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Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 9.

Events

• 1901 - In a split at Boston, Baltimore 3B Jack Dunn is knocked out in game one by a foul ball off his own bat. He will be out of action for a week.
• 1905:
  • Mistaking her husband for a burglar, the mother of minor league outfielder Ty Cobb shoots and kills him, an incident that will be cited as the reason for Cobb's intense desire to succeed. The "Georgia Peach" will make his major league debut with the Tigers later this month.
  • In Pittsburgh, Bill Klem narrowly escapes a beating at the hands of gamblers. The heavily-favored Pirates are down, 5 - 2, in the 9th inning against Boston when a number of Pirates start mocking Klem's flamboyant calls. The rookie umpire chases them down and fines each $10, thereby incurring the wrath of the gamblers, who go looking for Klem. He wisely hides in the ladies' room.
• 1906:
  • In a New England League game, Lynn (MA) outfielder Tom Burke has his skull fractured when he is hit by a pitch thrown by Fall River's Joe Jerger. Two days later, Burke will die from the beaning.
  • The Cubs' Jack Taylor beats Brooklyn, 5 - 3, and posts his 187th consecutive complete game, a major league record. The streak will end in four days when he again pitches against Brooklyn.
  • The Giants stop the Pirates, 6 - 0, with Christy Mathewson and George Ferguson combining for the shutout. Lefty Leifield takes the loss.
• 1910 - Pittsburgh's Babe Adams scatters 11 hits in shutting out Boston, 10 - 0.
• 1911 - In Chicago, the Giants paste the Cubs, 16 - 5, and the Pirates now lead in the National League race for the first time. But it doesn't last, as the Cubs will replace them tomorrow with a 7 - 5 win over the visiting Cardinals. The lead will change 26 times, as the top four teams bounce in and out until the Giants emerge on August 24th and build a 7 1/2 game lead over the Cubs.
• 1913 - In Cincinnati, the Giants coast to a 11 - 2 win over the Reds. Christy Mathewson leaves with a victory after seven innings.
• 1915 - George Cutshaw goes 6 for 6 to lead Brooklyn to a 13 - 0 pasting of the Cubs. He's the first player in 14 years to collect six hits in a game.
• 1916:
  • The Philadelphia A's end their 20-game losing streak when Joe Bush beats the Tigers, 7 - 1.
  • Philadelphia's Grover Alexander allows three hits in edging the Reds, 1 - 0.
• 1918 - Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him "for indifferent play." Chase will be reinstated and play for the Giants in 1919.
• 1921 - The Browns go 19 innings with the Senators before topping Washington, 8 - 6. Browns star George Sisler is 6 for 9 in the game, while Brownie Dixie Davis pitches the distance, allowing 13 hits. Nats star Joe Judge bangs an American League record-tying three triples in the game.
• 1922 - With the score even at six apiece, the Browns score two in the 7th off reliever Walter Johnson to beat the Senators, 8 - 6. The Browns finish an 11-5 home stand.
• 1929 - In Philadelphia, the Cubs roll over the Phils, 12 - 6, to give pitcher Guy Bush his 11th straight win.
• 1930:
  • The A's increase their American League lead with a second straight doubleheader sweep of the White Sox, winning 9 - 2 and 3 - 0. Jimmie Foxx's 32nd homer, with two on in the 8th, gives Ed Rommel the win in the curtain call. The second-place Senators drop a pair to the Indians.
  • John Stone, Detroit OF, doubles in two runs in the 6th inning against Boston as the Tigers win, 3 - 0. Stone has now hit in 23 straight games, but will go hitless in tomorrow's Sunday game at Fenway Park. Vic Sorrell tosses today's shutout.
• 1931 - After the White Sox take the opener, 4 - 2, over the Browns, Dick Coffman pitches the Browns to a 1 - 0 win, allowing on a 5th-inning single by John Kerr. Bob Weiland takes the loss.
• 1936 - The Cubs move back into first place by taking two from Pittsburgh while the Cards lose a pair to Cincinnati.
• 1939 - Yankee third baseman Red Rolfe begins an 18-game scoring streak. The New Hampshire native will score thirty runs during this period of time.
• 1940 - Steve Sundra posts his first win of the year for the Yankees. The Yankees, at 51-51, seem certain to be out of the running for their fifth straight championship. However, they will go 37-15 the rest of the way and actually make the top for a few hours on September 11th. The Yanks will ultimately finish third, losing three straight to the Browns September 15-16th.
• 1942:
  • As a warm-up to the upcoming series at St. Louis with Brooklyn, the Cardinals win their seventh straight, a 7 - 2 win over Pittsburgh behind rookie Johnny Beazley.
  • The Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds, 10 - 8, in 18 innings at Cincinnati. The Reds tie the score in the 9th, 10th, and 12th innings before the Cubs hang on. Stan Hack collects five hits and three runs for Chicago. Both teams combine to notch 25 bases on balls for the match, and the Cubs strand 23 runners, while the Reds leave 21, a major-league record until 1974. Each team uses six pitchers, also a record. The Reds take game two by a 2 - 1 score.
• 1944 - The Browns win their ninth straight game for the second time this season in a 3 - 2 win over the Yankees in New York. They lead by 6 1/2 games. St Louis's other team, the Cardinals, after winning 26 in July, now leads the National League by 16 1/2 games.
• 1946 - All games are played at night for the first time in major league history, four in the American League and four in the National League.
• 1949 - Dom DiMaggio's 34-game hitting streak is on the line against Vic Raschi and the Yankees. Hitless in his first four at bats, Dom hits a sinking line drive in the 8th that his brother Joe catches at his shoetops. The Red Sox win, 6 - 3, to move 5 1/2 games behind the Yankees. Dom had started his streak after going hitless against Raschi.
• 1951:
  • With possible baseball commissioner Douglas MacArthur looking on, the Dodgers top the Giants again, 6 - 5, for their 12th win in 15 games between the two rivals. The two teams combine for a National League record 24 walks.
  • In the Braves' 5 - 4 win over the Phillies, catcher Ebba St. Claire participates in three double plays to tie the major league record. The record will be topped in the American League, but not till 1999 will another National League backstop be in three double plays in a game.
• 1956:
  • Longtime Dodger announcer Connie Desmond resigns from the broadcast booth.
  • The Senators get a license to sell beer at Griffith Stadium.
• 1959 - The Pirates, down 3 - 1 to the Cubs in the 9th, tie the game, then win, 5 - 3, in the 10th. Elroy Face wins in relief to go 15-0. The win is the 11th extra-inning victory in a row for the Pirates.
• 1960:
  • Ted Williams blasts his 19th home run and 511th of his career, off Jim Perry, but the Red Sox lose to the Indians, 6 - 3. Ted's 5th-inning home run ties him with Mel Ott for third on the all-time list.
  • With the fine relief pitching of Lindy McDaniel in the opener and a five-hitter by Curt Simmons in the nitecap, the Cards sweep the Phils, 5 - 4 and 6 - 0. Phillie Tony Taylor ties a major-league record for 2B by going the entire doubleheader (18 innings) without a putout, the first to achieve the feat since Connie Ryan of the Phillies, June 14, 1953.
• 1961:
  • The Dodgers win their 17th out of 20 to stay a game ahead of the Reds, beating the Braves, 8 - 3, Don Drysdale hits a grand slam off Don Nottebart in the 2nd, and allows just four hits while striking out 11. Two of the four hits are homers by Joe Adcock.
  • The Cards beat the Pirates, 4 - 0, with all the Birds' scoring coming on a grand slam by Julian Javier.
  • Cincinnati wins its 16th straight game against Philadelphia as Joey Jay blanks the Phils, 5 - 0. It is the 13th loss in a row for the Quakers, their longest string of defeats since 1936; they've won just one in 19 games. Elio Chacon hits his first major league homer, off Don Ferrarese.
• 1963:
  • Roger Craig's National League record-tying 18-game losing streak (broken by teammate Craig Anderson) ends thanks to Jim Hickman's 9th-inning grand slam off Lindy McDaniel. New York beats the Cubs, 7 - 3. Craig will be on the wrong end of a shutout nine times this year; only Bugs Raymond (11 in 1908) and Walter Johnson (10 in 1909) have had more shutouts thrown at them in a year.
  • The longest game in 12 years, again at Forbes Field, takes place between the Colt 45's and the Pirates. Rain delays the start of the two games by an hour, then Houston outlasts the Bucs, 7 - 6, in 15 innings. The second game is another struggle, this time the Pirates winning, 7 - 6, in 11 innings, on a bases-loaded single by Roberto Clemente. Only 300 fans are on hand when the curtain comes down at 2:30 a.m.
• 1964 - Phillies P Jim Bunning, who pitched a no-hitter in his last start against the Mets, throws another five innings of hitless ball against New York before Joe Christopher beats out a two-out bunt. Bunning wins the game, 6 - 0.
• 1966 - The Braves fire Bobby Bragan (52-59) and install coach Billy Hitchcock as their new manager. In today's game, 52,270 watch as Felipe Alou hits a leadoff home run off Sandy Koufax. The Dodgers tie it, but Eddie Mathews adds a 9th-inning solo home run to beat the Dodgers' ace, 2 - 1.
• 1967:
  • Minnesota's 20-inning, 9 - 7 loss to the Senators is the longest game in Twins history. Ken McMullen's 20th-inning home run wins it for Washington.
  • In a definition of manager's hell, the Carolina League (Class A) Burlington team plays a seven-inning game against Raleigh, and Burlington batters hit into a double play in each inning.
• 1968 - California pitchers plunk Baltimore batters three times in the 7th inning at Memorial Stadium, tying the American League record for hit batsmen in one inning. Baltimore wins, 3 - 0.
• 1969 - The Giants purchase relief P Don McMahon from the Tigers. Tomorrow, he'll give up four runs in the 9th as the Giants lose, 7 - 4, to the Cards.
• 1970 - At Three Rivers Stadium, Willie Stargell hits an 8th-inning homer into the 70-foot high right field upper deck, the first player to hit one up there. The pitch is served up by Mets reliever Ron Taylor. The next two hit up there will also be by Stargell, who will hit four of the first seven; Bob Robertson, Phillie Greg Luzinski, and Bobby Bonilla, in 1987, will also reach the seats. The Pirates win, 8 - 3. Nolan Ryan is the loser, allowing four runs in six innings, allowing three hits, walking seven and striking out ten.
• 1971:
  • The Indians score eight runs in the 5th inning to beat the Cubs, 13 - 5, in the annual Hall of Fame Game. Earlier, the Hall had inducted Satchel Paige and the seven others selected in January.
  • Despite belting six home runs - three by Bill Freehan, two by Willie Horton, one by Aurelio Rodriguez - at Fenway Park, the Tigers lose to the Red Sox, 12 - 11. The Sox have only one homer, a grand slam by Bob Montgomery. Rico Petrocelli's pinch single with two outs in the 9th drives home the winner.
• 1972 - The Cardinals' Ted Simmons finally signs his contract for this season, although he has been playing all year. He is believed to be the first major league player to play without a contract.
• 1975 - Davey Lopes steals his 32nd consecutive base without being caught for the Dodgers in a 2 - 0 win over the Mets. This breaks the major-league record set by Max Carey in 1922.
• 1976:
  • Twenty-two-year-old John Candelaria survives a bases-loaded situation in the 3rd inning to hurl a no-hit game to beat the Dodgers, 2 - 0. Candelaria improves his record to 11-4 for the second-place Pirates.
  • In Houston's 13 - 4 win over the Cardinals, Cesar Cedeno hits for the cycle.
  • Cal Hubbard, with his induction to the Hall of Fame as an umpire, becomes the first professional athlete to be elected into two Hall of Fames. In 1963 he was enshrined in the pro football's Hall of Fame.
• 1977:
  • The White Sox hit six home runs against the Mariners to tie the club mark at Comiskey Park. Eric Soderholm has two, with Chet Lemon, Oscar Gamble, Jim Essian, and Royle Stillman contributing one each.
  • Reds pitchers Doug Capilla and Pedro Borbon combine on a one-hitter, stopping the Dodgers, 4 - 0. The only Los Angeles hit is Ron Cey's infield single to SS with two out in the 7th. Cey is called safe on a close and disputed play at first base. Capilla is lifted with two on in the 8th.
• 1979 - Long-time Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley dies at age 75.
• 1981 - Major league baseball returns in a big way from its in-season strike as 72,086 fans attend the belated All-Star Game in Cleveland. Vida Blue becomes the first pitcher to win an All-Star game for both leagues. Game MVP Gary Carter of the Expos hits a pair of solo home runs and Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt adds a two-run shot in the 8th off Rollie Fingers to give the National League a 5 - 4 win. It is the NL's tenth win in a row and 17th in the last 18 games.
• 1987:
  • With help from Lee Smith, Scott Sanderson beats the Mets, 6 - 3, at Shea Stadium. The loser is Doc Gooden, who snaps his ten-game winning streak against the Cubs. He'll start another streak of 12 wins.
  • In a 15 - 4 Tiger mauling of the Yankees, New York catcher Rick Cerone takes the mound. Again, he walks one batter and allows no runs, the second time in three weeks he's caught and pitched in the same game.
• 1988 - The Cubs play their first-ever official night game at Wrigley Field defeating the Mets, 6 - 4. Last night's attempt to play a night game was rained out after four innings.
• 1990 - San Diego SS Garry Templeton collects his 2,000th major league hit, exactly 14 years after getting his first. The Padres beat the Braves, 7 - 0, with Bruce Hurst winning over Charlie Leibrandt.
• 1992 - Yankees rookie P Sam Militello allows just one hit in seven innings as he defeats the Red Sox, 6 - 0, in his major league debut.
• 1995:
  • George Nicolau, baseball's impartial arbitrator since 1986, is fired by major league owners.
  • The Giants defeat the Pirates, 4 - 3. The winning pitcher is William Van Landingham and the loser, Jason Christiansen. The 25 letters in the surnames of the two pitchers of record is the most ever in a major league game.
• 1996:
  • In a 4 - 3, 10-inning loss to the White Sox, Cal Ripken records his 2,500th career hit, a single off Bill Simas.
  • Fernando Valenzuela limits Pittsburgh to three hits in 7 2/3 innings and Greg Vaughn hits the 100-RBI mark with a solo homer to lead the Padres to a 4 - 1 win. Vaughn, who had 95 RBIs with Milwaukee before being traded, is the first player to hit 100 ribbies in a season while playing in both leagues.
  • The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 5 - 3, as DH Ruben Sierra, traded nine days ago from the Yankees, drives home all five Detroit runs with a double and three-run homer.
• 1997 - The Yankees beat the Twins' Brad Radke, ending his win streak at 12 games. Luis Sojo snaps a 1 - 1 tie in the 8th with a two-run home run. Since 1950, only three pitchers have won 12 straight games.
• 1998:
  • Atlanta's Dennis Martinez defeats the Giants, 7 - 5, for his 244th career victory to set the record for most wins by a Latin American pitcher. Juan Marichal held the old mark. 3B Chipper Jones backs Martinez's pitching with four hits and four ribbies.
  • The Expos draw a total of 757 dogs during the team's Dog Day promotion. Montreal's 8 - 2 victory over the Devil Rays features a pre-game parade of the dogs and their owners on the field.
  • In Boston's 14 - 8 victory over the Rangers, Dennis Eckersley ties Kent Tekulve for second on the all-time list with 1,050 appearances by a pitcher. Hoyt Wilhelm is the over-all leader with 1,070.
• 1999:
  • The Blue Jays defeat the Rangers, 19 - 4, setting a team record by recording 25 hits. OF Jacob Brumfield and 2B Homer Bush get four hits apiece for Toronto while four other players record three safeties each. P Doug Davis enters the game in the 6th inning for Texas, making his major league debut. In 2 1/3 innings of work, he allows 11 hits, including three home runs, while surrendering ten earned runs. He'll return to the minors tomorrow.
  • For the first time in major league history, five grand slams are hit in a single day. Cardinal Fernando Tatis, Expo Jose Vidro, Marlin Mike Lowell, Yankee Bernie Williams and Mariner Jay Buhner all connect to set the record.
  • Umpires Union chief Richie Phillips announces that he is considering seeking an injunction from the National Labor Relations Board to stop Major League Baseball from firing on September 2nd 22 umpires who recently submitted their resignations as part of a negotiations ploy.
  • The Blue Jays obtain OF Brian McRae from the Rockies for a player to be named later.
• 2001:
  • Yankees P Ted Lilly is suspended for six games for hitting Anaheim's Scott Spiezio in the head with a pitch in a game last Sunday. New York manager Joe Torre rips into baseball's dean of discipline, Frank Robinson, for the decision. Lilly was not thrown out of the game by the umpires when the incident occurred.
  • The Giants score a 6 - 4 victory over the Reds in a game marked by two milestone home runs. Ken Griffey, Jr. hits the 450th of his career, becoming the youngest player in history (by 15 days, over Jimmie Foxx) to reach that mark. He was also the youngest to hit 350 and 400. Barry Bonds hits his 49th of the season, becoming the fastest to ever reach that number.
  • The Rockies defeat the Cubs, 14 - 5, despite three successive home runs by Sammy Sosa. Winning pitcher Mike Hampton ties the National League record for home runs in a season by a pitcher by hitting his seventh. The major-league record is 9.
• 2002:
  • Vladimir Guerrero hits his 200th career home run for the Expos.
  • Barry Bonds joins Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players ever to hit 600 home runs in the major leagues. The 38-year-old Giant left fielder hits the milestone homer in the 6th inning by lining a 2-1 pitch thrown by Pirates starter Kip Wells over the centerfield wall at Pacific Bell Park.
  • The Reds defeat the Padres, 12 - 10, as Cincinnati 3B Aaron Boone hits three home runs. Two of the blasts come in Cincinnati's nine-run 1st inning.
• 2005 - Arbitrator Shyam Das rules Kenny Rogers, who has missed 13 games, should be reinstated. The decision states the punishment handed down by Bud Selig for shoving two cameramen went too far in suspending the Ranger pitcher for 20 games and in levying an excessive $50,000 fine.
• 2008 - Micah Hoffpauir of the Iowa Cubs homers four times and hits a fly out to left field in the 9th inning to fall short of the 85-year-old Pacific Coast League one-game home run record. He is the first PCL player to hit four homers in a game in a decade. Iowa sets a franchise record with eight homers in its 15 - 3 rout of the Round Rock Express. Going deep are Felix Pie, Matt Craig, Jason Dubois and even pitcher Mitch Atkins.
• 2009:
  • The Nationals beat Arizona, 9 - 2, for their eighth consecutive win, the second-longest streak since the team moved to Washington in 2005. Adam Dunn hits his 30th homer in support of J.D. Martin's first major league victory.
  • Derek Holland throws a three-hit shutout, the first of his career, as Texas blanks the Angels, 7 - 0.
  • The Yankees complete a four-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 5 - 2 victory at New Yankee Stadium. Jon Lester and Andy Pettitte keep the game scoreless for six innings until Alex Rodriguez leads off the bottom of the 7th with a home run. Victor Martinez gives Boston the lead with a two-run shot off Phil Coke in the 8th, breaking a 31-inning scoring drought. In the bottom of the 8th, Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit back-to-back long balls against Daniel Bard to put the Yanks ahead, and Nick Swisher hits a two-run single to seal the deal.
• 2010:
  • The Mariners, mired in last place in the AL West with a record of 40-72, fire manager Don Wakamatsu and three coaches. Daren Brown, manager of AAA Tacoma, replaces Wakamatsu on an interim basis.
  • The Reds obtain OF Jim Edmonds from the Brewers in a trade for OF Chris Dickerson. The 40-year-old Edmonds is hitting .286 after sitting out all of last season. His presence doesn't help as the Reds drop the first game of a crucial three-game series with the Cardinals at home, losing 7 - 3. The Cards score all their runs off rookie Mike Leake in the 4th, highlighted by Skip Schumaker's first major league grand slam, to pull within one game of division-leading Cincinnati.
  • Brian Roberts hits his first homer of the season, a walk-off shot to lead off the 10th, as the Orioles defeat the White Sox, 3 - 2, for their sixth win in seven games since Buck Showalter took over as manager a week ago.
  • David Price needs support from his bullpen, but he sets a club record with his 15th win of the season when Tampa Bay defeats Detroit, 6 - 3. Price strikes out nine batters in five innings but has to leave the game because of a high pitch count, letting Chad Qualls, Joaquin Benoit and Rafael Soriano handle the last four innings.
• 2011:
  • The Indians win a key match-up with their AL Central rivals the Tigers, 3 - 2, thanks to a 14th-inning run. The game is further slowed by a two-hour rain delay, with the winning run scoring at 1:52 a.m. Kosuke Fukudome ends the game with a walk-off hit-by-pitch, served by David Pauley. Seven Indian relievers combine for 12 scoreless innings, with Frank Herrmann getting the win.
  • The Braves also win in extra innings, 4 - 3, over the Marlins. Martin Prado's fourth hit of the day scores Michael Bourn in the top of the 11th, then Craig Kimbrel picks up his 36th save. Dan Uggla singles in the 5th to extend his hitting streak to 30 games, tying Andre Ethier of the Dodgers for the longest this year, and one game shy of the Atlanta record of 31 set by Rico Carty in 1970.
  • Tempers flare in a game in the independent North American League. The trouble starts in the top of the 3rd inning when the Chico Outlaws' bench yells at the Yuma Scorpions' batter, 52-year-old former major leaguer Tony Phillips, for calling time-out as a pitch is being thrown, resulting in a tense stand-off in front of the Chico dugout. Taking his defensive position at third base in the bottom of the inning, Phillips has words with Chico manager Mike Marshall, who is coaching third base. A fight breaks out, and another former big leaguer, Yuma manager Jose Canseco rushes out to the scene, followed by the rest of his team, resulting in a free-for-all brawl. When peace is restored, Yuma decides to forfeit the game, because manager Canseco says he "feared more trouble" if the game continued. Both Phillips and Marshall will receive three-game suspensions for their role in starting the fracas.
• 2012 - R.A. Dickey pitches a complete game for his 15th win of the year as the Mets end a nine-game home losing streak by defeating the Marlins, 6 - 1. Jose Reyes's hitting streak, the longest in the majors this year at 26 games, is stopped as well as he goes 0 for 4 for Miami; for the Mets, Andres Torres has a double, a triple and a homer.
• 2013:
  • The Rangers acquire OF Alex Rios from the White Sox in return for a player to be named later. Rios is slated to replace Nelson Cruz, suspended for the remainder of the season for his role in the Biogenesis affair.
  • Josh Reddick hits three homers and teammates Jed Lowrie and Yoenis Cespedes also go deep as the Athletics defeat the Blue Jays, 14 - 6.
• 2014:
  • The Dodgers continue to add pitchers, today acquiring starter Kevin Correia from the Twins for a player to be named later.
  • T&A San Marino wins the European Cup for the third time in nine years. In the finale of the 2014 European Cup, they pound ASD Rimini, 10 - 4, knocking out Roberto Corradini in the 2nd inning. Cup MVP Joe Mazzuca homers, Mattia Reginato gets three hits and Giovanni Pantaleoni drives in three while Junior Guerra gets the win.
• 2015:
  • The Blue Jays complete a three-game sweep of the Yankees with a 2 - 0 shutout at New Yankee Stadium, to move within 1 1/2 game of first place in the AL East. Marco Estrada pitches 6 1/3 innings while Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista hit solo homers off Masahiro Tanaka. The Yankees score one run over the three games, and are shut out in back-to-back games for the first time since May 12-13, 1999, ending a major league record streak of 2,665 games between the two instances.
  • The Reds attempt to revisit Merkle's Boner, unsuccessfully. In the 10th inning of a 3 - 3 game, the Diamondbacks load the bases, then PH Chris Owings hits a ball over CF Billy Hamilton's head, driving in the winning run. But, while Arizona is celebrating its walk-off win, the Reds notice that neither the runner on first base nor the one on second have touched the next base, and tag both bases, appealing to the umpires to declare them out on an inning-ending double play. However, while the Reds are right about the runners not touching their base, the umpires rule that it does not matter, as with one out, only the fact that the runner touched home and the batter made it to first base are relevant. In 1908, Fred Merkle had been called out for failing to touch second base on a similar play, upsetting a close pennant race, but the rules pertaining to such a situation have been clarified since.
  • Curaçao Neptunus wins the 2015 European Cup, ending a seven-year drought by Dutch teams as Italian Baseball League clubs had been dominating. With the final series with Fortitudo Bologna even at one game each, Neptunus rolls to a 7 - 3 victory today, behind the strong pitching of Kenny Vandenbranden and a five-run 4th against Riccardo De Santis. Cup MVP Stijn van der Meer, Raily Legito and Dwayne Kemp each drive in two runs for Neptunus.
• 2016 - Eight days after having been acquired by the Athletics at the trading deadline, Jharel Cotton makes a bid to throw only the fourth perfect game in Pacific Coast League history. After striking out Kyle Kubitza for out number 26, he gives up a triple to Doug Bernier with two outs in the 9th to spoil his attempt. He then strikes out the next batter to complete a one-hit shutout as Nashville defeats Round Rock, 3 - 0.
• 2017 - Shortly after losing All-Star OF Michael Brantley to an ankle injury, the Indians acquire Jay Bruce from the Mets.
• 2018 - Mookie Betts of the Red Sox hits the first cycle in the majors this season, completing the feat with a solo homer in the 9th, but it's in vain as Toronto hands Boston a rare defeat, 8 - 5.
• 2019 - The Indians defeat the Twins, 6 - 2, to pull even atop the AL Central standings after trailing Minnesota all season, their deficit even reaching 11 1/2 games on June 3rd. Emerging ace Shane Bieber pitches into the 8th inning while José Ramírez has three hits.
• 2021 - A wild game between the Royals and Yankees sees the Bronx Bombers come out on top, 8 - 6, in 11 innings, but not before the Yankees tie a record with four blown saves in the game, courtesy of Jonathan Loaisiga, Chad Green, Zack Britton and Clay Holmes. It also marks the first game in which both teams score at least a run in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th innings; they then both score in the 11th to make the linescore even more remarkable. The big blow comes courtesy of Brett Gardner, with a bases-loaded double off Greg Holland in the 11th.
• 2023:
  • In his second start for his new team and his first at home after being traded ten days ago, Michael Lorenzen pitches a no-hitter for the Phillies against the Nationals, 7 - 0. Making his major league debut behind him is LF Weston Wilson who homers in his first at-bat in the 2nd inning and scores three runs.
  • At the 2023 Women's Baseball World Cup, Mexico gets their first Women's Baseball World Cup win, beating former Bronze Medalist Australia, 16-8. Diana Ibarra scores four runs and hits a three-run homer while Maricela Aguillera picks up the historic decision.

Births

• 1856 - Frank Lane, umpire (d. 1912)
• 1863 - Jake Wells, catcher (d. 1927)
• 1867 - John Grim, catcher (d. 1961)
• 1872 - Bill Dammann, pitcher (d. 1948)
• 1878 - Highball Wilson, pitcher (d. 1934)
• 1880 - Dike Varney, pitcher (d. 1950)
• 1884 - Gordon Hickman, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1966)
• 1886 - Bob Clemens, outfielder (d. 1964)
• 1887 - Kid Butler, infielder (d. 1964)
• 1890 - Leo Callahan, outfielder (d. 1982)
• 1892 - John Cunningham, infielder (d. 1922)
• 1894 - Leo Kavanagh, infielder (d. 1950)
• 1894 - Johnny Mitchell, infielder (d. 1965)
• 1895 - Willis Flournoy, pitcher (d. 1964)
• 1897 - John Galbreath, owner (d. 1998)
• 1899 - Eddie McLane, college coach (d. 1980)
• 1901 - Phil Todt, infielder (d. 1973)
• 1909 - Augustus Saunders, infielder (d. 1999)
• 1911 - Justin Stein, infielder (d. 1992)
• 1912 - Tom Sunkel, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1913 - Jack Tighe, manager (d. 2002)
• 1915 - Joseph Gunn, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
• 1915 - Arnie Moser, pinch-hitter (d. 2002)
• 1918 - Katsumi Oki, NPB catcher (d. 1993)
• 1919 - Ralph Houk, catcher, manager (d. 2010)
• 1919 - Fred Sanford, pitcher (d. 2011)
• 1920 - Jim Duffy, umpire (d. 2003)
• 1921 - Lenny Hornsby, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
• 1921 - Hisayuki Ikeda, NPB catcher (d. 1944)
• 1922 - Rafael Sangil, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
• 1923 - Ned Martin, broadcaster (d. 2002)
• 1923 - George Vico, infielder (d. 1994)
• 1925 - Roman Mejias, outfielder (d. 2023)
• 1926 - David Voigt, author (d. 2016)
• 1927 - Tony Pacheco, coach (d. 1987)
• 1930 - Milt Bolling, infielder (d. 2013)
• 1931 - Chuck Essegian, outfielder
• 1931 - Chal Port, minor league pitcher; college coach (d. 2011)
• 1934 - Eli Grba, pitcher (d. 2019)
• 1936 - Julian Javier, infielder; All-Star
• 1937 - Ray Blemker, pitcher (d. 1994)
• 1939 - Claude Osteen, pitcher; All-Star
• 1941 - Paul Lindblad, pitcher
• 1942 - Tommie Agee, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2001)
• 1945 - Chris Wheeler, announcer
• 1946 - Jerry Moses, catcher; All-Star (d. 2018)
• 1946 - Osamu Nomura, NPB pitcher
• 1947 - Buddy Hunter, infielder
• 1947 - Roberto Romero, minor league infielder
• 1948 - Bill Campbell, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2023)
• 1948 - Gary Timberlake, pitcher
• 1949 - Ted Simmons, catcher; Hall of Fame
• 1950 - Bobby Brett, minor league outfielder/owner
• 1950 - Sue Burns, owner (d. 2009)
• 1950 - Junior Kennedy, infielder
• 1951 - Steve Swisher, catcher; All-Star
• 1956 - Kevin Saucier, pitcher
• 1957 - Yoshio Mizukami, NPB infielder
• 1957 - John Moses, outfielder
• 1957 - Billy Simpson, minor league outfielder
• 1958 - Matt Young, pitcher; All-Star
• 1959 - Jim Adduci, outfielder
• 1960 - Stan Clarke, pitcher
• 1961 - Parris Mitchell, Australian national team pitcher
• 1963 - Judsel Baranco, Hoofdklasse player (d. 2006)
• 1963 - Vance Lovelace, pitcher
• 1965 - Dale Polley, pitcher
• 1966 - Tim McWilliam, scout
• 1966 - Bob Scanlan, pitcher
• 1967 - Kelly Ahrens, minor league catcher
• 1967 - Deion Sanders, outfielder
• 1968 - Mike Shildt, manager
• 1968 - Eugenio Valdéz, minor league pitcher
• 1969 - Troy Percival, pitcher; All-Star
• 1970 - Pat Mahomes, pitcher
• 1971 - Santy Gallone, minor league infielder (d. 2008)
• 1971 - Scott Karl, pitcher
• 1971 - Ryan Radmanovich, outfielder
• 1971 - Ben Van Ryn, pitcher
• 1972 - Jose Alguacil, coach
• 1972 - Dusty Allen, infielder
• 1972 - Jeff Zimmerman, pitcher; All-Star
• 1973 - Juan Alvarez, pitcher
• 1973 - Dante Carbini, Serie A1 pitcher
• 1973 - Rolando Herrera, Panamanian national team pitcher
• 1974 - Matt Morris, pitcher; All-Star
• 1975 - Brian Fuentes, pitcher; All-Star
• 1975 - Mike Lamb, infielder
• 1975 - Manuel Vega, Cuban league pitcher
• 1976 - Osmany Santana, minor league outfielder
• 1977 - Jason Frasor, pitcher
• 1977 - Hideto Isomura, Japanese national team pitcher
• 1977 - Steve Lomasney, catcher
• 1977 - Edgar Quintero, minor league outfielder
• 1978 - Chance Caple, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - G.G. Sato, NPB outfielder
• 1978 - Mike Williams, minor league pitcher
• 1978 - Heath Wilson, minor league catcher
• 1979 - Ron Flores, pitcher
• 1979 - Troy Pickford, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Mike Nannini, minor league pitcher
• 1980 - Edgar Varela, coach
• 1982 - Mike Shildt, coach
• 1983 - Erick Abreu, minor league pitcher
• 1983 - Drew Butera, catcher
• 1984 - Graham Godfrey, pitcher
• 1984 - Matt Moore, drafted infielder
• 1985 - Ryan Strieby, minor league infielder
• 1986 - Alan Farina, minor league pitcher
• 1986 - Jackson Quezada, minor league pitcher
• 1987 - Sinead Flanigan, Australian womens' national team pitcher
• 1987 - Elmir Tairi, Croatian national team infielder
• 1987 - Hsien-Hsien Yang, Taiwan national team infielder
• 1988 - Spencer Arroyo, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - Dustin Antolin, pitcher
• 1989 - Dong-min Han, KBO outfielder
• 1989 - Jason Heyward, outfielder; All-Star
• 1990 - Zack Wiley, Great Britain national team infielder
• 1991 - Steven Moya, outfielder
• 1993 - Kensuke Kondo, NPB outfielder
• 1993 - Brady Lail, pitcher
• 1994 - Kyle Cody, pitcher
• 1994 - Ben DeLuzio, outfielder
• 1995 - Garth Cahill, South African national team pitcher
• 1995 - Naoya Mochizuki, Japanese national team outfielder
• 1996 - Brendan Rodgers, infielder
• 1996 - Luke Williams, infielder
• 1997 - Austin Hassani, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1999 - Xavier Edwards, infielder
• 1999 - Owen White, pitcher
• 2000 - Noah Mendlinger, minor league infielder
• 2002 - Hiroto Takahashi, NPB pitcher

Deaths

• 1886 - Bill Smith, outfielder (b. 1865)
• 1897 - Jack Scheible, pitcher (b. 1866)
• 1900 - Gideon White, umpire (b. 1838)
• 1906 - Tom Burke, minor league outfielder (b. 1890)
• 1930 - Pythias Russ, catcher/infielder (b. 1904)
• 1936 - Ed Halbriter, pitcher (b. 1860)
• 1936 - Jim Mahady, infielder (b. 1902)
• 1937 - Duff Cooley, outfielder (b. 1873)
• 1937 - John Keefe, pitcher (b. 1867)
• 1945 - Art Nichols, catcher (b. 1871)
• 1948 - Chick Bowen, outfielder (b. 1897)
• 1948 - Harry Lord, infielder, manager (b. 1882)
• 1950 - Ed Klepfer, pitcher (b. 1888)
• 1953 - Joe Evans, outfielder (b. 1895)
• 1958 - Ray Ryan, minor league catcher, manager and executive (b. 1883)
• 1964 - Pete Johns, infielder (b. 1889)
• 1965 - Walt Whittaker, pitcher (b. 1894)
• 1969 - Glenn Myatt, catcher (b. 1897)
• 1970 - Shigeya Iijima, NPB outfielder (b. 1918)
• 1977 - George Milstead, pitcher (b. 1903)
• 1978 - Floyd Patterson, minor league player and manager (b. 1904)
• 1978 - Edward Post, minor league pitcher (b. 1926)
• 1979 - Walter O'Malley, owner; Hall of Fame (b. 1903)
• 1980 - Mel Kerr, pinch runner (b. 1903)
• 1981 - Dynamite Dunn, minor league infielder (b. 1911)
• 1981 - Sammy Hughes, infielder; All-Star (b. 1910)
• 1985 - Sam Streeter, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1900)
• 1986 - Oscar Esquivel, writer; Salon de la Fama (b. 1932)
• 1986 - Tom Greenwade, scout (b. 1904)
• 1986 - Clarence Maddern, outfielder (b. 1921)
• 1990 - Bill Causion, minor league outfielder (b. 1929)
• 1991 - Hank Majeski, infielder (b. 1916)
• 1998 - Ray Moss, pitcher (b. 1901)
• 1999 - Ralph DiLullo, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1911)
• 2001 - Kerry Rainey, minor league pitcher (b. 1924)
• 2003 - Billy Rogell, infielder (b. 1904)
• 2006 - Eulogio Osorio, Serie Nacional outfielder (b. ????)
• 2010 - Gene Hermanski, outfielder (b. 1920)
• 2011 - Gary Bogatay, minor league pitcher (b. 1938)
• 2011 - Bill Casanova, minor league outfielder (b. 1930)
• 2013 - Harry Elliott, outfielder (b. 1923)
• 2013 - Glen Hobbie, pitcher (b. 1936)
• 2013 - Johnny Logan, infielder; All-Star (b. 1926)
• 2014 - Charles Gelatt, owner (b. 1918)
• 2014 - Ryan Missler, minor league infielder (b. 1975)
• 2017 - Larry Smith, minor league infielder (b. 1941)
• 2017 - Danny Walton, outfielder (b. 1947)
• 2018 - John Kennedy, infielder (b. 1941)
• 2019 - Bill Mills, catcher (d. 1919)
• 2020 - Carroll Hardy, outfielder (b. 1933)