2002
» The Angels defeat the Blue Jays, 8–5, as SS David Eckstein hits a grand slam for the second day in a row. He also homered in yesterday's 11–4 win over Toronto.

The Giants edge the Reds, 5–4, behind homers by Reggie Sanders and Benito Santiago. Robb Nen relieves in the 8th after Adam Dunn hits a 2-run home run. An insurance run in the top of the 9th offsets another Dunn homer, off Nen. Ump union head John Hirschbeck tells fellow ump Mark Carlson not to issue a warning to Reds P Gabe White after a pitch sails over the head of Barry Bonds. Hirschbeck will be sent a warning letter about this, which will end up before a judge.

2001
» The Mariners defeat the White Sox, 8-5, for their 20th win this month, a new major-league record for April. Kazuhiro Sasaki sets a new record for saves in April with his 13th.

Hot-hitting Albert Pujols ties the major-league record for home runs in April by a rookie with eight but his Cardinals fall to the Mets, 6-5 in 11 innings.

The Brewers double the Expos, 8-4, as Geoff Jenkins hits three home runs and drives in six runs.

2000
» The Astros whitewash the Brewers, 7-0, behind Chris Holt's 1-hitter. Ron Belliard's single is the only Milwaukee hit.

1999
» The Mets defeat the Padres, 4–3, on a 9th inning home run by C Mike Piazza. It is the 1st time that SD has lost a game it was leading after eight innings since July 24, 1996. They were 181–0 in games in which they led after eight in that time.

The Angels defeat the Blue Jays, 12–10, after blowing a 10–0 lead. Mo Vaughn's 2nd 2–run homer of the game, in the 8th inning, is the deciding blow.

The Rockies defeat the Cardinals, 9–7, as OF Larry Walker hits three home runs and a single, and drives home eight runs for Colorado. The eight ribbies ties a team record.

In the middle of their series with Seattle, the Tigers trade OF Brian Hunter to the Mariners in exchange for a pair of players to be named. Hunter was on the winning side in the first two games with Detroit, and Seattle will win the next two to split the series.

The Phillies got three consecutive home runs from Scott Rolen, Rico Brogna and Ron Gant in the bottom of the 1st off Bret Tomko, the 1st time the Phillies have three consecutive home runs since July 26, 1987. But the Reds, down 7–1 after four innings, score four runs in the 9th to win, 12–8.

Marlins P Archie Corbin ties the major league record with four strikeouts in the 7th inning against the Cubs. Tyler Houston, who was his 2nd K victim, reaches 1st on a wild pitch. Wilson Alvarez, on July 21, 1997, is the last to strike out four in an inning.

1998
» Texas OF Juan Gonzalez drives home two runs in the Rangers 7–2 win over the Twins, giving him a major league record 35 RBIs for the month of April. Tino Martinez had 34 in 1997.

OF Tony Gwynn leads San Diego to a 7–3 win over the Cubs as he strokes five hits, including a home run, scores three runs, and drives home 2. It is his 9th game of five or more hits (one 6-hit game) placing him 3rd on the all-time list behind Ty Cobb (14) and Rose (10).

1996
» Visiting Texas scores four runs in the 10th and holds on for a 5–4 win over the Orioles. Baltimore's Brady Anderson cracks his 11th homer of April, joining Gary Sheffield, who hit his 11th of Friday, Willie Stargell (1971), Graig Nettles (1974), and Mike Schmidt (1976) as the only players to hit that many in the month.

Veteran Frank Viola, brought up yesterday from the minors, is rocked for 10 runs in four innings by the Indians. who roll to a 17–3 win over the Blue Jays. Sandy Alomar hits a 3-run homer and Albert Belle adds a solo shot and drives in three runs.

Darrin Fletcher and David Segui belt grand slams and Montreal sets a team record for scoring by routing Colorado, 21–9. Reserve OF F.P. Santangelo knocks in five runs, to go along with Segui's six RBI, and Fletcher's 5. SS Mark Grudzielanek strokes five hits for the Expos.

The Yankees top the Twins, 6–3, as reliever Mariano Rivera pitches the last three innings for the win. Rivera has now thrown nine hitless innings over his last three outings. Paul O'Neill, leading the A.L. in hitting, robs Paul Molitor of a homer in the 7th and then clouts one of his own. The Yankees pull ahead of Baltimore in the A.L. East.

On the 100th anniversary of the opening of Bennett Field at Michigan and Trumbull Avenues, the Tigers lose to the A's, 6–3. Scott Brosius rings up his 3rd two-homer game of the season, and Mark McGwire adds a homer, estimated at 462 feet, that almost clears the RF roof at Tiger Stadium, to lead the A's. Oakland collects four homers off Greg Gohr, and adds another, while Detroit bangs two, including Cecil Fielder's 10th of the year.

1995
» The Ontario Labor Board announces that replacement umpires will not be allowed to work in Blue Jay home games. Under Ontario law, replacement workers may not be used during a strike or lockout.

The Giants play Opening Day at 3Com Stadium, the new name for Candlestick Park. The day is a success for the Jints, as they shut out Florida, 4-0.

In Venezuela, former ML player Gus Palidor is murdered by two men who are trying to steal his car. Palidor had just returned from spring training, where he had been trying to catch on as a replacement player.

1991
» Jack Morris of the Twins wins the 200th game of his career, defeating the Mariners, 8-2. He is the 89th hurler to reach the mark.

Philadelphia hurler Jason Grimsley sets a major league mark by tossing a wild pitch in his 9th consecutive game (dating back to 1990). The old record of eight was set in 1986 by Jaime Cocanower of the Brewers. In the same contest, the Phillies turn the 1st triple play in the 20-year history of Veterans Stadium as they defeat the Padres, 9-2, with Grimsley notching the win.

After recording the final out in his save of the Reds 4-3 win over the Cubs, Cincinnati pitcher Rob Dibble takes the ball from catcher Joe Oliver and hurls it into the center field bleachers, where it strikes Meg Porter, a 27-year-old first-grade teacher. Dibble later apologizes for his tantrum, saying, "I have to mature. I have to come to grips with it." The righthander will receive a 4-game suspension for his actions.

1990
» Frank Tanana wins his 200th career game, as Detroit tops Milwaukee, 13–5.

At Fenway, the Red Sox beat the A's, 12–3. At the 12:07 start, the temperature is 95 degrees; when the game ends three hours, 50 minutes later, the temperature is 55 degrees and windy.

1989
» Nelson Liriano breaks up a no-hitter in the 9th inning for the 2nd time in six days, ending Kirk McCaskill's bid with a pinch-hit double. McCaskill settles for a 9–0 one-hitter.

1988
» The Orioles set an American League record with their 21st consecutive loss 4–2 to the Twins, breaking the record shared by the 1906 Red Sox and the 1916 and 1943 A's. Ripken suffers through an 0-for-29, not the streak he's looking for.

1985
» After the Yankees lose to the White Sox 4–3 on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 9th, manager Yogi Berra is replaced by Billy Martin, who begins his 4th term in the job. The bad news is delivered to Yogi by pitching coach Clyde King, and a furious Berra vows to never set foot in Yankee Stadium as long as George Steinbrenner is the owner.

Mickey Hatcher goes 4-for-5 as the Twins post their 8th consecutive win, 10–1 over Oakland. Hatcher was 5-for-5 the day before, giving him a club record nine consecutive hits.

In Billy Martin's first game as New York manager, Larry Parrish belts three home runs to power the Rangers to a 7–5 win over the Yankees. It is Parrish's 4th career 3-HR game but his first in the American League, making him only the 5th player to accomplish the feat in each league. The Yanks lose a homer in the 4th when, with two men on, Bobby Meacham hits a Frank Tanana ball that just reaches the stands. Running hard, Meacham collides with teammate Willie Randolph who was returning to 1B to tag up. Meacham is given a two-run single.

Darryl Strawberry hits a grand slam in the first inning at New York but it takes another five hours before the Mets score again. Mookie Wilson scores from 3B when Clint Hurdle's grounder went through the legs of Pittsburgh first baseman Jason Thompson for an error in the 18th inning to give the Mets a 5-4 victory in a game that lasts five hours 21 minutes. Lee Tunnell, the Bucs 7th pitcher, takes the loss. A defensive gem by Rusty Staub, robs the Pirates of at least one run in the top of the 18th. Staub, 41, who weighs 230 is pressed into service when the Mets ran out of players in the 12th inning. Staub played right field when right-handed batters came up and left field when left-handed hitters batted. He was playing right in the top of the 18th. With Tunnell on second and two out, pinch hitter Rick Rhoden hits a looping fly ball down the RF line and Staub makes a running catch to save a run. In the bottom of the 18th Gary Carter draws a walk and Wilson, running for him, goes to third on Strawberry's single to right. When Hurdle's grounder went through Thompson, it ends the longest game in three years. Through one stretch in the marathon, in which 43 players were used, Pirate pitchers hold the Mets hitless for 10 innings.

1984
» At Comiskey, Boston wins on an error in the 9th, 8–7. Jose Cruz homers and drives in four runs for Chicago, while Jim Rice and Tony Armas homer for Boston. Armas's clout is a 500 foot blast into the CF bleachers.

1982
» The Cubs Dickie Noles pitches his first career complete game, a 6–0 one-hitter over Tom Seaver and the Reds. The only hit off Noles is Eddie Milner's single leading off the 4th inning.

Bob Bailor's sacrifice fly in the top of the 15th inning scores Mookie Wilson with the winning run as the Mets beat the Padres 5–4, ending San Diego's winning streak at 11 games. It is the 3rd winning streak of 10 or more games in the National League this year.

Pete Rose goes 5-for-5 to tie Max Carey for the NL record with nine career 5-hit games, as Philadelphia scores six times in the top of the 9th to beat Los Angeles 9–3.

1981
» Ken Singleton's consecutive-hit streak is snapped at 10 when he grounds into a double play off Chicago's Rich Dotson in the Orioles' 8–6 loss. Singleton singles and homers in his first two at bats after going 4-for-4 in each of the previous two games.

1979
» Eddie Murray hits his first career grand slam to give the Orioles a 6–4 win over the White Sox.

1976
» The Cardinals Willie Crawford gets five hits in a 16-inning, 4–2, win over the Giants.

1972
» Cubs 1B Joe Pepitone, sidelined with a stomach ailment, returns to the lineup and smashes two three-run homers as the Cubs beat the Reds, 10-8. It's the Cubs first win in nine games and Fergie Jenkins 1st win of the year. Monday and Cardenal also homer for Chicago.

1969
» New York's Fritz Peterson shuts out the Red Sox, 1–0, stopping Boston's homer streak at 11 games and a record 27 homers.

1966
» Cleveland ties the modern major-league record with its 10th straight win since Opening Day. Sonny Siebert defeats the Angels 2–1. Cleveland will lose tomorrow to the White Sox's Gary Peters, 4-1.

1965
» Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson broadcasts the Mets-Astros game at the Astrodome from a hanging gondola, 208 feet above 2B. He sees plenty of action as Houston wins, 12–9.

1962
» Consecutive home runs by Frank Thomas, Charlie Neal, and Gil Hodges in the 6th inning are among a club-record five hit by the Mets against Philadelphia. The Mets win 8–6 at the Polo Grounds. For Thomas, it is the fifth time in eight years he has combined with teammates for three consecutive home runs.

1961
» Five days past his 40th birthday, Warren Spahn becomes the 2nd-oldest ML pitcher (after Cy Young) to hurl a no-hitter, blanking San Francisco 1–0. Hank Aaron drives in the only run off loser Sam Jones, who strikes out 10. It is Spahn's 290th win and 52nd shutout. Spahn faces just 27 men, following each walk by starting a DP.

1956
» Redlegs rookie LF Frank Robinson hits the first HR of his 586 lifetime blasts, off Cub P Paul Minner in Crosley Field. The Cubs lose the opener 9-1. Cincinnati OF Wally Post hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader sweep for the Redlegs.

1955
» The Kansas City Athletics sign P Vic Raschi, who has just been released by the Cardinals. The Athletics purchase P Lou Sleater from the Yankees for cash.

1954
» The Reds Jackie Collum allows one hit in six /13 innings of shutout relief in an 8–4 win over the visiting Pirates.

1953
» A wild fight occurs after Browns Clint "Scrap Iron" Courtney spikes Phil Rizzuto in the 10th inning in St. Louis. In the brawl, umpire John Stevens dislocates his collarbone. Six players are fined for their actions. Courtney retaliated after being knocked over in the top of the 10th when Gil McDougald scored the go-ahead run in an eventual 7-6 Yankee win.

1952
» The St. Louis Browns lend 2 black minor league players, 3B John Britton and P Jim Newberry, to the Hankyu Braves of the Japanese Pacific League, making them the first team to send players outside of the U.S. Abe Saperstein, owner and coach of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, negotiates this special example in "lend-lease" for both sides.

1950
» The Yankees sell OF Dick Wakefield to the White Sox for OF John Ostrowski and cash. Wakefield, a hot hitter in 1943 who has since lost his sparkle, refuses to report unless the Sox restore a $5,500 salary cut inflicted by the Yankees. Wakefield says the Yankees talked him into signing for $17,500 with the "guarantee" that he'd earn $5,000 as a World Series share. New York refuses to return Ostrowski and the Sox refuse Wakefield's request. Happy Chandler rules in favor of the Sox and Ostrowski and Wakefield return to their teams.

The Reds Herm Wehmeier pitches a 2-hitter, stopping the Cubs, 3–1.

Catcher Jim Martin of Pampa (West Texas-NM League) is struck by lightning in the second inning of a game at Abilene. The blast knocks the field lights and Martin out and hurls his mask 85 feet, but he is back in the game the next day.

The Red Sox option P Boo Ferriss to Birmingham. The former ace pitched one inning, allowing two runs in his last ML appearance.

1949
» A New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after the Giants lose 15-2 to Brooklyn. Commissioner Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3rd. Chandler criticizes teams for lax security that allows fans on the field.

1946
» Two days after buying Goody Rosen and Jack Graham from the Dodgers, the Giants sweep a doubleheader from Brooklyn 7-3 and 10­4. Rosen is the hitting star and, when the Dodgers end the season in a tie with the Cardinals, fans speculate that the Dodgers traded Rosen 2 days too soon.

1945
» The Cubs Hank Wyse tosses a one-hitter over the Pirates, winning, 6-0. The only Pittsburgh hit was by Bill Salkeld in the 8th inning.

The Red Sox end their eight game losing streak to start the season, by beating the A's, 8–4.

1939
» At Crosley Field, the Reds skin the Cubs again, as Ival Goodman hits a 3-run homer in the 9th, good for a 7–6 win.

1937
» In a game against the Reds, Cubs P Larry French gets a bone broken in his right hand when he is hit by Ernie Lombardi's line drive.

1935
» Trade unions direct their attention at the Cardinals, voting to boycott their games because team captain Leo Durocher made an antiunion statement in behalf of his wife's dress business. The ballpark is eventually picketed to protest nonunion ushers, gate men, and vendors.

1934
» Goose Goslin, Detroit OF, hits into 4 DPs, but the Tigers beat Cleveland 4-1.

1930
» The first night game in organized baseball--played with temporary lights--is played in the Class C Western Association with 1,000 fans on hand. Home team Independence loses to Muskogee 13-3.

1929
» The Red Sox play the first Sunday game in Boston history, at Braves Field, losing to the A's 7–3. Protests by a few members of a nearby church are the reason for the shift from Fenway. The Braves, rained out of their scheduled Sunday game on April 21, will play their first Sunday home game on May 5. Starter Red Ruffing gives up four runs in the 6th, including consecutive homers by Miller and Dykes. When Milt Gaston takes over in the 7th he pitches to his brother Alex, the 2nd battery of brothers in AL history: Tommy and Homer Thompson, one game in 1912 for the Yankees, were the first.

1927
» The Giants take first place in the NL when the Cubs rake Pirates pitching for 17 hits and 8 walks in a 16-4 win.

1922
» In a 3–2 Browns win over Cleveland, Cy Williams provides the edge with a homer off Duster Mails.

1915
» The Tigers trim the Browns, 12–3 with Ty Cobb stealing home in the 3rd inning. Cobb will steal home six times this season.

1911
» In Philadelphia, Walter Johnson picks up his first win of the year, edging the A's 2–1. Frank Baker hits a solo home run off Johnson, the first home run over the fence the Washington ace has allowed: there have been two inside-the-park homers hit of Walter.

1910
» The Red Sox manage 16 hits in 12 innings against Walter Johnson, but strike out 12 times, as the Nats edge Boston, 2–1.

The Pirates trade righty Sam Frock and 1B Bud Sharpe to the Braves for righthander Kirby White.

1906
» It's the only time two managers steal home on the same day. Cubs pilot Frank Chance steals in the 9th to give Chicago a 1-0 win over the Reds, and Fred Clarke matches it in the Pirates' 10-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

In a South Texas League game, Houston P Peaches Nelson pitches a 1-0 no-hitter over Galveston. Opposing pitcher Ivy Tevis gives up just one hit.

1902
» Outfielder Jimmy Sheckard of the AL Baltimore Orioles jumps the team and returns to the NL, the first American Leaguer to jump to the NL. In his short stay in the AL, Sheckard had been constantly razzed by fans about his contract jumping. White Sox president Comiskey says, We don't want Sheckard in our league. He has broken too many contracts." President Tom Daly of the Ball Players' Protective Association echoes the sentiments. "Our organization is unalterably opposed to such tactics as Sheckard has made use of. I am glad he has gone back to Brooklyn, for while he is a great ball player and a nice fellow personally we do not countenance violating a written contract as he has done. I suppose (Ned) Hanlon scared him into jumping." With Sheckard (and his $1,000 signing bonus gone) Orioles manager John McGraw will play 3B with Kelly moving to CF.

In Chicago, Cleveland's Dummy Taylor shuts out the White Stockings, 2-0. Many of the Cubs players are on hand to watch the former Giant pitcher beat the locals.

1901
» Veteran SS Hugh Jennings, teammate and roommate of John McGraw in Baltimore’s great days, will play for Connie Mack’s Athletics after getting his law degree at Cornell. McGraw persuades him to play for Baltimore instead, touching off a battle royal with Mack and Ban Johnson. The result is ill feelings that never heal. Jennings winds up playing for the Phillies.

Cleveland's rookie pitcher Charles "Bock" Baker gives up an AL record 23 singles in a 13-1 loss to the White Stockings. Bock will pitch only one other game, also a loss, in the ML. Bock's 23 singles allowed is short of the ML-record of 28, set by Jack Wadsworth in 1894.

1880
» Boston C Lew Brown shows up drunk at an exhibition game and is suspended for the season.