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Events

• 1900 - Chick Fraser fires a one-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 1 - 0 win over Boston. It is the only shutout of the year for the righty, who will become part of the first big lawsuit challenging the reserve clause in the 20th century.
• 1905 - With runners on first base and third base and no outs in the 9th, Boston's Ed Abbaticchio lines into a game-ending triple play against the Cincinnati Reds' Bob Ewing.
• 1906 - At Robison Field, the New York Giants clip the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 - 1 and 4 - 0, with the help of two additions to the lineup. Cy Seymour, last year's near Triple Crown winner, is a new addition from the Cincinnati Reds for $12,000. Seymour was with the Giants from 1896 to 1900 as a pitcher and outfielder, and in 1905 led the National League in batting, RBIs, slugging percentage, and was second in homers (8). Cy has four hits for the Giants today. The other addition is Spike Shannon, who moves over from the Cardinal dugout in exchange for Sam Mertes and Doc Marshall. Spike has three hits and two runs in the opener. Christy Mathewson wins the nitecap, shutting out the Birds on six hits.
• 1911 - The Philadelphia Phillies move back into first place as Pete Alexander tops the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 - 1.
• 1914:
  • Boston Red Sox rookie Ernie Shore makes an impressive debut, pitching a two-hitter to beat the Cleveland Naps, 2 - 1, at Fenway Park.
  • The Chicago Cubs pound New York Giants reliever Christy Mathewson for six runs in six innings, but New York does worse damage to Larry Cheney and Jimmy Lavender, and wins, 12 - 8. Bob Bescher has a home run, the 1,000th Giant home run. New York leads the National League by 4 1/2 games.
• 1915 - Chicago White Sox P Red Faber steals three bases in the 4th inning against the Philadelphia A's. With the White Sox leading 4 - 2 in the 4th and rain threatening, the A's try to delay the game. Joe Bush purposely hits Faber with a pitch, and Faber, trying to speed up the game, tries to get thrown out by stealing. Little effort is made to retire him, and he scores Chicago's fifth run. His "steal" of home turns out to be the winning run, as rain never materializes, and Chicago wins, 6 - 4.
• 1916 - St. Louis Browns hurler Ernie Koob pitches a complete game going all 17 innings in 0 - 0 tie. Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches the first 15 innings with Dutch Leonard finishing the game.
• 1934 - At Navin Field in Detroit, MI, in an effort to keep the consecutive game streak intact, the Yankees have lumbago-stricken Lou Gehrig bat lead-off and list him as the shortstop in the lineup. After singling in the 1st inning, the "Iron Horse" leaves the game without fielding as the Detroit Tigers pound out 11 doubles to edge the Yankees, 12 - 11.
• 1936 - Pitcher Roger Wolff, in his debut with the Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League, holds the Galveston Buccaneers hitless and runless for nine innings but loses on two hits in the 10th.
• 1937 - Boston Red Sox Fabian Gaffke ties the American League record by scoring five runs against the St. Louis Browns.
• 1938 - In Toledo, OH the American Association All-Star squad becomes the first team to experiment with uniforms designed to be worn during night games. The red, white and blue shiny satin uniforms are believed to reflect the light during the evening contests.
• 1939 - The New York Yankees tie the American League record with only one assist, as Red Ruffing wins 8 - 3 over the Detroit Tigers.
• 1940:
  • Freddie Fitzsimmons of the Brooklyn Dodgers wins his 200th career game, a four-hitter over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fat Freddy will win six games each from the Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on the way to a 16-2 won-loss mark.
  • In the aftermath of the beanball wars, Spalding advertises a batting helmet with ear flaps in The Sporting News. Players express no interest, but next year the Brooklyn Dodgers will introduce a cap liner, which some batters start to use.
• 1946 - Player-manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians hits four doubles and one home run, but Ted Williams wallops three homers and drives in eight runs, as the Boston Red Sox top the Tribe, 11 - 10. In the Sox's second-game win, the famous Boudreau Shift is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the 3B and LF, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.
• 1950:
  • The Boston Red Sox produce a second 11-run inning this year, as they score 11 in the 2nd inning against the Chicago White Sox to win at home, 13 - 1. Vern Stephens hits his 19th homer and now leads the American League in RBI with 84, one ahead of teammates Walt Dropo and Ted Williams.
  • The Waterbury Timers of the Colonial League have a franchise but no players when the 12-man squad is fired after refusing to board the team bus for two scheduled games at Kingston, NY. Strike issues are several: the players claim that the team bus is unsafe; the bus is scheduled to bring them home after the first game and return for the second rather than lay over; six players claim that the club reneged on the promise of a pay raise if they were still on the roster on June 2nd. The league will disband on July 16th.
• 1951 - The St. Louis Browns sign Satchel Paige, 45. He has been out of Major League Baseball since last pitching for the Cleveland Indians in 1949.
• 1951 - Clyde Vollmer singles in two runs in the 9th inning and the Boston Red Sox tip the Chicago White Sox, 3 - 2.
• 1952 - Detroit Tigers slugger Walt Dropo goes 5 for 5 against the New York Yankees in an 8 - 2 win. All five hits are singles.
• 1953 - The National League wins its fourth All-Star Game in a row, 5 - 1 in Cincinnati's Crosley Field behind the stellar pitching of Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn. St. Louis Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter gets two hits, scores twice, and robs Harvey Kuenn of an extra-base blow.
• 1955 - The Cleveland Indians sign two-time batting champ Ferris Fain as a free agent.
• 1956 - Boston Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park, winning 4 - 0. It is only Parnell's third win against two losses and is the sixth straight loss for second-place Chicago. The no-hitter is the first for the Red Sox since 1923. Parnell will go 4-4 before a torn muscle in his pitching arm ends his career as the Red Sox's winningest southpaw.
• 1957:
  • Bill Skowron of the New York Yankees hits a major league-record second pinch grand slam of the season, off Jim Wilson of the Chicago White Sox, in the second game of a doubleheader. Skowron's hit comes in the 9th as the Yanks score six runs to win, 6 - 4. The White Sox take the first game, 3 - 1.
  • Pitcher Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers hits two home runs and a single against the Baltimore Orioles' Skinny Brown, as Detroit wins, 10 - 2.
• 1958 - Superior Court Judge Arnold Praeger voids the Chavez Ravine pact, stating the city of Los Angeles cannot sell its land to private concerns. The city will appeal the judge's ruling.
• 1961:
  • Roberto Clemente erases a 4 - 1 deficit with his two-out, 8th-inning, game-winning grand slam as Clemente's drive clears the centerfield fence like a shot. The Pirates then tack on one more to beat the Giants by a final score of 6 - 4.
  • At Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Phillies top the Dodgers, 7 - 5, in ten innings. Phils reliever Jack Baldschun pitches in his eighth straight game to pick up the win.
  • Willie Kirkland whacks his fifth home run in three games to help the Cleveland Indians down the Los Angeles Angels, 7 - 5 at Cleveland. His first four were in consecutive at bats before and after the All-Star break and tied the major league record. He now has 16 en route to 27 for the year.
• 1964:
  • The Baltimore Orioles' Bob Johnson gets his sixth straight hit as a pinch hitter to set an American League mark, but the New York Yankees win, 4 - 3.
  • Jack Sanford of the San Francisco Giants undergoes arm surgery.
• 1966 - Interim Detroit Tigers skipper Bob Swift is hospitalized, and 3B coach Frank Skaff takes over.
• 1967 - Against Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park, Eddie Mathews hits home run #500 while playing for the Houston Astros. The former Milwaukee Braves third baseman, who hit 493 homers playing for the franchise in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta, becomes the seventh major leaguer to reach this plateau.
• 1968:
  • Hank Aaron hits home run #500 off Mike McCormick, becoming the eighth major leaguer to reach this milestone. "Hammerin' Hank"'s three-run homer over the left center field fence proves to be the difference as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 4 - 2.
  • In front of 57,011 on bat day at Shea Stadium, the Philadelphia Phillies take two to stretch their win streak to six. Rick Wise wins, 5 - 3, and Grant Jackson fans 13 to win, 9 - 2, in his first complete game ever. Richie Allen knocks in three runs in each game with a pair of homers. John Briggs belts a pair in the nitecap.
  • Houston Astros Don Wilson fans 18 batters in a 6 - 1 win at Cincinnati, tying the major-league record set by Bob Feller. Wilson (6-11) fans Johnny Bench to end the game. He also ties the major-league record with eight strikeouts in a row, striking out the side in the first three innings; a one-out walk to Alex Johnson in the 1st is the only interruption. Wilson also fans the side in the 5th. The Astros win the opener, 5 - 4.
• 1969:
  • At Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs top the New York Mets, 1 - 0, to give Bill Hands (11-7) the win over Tom Seaver (14-4). Billy Williams singles home the winner, boosting the Cubs' lead to 5 1/2 games. After the last out, Ron Santo jumps up and clicks his heels, igniting a roar from the crowd. The Mets think it's bush.
  • Joe Coleman posts his second straight shutout and drives in two runs to defeat the Detroit Tigers, 3 - 0, in Washington. A crowd of 23,831 pushes the Washington Senators' attendance to 553,506, exceeding the club's 1968 attendance of 542,042.
• 1970 - In the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game, Pete Rose bowls over Ray Fosse at the plate to score the deciding run on Jim Hickman's single in an exciting 5 - 4 National League victory at Riverfront Stadium. Fosse, who never had the ball, hurts his right shoulder and is taken to the hospital; the Cleveland Indians catcher entertained "Charlie Hustle" as a dinner guest the previous night. The game is scoreless until the 6th, with the National League limited to three hits in the first eight innings. In the 9th, the NL tees off on Catfish Hunter, driving in three runs to tie. Dick Dietz hits a leadoff home run in the inning. Claude Osteen pitches the 10th for the win.
• 1972:
  • In a major league first, the plate umpire and the catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is the ump and Tom Haller is the Detroit Tigers catcher during a game with the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City wins, 1 - 0.
  • The Minnesota Twins cap a three-run rally in the 9th, scoring the winning run when Harmon Killebrew draws a bases-loaded walk from Boston Red Sox reliever Don Newhauser. Boston wins, 7 - 6. Minnesota is helped by Juan Beniquez's second straight three-error game, a record for American League shortstops. John Kennedy will take over the SS job, while Beniquez will play the rest of his major league career mostly in the outfield and at 1B.
  • In his first major league game, Dave Schneck hits a two-run homer off the Padres' Steve Arlin that turns out to be the game winner in the Mets' 3 - 2 win at San Diego Stadium.
• 1974:
  • The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates split a doubleheader marked by a free-for-all which is later credited with inspiring Pittsburgh and turning its season around. The fight starts after a 4th inning beanball when Jack Billingham plunks pitcher Bruce Kison, bringing both teams onto the field. When Sparky Anderson accidentally steps on Ed Kirkpatrick's foot, the Buc catcher shoves the Reds manager, earning him a punch from the Reds' Andy Kosco. Pedro Borbon pins Daryl Patterson, pulling his hair out and a piece of flesh.
  • In a split with the Milwaukee Brewers, the Texas Rangers' Billy Martin is the first American League manager to be removed by umpires from two games in one day. Milwaukee wins 9 - 2 in the first game, with the Rangers winning the nitecap, 5 - 4.
• 1977:
  • In Cincinnati, George Foster cracks three home runs to drive in five runs in the Cincinnati Reds' 7 - 1 whipping of the Atlanta Braves. Tom Seaver pitches a two-hitter for the win, and doesn't give up a hit until the 7th inning when Willie Montanez doubles.
  • The Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 7 - 4. Carl Yastrzemski's 5th-inning single gives him a career total of 2,655 hits, moving him ahead of Ted Williams as Boston's all-time hit leader.
• 1978:
  • The Houston Astros' Ken Forsch defeats the Montreal Expos twice in extra innings. He pitches two innings in the first game, winning 4 - 3 in the 13th, and comes back for two in the second, winning 5 - 4 in the 10th.
  • Umpire Doug Harvey ejects a shocked Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton in the 7th after discovering three scuffed balls. Sutton takes the loss, 4 - 1, against the St. Louis Cardinals with Pete Vuckovich getting the win.
  • Texas Rangers pitcher Fergie Jenkins allows three solo homers - one to Fred Lynn and two to Dwight Evans - in beating Boston, 4 - 3. Bert Campaneris homers off Mike Torrez (11-5).
• 1979 - The Chicago White Sox's Claudell Washington has three home runs and five RBI in a 12 - 4 defeat of the Detroit Tigers.
• 1980 - After fanning the side in the 2nd inning, J.R. Richard leaves after retiring the first batter in the 4th. The Houston Astros pitcher complains of nausea, and the next day, Houston will place him on the 21-day disabled list. The Astros lose today, 2 - 0, to the Atlanta Braves' Phil Niekro.
• 1985 - Walt Terrell and Willie Hernandez combine on a one-hitter as the Detroit Tigers blank the Minnesota Twins, 8 - 0. Tom Brunansky's double in the 7th is the only hit. Larry Herndon and Darrell Evans hit back-to-back homers in the 4th.
• 1987:
  • The BBWAA votes to rename the Rookie of the Year Award in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier on the way to winning the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1947.
  • Tim Raines caps a 3-for-3 performance in the 1987 All-Star Game with a two-run triple in the top of the 13th inning, giving the National League a 2 - 0 victory.
• 1988:
  • Mike Schmidt hits his 537th career home run in the Philadelphia Phillies' 7 - 5 loss to the Houston Astros, moving past Mickey Mantle into seventh place all-time.
  • The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 9 - 2. Pirate infielder Rafael Belliard has gone 8 for 16 since July 8th, and all eight hits are infield singles.
  • Ken Griffey singles for his 2,000th career hit in the Atlanta Braves' 9 - 8 loss to the New York Mets.
• 1989 - The New York Mets' Sid Fernandez strikes out 16 Atlanta Braves, but the portly Polynesian portsider still loses, 3 - 2, on Lonnie Smith's leadoff home run in the bottom of the 9th.
• 1990 - Dante Bichette, Dave Winfield and Brian Downing each homer twice in the California Angels' 8 - 7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. This is the eighth time three teammates have done this in the major leagues.
• 1991 - Pitcher Kip Gross loses two games, in two different leagues, 1,100 miles apart. The Cincinnati Reds hurler takes the loss in the Reds' 10 - 6 defeat by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and also becomes the loser of a game played by the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. It is the completion of a game in Denver which had been suspended by rain back on May 15th.
• 1992 - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. homers off Chicago Cubs hurler Greg Maddux, making it the first time in history a father and a son have hit All-Star home runs. His dad hit one off the New York Yankees' Tommy John in the 1980 All-Star Game. The American League pounds out a record 19 hits in defeating the National League by a score of 13 - 6 in the 1992 All-Star Game. It's the AL's fifth straight win. Griffey Jr., who strokes a single, double, and home run, is named the game's MVP, 12 years after his dad won the same honor.
• 1993 - The American League defeats the National League, 9 - 3, in the 1993 All-Star Game. Kirby Puckett, Roberto Alomar, and Gary Sheffield hit home runs, while the win goes to Jack McDowell. Craig Biggio is at 2B for the NL: last year, he was on the team as a catcher, the first player ever to make it at those two positions. A highlight of the game is Randy Johnson firing a 95-MPH fastball over John Kruk's head. Kruk bails out on the next two pitches, saying afterwards: "he's going to kill somebody."
• 1994:
  • Chicago White Sox pitcher Alex Fernandez strikes out 12 to win his eighth straight game, defeating the Cleveland Indians, 6 - 3. The White Sox move ahead of the Tribe by a half game in the American League Central.
  • Whoops! Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter appears with his uniform spelling "Torotno". The uniform maker Wilson is to blame.
  • The Minnesota Twins lose to the Milwaukee Brewers, 6 - 4, in the Metrodome. During the course of the game, two balls are hit off the ceiling of the stadium, a Kent Hrbek fly ball which drops for a double, and a Pedro Munoz pop-up, caught by Milwaukee 1B Kevin Seitzer.
  • St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith records four assists in the Cardinals' 8 - 1 loss to the Colorado Rockies, moving him past Luis Aparicio and into first place on the all-time list.
• 1995:
  • San Diego Padres players complain when the team attempts to recall former replacement player Ira Smith from the minors. Management decides instead to recall Archi Cianfrocco instead.
  • Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins, 7 - 0. The Los Angeles Dodgers' hurler was perfect before walking Tommy Gregg after getting the first out in the 7th inning.
• 1996:
  • In Cincinnati, Reggie Sanders hits two homers and P Dave Burba launches his first major league home run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 - 6. The Reds get the deciding runs in the 7th with Sanders' second home run and Eduardo Perez, son of Reds star Tony Perez, hits his first major league homer, off Steve Parris.
  • In Seattle, Ken Griffey Jr. returns to the Seattle Mariners' lineup after missing 20 games and drives in three runs with a homer and double. Bob Wells (8-2) pitches a four-hitter to beat the California Angels, 8 - 0.
  • In Atlanta, Ryan Klesko belts two homers and drives in six runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 15 - 10 drubbing of the Florida Marlins. Jeff Conine has a pair of home runs for the Fish.
• 1997:
  • Atlanta hits two grand slams in a game for the first time since May 2, 1987, using homers by Tim Spehr and Ryan Klesko to rally from a 6 - 0 deficit for its eighth straight victory over the Philadelphia Phillies this season. The Braves win, 10 - 6.
  • In the longest night game at Wrigley Field, 5 hours, 19 minutes, Ricky Gutierrez singles home the go-ahead run in the 15th to give the Houston Astros a 9 - 7 win over the Chicago Cubs.
  • In the San Diego Padres' 5 - 3 win over the San Francisco Giants, Tony Gwynn raises his average to .402 with a single, double and triple, driving in three runs, and extending his hitting streak to 19 games. Rickey Henderson, baseball's career steals leader, swipes his 1,200th base in the 6th.
  • At Fenway Park, Wil Cordero, homers as the Boston Red Sox collect a season-high 21 hits to rout the Detroit Tigers, 18 - 4. Cordero is cheered after hitting a two-run homer in the 7th. Cordero, accused of assaulting his wife on June 11th, has been booed on each of his previous 14 at-bats since he ended 11 games on the sidelines with a pinch-hit appearance last Thursday.
  • Eric Karros's two-run homer off Steve Reed in the 10th gives the Los Angeles Dodgers a 14 - 12 slugfest win over the Colorado Rockies. Los Angeles has a season-high 22 hits, in winning its tenth of 11, while the Rockies lose for the tenth time in 11 games.
  • Cuba withdraws at the last minute from a series of baseball games against the United States, citing fears for the safety of players. One reason stated for the cancellation was the weekend bombing of two Havana hotels. The eight-game series was to start tomorrow.
• 1999:
  • In Milwaukee, three people die when a 480-foot crane, nicknamed Big Blue, collapses while lifting a section of Miller Park's retractable roof. The roof of the Brewers' new home was expected to be completed in November. Milwaukee will cancel tomorrow's game against the Kansas City Royals.
  • In an ill-conceived move, umpires union chief Richie Phillips announces that 57 umpires will resign on September 2nd. Among other things, the umps reportedly are upset at the three-day suspension Tom Hallion received for bumping Rockies C Jeff Reed on July 2nd.
• 2000:
  • John Olerud has a game-tying double disallowed because first base umpire Jim Wolf calls time, but then the Mariners first baseman hits a three-run homer, helping Seattle to beat the Padres, 7 - 5.
  • A report presented to owners, "The Commissioner's Initiative: Women and Baseball", finds women make up 46% of the average crowd at a big league game and urges major league franchises to make more of an effort to market to women patrons. According to the same report, 43% of women could not name a player on their home team's roster.
  • Atlanta 2B Quilvio Veras tears the ACL in his right knee. He will miss the remainder of the season.
  • Major League Baseball owners decide to return to playing an unbalanced schedule (teams play more games against teams in their own division) rather than the presently-used balanced schedule in which they play approximately the same number of games against all teams within the league. The American League has used a balanced schedule since 1977 and the National League started in 1993.
• 2001:
  • At Enron Field, Padres SS Damian Jackson shatters a bat on a Wade Miller pitch, but still reaches the LF seats for a grand slam. The Pads win, 8 - 6.
  • Mets manager Bobby Valentine wins his 1,000th career game as pitchers Glendon Rusch and Armando Benitez combine to defeat Boston on a one-hitter. When Rusch is unable to cover first base, Trot Nixon's 1st-inning bunt single is Boston's only hit in the 2 - 0 game.
• 2002:
  • Nelson Barrera, the Mexican League's career home run and RBI leader, is electrocuted trying to free metal roofing from high-tension wires. The 44-year old "Admiral", who hit 455 home runs during his 26-year Mexican Baseball League tenure, had hoped to continue playing so that he could hold the career Triple Crown by also reaching the career hit record.
  • The Royals defeat the Angels, 12 - 3, as Raul Ibanez hits a grand slam in the 1st inning and a three-run home run in the 2nd inning to tie a club record with seven RBIs.
  • The Twins beat the Rangers, 5 - 4, despite a pair of home runs by Alex Rodriguez. The round-trippers give Rodriguez his sixth 30-home run season, breaking Ernie Banks' record for shortstops.
• 2004 - Houston fires Jimy Williams and names Phil Garner, a former Astro, as the interim manager through the rest of the season. The 60-year-old former skipper, who had a .515 (215-197) winning percentage in his two years at the helm, including this season's 44-44 record, was roundly booed by hometown Minute Maid Park fans at yesterday's All-Star Game.
• 2005:
  • Defeating their historical arch rivals, the Giants become the first team to win 10,000 games as a franchise by edging the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 4 - 3. The Giants, who started as the New York Gothams in 1883, have posted a 10,000-8,511 record during the club's 123 seasons in the National League.
  • The first-known baseball card, which is part of a children's educational game, illustrates several boys playing together in a field as one pitches a ball to another holding a bat, makes its public debut at the Smithsonian Institution. The historic card, which was discovered in an attic in Maine, dates to the early 19th century and predates other known cards by several decades.
• 2008:
  • Josh Hamilton hits 28 home runs in the first round of the Home Run Derby, a record for a single round. Hamilton fades after that and Justin Morneau goes on to win the event.
  • A rarity in any professional game occurs when both teams have to use position players on the mound. In the second game of a doubleheader, the Tulsa Drillers bring in catcher Brian Esposito (who has pitched briefly in the minors) in the 10th inning, their sixth hurler of the game. The Springfield Cardinals counter with Matt Pagnozzi, another backstop, an inning later. After three scoreless innings, Pagnozzi allows four runs in the 13th, while Esposito goes 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the 7 - 3 win.
• 2009 - The American League runs its unbeaten streak to 13 games (12 wins and a tie) by defeating the National League, 4 - 3, in the 80th All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The win enables the AL to finish the 2000s without losing any All-Star Game (9-0-1) in the decade, the first time either league has ever accomplished this feat. Carl Crawford of the Rays earns MVP honors by climbing over the left field fence to deprive Brad Hawpe of a home run in the 7th inning.
• 2010:
  • The Blue Jays and Braves trade shortstops, with Alex Gonzalez going from Toronto to Atlanta along with minor leaguers Tim Collins and Tyler Pastornicky, in return for Yunel Escobar and pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes. Escobar is hitting .238 with little power for the first-place Braves, while Gonzalez has shown unexpected pop with the Jays, hitting .259 with 17 homers and 50 RBI.
  • The AAA All-Star Game is held in Allentown, PA, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The International League All-Stars defeat their rivals from the Pacific Coast League, 2 - 1, in front of 10,000 fans. The IL scores all of its runs off loser Josh Banks in the 6th, on doubles by Chris Valaika and Chase Lambin and a single by Elliot Johnson. Anthony Slama is the winner and Jonathan Albaladejo picks up the save.
  • In the Eastern League All-Star game, played in Harrisburg, PA, late replacement Chase d'Arnaud hits a grand slam in the 7th inning for a 10 - 3 win by the Western Division over the East.
• 2011:
  • U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declares a mistrial in the trial of Roger Clemens on perjury charges, explaining that the prosecution has repeatedly ignored his directives regarding how evidence can be introduced to the jury.
  • The Marlins explode for six runs in the 9th inning in Wrigley Field to beat the Cubs, 6 - 3, for their sixth straight win. Pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs hits a bases-clearing double off closer Carlos Marmol to put his team on the scoreboard after they enter the 9th trailing, 2 - 0. The Marlins send 11 batters to the plate in their last turn at bat, negating a solid outing by Cubs starter Matt Garza, who throws seven scoreless innings. After blowing another 9th-inning lead tomorrow, Marmol will be relieved of the closer's job.
  • The Blue Jays open the second half with a bang, scoring eight runs in the 1st inning of their game against the Yankees, chasing Bartolo Colon after two-thirds of an inning. 3B Eduardo Nunez, filling in for Alex Rodriguez who underwent a knee operation during the All-Star break, commits a costly error that leads to five of the runs. The Yankees then close to within 9 - 7, but the Jays victimize the back end of their bullpen in the late innings to end up with an emphatic 16 - 7 win. The 16 runs and 20 hits are season bests for the Jays. Andruw Jones hits two homers in a losing cause, and SS Derek Jeter and DH Jorge Posada appear together in a game for the 1,660th time, the all-time record for the Bronx Bombers, beating out Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri. The Jays get a scare when All-Star Jose Bautista has to leave the game in the 4th inning with a twisted ankle, but the injury will turn out to be minor.
• 2012:
  • Ryan Dempster ties the Cubs' franchise record by extending his scoreless streak to 33 innings in defeating the Diamondbacks, 4 - 1. Dempster tosses six scoreless frames before leaving, matching the record set by Ken Holtzman in 1969.
  • Taylor Teagarden is the hero in his first game for the Orioles this season, after spending the first half on the disabled list. Entering the game as a substitute in the 10th, he hits a walk-off two-run homer off Joaquin Benoit in the 13th inning for an 8 - 6 win over the Tigers; J.J. Hardy had earlier tied the score with a solo shot off Benoit, negating Quintin Berry's two-out RBI single in the top of the inning. The Orioles had already come back from a 5 - 4 deficit in the 11th, rallying against closer Jose Valverde. Nick Markakis hits three doubles for the O's.
  • There's another wild finish in Los Angeles, as the Padres are one out away from losing, 6 - 5, but have Everth Cabrera on third base and Will Venable on second. Cabrera takes advantage of P Kenley Jansen having his back turned to steal home, and when Jansen notices, he throws over catcher A.J. Ellis's head, allowing Venable to score as well. Huston Street then sets down the Dodgers in the bottom of the inning for the save. It's not all bad for L.A., though, as OFs Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, both just off the disabled list, have three hits each.
• 2013:
  • The United States team defeats the World team, 4 - 2, in the 2013 Futures Game. Matt Davidson hits a two-run homer in the 4th to win the Larry Doby Award as the game's MVP. Arismendy Alcantara hits a solo homer for the World, while Jesse Biddle is the winner by pitching 1 1/3 innings, the most of any of the 18 pitchers in the game.
  • Justin Verlander of the Tigers takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning until Mitch Moreland hits a two-out double for the Rangers. Verlander's teammates back him with three homers - by Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta - as Detroit cruises to a 5 - 0 win.
• 2014:
  • Yoenis Cespedes successfully defends his title as Home Run Derby champion in the annual event held before the All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. Cespedes defeats Todd Frazier in the final round, nine long balls to one, having hit 28 overall. Ken Griffey Jr. was the only other repeat winner in the event, winning in 1998 and 1999.
  • In a AA game featuring the Corpus Christi Hooks and Midland RockHounds, a fan tries to exact revenge on Hounds pitcher Blake Hassebrock after he plunks Hooks batter Telvin Nash with a pitch. The fan rushes the mound and rears back to punch at Hasselbrock when 3B Dusty Coleman rushes in to tackle the intruder to the ground. The fan is arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and threatening assault.
• 2015 - Mike Trout leads the American League to a 6 - 3 win in the 2015 All-Star Game by starting off the game with a homer against Zack Greinke, then scores the go-ahead run in the 5th to earn MVP honors for the second straight year. David Price is the winner over Clayton Kershaw, and Andrew McCutchen and Brian Dozier also homer.
• 2016 - Going all in to reach the postseason, the Red Sox make their fourth trade in a week, acquiring SP Drew Pomeranz, just off an appearance in the All-Star Game, from the Padres in return for prospect Anderson Espinoza.
• 2017:
  • The Red Sox put an end to a disastrous episode when they designate 3B Pablo Sandoval for assignment. Signed to a $95 million five-year contract before the 2015 season, he played only 161 games over two and a half seasons, with little production. Boston's decision leaves them on the hook for over $48 million, the second largest buy-out in major league history.
  • The Pacific League wins the first 2017 NPB All-Star Game, 6 - 2. Shogo Akiyama opens the day with a homer off Raúl Valdés and a three-run bomb by Haruki Nishikawa off Marcos Mateo in the 8th gives the PL the lead for good. Seiichi Uchikawa goes 2 for 2 with two runs and a RBI to win MVP honors.
• 2018:
  • The Cardinals fire manager Mike Matheny just before the All-Star break, following a loss to the Reds that puts them just one game above .500. Hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller are also let go, while bench coach Mike Shildt is named interim manager, with a permanent replacement expected to be named when play resumes after the Mid-Summer Classic in a few days. However, Shildt will do so well that he will be made permanent within a few weeks.
  • For the second straight year, the Pacific League sweeps the 2018 NPB All-Star Games. They take today's game, 5 - 1. Sosuke Genda breaks a scoreless tie in the 5th when he doubles off Yuta Iwasada to score Nobuhiro Matsuda; Takuya Kai then singles in Game MVP Genda. Andrew Albers gets the win, retiring six of the seven batters he faces.
• 2019 - The Rays make a bid to throw the first combined perfect game in major league history as pitchers Ryne Stanek (2 innings) and Ryan Yarbrough (6 innings) retire the first 24 Orioles batters in order before Hanser Alberto leads off the bottom of the 9th with a single aided by a defensive shift. The Orioles eventually manage to push across a run but still lose the game, 4 - 1.
• 2020 - The Associated Press announces that the Braves have signed free agent OF Yasiel Puig, the biggest name still available on the market, to a one-year contract. The Braves have an unexpected opening in right field, as Nick Markakis announced last week that he was sitting out the season, which opens in ten days, due to health concerns in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. However, the deal will fall through three days later when Puig tests positive for COVID-19.
• 2023 - Brothers Josh Naylor and Bo Naylor both hit two-run homers in the 3rd inning in the Guardians' 12 - 4 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Park. It the first time that brothers hit multi-run homers for the same team in the sasme inning.

Births

• 1850 - Cheever Goodwin, umpire (d. 1912)
• 1850 - Jim Holdsworth, infielder/outfielder (d. 1918)
• 1851 - Steve Brady, outfielder (d. 1917)
• 1854 - Jack Gleason, infielder (d. 1944)
• 1862 - Law Daniels, catcher (d. 1929)
• 1866 - Alex Ferson, pitcher (d. 1957)
• 1871 - Art Nichols, catcher (d. 1945)
• 1871 - Jiggs Parrott, infielder (d. 1898)
• 1874 - Jesse Tannehill, pitcher (d. 1956)
• 1879 - Fred Burchell, pitcher (d. 1951)
• 1880 - Red Booles, pitcher (d. 1955)
• 1880 - Ed Hug, catcher (d. 1953)
• 1881 - Rabbit Nill, infielder (d. 1962)
• 1883 - Happy Smith, outfielder (d. 1961)
• 1885 - Warren Miller, outfielder (d. 1956)
• 1888 - Ken Nash, infielder (d. 1977)
• 1889 - Joe Conzelman, pitcher (d. 1979)
• 1892 - Jack Farmer, infielder (d. 1970)
• 1893 - John Peters, catcher (d. 1932)
• 1896 - Henry Gillespie, pitcher (d. 1963)
• 1898 - Happy Chandler Hall of Famer (d. 1991)
• 1900 - Dave Harris, outfielder (d. 1973)
• 1900 - Anderson Pryor, outfielder (d. ????)
• 1902 - Columbus Ewing, outfielder (d. 1947)
• 1904 - Max West, outfielder (d. 1971)
• 1908 - Johnny Murphy, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1970)
• 1910 - Guy Ousley, infielder (d. 1964)
• 1911 - Julio Bonetti, pitcher (d. 1952)
• 1912 - Ed Lagger, pitcher (d. 1981)
• 1913 - Don Hendrickson, pitcher (d. 1977)
• 1913 - Gene Schott, pitcher (d. 1992)
• 1914 - José Pérez, Venezuelan national team player (d. 1944)
• 1919 - Cleveland Clark, outfielder (d. ????)
• 1919 - Crash Davis, infielder (d. 2001)
• 1920 - Bryan Stephens, pitcher (d. 1991)
• 1922 - Robert Creamer, writer (d. 2012)
• 1924 - Ralph Rowe, coach (d. 1996)
• 1925 - Lou Ott, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
• 1925 - Cromer Smotherman, minor league player (d. 2013)
• 1928 - Luis Boyer, Venezuelan national team catcher
• 1929 - Bob Purkey, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2008)
• 1929 - Patricia Scott, AAGPBL pitcher
• 1935 - Earl Francis, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1939 - Dan Hagan, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
• 1944 - Billy McCool, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2014)
• 1945 - Marcel de Bruijn, Hoofdklasse pitcher (d. 2022)
• 1947 - Steve Stone, pitcher; All-Star
• 1947 - Danny Walton, outfielder (d. 2017)
• 1948 - Pepe Frias, infielder
• 1948 - Earl Williams, catcher
• 1949 - Che-Hsiang Chen, Taiwan national team infielder
• 1951 - Rick Wolff, minor league infielder, author (d. 2023)
• 1953 - Billy Smith, infielder
• 1954 - Chuck Rainey, pitcher
• 1958 - Kirk Aadland, minor league infielder
• 1958 - John Booher, scout
• 1961 - Vic Rodriguez, infielder
• 1963 - Stan Boroski, coach
• 1963 - John Dopson, pitcher
• 1963 - Yoshiaki Nishikawa, NPB pitcher
• 1963 - Rob Thomson, minor league catcher
• 1964 - Darren Hall, pitcher
• 1964 - Bill Mosiello, minor league manager and coach
• 1964 - Hiroshi Shintani, NPB pitcher
• 1964 - Jose Vargas, minor league pitcher
• 1966 - Brian Cofer, minor league pitcher
• 1967 - Robin Ventura, infielder, manager; All-Star
• 1968 - Derrick May, outfielder
• 1969 - Jose Hernandez, infielder; All-Star
• 1970 - Mark Brandenburg, pitcher
• 1970 - Tim Davis, pitcher
• 1972 - Harry Muir, minor league pitcher
• 1972 - Brian Wilson, scout
• 1973 - Marcello Malagoli, Serie A1 catcher
• 1973 - Willy Viloria, Colombian national team pitcher
• 1974 - Ben Cherington, General Manager
• 1975 - Tim Hudson, pitcher; All-Star
• 1978 - Mike Burns, pitcher
• 1979 - Bernie Castro, infielder
• 1979 - Tommy Whiteman, minor league infielder
• 1981 - Takuya Furuya, NPB pitcher
• 1982 - Enrique Gonzalez, pitcher
• 1982 - Martijn Meeuwis, Hoofdklasse catcher
• 1983 - Simon Gühring, minor league catcher
• 1983 - Juan Gutierrez, pitcher
• 1983 - Eddy Martinez-Esteve, minor league outfielder
• 1985 - Javier Dominguez, minor league catcher
• 1987 - Cristian González, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
• 1987 - Ashley Scott, South African national team infielder
• 1988 - Kai Correa, manager
• 1989 - Rob Brantly, catcher
• 1989 - Cole Nelson, minor league pitcher
• 1989 - RJ Vukovich, minor league infielder
• 1990 - Jack Leathersich, pitcher
• 1992 - Arunas Dankovskis, Elitserien infielder
• 1992 - Tim Locastro, infielder
• 1992 - Xia Luo, China Baseball League pitcher
• 1994 - Tyler Alexander, pitcher
• 1994 - Zachary Bird, minor league pitcher
• 1994 - Jake Cousins, pitcher
• 1994 - Lucas Giolito, pitcher; All-Star
• 1994 - Carson Kelly, catcher
• 1994 - Andrew Velazquez, infielder
• 1995 - Isaac Mattson, pitcher
• 1995 - Kestas Vilimas, Hoofdklasse catcher
• 1995 - Robertas Vilimas, Bundesliga pitcher
• 1997 - Will Stewart, minor league pitcher
• 1998 - Joey Ortiz, infielder

Deaths

• 1891 - Bill Crowley, outfielder (b. 1857)
• 1910 - Jack Horner, pitcher (b. 1863)
• 1931 - Babe Danzig, infielder (b. 1887)
• 1943 - George Pechiney, pitcher (b. 1861)
• 1947 - Orval Overall, pitcher (b. 1881)
• 1951 - Dee Cousineau, catcher (b. 1898)
• 1951 - Vance Page, pitcher (b. 1905)
• 1960 - Al Kellett, pitcher (b. 1901)
• 1960 - Walter Thornton, outfielder (b. 1875)
• 1962 - Howard Craghead, pitcher (b. 1908)
• 1963 - Bill Lindsay, infielder (b. 1881)
• 1964 - Nolan Swancy, pitcher (b. 1896)
• 1965 - Ike Eichrodt, outfielder (b. 1903)
• 1967 - Bill Dalrymple, infielder (b. 1891)
• 1967 - Ray Winder, minor league executive (b. 1885)
• 1971 - Dee Walsh, outfielder (b. 1890)
• 1982 - Jackie Jensen, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1927)
• 1984 - Al Schacht, pitcher (b. 1892)
• 1985 - Larry Drake, outfielder (b. 1921)
• 1986 - Wally Holborow, pitcher (b. 1913)
• 1988 - Whitey Witt, outfielder (b. 1895)
• 1992 - Willie Wynn, catcher (b. 1917)
• 1994 - Martin Crue, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1994 - Cesar Tovar, outfielder (b. 1940)
• 1996 - Hank Camelli, catcher (b. 1914)
• 2000 - Georges Maranda, pitcher (b. 1932)
• 2002 - Nelson Barrera, minor league infielder (b. 1957)
• 2002 - Alphonso Gerard, outfielder (b. 1917)
• 2008 - Red Foley, writer (b. 1928)
• 2012 - Skeet O'Connell, college coach (b. 1916)
• 2013 - Matt Batts, catcher (b. 1921)
• 2014 - Cliff McClanahan, USA national team pitcher (b. 1917)
• 2014 - James Stillwell, owner (b. 1935)
• 2014 - Alex Zych, minor league pitcher (b. 1926)
• 2015 - Roy Blake, Panamanian national team pitcher (b. 1946)
• 2015 - Kazumi Takahashi, NPB pitcher (b. 1946)
• 2016 - J.L. Smith, college pitcher (b. 1933)
• 2016 - Mike Strahler, pitcher (b. 1947)
• 2019 - Shavently Profar, Hoofdklasse outfielder (b. 1995)