2000
» The Yankees score seven runs in the 4th inning on their way to a 10-7 win over the Blue Jays. NY OF Bernie Williams and C Jorge Posada each hit home runs from both sides of the plate, marking the 1st time in major league history that a pair of teammates accomplish the feat in the same game.

The Dodgers beat the Reds, 11-3, scoring eight runs in the 6th inning.

The Giants defeat the Diamondbacks, 12-7, scoring eight runs in the 1st inning.

1999
» The Cardinals defeat the Dodgers, 12–5, as 3B Fernando Tatis sets a major league record by hitting two grand slams in a single inning. His two homers came in St. Louis' 11–run 3rd inning. He also sets a record with eight RBIs in the inning, while LA P Chan Ho Park becomes the 1st pitcher this century -- and only the 2nd ever -- to surrender two grand slams in a single frame. Bill Phillips of the Pirates did so in 1890. Park became the 36th major-leaguer to serve up two slams to the same player in his career.

At Fenway, ex-Red Sox hitter Wil Cordero hits a 2-run home run, off Jim Corsi, in the 6th to give the Indians a 7–6 win over Boston. His hit follows the 2nd bench clearing brawl of the game. Rheal Cormier plunks Jim Thome and Corsi relieves. The first brawl comes in the 5th after Jarret Wright allows a homer, walk and single, then hits Darren Lewis with a pitch. Both are tossed. Lofton, leading off, and Fryman homer for Cleveland. The American League will suspend Indians P Jaret Wright (5 games) and 1B Jim Thome (3 days), and Red Sox OF Darren Lewis (3 days) and P Rheal Cormier (3 games) for participating in the brawls. All will appeal.

The Brewers sink the Pirates, 9–1, as P Steve Woodard hurls the complete game victory. The win ends Milwaukee's National League record streak of 113 games without a complete game. 3B Jeff Cirillo leads the Brewer attack with three hits, including a double and home run, and four RBIs.

The Indians trade P Jerry Spradlin to the Giants for OF Dan McKinley and a player to be named.

Royals P Hipolito Pichardo undergoes right elbow surgery which will keep him out the rest of the season.

Wichita State University P Ben Christensen hits Evansville leadoff hitter Anthony Molina with a warm-up pitch while Molina is about 30 feet from the plate. Molina receives 23 stitches to close a gash. Christensen explains that he thought Molina was trying to time his pitches, and says pitching coach Brent Kemnitz has instructed pitchers to brush back the on-deck hitter if he's standing too close to the plate. The Missouri Valley Conference suspends Christensen, and Kenmitz, for the rest of the season. Molina will file assault charges against the pitcher which will result in an out-of-court settlement in 2002.

1998
» Brewers' OF Marquis Grissom hits his 103rd career homer in Milwaukee's 2–1 win over the Dodgers. He surpasses Lou Piniella's old record for most homers without a multiple–HR game. Grissom eventually reaches 109 career home run before hitting a pair on September 26.

1996
» Albert Belle and Manny Ramirez each hit 3-run homers and the Indians hold off the Orioles for an 9–8 win. The Indians win their 10th in 11 games, while the O's drop their 6th straight.

In Milwaukee, the A's rack up nine runs off knuckler Steve Sparks, with Scott Brosius banging a 3-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the 4th. Jason Giambi tallies a double in the first off Sparks, a triple in the 2nd, and a two run homer in the 4th. With teammates urging him to stop at first on any hit, Giambi lines out his next two times up. The A's need all nine runs as the Brewers battle back to lose, 9–6.

1994
» Padres' OF Tony Gwynn gets five hits, including a double and home run, in San Diego's 8-2 win over Philadelphia.

1993
» Milwaukee pitchers Cal Eldred and Jesse Orosco combine to shut out Texas on one hit in a 3-0 win. Eldred hurls the 1st eight innings while Orosco pitches the 9th to get the save. Rafael Palmeiro's double is the only hit.

1991
» Rob Dibble of the Reds fans six consecutive Astros to tie the National League record for most Ks in a row by a relief pitcher. Dibble records his 2nd save of the year as the Reds defeat the Astros, 3-1.

Manager Nick Leyva is fired by the Phillies after just 13 games, and replaced by Jim Fregosi. It is the second-fastest firing in major league history. Cal Ripken Sr. was fired by Baltimore after six games in 1988. Under Fregosi, the Phils lose their 10th in 14 games, dropping a 2–1 decision to the Mets. Jason Grimsley is the loser as both Mets score on walks.

In the top of the 6th at Fenway, the Jays John Olerud is at bat when Sox pitcher Roger Clemens catches Joe Carter napping and picks off the baserunner unassisted at 1B. Carter was caught by pitcher John Cerutti the same way in 1986.

1989
» Nolan Ryan is two outs from a no-hitter when Nelson Liriano triples and Ryan settles for a 4–1 one-hitter over the Blue Jays. It is Ryan's 10th career one-hitter, though the only one that breaks up a no-hitter in the last inning.

1981
» The White Sox sweep the O's, pounding Baltimore for 26 hits in the opener and scoring in each of the 1st six innings to win 18–5. Sox take the nitecap 5–3.

1980
» Angels P Bruce Kison settles for a one-hitter when Minnesota's Ken Landreaux rips a double with one out in the 9th inning of California's 17–0 romp. It is the 2nd time in a year that Kison has lost a no-hitter with one out in the 9th. For Landreaux, the hit marks the beginning of a 31-game hitting streak. The loser today is Terry Felton.

1978
» Reds 2B Joe Morgan commits an error during a 2–1, 10-inning win over the Giants, ending his major-league record streak of 91 consecutive errorless games since July 6, 1977. Three Reds pitchers combine on a 2-hitter, hand out 12 walks, and strand 14 runners.

1976
» The Rangers' Tom Grieve bangs a double and homer in the same inning, but it is not enough as Detroit wins, 7–6.

1975
» The Yankees Roy White again homers from both sides of the plate, this time in an 11–7 loss to the Red Sox. White last switch-hit home runs on August 13, 1973.

1972
» Sending 14 men to the plate, the Astros erupt for 10 runs in the 9th to defeat the Giants, 13–7. Cesar Cedeno collects five hits, including two in the 9th when he drives in three runs. May has a 3-run homer in the 9th.

Greg Luzinski homers in the 9th to tie the score, then triples and scores in the 11th to give the Phils a 5–4 victory over the Pirates. Luzinski also doubles and scores in the 2nd.

1968
» The Cubs make a canny trade acquiring P Phil Regan and OF Jim Hickman from the Dodgers for OF Ted Savage and P Jim Ellis.

1966
» Two days after putting on a Cubs uniform, Ferguson Jenkins hits his first major league homer, off Don Sutton, drives in a 2nd run, and shuts out the Dodgers to win, 2–0. For rookie Sutton, it is the first of 13 straight losses the Cubs will hand him.

1964
» Houston's Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher ever to hurl a 9-inning no-hitter and lose as Cincinnati wins 1–0. Two errors in the 9th, the second by 2B Nellie Fox on Vada Pinson's grounder, allows Pete Rose to score the only run. Joe Nuxhall wins with a 4-hitter.

The Mets swap Chico Fernandez and minor leaguer Bobby Catton to the White Sox for Charley Smith.

1962
» Jay Hook gives the New York Mets their first regular-season victory, a 5-hit 9–1 win at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is now 10–1 for the season, but will lose 13 of its next 17 games.

1961
» Art Mahaffey fans a batter in each inning and 17 in all, a Phillies' record, while beating the Cubs, 6–0. The Phils win the first game 1-0 behind Frank Sullivan.

1959
» The Senators tally only three hits off Bob Turley, but beat the Yankee righty, 3–2, snapping his 12-game winning streak over Washington. Russ Kemmerer is the winner, despite allowing a home run to Mickey Mantle.

After a conference with Fidel Castro, Havana club president Bobby Maduro says the team will stay in Cuba despite the political unrest.

1958
» In an ongoing dispute with soap operatic properties, a Chicago Court orders Mrs. Dorothy Comiskey Rigney to distribute stock from her mother's estate, so she can not effectively bar her brother Charles A. Comiskey from sitting on the White Sox Board.

Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR and Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2,000th game, but the Dodgers lose 7-6 to the Cubs. Duke Snider injures his arm before the game trying to throw a ball out of the Los Angeles Coliseum. Unamused Dodger officials dock him a day's pay.

1954
» At Sportsman's Park, Henry Aaron hits the first of his 755 ML home runs, a solo shot off Vic Raschi of St. Louis. The Braves win in 14 innings 7–5 on an error by Hemus. Card rookie Wally Moon is 5-for-5.

Jackie Robinson steals 2B and 3B, then swipes home on the front end of a triple steal with Gil Hodges and Sandy Amoros in the 6th against the Pirates. The Dodgers win 6–5 in 13 innings, when Robinson doubles home Junior Gilliam.

1952
» Future Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm of the New York Giants wins his first ML game pitching 5 innings in relief in a 9-5 win. He homers in his first at bat against the Braves' Dick Hoover. It is Wilhelm's only ML HR in 1,070 games.

The NL fines and reprimands league umpire Scotty Robb for pushing Cardinal manger Eddie Stanky. Stanky and player Solly Hemus also receive fines.

Bob Cain of the Browns and Bob Feller of the Indians each pitch a one-hitter, with the Browns prevailing 1-0. It ties a ML record for the fewest hits by 2 teams in a game. Bobby Young hits a triple in the first inning and scores the only run, as the Browns move into first place.

1950
» In the second of two games, the Braves and Phillies start the match in daylight and finish under the lights, a first in the majors. Phils win, 6–5. Johnny Sain hurls the Braves to a 4–3 win over the visiting Phils in the opener.

1947
» Rudy York's two hits are it for Boston as the Yankees Allie Reynolds shuts out the Hubmen, 3–0. Boo Ferriss is the loser.

At Detroit, the Tigers use consecutive solo homers in the 8th from Roy Cullenbine, Dick Wakefield, and Hoot Evers to beat the White Sox, 7–4. Cullenbine adds an earlier homer and Eddie Lake adds a 5th Bengal blast to back Fred Hutchinson's win over Eddie Lopat.

The Yankees release veteran reliever Johnny Murphy who will sign with the Red Sox.

1946
» Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers tosses a no-hitter at the Braves, beating Boston 5-0 before 30,287 at Ebbets Field. It is Head's first ML start since his return from the military.

1944
» Jim Tobin tosses a one-hitter in the Braves' home opener as Philadelphia 2B Ford Mullen gets the only hit in the 6th inning. In his previous start Tobin lost a 3-hitter to the Giants.

1940
» A flood at Crosley Field washes out a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the first time a flood has caused the postponement of an NL game. The teams will later decide to replay the game on May 13th when both teams will be heading east from St. Louis, but they neglect to inform the NL office.

1939
» Chicago's Marv Owen equals a major-league record with four doubles, as the White Sox trounce the Browns 17–4.

Against the A's Bud Thomas, Ted Williams connects for his first ML home run while going 4-for-5. The A's win 12–8, but Thomas will be waived to the Senators in a week.

1937
» Carl Hubbell's first start of the season is a 3-hitter against the Boston Bees. For the Giants ace, it is his 17th straight win, dating back to July 17 of last year.

Jersey City, now a Giants farm team, returns to the International League with the largest crowd, 31,294, in minor league history.

1936
» In the Dodgers 4–3, 10-inning win over the Giants, Dodgers OF Randy Moore breaks his right ankle sliding into 2B and will miss most of the season. He'll return to the active list on July 27 and play in just one more game on the field before August 27. He'll hit .103 next year, his last. A Mel Ott home run gives the Giants the lead in the 10th, but the Dodgers counter with two runs.

1933
» Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak is threatened when he is knocked unconscious by an Earl Whitehill pitch in the New York-Washington game. He recovers and finishes the game.

1929
» The Yankees become the first team to wear numbers on their road uniforms when they invade Fenway Park. The Red Sox are unimpressed and win 4–2.

1922
» The Browns top the White Sox, 4–2, as Cy Williams poles a homer off Clarence Hodge.

1919
» Anticipating a poor season at the gate, the major leagues open a reduced 140-game season. Despite the lack of close races, attendance remains high all year and every club will show a profit.

The season opens in Washington with General March, Army Chief of Staff, throwing out the first ball. Walter Johnson wins a 1-0, 13-inning duel with the A's Scott Perry.

1917
» The Reds purchase Jim Thorpe from the Giants, but return the Olympic star to New York in August.

1916
» The Giants are saved from a humiliating exhibition loss to the Long Branch Cubans at West Side Park, Jersey City, when rain halts the game in the first inning with the Cubans leading, 8–1.

1913
» Christy Mathewson sets down the Phils 3–1, throwing just 67 pitches. He retires the side in the 6th on six pitches, and uses just five in the 9th inning. Ad Brennan takes the loss.

1910
» At Boston, CF Tris Speaker pulls off his 2nd unassisted DP, the gem occurring in the 2nd inning against the Athletics. Speaker snares a low line drive and beats baserunner Harry Davis back to 2B. The game goes 11 innings with the A's prevailing 5–3. Eddie Plank is the starter and winner over Eddie Cicotte.

1909
» In the 6th inning of the Reds-Pirates game in Pittsburgh, Honus Wagner steps across the plate to the other batter's box as Reds P Harry Gaspar delivers the ball. Umpire Bill Klem refuses to call him out. The Pirates win 2-1, but Reds manager Clark Griffith protests and acting NL president John Heydler backs Klem. But the league will override Heydler and Klem and order the game replayed September 20th. The Pirates will win again, by a score of 4-3.

1903
» Behind the pitching of Harry Howell, the New York Highlanders (1–1) win their first game, 7–2, over Washington.

Butte (Pacific Coast League) makes two triple plays in one game against Los Angeles.

1902
» St. Louis Cardinals owner Frank DeHaas Robison offers to put up $10,000 that the Pirates will not repeat as NL champions. Pittsburgh players accept the challenge with a matching pool, and go on to win the pennant by 27 1/2 games.

The White Stockings open the season at home by marching in from the outfield accompanied by Thompson's American Band. After unfurling the AL pennant, the Chicagoans then stop the Detroit Blues, 12-2 behind Nixey Callahan.

Let the injunction wars begin: The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia issues a restraining order returnable May three against the National Baseball League stopping that organization from interfering with the four Washington AL ball players. In Chicago, Charles Comiskey comes to the defense of Eddie McFarland saying the White Stockings just won't play him in Pennsylvania. In St. Louis, lawyers for the NL Cardinals initiate proceedings in the circuit court of St. Louis to restrain Harper, Wallace, and Heidrick from playing with the St. Louis American League team. All three have signed contracts with the Cards. In Philadelphia, President Shibe of the AL Athletics says, according to his lawyers, the Supreme Court ruling applies only to Nap Lajoie and has no reference to any other player.