shot in the 4th off Mudcat Grant to give the Yanks a 2 - 1 win over the Indians.
• 1967:
  • Roberto Clemente homers twice, the second a decisive blast off Jay Ritchie in the 10th, to lead Pittsburgh to a 4 - 3 win over Atlanta.
  • Boston signs free agent OF Ken Harrelson following his release by Kansas City. Harrelson reportedly receives a $75,000 bonus and salary package for the remainder of this season and for 1968. Harrelson will homer in his first Boston at-bat but will hit just .200 for the Sox.
• 1969:
  • Detroit OF Jim Northrup goes 6 for 6, the first six-hit game for Detroit since June 24, 1962, as the Tigers beat the A's, 5 - 3. Northrup's sixth hit is a home run over the roof in the bottom of the 13th to win the game.
  • At a press conference, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the publication of The Baseball Encyclopedia and holds up a copy of the 6 1/2 pound book. It will become an unlikely best-seller.
  • Canadian reliever Claude Raymond gains his first win since joining the Expos as they come from behind to beat the Dodgers, 9 - 5. Willie Davis has a pair of singles for LA to stretch his hitting streak to 25 straight games.
• 1970:
  • Cleveland and California split a pair, with the Angels taking the opener, 3 - 2 and the Tribe the nitecap, 5 - 1. Cleveland's Tony Horton plays his last professional game. The 25-year-old budding star, despondent over a batting slump and fans' booing, will be hospitalized for depression.
  • Jerry Reuss allows two hits and the Cards beat the host Dodgers, 1 - 0, when Joe Torre belts a 9th-inning home run off Don Sutton. It is Reuss' second two-hitter this month, having beaten the Expos 4 - 0 on August 9th.
  • Houston's Wade Blasingame continues his mastery of the Mets, winning 2 - 1, his second victory over New York since being recalled from the minors. His record against the Mets is 9-0. Tom Seaver takes the loss.
  • The Giants' Juan Marichal beats the Pirates 5 - 1 for his 200th major league win. Marichal joins Jim Bunning as the only active pitchers with 200 wins.
• 1971:
  • With 34,988 looking on, the Braves spoil "Ron Santo Day" at Wrigley Field by beating Ferguson Jenkins and the Cubs, 4 - 3. Santo is 1 for 3 with a run scored.
  • Phillies' pitcher Rick Wise hits two home runs, including a grand slam, en route to his 7 - 3 defeat of the Giants. Five weeks ago, Wise also hit two round-trippers against the Reds while no-hitting them, 4 - 0.
• 1974:
  • The Pirates move 1 1/2 games in front of the Cardinals by winning their sixth straight game, a 3 - 1 win at San Francisco. Ed Kirkpatrick's two-out double in the 11th wins it.
  • The Orioles lose to the Rangers, 4 - 2, dropping their record to 65-65, eight games behind the front-running Red Sox.
• 1976 - Dave Concepcion hits a two-run single in the bottom of the 9th and the Reds tip the Phillies, 8 - 7.
• 1977:
  • In a game the Orioles win, 6 - 1, Angel hurler Nolan Ryan strikes out 11 batters to reach the 300 strikeout season mark for the fifth time in his career.
  • On his 27th birthday, Ron Guidry of the Yankees fires his third shutout of the year, blanking the Texas Rangers, 1 - 0, at Yankee Stadium. Guidry faces just 28 batters, allowing two hits. Graig Nettles scores the winning run after belting as triple.
  • Steve Garvey has a career game with five extra-base hits, five runs, and five RBI, as the Dodgers blast the Cardinals 11 - 0. Garvey's barrage includes three doubles and two home runs.
• 1978 - The Mariners and Red Sox combine for 16 extra-base hits in the Red Sox's 10 - 9 victory. The Sox, down 9 - 7 in the 9th, start a rally when Fred Lynn lines his fifth hit of the game. Lynn scores on an error and Butch Hobson drives home the winner with a two-run double. Jim Rice hits his 34th homer, Jack Brohamer adds four hits, and Bob Stanley wins his 12th against one loss. The Sox lose Dwight Evans in the 7th when he is beaned by a Mike Parrott pitch, but X-Rays show no fracture however.
• 1979 - The Dodgers release P Andy Messersmith, ending his 12-year career with a 130-99 record and 2.86 ERA.
• 1981:
  • Cleveland's John Denny shuts out Seattle, 1 - 0.
  • Tim Laudner becomes the second Twins player in four days, after Kent Hrbek, to homer in his first major league game, a 6 - 0 win over the Tigers.
• 1983:
  • Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to park three home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park, connecting off Boston's Oil Can Boyd in a 6 - 2 Chicago victory. Jimmie Foxx and Ted Williams each accomplished the feat twice.
  • The Indians trade pitcher Len Barker to the Braves for Rick Behenna, cash, and two players to be named later. The two turn out to be OF Brett Butler and 3B Brook Jacoby.
• 1987 - Mike Schmidt continues to climb baseball's all-time home run list, passing both Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with the 522nd of his career in an 8 - 1 win over San Diego.
• 1989:
  • Frank Viola and the Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and the Dodgers, 1 - 0, in the first-ever regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners.
  • Jim Dwyer changes uniforms again as the Twins trade him to Montreal for Alonzo Powell. Dwyer will come back to the Twins in January for a minor leaguer.
• 1990 - Ryne Sandberg homers to become the first second baseman to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons as the Cubs beat the Astros, 5 - 2.
• 1991:
  • The Mets trade P Alejandro Pena to the Braves for P Tony Castillo and a player to be named later.
  • Cincinnati's Tom Browning defeats Montreal's Dennis Martinez, 11 - 3, in the first matchup of perfect game hurlers in 25 years. Sandy Koufax and Jim Bunning were the last such pair to meet, on October 2, 1966.
  • Jim Eppard of the Salinas Spurs of the California League plays all nine positions as the Spurs defeat the San Bernardino Spirit, 2 - 1. Eppard gets credit for the win by pitching a scoreless 5th inning. The former California Angels OF becomes one of the few left-handers to play every position in a single game.
• 1992:
  • In a 22 - 2 rout, the Blue Jays pitching staff yields 31 hits, of which 22 are singles, to help the Brewers set an American League record.
  • The Padres outslug the Pirates, 11 - 6, with Fred McGriff collecting three hits and providing the longest home run in the majors this season at 473 feet. It is Fred's 30th. Gary Sheffield adds his 28th.
• 1993:
  • Texas OF Juan Gonzalez hits three home runs in the Rangers' 11 - 1 win over the Orioles.
  • The Mets sign P Kirk Presley, their top pick in this year's amateur draft, for $960,000. The pitcher is a distant cousin of Elvis Presley. In 1999, Gerry Hunsicker will recall his decision to draft Presley: "I didn't make one of the brightest decisions of my career when I passed on a young pitcher out of Ferrum College (Billy Wagner) and chose another who never got out of A ball."
  • Long Beach, CA becomes the first U.S. team to repeat as Little League World Series champions, beating Panama, 3 - 2. Long Beach, led by Jeff Burroughs's son, Sean Burroughs, is just the third team to repeat as champs: Seoul, South Korea in 1984-1985 and Monterrey, Mexico, in 1957-1958 are the other repeaters.
• 1996:
  • Seattle's 10 - 2 win over the visiting Yankees is delayed ten minutes by a bench-clearing brawl in the 8th inning following a close pitch by M's rookie Tim Davis. Seattle's John Marzano and New York's Paul O'Neill and Jeff Nelson all receive two-game suspensions, with the New Yorkers each getting fined $1,000. Nelson opened the 8th by plunking Joey Cora.
  • Vinny Castilla reaches the 100-RBI plateau, joining teammates Andres Galarraga, Ellis Burks, and Dante Bichette. Not since the Cubs and Phillies of 1929 has a team had four players reach the mark.
  • The Braves acquire P Denny Neagle, who passes waivers, from the Pirates in exchange for minor leaguers Ron Wright and Corey Pointer, and a player to be named (Jason Schmidt). The Bucs will save some more bucks in two days, dealing veteran 3B Charlie Hayes.
• 1998:
  • The Mariners clout three home runs in a 10 - 3 loss to the Yankees, making them the first team in history to reach the 200-home run mark for a season in three consecutive years. Shane Monahan, Russ Davis, and Rob Ducey each belts a solo round-tripper for Seattle.
  • Tied with the Indians at 6 - 6 going into the 10th inning, the Athletics score eight runs for a 14 - 6 win. 1B Jason Giambi's three-run homer is the big blast in the frame.
  • The Angels obtain the oft-injured Gregg Jefferies from the Phillies in exchange for a player to be named.
  • Juan Gonzalez, Will Clark, and Ivan Rodriguez hit successive home runs in the 4th inning of the Rangers' 6 - 5 win over the White Sox in the first game of a twinbill. Chicago takes the nightcap, 8 - 7, as the two teams combine to hit 14 home runs in the doubleheader to tie an American League record.
  • The Cubs defeat the Rockies, 10 - 5, as Sammy Sosa hits homer #53 for Chicago.
• 1999 - The Red Sox defeat the Angels, 7 - 6. With Tim Wakefield and Steve Sparks as the starting pitchers, the game is believed to be the 27th matchup of knuckleballers in major league history.
• 2000:
  • The Athletics defeat the White Sox, 3 - 0, as Tim Hudson hurls a one-hitter. Frank Thomas' 4th-inning single is the only hit.
  • The Players' association exercises its option to extend the Collective bargaining agreement, ensuring labor peace through October 31, 2001. The expected move comes as no surprise as the players appear to be happy with the November 1996 deal, but the owners have expressed concerns the present CBA has widened the talent gap between the high and low-revenue markets due to escalating salaries.
• 2001:
  • Seattle OF Ichiro Suzuki reaches 200 hits for the season as the Mariners fall to the Devil Rays, 6 - 0. By going 2 for 3, Suzuki becomes only the third American League rookie to reach 200 hits since 1964.
  • The Marlins defeat the Cubs, 4 - 3, despite Sammy Sosa's 52nd home run. The blast gives Sosa a share of the National League record for home runs in August, tying the mark set by Willie Mays in 1965. He also ties Babe Ruth for the most homers in seven consecutive seasons: the Babe hit 343 between 1926 and 1932. Mark McGwire has hit 338 homers from 1995 through this year.
  • Alex Rodriguez becomes the ninth player, and the second shortstop, in major league history to hit 40 home runs in four consecutive seasons. The first shortstop to reach the plateau was Hall of Fame member Ernie Banks, who accomplished the feat from 1957 to 1960 for the Chicago Cubs.
• 2002:
  • Odalis Perez of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a solo homer, off Arizona's Rick Helling, for the only run of the game. He is the first pitcher (and the 12th ever) since Bob Welch in 1983 to hit a solo homer for the only run. The game also marked the beginning of Eric Gagné's record streak of 84 consecutive saves.
  • The Cardinals obtain P Jamey Wright from the Brewers in exchange for minor league OF Chris Morris and cash.
• 2003 - Jose Reyes becomes the youngest player in major league history to hit a home run from each side of the plate. The 20-year-old shortstop accounts for all the Mets' runs, hitting a solo shot right-handed off Mike Hampton in 5th inning and a two-run dinger lefty off Trey Hodges in the 9th, as New York beats the Braves, 3 - 1.
• 2005 - Down three runs against the Netherlands Antilles in Williamsport, PA, Hawaii stages an improbable comeback, tying the game at 6 - 6 in the bottom of the 6th inning to force only the third extra-inning championship game in the Little League World Series, and the first since 1971. The Ewa Beach bunch beats the Caribbean champs, 7 - 6, as catcher Michael Memea hits a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 7th inning.
• 2009:
  • The Angels acquire Scott Kazmir, the winningest pitcher in Tampa Bay Rays history, in a trade for P Alex Torres, IF Matt Sweeney and a player to be named later (IF Sean Rodriguez). Also on the trade front, Minnesota obtains reliever Jon Rauch from the Diamondbacks for a player to be named later.
  • Pinch-hitting in the 6th inning, John Hester hits a home run in his first major league at bat to help Arizona beat Houston, 14 - 7. He hits the homer off Wilton Lopez, who is also making his major league debut.
• 2010 - Tim Hudson sets a career high with 13 strikeouts in a 12 - 3 Braves win over the Marlins, snapping a four-game losing streak. The Braves give him an early lead with a six-run 2nd inning highlighted by Matt Diaz's home run and Brian McCann's three-run double.
• 2011:
  • David Price sets a Tampa Bay franchise record with 14 strikeouts in seven innings in the Rays' 12 - 0 rout of the Blue Jays. Desmond Jennings sets the tone by homering on the first pitch of the game from Brandon Morrow, then Sean Rodriguez and he go back-to-back in the 2nd inning. Two Rays relievers strike out four more batters over the last two innings, for a total of 18 whiffs on the day.
  • Zack Greinke improves to 10-0 at home this season as the Brewers beat the Cubs, 3 - 2, to complete a three-game sweep. The Brewers have won 24 of 26 games in August to run away with the NL Central lead, which now stands at 10 1/2 games in front of the Cardinals.
  • Huntington Beach, CA takes the 2011 Little League World Series title with a 2 - 1 walk-off victory over Hamamatsu of Japan. 1B Nick Pratto singles in the winning run with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 6th.
  • The US wins the 2011 World Youth Championship with a 9 - 0 shutout of Cuba. It gives the US five Gold Medals, breaking a tie with Cuba for the most in the history of the World Youth Championship. Keegan Thompson tosses a four-hit, 12-strikeout gem while getting four hits of his own at the plate. US catcher Zachary Collins wins MVP honors with 16 RBI and three home runs for the tourney.
• 2012 - San Francisco scores twice in the 9th inning on pinch hits by Joaquin Arias and Hector Sanchez to defeat the Astros, 3 - 2. SS Brandon Crawford makes a tremendous catch in the 1st inning when Jason Castro pops up a ball into foul territory. 3B Pablo Sandoval races to get under the ball, but falls over, still managing to get his glove on the ball to deflect it upwards. Crawford then dives in behind him, snaring the ball inches off the ground for the rare assisted putout on a pop-up. The Giants are now 3 1/2 games up on the Dodgers in the NL West, their biggest lead of the year.
• 2013:
  • In his first game as a member of the Pirates, OF Marlon Byrd hits a three-run homer to lead his new team to a 7 - 1 win over the Brewers. Charlie Morton is the winner over Tom Gorzelanny as the Bucs pull back within a half game of the Cardinals in the NL Central.
  • The Athletics collect a season-high 21 hits as they defeat the Tigers, 14 - 4. Brandon Moss hits a pair of homers and drives in 6. Dan Straily is the winner and Brett Anderson picks up his first career save.
• 2014 - Journeyman pitcher Yusmeiro Petit of the Giants sets a new major league mark when he begins a spot start against the Rockies by retiring the first eight batters of the game. He had entered the contest having retired the last 38 batters he had faced over seven appearances, dating back to July 22nd. His third out of the day ties the National League mark of 41 held by Jim Barr, and each out after that increases it. When he strikes out Jackson Williams to lead off the 3rd, he ties the major league record of 45 set by Mark Buehrle in 2009; he then sets a new record of 46 when he strikes out Charlie Culberson. The next batter, P Jordan Lyles, ends the streak with a double to left. Petit ends up giving up a single run in six innings and gets credit for the 4 - 1 win.
• 2015 - The Mariners fire General Manager Jack Zduriencik after eight seasons during which the team failed to reach the postseason. He is replaced on an interim basis by his assistant, Jeff Kingston.
• 2016:
  • The Maine-Endwell team from New York defeats the team from Seoul, South Korea in the finale of the 2016 Little League World Series, 2 - 1.
  • Josh Donaldson has the first three-homer game of his career to lead the Blue Jays to a 9 - 6 win over Minnesota. His second shot, off Pat Light in the 7th, puts Toronto ahead to stay, while after his third, off Alex Wimmers in the 8th, fans at Rogers Centre deluge the field with hats, hockey-style. The Jays maintain a hold on first place in the AL East with the win, but for the Twins, it's a tenth straight loss.
  • The Rouen Huskies win their 12th French Division I title in the past 14 years. They top the Templiers de Sénart, three games to one. In today's Game 4, Marc-André Habeck and Anthony Piquet allow one run in a 5 - 1 win, while Jonathan Mottay takes the loss. Maxime Lefevre has three hits and two RBI while Dylan Gleeson scores two. Oscar Combes is the finals MVP.
• 2020 - Because Jackie Robinson Day, normally celebrated on April 15th, was shut out by the Coronavirus pandemic this year, it is rescheduled today, on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington. It takes place amidst nationwide questioning on racial relations, following the brutal shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI earlier in the week, and the Astros and Athletics elect not to play, staging instead a brief ceremony in Robinson's honor, following in the steps of other MLB teams and other sports who have done the same over the past two days. The producers of the film 42 had made a $4.2 million donation of medical equipment for the African-American community on the original day, but today everyone is saddened upon hearing of the passing at 43 of actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in the 2013 film.
• 2022 - The team from Honolulu, HI defeats Willemstad, 13 - 3, in the championship game of the 2022 Little League World Series to claim the fourth title for a team from the 50th state. Willemstad takes the early lead with a 1st-inning run - the first and only time Honolulu trails in a game all tournament - but their opponents reply with a pair of homers in the bottom of the inning and are off to the races. Honolulu outscored its opponents 60-5 in its six games in a dominating performance.
• 2023:
  • José Altuve hits for the cycle to lead the Astros to a 13 - 5 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, homering over the Green Monster in the 9th inning to complete the feat, the first by an Astros player since 2013. He goes 4 for 6 with four runs and as many RBIs, and teammate Yordan Alvarez is 4 for 4 with four RBIs as well. In the 6th inning, the Astros score six runs off Kyle Barraclough with only three hits, including a homer by Alvarez and a triple by Altuve, as he walks four and plunks two other batters.
  • Royce Lewis becomes the first player in Twins history to hit grand slams in consecutive games when he connects off the Guardians' Xzavion Curry in the 2nd inning of a 10 - 6 win, one day after doing so in the 6th inning of a 7 - 6 win over the Rangers.

Births

• 1843 - Bob Reach, infielder (d. 1922)
• 1861 - Charlie Reising, outfielder; umpire (d. 1915)
• 1873 - Tinti Molina, Negro League owner and manager (d. 1961)
• 1873 - Bill Stuart, infielder (d. 1928)
• 1874 - George Bone, infielder (d. 1918)
• 1875 - Joe Yeager, infielder (d. 1937)
• 1876 - Doc Hazelton, infielder (d. 1941)
• 1877 - Ben Beville, pitcher (d. 1937)
• 1880 - Buck Hooker, pitcher (d. 1929)
• 1881 - Dode Paskert, outfielder (d. 1959)
• 1882 - Garnet Bush, umpire (d. 1919)
• 1891 - Byron Houck, pitcher (d. 1969)
• 1892 - Braggo Roth, outfielder (d. 1936)
• 1894 - Bob Smith, owner (d. 1973)
• 1895 - Dick Whitworth, pitcher (d. 1966)
• 1896 - Aaron Ward, infielder (d. 1961)
• 1898 - Charlie Grimm, infielder, manager (d. 1983)
• 1898 - Willis Moody, outfielder (d. 1985)
• 1902 - Art Jacobs, pitcher (d. 1967)
• 1902 - Wally Roettger, outfielder (d. 1951)
• 1907 - Paul Dixon, outfielder (d. 1994)
• 1908 - Don Savidge, pitcher (d. 1983)
• 1910 - Jack Peerson, infielder (d. 1966)
• 1911 - Howie Haak, scout (d. 1999)
• 1912 - Goody Rosen, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1994)
• 1913 - Johnie Scott, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1967)
• 1918 - Skinner Belfield, pinch-hitter (d. 1995)
• 1918 - Jeff Cross, infielder (d. 1997)
• 1918 - Ronnie Miller, pitcher (d. 1998)
• 1918 - Paul Bowa, minor league infielder (d. 1994)
• 1919 - Charlie Marshall, catcher (d. 2007)
• 1921 - Cliff Aberson, outfielder (d. 1973)
• 1921 - Bill Bradford, pitcher (d. 2000)
• 1922 - Ray Malgradi, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 2013)
• 1922 - Jack Paepke, coach (d. 2014)
• 1925 - Johnny Pramesa, catcher (d. 1996)
• 1926 - Bob Trice, pitcher (d. 1988)
• 1933 - Charles Xiques, minor league outfielder (d. 2020)
• 1936 - Don Denkinger, umpire (d. 2023)
• 1936 - Tony Gonzalez, outfielder (d. 2021)
• 1937 - Bob Hartman, pitcher (d. 2010)
• 1938 - Billy Cowan, outfielder
• 1938 - Dick LeMay, pitcher (d. 2018)
• 1939 - Bob Fowler, writer (b. 2009)
• 1940 - Tom Satriano, catcher
• 1943 - Lou Piniella, outfielder, manager; All-Star
• 1946 - Agustín Marquetti, Cuban league infielder
• 1946 - Mike Torrez, pitcher
• 1947 - Jimmy Johnson, minor league infielder and manager
• 1948 - Ron Braden, college coach (d. 2012)
• 1950 - Ron Guidry, pitcher; All-Star
• 1951 - Joel Youngblood, outfielder; All-Star
• 1956 - Robert Surplice, Australian national team pitcher
• 1957 - Terumitsu Kumano, NPB outfielder
• 1958 - Scott Lovekamp, scout
• 1961 - Giorgio Castelli, Serie A1 catcher
• 1961 - Bill Groot, Hoofdklasse infielder
• 1961 - Yáder Soto, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
• 1963 - Jeong-hoon Lee, KBO outfielder
• 1967 - Darren Lewis, outfielder
• 1968 - Shawn Holtzclaw, minor league outfielder
• 1970 - Kazutaka Nishiyama, NPB pitcher
• 1971 - Shane Andrews, infielder
• 1971 - Kazuhiko Miyaji, NPB outfielder
• 1972 - Jay Witasick, pitcher
• 1973 - Kit Pellow, outfielder
• 1975 - Reggie Christiansen, college coach
• 1976 - Ryan Schurman, minor league pitcher
• 1977 - Tom Shearn, pitcher
• 1978 - Neven Marinic, Croatian national team outfielder
• 1978 - Yuji Yoshimi, NPB pitcher
• 1979 - Landon Stockman, minor league player
• 1980 - T.J. Beam, pitcher
• 1980 - Ryan Madson, pitcher
• 1981 - Ryan Hannaman, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Jorge Lopez, minor league pitcher
• 1981 - Yuniesky Maya, pitcher
• 1981 - Travis Wong, minor league infielder
• 1982 - Carlos Quentin, outfielder; All-Star
• 1982 - Randy Wells, pitcher
• 1984 - Will Harris, pitcher; All-Star
• 1985 - Casey Erickson, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Tommy Hanson, pitcher (d. 2015)
• 1987 - Justin Howard, minor league infielder
• 1987 - Thierry Letouzé, Austrian national team pitcher
• 1987 - Matt Packer, minor league pitcher
• 1988 - Gary Davison, Great Britain national team player
• 1988 - Kalson Dulei, Palauan national team pitcher
• 1988 - Liu-Ching Huang, CPBL pitcher
• 1988 - Takayuki Kajitani, NPB outfielder
• 1989 - Matt Andriese, pitcher
• 1989 - Matt Dominguez, infielder
• 1991 - Johan Barboza, minor league pitcher
• 1991 - Frank Madan, Cuban league pitcher
• 1991 - Nate Smith, minor league pitcher
• 1993 - Seby Zavala, catcher
• 1994 - Kelvin Gutierrez, infielder
• 1995 - José Gerez, Argentinian national team catcher
• 1996 - Ashe Russell, minor league pitcher
• 1999 - Hisaya Nammoku, Japanese national team catcher
• 1999 - Gregory Santos, pitcher

Deaths

• 1891 - Joe Miller, infielder, manager (b. 1850)
• 1894 - Gracie Pierce, infielder, umpire (b. 1860)
• 1930 - J.P. Kelley, umpire (b. 1848)
• 1936 - Youngy Johnson, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1939 - Ed Flynn, infielder (b. 1864)
• 1939 - Dave Oldfield, catcher (b. 1864)
• 1940 - Charlie Johnson, outfielder (b. 1885)
• 1942 - Bill Rariden, catcher (b. 1888)
• 1948 - Roger Smoot, minor league outfielder (b. 1905)
• 1951 - Billy Lush, outfielder (b. 1873)
• 1951 - Bill Piercy, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1958 - Jean Dubuc, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1958 - Eddie Stack, pitcher (b. 1887)
• 1958 - Sid Womack, catcher (b. 1896)
• 1966 - Yoshio Nakazawa, Koshien Tournament organizer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1883)
• 1976 - Bill Hunnefield, infielder (b. 1899)
• 1977 - Silvio García, infielder; All-Star (b. 1913)
• 1979 - Paul Hardy, catcher (b. 1910)
• 1979 - Earl Pruess, outfielder (b. 1895)
• 1979 - Salvador Taormina, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1922)
• 1980 - Harry Smythe, pitcher (b. 1904)
• 1980 - Jerry Witner, minor league outfielder and manager (b. ~1909)
• 1989 - Fred Waters, pitcher (b. 1927)
• 1990 - Larry Jackson, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1931)
• 1994 - Dain Clay, outfielder (b. 1919)
• 1995 - Juan Rios, infielder (b. 1942)
• 1996 - Al Zarilla, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1919)
• 1997 - Lou Scoffic, outfielder (b. 1913)
• 1998 - Mizuki Kato, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1999 - Johnny Gerlach, infielder (b. 1917)
• 1999 - Dave Pope, outfielder (b. 1921)
• 2011 - George Kress, minor league outfielder (b. 1926)
• 2013 - Edmund Fitzgerald, executive (b. 1926)
• 2013 - Ray Grebey, labor negotiator (b. 1928)
• 2013 - Frank Pulli, umpire (b. 1935)
• 2017 - Walt Fields, scout (b. 1925)
• 2021 - Giraldo González, Cuban league infielder and manager (b. 1958)