2001
» Cubs OF Sammy Sosa hits three home runs in a game for the second time in two weeks as he leads Chicago to a 16–3 win over the Brewers. Sosa is removed from the game following his home run in the 6th inning, missing a chance to tie the ML single–game mark of 4.

The Mariners score six runs in the 1st inning and seven in the 3rd on their way to a 16–1 victory over the Tigers. 3B David Bell gets five hits for Seattle, including a double and home run.

KC scores seven runs in the 1st inning, but the White Sox bounce back with an 8–run 6th frame on their way to a 13–12 win over the Royals.

2000
» The Phillies defeat the Reds, 5-4, despite a grand slam by Cincinnati OF Alex Ochoa. Ochoa's blast is the 142nd slam of the season, setting a new major league record. The Oakland A's have hit 11, one shy of the record shared by the Braves (1997) and Indians (1999).

Two position players take the mound in mop up rolls. Catcher Brent Mayne is called upon after the Rockies use nine pitchers through 11 innings against the Braves. Mayne starts the 12th—setting a NL record for most pitchers in a game–and allows a walk but no hits in a scoreless inning. Mayne, who never pitched at any level, gets Chipper Jones on a ground out to end the frame. The Rockies score to win 7–6 in 12 innings on rookie Adam Melhuse's 1st career hit. Mayne is the first position player to win since Rocky Colavito on August 25, 1968 and the first catcher to win a game since Buck Ewing, in 1889. Todd Helton is 1-for-4 and finishes the game hitting .39690.

The Mets have less success using OF Derek Bell to mop up in a 16-1 loss to the Padres. Bell, who keeps his sunglasses on, lobs in 36 pitches to 10 batters and allows three hits, three walks, and five runs (4 earned) in his inning.

The Dodgers defeat the Expos, 14-6, as Eric Karros becomes the 1st Dodger player to hit two home runs in a single inning. He homers twice in LA's 9-run 6th as the Dodgers connect for six homers in the contest.

1999
» The Giants defeat the Brewers, 7-3. LF Barry Bonds, 2B Jeff Kent, and RF Ellis Burks hit consecutive home runs for SF in the 1st inning. It is the 2nd time the Giants have performed the feat in three days.

The Diamondbacks defeat the Pirates, 7-5. Luis Gonzalez, Matt Williams, and Erubiel Durazo hit consecutive home runs for Arizona in the 1st inning.

At Shea, the Mets and Cardinals split a DH, with NY winning the opener, 8-7, and St. Louis taking the nightcap, 7-5. Mark McGwire hits two home runs in the 1st game, his 49th and 50th of the season. Number 49 breaks a light bulb in the scoreboard, 502 feet away. This gives him a major league record 50 or more home runs for four straight seasons.

1997
» The Tigers pound the Brewers, 16-1, with the aid of 23 hits and an 11-run 7th inning. Bobby Higginson gets five hits for Detroit, while Travis Fryman and Tony Clark drive in four runs apiece.

In another slugfest, the Rangers score a 17-8 victory over the White Sox. Each of the starting left fielders—Rusty Greer and Albert Belle—hits two homers and drives in six runs for his team.

1996
» The Yankees claim Luis Sojo off waivers.

1992
» Led by rookie John Valentin's first major-league homer-a grand slam off Mike Schooler-the Red Sox sink the visiting Marlins, 10-8.

1991
» Forget about taking one for the team; in the Phils 10-inning victory, John Kruk gets hit by a pitch for the first time in 2,682 at bats when the Pirates Randy Tomlin plunks him. "It didn't feel good," grouses Kruk. Herm Winningham had held the record for active players (1,799 appearances).

1989
» Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson in the 5th inning of a 2–0 loss to Oakland to become the only pitcher in ML history to strike out 5,000 batters. Ryan (13–7) strikes out 13 but loses to Welch (14-7), who K's nine in eight innings.

Cleveland's Felix Fermin ties the major-league record with four sacrifice bunts in a 3–2, 10-inning win over Seattle. He is the first player to accomplish the feat since Ray Chapman in 1919.

In his only inning of work, Braves reliever Paul Assenmacher strikes out four batters in the 5th inning of a 10–5 loss to St. Louis.

1983
» The Cubs replace Lee Elia with Charlie Fox, a special assistant to GM Dallas Green who managed the Giants to the National League West title in 1971. Chicago is in 5th place in the NL East with a 54-69 record.

1982
» Third-string catcher Glenn Brummer steals home with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Cardinals a 5–4 win over the Giants. Brummer, who was running on his own, will steal just four bases in his ML career.

1980
» Admitting that he can no longer compete financially in baseball's inflated economy, colorful owner Bill Veeck agrees to sell the Chicago White Sox to Youngstown, Ohio, shopping-mall magnate Eddie DeBartolo, Sr. for a reported $20 million. The sale will fall through, however, when American League owners twice fail to give Veeck the 10 votes needed for approval.

1979
» In a 7–2 win over the visiting Expos, Johnny Bench belts his 325th homer, the most ever by a player in a Reds uniform. The previous club record of 324 was held by Frank Robinson.

1978
» Ron LeFlore swipes his 27th consecutive base as Detroit beats the Twins 7–3. He began the streak on July 16th.

1977
» Both the Red Sox and Yankees lose today. The White Sox top the Yankees, 5–3, and snap the pinstripers' 8-game win skein, while Minnesota tops the Sox, 5–4.

1976
» Bert Campaneris collects five hits in leading the A's to a 7–6 11-inning win over the Red Sox.

1975
» The Twins Dave McKay homers in his first ML at bat during an 8–4 win over the Tigers.

1974
» Before a crowd of 35,866, the largest in 18 years at Fenway, the Red Sox turn back the A's. 3–0. Luis Tiant wins his 20th for Boston this year. Boston (70-54) now leads the American League by seven games.

Salem (Carolina League) OF Alfredo Edmead is killed in a collision with a teammate during a game with Rocky Mount. The cause of death is given as a massive skull fracture.

1972
» Jim Beauchamp hits a home run and drives in all the Mets run in a 4–2 win over the Astros. Yesterday, Beauchamp celebrated his birthday with a pair of home runs as the Mets beat the Astros by the same score.

Pirate pitcher Nelson Briles one hits the Giants, and outduels Juan Marichal, 1–0. Ken Henderson is the Giants only base runner, singling in the 7th.

1971
» Oakland book ends solo homers to defeat the Red Sox, 2–1. Bert Campaneris leads off the game with a shot and, with two out in the 9th inning, Reggie Jackson ends the game with a homer.

1970
» In a 16-inning game, the Pirates edge the Dodgers 2–1. Roberto Clemente goes 5-for-7 with an RBI and run scored.

Hal Lanier's 8th inning single is the only hit Ken Holtzman allows in the Cubs, 15–0 mauling of the Giants. Gaylord Perry gives up eight runs in one 1/3 inning to seal the outcome for the Giants. Joe Pepitone and Billy Williams each have a double, homer, and score three runs.

Defensive replacement Chuck Hinton drives in the Indians winning run in the 10th as the Tribe tops the A's, 6–5. The Indians hit four homers—one by Vada Pinson in the 1st and three consecutive homers by Duke Sims, Graig Nettles, and Eddie Leon in the 6th.

Johnny Bench has a 2-out, 2-run double in the 9th to give the Reds a 3–2 win over the Mets at Shea Stadium.

1968
» Jim Merritt loses his shut out in the 9th inning when Mickey Mantle parks a pinch homer at the Metrodome. The Twins win, 3–1. Mick's homer ties him with Jimmie Foxx for 3rd place on the all-time list.

1967
» Charlie Finley lifts his suspension of Lew Krausse.

Indian pitcher Luis Tiant has 16 strikeouts in a 3–2 win over California.

1966
» At a private party for the Orioles, Frank Robinson falls into a swimming pool and is saved from drowning by Andy Etchebarren, who dives in to rescue his teammate.

1965
» San Francisco's Juan Marichal, batting against LA's Sandy Koufax, complains that C John Roseboro's return throws are too close. He then turns and attacks Roseboro with his bat. A 14-minute brawl ensues before Koufax, Willie Mays, and other peacemakers can restore order. Roseboro suffers a considerable cut on the head. Marichal is suspended eight playing days and levied a National League-record $1,750 fine.

1964
» The Yankees lose the first game to Boston, 5–3, extending their losing streak to six games. Boston scores three runs in the 8th inning to win it. In the nitecap, New York wins, 8–0, as Mickey Mantle and John Blanchard both homer, and Roger Maris drives in three runs. Mel Stottlemyre wins his 3rd game in a row since being recalled from Richmond. The Yanks end the day five 1/2 games behind the Orioles, with the White Sox in 2nd place, one 1/2 games back.

1963
» After two straight losses to the Dodgers, the Cardinals break through and beat Don Drysdale, 3–2. Ernie Broglio is the winner.

1962
» At Wrigley, the Reds trail the Cubs 5–1 after six innings, but score four in the 7th to tie. They win it in the 10th, 9–5, when Eddie Kasko hits a grand slam.

1961
» Frank Lane's short tenure as GM of the A's ends when Charlie Finley replaces him with Pat Friday.

Roger Maris becomes the first player to hit his 50th home run in the month of August, as the Yankees lose to the Angels 4–3 (Ruth and Foxx hit #50 on September 4th). Ken McBride tees up the gopher ball in the 6th inning with one on.

The hot Giants sweep a pair from the National League-leading Reds, winning 12–2 and 5–3. Visiting SF features 20 hits in the opener to back Mike McCormick. Orlando Cepeda's 35th home run, NL high, starts the scoring in the nitecap, as Sam Jones and Stu Miller combine. Mays has his 32nd and 33rd homers in the twinbill.

1960
» For Billy Martin's fight on August 5th, Jim Brewer and the Cubs hit back with a $1,040,000 law suit. The claim will be settled in court and Martin will be liable for $25,000 in damages.

1959
» The Reds Frank Robinson hits three home runs in a row against St. Louis, as the Reds win 11–4. Robby has six RBIs.

1958
» Cleveland Indians Chairman William Daley rejects a $4 million bid for his team

Monterrey, Mexico repeats as Little League WS champions, beating the Kankakee, IL, Yankees 10-1. Hector Torres pitches a 3-hitter for the victory.

1954
» Rookie Spook Jacobs of the A's steals four bases in a 3-2 triumph over the Senators.

1953
» Lewis contends that the players have no desire to form a union, and that he is merely giving legal advice.

1951
» The Dodgers sweep a pair of 10-inning games from St. Louis, with Clyde King picking up both come-from-behind victories. King goes three innings in Game One and one inning in game 2. Jackie Robinson is 5-for-6 in the nitecap including a 2-out single in the 10th off Al Brazle. Andy Pafko has a homer in the nitecap, while Stan Musial hits his 29th in game 1. Furillo has three hits on the afternoon and a pair of assists in game 1, bringing his season total to 21. The Dodgers have now won 14 straight from the Cards.

At the Polo Grounds, the Giants win their 11th straight, again coming from behind to top the Reds, 4–3. Irvin homers in the 2nd off Ewell Blackwell, but it is Whitey Lockman's double in the 8th that wins it for reliever Sheldon Jones.

Tommy Byrne keeps walking them and the Red Sox keep stranding them as St. Louis and Boston battle for 13 innings before the Sox win, 3–1. Brownie Byrne walks 16 Sox batters, tying the American League walk record set by Bruno Haas in 1915 (Haas walked 16 in a loss to the Yanks, his only ML decision), and Boston strands 22 runners: the AL record for stranded runners is 24, set by the Indians in 18 innings on July 10, 1932. Byrne breaks his personal record of 13 walks in a game he set in 1949. The Brownies don't help him much, stranding 14.

1949
» The Giants sell veteran Johnny Mize to the Yankees for $40,000.

1948
» The Dodgers steal eight bases, including a 5th-inning triple steal with Jackie Robinson on the front end. But the Braves win 4–3 to move two games ahead of 2nd-place Brooklyn. In the last 19 steal attempts against the Braves, no Dodger has been thrown out.

1946
» Clubs approve a change to a 168-game schedule, but they will rescind the decision at another meeting Sept 16. Television is first recognized, with clubs given rights to their own games. Players jumping to outlaw leagues will not be allowed to apply for reinstatement for five years.

1942
» Cubs catcher Clyde McCullough, SS Lennie Merullo, and 1B Phil Cavarretta combine on a triple play in the top of the 11th, and Bill Nicholson home runs in the bottom half of the inning, as the Chicago Cubs stun the Cincinnati Reds, 5–4.

1940
» Les Mueller, pitching for Beaumont (Texas League) pitches a no-hitter over Dallas.

1938
» Carl Hubbell has an arm operation for bone chips in his elbow and is finished for the season.

1936
» Washington ties an AL record when Red Kress, Joe Kuhel, and Carl Reynolds hit HRs in the fourth inning.

1934
» P Wes Ferrell hits two HRs in a 10-inning, 3-2 win for the Red Sox over the White Sox. It is the 2nd time this season he has a pair of HRs, and the 3rd in his career. He will hit 2 HRs in a game 6 times before he finishes.

1933
» The front-running Senators are stopped after 13 straight wins when Detroit rookie Hank Greenberg homers in the ninth.

William Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs, urges a midsummer series of inter-league games. He also proposes a split season.

1930
» Dazzy Vance is given little support against the Reds. Pitcher Red Lucas' fly ball in the 8th is misjudged and two runs score, and Brooklyn loses, 4–1.

1927
» The Yankees lose their fourth straight for the first time 9-4 to the Indians, despite Babe Ruth's 40th HR. Detroit wins its 13th straight, moving up to second, 12 1/2 games back.

Braves OF Eddie Brown passes Fred Luderus's modern NL mark of 533 consecutive games played (1916-19). Steve Brodie had 574 in 1893-97.

1926
» After three games with the Tigers are rained out at home, Connie Mack and Tom Shibe decide that Sunday baseball is entitled to be played. Armed with a court injunction preventing police from interfering, they play the first Sunday game ever seen in Philadelphia. A light rain holds the crowd to 10,000, but Lefty Grove sets down the White Sox 3-2 without incident. A court later rules Sunday baseball still illegal; it will be 1934 before that law changes in Philadelphia.

1925
» After a disastrous western trip, the Giants trail the Pirates by three as the leaders come to the Polo Grounds for a 5-game series. Before crowds of more than 50,000 at two weekend doubleheaders, the Pirates take three out of 4. On Monday they beat Wayland Dean 9-2, and the NL race is over. When the Giants go west again, McGraw will stay home. The Pirates boast a team BA of .307 and a deep pitching staff of five pitchers winning 15 to 19 games.

1922
» At the Polo Grounds, Indians P George Uhle singles in the sixth inning and the Yankees (as noted by Retrosheet) allow a courtesy pinch runner Les Nunnamaker while Uhle gets his shoe repaired. Uhle returns to mound to finish the game, winning, 6–2. The loss drop New York to second place behind St. Louis.

At Boston, the Browns beat the Red Sox behind reliever Vangilder, who takes over for Wright in the fourth inning with two on and a 4–1 lead. Williams and Sisler each have two stolen bases.

1917
» Brooklyn and the Pirates play their 3rd straight extra-inning game in Ebbets Field. The Robins win it 6–5 in 22 innings. Pittsburgh's Carson Bigbee goes to bat 11 times, tying a record.

1915
» In the 2nd inning of Game One of a doubleheader versus Detroit, the crowd sees the Senators score a run with no times at bat., the only time its ever happened. Chick Gandil and Merito Acosta walk; Buff Williams sacrifices, and George McBride hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Gandil, and the Tigers catch Acosta off 2B when OF Bobby Veach throws to Ossie Vitt. Washington's Walter Johnson goes on to win, 8–1, and snap the Tigers' 9-game win streak.

In the FL, Newark takes two from Pittsburgh, winning the opener on Edd Roush's 10th inning inside the park homer. Newark leads by one percentage point over Kansas City, with Pittsburgh 3rd and Chicago 4th, only one 1/2 games separating the teams. The race is so close by season's end Newark will be 5th, six games out. Chicago will win it by one game with 86-66 to St. Louis 87-67 and Pittsburgh's 86-67. There will be nine 20-game winners, led by George McConnell's 25-10 for the Whales, the only year McConnell wins more than eight games.

1912
» Before a sellout crowd of 27,000 at Forbes Field, the Pirates sweep two from the Giants, winning 3–2 and 8–6. Howie Camnitz outpitches Christy Mathewson in the opener, and Rube Marquard taking the loss in the nitecap. The Bucs are led by Honus Wagner who goes 3-for-4 in the first game, and hits for the cycle in the nitecap. Honus' seven hits total 14 bases, he scores five runs, drives in four and swipes two bases. Wagner will hit seven homers this season, with three coming off Rube.

1910
» At Forbes Field, the Pirates beat up on the new cork-center ball. Three home runs are hit, by Howie Camnitz, Vin Campbell, and Honus Wagner, against the Phillies in the first inning of game two. Camnitz's pop is the only one of his career. Old pro Wagner is 7-for-7, with two homers, during the doubleheader sweep, including three doubles to go with his homer in the nitecap.

1909
» Deacon McGuire is named as Cleveland's manager, replacing Nap Lajoie. The Deacon has previously managed Boston and Washington.

1908
» At League Park, veteran Joe McGinnity, in relief of Red Ames who walks the first two batters, stops the Reds, 5-1, beating Buck Ewing. Earlier in the day, the Reds turned down John McGraw's offer for McGinnity.

1907
» The Pirates cut up a trio of Giants pitchers to win 20-5 in a game mercifully called after eight innings. The Bucs notch 20 hits, gather eight walks, and the Giants add four errors. George Ferguson, the 2nd pitcher, gets the loss having allowed 11 of the runs.

1906
» The Pirates edge the Giants and Christy Mathewson, 2-1, plating both runs on walks.

1905
» Umpire John Sheridan forfeits a game to Washington in the 11th when the Tigers refuse to resume play after a lengthy dispute. Washington is ahead 2–1 at the time of the forfeiture.