2001
» Colorado's Pedro Astacio throws a brilliant game against the Snakes in Arizona, winning, 2–1. They hit him two times, and he hits them four times, tying a major-league record for HBP in a game. The last to do so was Orel Hershiser on April 19, 2000. Pedro is lifted in the 9th after hitting his 4th batter and allowing a single. Larry Walker has a solo home run to back Astacio's 50th career win with the Rocks, the first franchise pitcher to reach that level.

2000
» The White Sox defeat the Tigers, 14-6, in a game marked by two brawls and 11 ejections. Chicago OF Chris Singleton goes 5-for-5, including a double and home run, and drives home five runs for the White Sox.

The Rockies clip the Cardinals, 7-6. Mark McGwire and Fernando Tatis homer for St. Louis as the Cards set an National League mark for most home runs in the month of April (42).

1999
» Tampa Bay defeats Baltimore, 1–0, as Ps Tony Saunders, Jim Mecir and Roberto Hernandez combine on a 1–hitter. SS Mike Bordick's single with two outs in the 8th inning is the only hit Oriole hit.

Angels OF Jim Edmonds has surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right shoulder. He will be sidelined for about four months.

1998
» White Sox 2B Ray Durham ties a major league record by reaching base on an error three times in Chicago's 14–7 victory over the Indians. Durham adds three hits, scores four runs, and drives home 2. Chicago breaks the game open by scoring nine runs in the 5th inning. Durham was also involved in two other plays in which he advanced on errors—a SB in which he went to 3rd on a throwing error and he triples and scores on another error.

The Yankees, in first by a half game, pound Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte shuts down the Blue Jays, as the Yankees prevail, 9–1. Scott Brosius has three hits and five RBI. Pettitte pitches a complete game and allows one run (unearned) on six hits and one walk, with six strike outs. Clemens takes the loss allowing nine runs (6 earned), the 3rd time in Clemens' great career that he allowed nine runs in a game and the 2nd time against the Yankees. Clemens K's out six and reaches 2900.

1997
» After four months of on-and-off negotiations, the Yankees acquire the rights to Japanese P Hideki Irabu from the San Diego Padres for $3 million. New York sends injured OF Ruben Rivera and minor leaguer P Rafael Medina to San Diego. The Padres sweeten the deal by sending three minor leaguers to NY: 2B Homer Bush and outfielders Gordon Amerson and Vernon Maxwell. Irabu's team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, gave the San Diego exclusive rights to the 27-year-old righthander, but Irabu refused to sign with the Padres, saying he would only go with the Yankees.

1996
» Rheal Cormier allows just three hits and Henry Rodriguez slams two homers and drives in five runs as host Montreal clips the Cardinals, 8–0. Rodriguez, starting in LF for the injured Moises Alou, homered twice on Saturday and is 9-for-14. Montreal (12–7) leads Atlanta in the N.L. East by one 1/2 games.

Shawon Dunston makes four errors, but participates in four of the Giants five double plays in an 11–8 loss to the Astros. Dunston is mercifully lifted in the 8th, but his four errors is the most by a Giant since Bob Brenly's four in a 1986 game.

In Arlington, Harold Baines, with a 3-run blast, and Robin Ventura hit consecutive homers in the 6th as the Sox halt the Rangers' five-game win streak, 12–4. Ventura and Danny Tartabull then hit back-to-back homers in the 8th to cinch Alex Fernandez's 3rd win.

1993
» Seattle's Chris Bosio hurls a 7-0 no-hitter against the Red Sox. He walks the 1st two batters he faces, then finishes the game by retiring the last 26 Red Sox in a row.

1991
» Giants 2B Robby Thompson hits for the cycle in a 7-5 loss to the Padres. Thompson triples in the 1st, homers in the 3rd, singles in the 6th, and doubles in the 9th.

1988
» Cory Snyder and Joe Carter hit grand slams to power the Indians to a 11–6 win over the Twins. Twins P Bert Blyleven hits a ML record-tying four Cleveland batsmen before departing.

The Cardinals trade veteran 2B Tom Herr to the Twins for OF Tom Brunansky.

1986
» Detroit's Kirk Gibson sprains his ankle when his foot slips off the bag at Fenway. He'll be out till June 3. The Red Sox win today, 6–4, behind Roger Clemens (3–0).

1985
» The Twins collect 16 hits in sinking the Mariners, 9–5. In the 4th, Kirby Puckett hits a 3-run homer, his first home run in the majors, off Matt Young. After no homers last year, Puckett will hit four homers this season before blossoming into a power hitter with 31 next year.

1984
» The Tigers roll over the White Sox, 9–1, with Kirk Gibson hitting his 4th homer of the year in the first inning. Juan Berenguer goes seven innings for the win, with Aurelio Lopez and Willie Hernandez finishing up for Detroit. Chicago finishes up with 1B Mike Squires on the mound for the last batter.

1982
» After opening the season with 13 straight wins the Braves finally lose, 2–1, to the Reds. Bruce Berenyi is the winner over Bob Walk.

1981
» Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela tosses his 3rd shutout in four starts, strikes out 11, and drives in the game's only run with a single in a 1–0 win over Houston.

At Chicago, Orioles pitcher Dennis Martinez is injured when he's hit by a bottle tossed by a fan.

1980
» In a classic Wrigley Field slugfest, the Cubs beat the Cardinals 16–12 on Barry Foote's 2-out grand slam in the bottom of the 9th. Foote drives in eight runs overall with four hits and two home runs, and teammate Ivan DeJesus hits for the cycle to help Chicago rally from a 12–5 deficit.

1978
» Mark Fidrych, who had to leave his last game when his shoulder tightened, warms up but is unable to start against Texas. But the Tigers top the Rangers, 7–6, in 10 innings, on the strength of John Hiller nifty four innings of shutout relief.

Before a crowd of 36,005—4th largest in Fenway history—the Indians trounce the Red Sox, 13–4, ending Boston's eight game win streak. Tomorrow's crowd will be 36,388 for a doubleheader split between the same two teams. Cleveland's starter Rick Wise, traded to Cleveland in the final week of spring training, makes a triumphant return to Fenway, despite giving up a 3-run homer to George Scott. Cleveland is led by Andre Thornton, who clouts his 4th homer and hits for the cycle, all off different pitchers.

1975
» The Reds again use a 9th inning rally to win, 5–4, over the Giants at Riverfront Stadium. Morgan scores the winner after cruising into 3rd on a wild pitch and deliberately drawing a throw from C Marc Hill. Hill heaves the ball over 3rd and Morgan scores.

1972
» The Braves smash five homers, including Aaron's first of the year and #640 of his career, in defeating the Reds, 11–7. Williams belts 2, and Brown and Rico Carty one apiece.

1971
» In the Pirates 7–4 win over the Braves, Willie Stargell hits his 10th home run of the month to tie a ML record.

1970
» Tom Seaver strikes out 19 Padres, including the last 10 in succession in winning 2–1 for the Mets. Mike Corkin takes the loss. In this century, no one has ever struck out 10 in a row, a ML record. Counting the ten whiffs yesterday, the Pads have struck out 29 times in two games, a NL record that will be topped in 1998 when the Astros miss 31 times in two days. Jerry Grote adds one foul fly catch to his 19 putouts via K's.

The Yankees and Senators battle for 18 innings before the Nats win, 2–1. The winning run scores on a walk to Ed Stroud, a single by Hank Allen, and a sac fly by Mike Epstein. The run, off Ron Klimkowski, makes a winner of Joe Grzenda.

1969
» In his first ML start, Rollie Fingers pitches the A's to a 7–0 win over the Twins, stopping Minnesota's 7-game win streak.

1962
» The Pirates win their 10th straight game, edging the Mets 4–3, and matching the major-league record to start a season, while the Mets tie a National League record by opening 0–9.

The Cubs, 1–9 before today, hand the Cards their first defeats of the year, sweeping the Birds, 11–5 and 5–1. Ernie Banks hits a 3-run home run to start the scoring in the opener.

1961
» The Red Sox snap a 13-game losing streak in Comiskey Park by edging the White Sox, 7–6, on Pumpsie Green's 11th-inning homer.

1960
» In the home opener at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle socks a 4th inning homer off Hoyt Wilhelm, and New York beats Baltimore, 5–0.

A record opening day crowd of 53,563 at Briggs Stadium sees the Tigers chalk up their 3rd straight win, 6–5, over the White Sox. Recently acquired Rocky Colavito blasts a home run in his first at bat in Detroit, and Eddie Yost adds a home run in the 5th.

1959
» The White Sox, down 6-1 after two innings, storm back and score 11 runs in the 7th inning on one hit; there are three errors, a near-record 10 walks, a HBP, stolen base, and single in the frame. Kansas City Athletics relief P George Brunet gives up five bases-loaded walks and a bases-loaded HBP, as the White Sox garner just one hit, by John Callison. Jim Landis makes two outs, both grounders to the pitcher, in the strange inning. Nellie Fox drives in two runs in the inning, both times by walking. Fox does collect four hits in the game, while Aparicio has a 3-run homer. There are three other bases-loaded walks as Kansas City loses, 20–6.

Whitey Ford pitches 14 innings against the Senators striking out 15. The Yankees finally win it in the 14th on a Moose Skowron solo homer 1–0, the longest contest ending 1–0 on a four-bagger.

1957
» John Kennedy becomes the first black to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, making them the last NL team to integrate. Kennedy pinch runs for Hemus in the 5-1 loss to Brooklyn. He will play only briefly in 5 games, 2 at 3B, and will go hitless.

1956
» Yankee P Don Larsen slams a HR with the bases loaded off Frank Sullivan of the Red Sox, as New York wins 13-6.

1955
» Though the Dodgers take a 3-0 lead into the 8th, their streak ends as the Braves' Max Surkont beats Johnny Podres 5-4. Don Zimmer is called out at home on a squeeze play by Jackie Robinson that would have tied the game.

In a rundown between home and 3rd, Yankee 2B Jerry Coleman breaks his collarbone. The Yanks beat the Red Sox 3-0, but Coleman is out for the season.

1952
» A federal grand jury cites Cardinal owner Fred Saigh with income tax evasion.

1947
» At Ebbets Field, the Phils test Jackie Robinson by yelling racial slurs and invectives from the dugout. Jackie keeps his cool, singles, and scores in the 8th inning. Hal Gregg allows just one hit and the Dodgers win, 1–0.

Al Zarilla's single in the 7th inning is the only hit off Bob Feller as the Indians beat the Browns, 5–0.

1946
» Boston's Eddie Pellagrini homers in his first at bat in the ML, in a 5-4 Red Sox win over Washington.

1944
» The Yankees hand out 1943 WS rings before beating the Senators 6-3.

1943
» Despite going 4-for-4 in a 5-2 win at Ebbets Field, the Giants' Mel Ott declares the new baseballs hit like overripe grapefruits. Reds slugger Frank McCormick adds, "It was like hitting a piece of cement."

1937
» Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are among 18 black players who jump to the Dominican Republic league. Negro League owners regard this as desertion and plan to ban the players from the league. In May, Paige will be banned for life.

1934
» Lon Warneke pitches his 2nd straight one-hitter, beating Dizzy Dean, as the Cubs romp over the Cards 15-2.

1931
» Babe Ruth collides with Charlie Berry, Red Sox catcher and former pro football player, while trying to score on a sacrifice fly. Ruth is carried off the field at Fenway Park and taken to a hospital.

1929
» It's the Cubs turn as Pat Malone shuts out the Cardinals, 3–0, beating Pete Alexander.

1926
» The Browns' 5 double plays against the White Sox tie the AL record.

1925
» The Cardinals open at home and treat their fans to a post-1900, NL-record, first-inning barrage of 12 hits, scoring 11 runs to beat the Reds 12-3.

1923
» The first Sunday game at Yankee Stadium draws an estimated 60,000, but the Yankees suffer their first loss of the year, 4-3 to Washington.

1922
» The Browns' Ken Williams hits three home runs, and two singles, against the visiting White Sox, with George Sisler on base each time, to lead St. Louis to a 10–7 win. He's the first American League player to hit three round trippers in a game. Given a head start on the suspended Babe Ruth, he will take the home run and RBI titles and become the first 30-30 man, with 39 home runs and 37 SBs.

1916
» The A's Jack Nabors tops the Red Sox, 6–2. His only victory of the season evens his record at 1–1. He will follow with 19 straight losses to set a major-league record. Teammate Tom Sheehan will be right behind him at 1–16.

1915
» A's newly acquired 2B Nap Lajoie makes five errors in a 7–6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He is the last of six second baseman to boot that many in one game.

The Phillies win their 8th in a row, beating the Braves, 8–4 with a five-run 8th inning. Pete Alexander picks up his 3rd victory.

Massachusetts governor Walsh is on hand for the Red Sox home opener and watches as Mayor James Curley tosses out the first ball. Ralph Comstock, in relief of Ernie Shore, is the winner, 7–6, for Boston over the A's.

1914
» At age 19, Babe Ruth's first professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6–0 win for Baltimore (International League) over Buffalo. The 2nd batter he faces is Joe McCarthy, the manager he will play for 17 years later with New York. Ruth is 2-for-4.

The Chicago Whales (FL) host the Kansas City Packers at newly built Weegham Park, on Chicago's North Side. With two homers by Art Wilson, and a 5-hitter by Claude Hendrix, the Chifeds coast to a 9–1 before a crowd of 21,000.

1910
» The Braves and Phils combine for a major-league record fewest at bats by two teams in nine innings: 48 (25 for Braves, 23 Phils). Boston wins 3–0. The mark will be tied next year and topped in the AL in 1964.

1908
» In the Giants home opener, 25,000 fans watch Brooklyn take a 2-1 lead into the 9th inning against Christy Mathewson. With Fred Tenney on 1B, Mike Donlin, a hold out all of last year, then homers to give the Giants a 3-2 win.

1907
» At Boston, New York's Christy Mathewson gives up eight hits, but no runs, in shutting down Boston, 1-0. Bill Dahlen singles home the winner off Patsy Flaherty in the 9th.

1906
» A new rule puts the umpire in sole charge of all game balls. The home team manager previously had some say as to when a new ball was introduced.

1905
» Having failed to give out rain checks the day before when a storm stopped the game, the Highlanders open the gates for free admission, and 30,000 people jam the park for the clash with Washington.

1903
» At Washington, before 11,950, the New York Highlanders play their first game, losing 3–1. Washington elects to bat first, but the New Yorkers score in the bottom of the opening inning to take a 1–0 lead. Each starter gives up six hits with Jack Chesbro, the National League's top winner last year (28-6) taking the loss. Al Orth, in his second season with Washington, is the winner.

In the American League's formal Opening at Philadelphia, the Athletics top Boston, 6–1, before 13,578. Rube Waddell bests Bill Dinneen. AL President Ban Johnson presents the 1902 championship pennant to the A's.