2002
» Leading 4–1, the Blue Jays score seven runs in the 5th inning to take an 11–1 lead over the Devil Rays. Tampa Bay, however, comes back with seven runs of their own in the next inning. Toronto holds on for a 12–10 win.

Pittsburgh defeats St. Louis, 15–6. Pirate OF Adam Hyzdu drives home seven runs with four hits, including a pair of home runs.

2001
» The Cincinnati Reds send OF Michael Tucker to the Cubs. In return, they get minor league pitchers Chris Booker and Ben Shafer. The Reds also recalled 1B D.T. Cromer.

The train fire of two days ago forces another postponement of Anaheim's game at Baltimore.

2000
» The Astros defeat the Reds, 6-2. Cincinnati pinch-hitter Mike Bell strikes out in his major league debut, making history be becoming part of the first third-generation family to play for the same major league team. His grandfather, Gus Bell, and father, Buddy Bell, also played for the Reds.

Red Sox OF Carl Everett receives a 10-game suspension for twice bumping an umpire in a game with the Mets last week. A defiant Everett places most of the blame for the suspension on the media.

Major league baseball offers to rehire 10 of the 22 umpires let go last September. The offer stands only as part of a new labor contract, and only if the umpires' old union agrees to settle its grievance with baseball.

1998
» The Dodgers shutout the Reds, 2–0, on a combined 1–hitter by Darren Dreifort (8 innings) and Jeff Shaw (1 inning). A Willie Greene double is the only hit for Cincinnati.

The Tigers take the 1st game of a doubleheader against the Yankees by a 4–3 score in 17 innings. The New Yorkers bounce back to take the nightcap by the identical score. The 26 innings take nearly nine hours to play.

Mark McGwire hits his 43rd homer in the Cards 13–1 drubbing of the Padres. His homer ties the club record set by Johnny Mize in 1940.

1997
» OF Luis Gonzalez bashes a double and two home runs, and drives in 6, as he leads Houston to a 9-0 white-washing of the Expos. The victory moves Houston two games ahead of Pittsburgh in the National League Central.

The Marlins trade OF Billy McMillon to the Phillies in exchange for veteran Darren Daulton.

1996
» The Indians defeat the Twins, 6–5, on Alvaro Espinoza's 11th-inning homer. OF Kenny Lofton leads the way for the Tribe with five hits. Albert Belle rings his 226th homer as an Indian to tie Earl Averill's club mark.

In the opening game at the Olympics, the U.S. team tops Nicaragua, 4–1, behind pitcher Kris Benson.

1995
» Mets' OF Brett Butler strokes four hits, but its not enough to prevent an 8-6 NY loss to the Cardinals. The hits give Butler 15 for his last four games, one shy of the record of 16 set by Brooklyn's Milt Stock in 1925.

1994
» Mark Grace collects four hits, including three doubles, as the Cubs beat the Rockies, 9–8. His 3rd double, in the 8th, drives home the game winner.

1993
» Baltimore P Ben McDonald (7–8) hurls a 1-hit shutout to beat the Royals, 7-0. Gary Gaetti's single is the only hit.

1991
» At Boston, Twins ace Scott Erickson stops the Red Sox, 5–0. Kirby Puckett hits his first ever homer at Fenway.

1990
» Kevin Appier fires a shutout for the last-place Royals, beating Roger Clemens and the Red Sox, 5–0. The Sox take the nitecap, 3–1, scoring a pair on Mike Greenwell's 2-run homer off starter Luis Aquino (4–1).

1987
» Don Mattingly ties another ML record, this time in the field, as he makes 22 putouts in the Yankees 7–1 win over the Twins. The feat was last accomplished in the American League by Hal Chase in 1906.

1985
» LaMarr Hoyt gives up five hits in eight innings to record his 11th straight win as the Padres beat the Pirates, 4–2.

Scattering seven hits, Ron Guidry wins his 12th straight, beating the Twins 8–3. Don Mattingly has a 2-run homer and a 2-run double for the Yanks.

Driving in seven runs on two homers, Darryl Strawberry leads the Mets to a 16–5 drubbing of the visiting Braves. Straw's first home run, in the 1st off Steve Bedrosian, is a grand slam, and his next is a 3-run home run in the 3rd.

1984
» Trailing 3–1 entering the 9th inning, Toronto scores 11 times and hangs on to beat Seattle 12–7.

1983
» Two outs away from a no-hitter against the Astros, Phillies P Charles Hudson gives up a bloop single to Craig Reynolds and back-to-back home runs to Denny Walling and Dickie Thon before settling down for a 10–3 victory.

Steve Sax's errant throw on a double play ball helps the Pirates' cause, as they beat the Dodgers 7–3. For Sax, it his 26th error of the season. He'll reach 30, then go the last 57 games without a miscue.

1982
» In the 3rd inning of a 3–1 loss to the Pirates at Riverfront Stadium, a 21-year-old woman jumps from the red seats landing 35 feet below. Her death is ruled a suicide.

1979
» At Los Angeles, Steve Garvey saves a defeat for the Dodgers by belting a 2-run homer in the 10th to tie, and another 2-run homer in the 11th by Bill Russell wins it, 6–5, over the Expos. Montreal takes the lead in the 11th when Rodney Scott drives in a run with his 5th straight hit. Bob Patterson wins his first ML game, while Manny Mota has a pinch single for the 139 pinch hit of his career.

Rusty Staub, a spring holdout who got off to a slow start, is traded by Detroit to his former team Montreal for a minor league player to be named later.

1978
» Chris Speier hits for the cycle and drives in six runs to lead Montreal to a 7–3 win over Atlanta.

The Giants edge the Cubs, 9–8, in a game suspended with two outs in the top of the 8th. Jack Clark drills his 17th homer. The game will be completed July 28.

1976
» Hank Aaron hits the 755th, and last, home run of his career, connecting off Dick Drago of the California Angels. Jerry Augustine wins for the Brewers, 6–2.

1973
» Chicago's Wilbur Wood starts and loses both games of a doubleheader with the Yankees 12–2 and 7–0.

1970
» The Dodgers Bill Singer, who a month earlier lost a no-hitter to Atlanta with two outs in the 9th, no-hits the Phillies 5–0, giving up no walks. He strikes out 10 and makes two miscues, one a controversial throwing error that pulls 1B Wes Parker off the base. The Phillies' players argue, contending the soft chopper by Don Money should be a hit. Singer had spent three weeks in the hospital in June for hepatitis.

With the score tied 1–1 in the 9th, Chicago's Ken Holtzman walks Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homers for a 3–1 Braves victory.

In St. Louis, the Reds Lee May breaks a scoreless tie with a 10th inning grand slam to account for all the scoring as the Reds win, 4–0 in game 2. The Reds take the opener, 4–3.

1969
» San Francisco's Gaylord Perry connects for his first hit of the year, and his first ML homer to beat the Dodgers, 7–3. The victim of Perry's dinger is Claude Osteen. Last year, Alvin Dark had remarked to sports writer Harry Jupiter about Perry's hitting, "They'll put a man on the moon before he hits a home run." Perry's homer comes about 20 minutes after the club house receives word that Neil Armstrong has set foot on the moon.

Jim Perry does his brother one better by winning two games today in Minnesota's sweep of the Pilots. Playing two more innings to complete yesterday's suspended game, the Twins score four runs in the 18th to win, 11–7, then follow with a 4–0 win. Perry tosses 11 innings of shutout ball to win the pair. The loser in both games is John Gelnar. In the extra inning game, the two teams strand a major-league record 44 runners, with the Twins contributing 23. (The Mets and Cards will leave 45 runners on during a September 11, 1974 marathon.) The two wins means the Twins go into the All-Star break with a four game lead over the A's in the American League West.

Atlanta blanks San Diego 10–0 to grab a one-game lead over Los Angeles and San Francisco in the National League West.

1968
» At San Francisco, aging speedster Willie Mays scores from 1B on a Jim Ray Hart single. It's the only tally as the Giants beat Houston, 1–0.

1965
» Mel Stottlemyre of the Yankees becomes the first pitcher to hit an inside-the-park grand slam since Deacon Phillippe did it for the Pirates in 1910. Stottlemyre's bases-loaded drive in the 5th off Bill Monbouquette assures him a 6–3 victory over the Red Sox.

Seven is a lucky number for the Braves as they score seven runs in the 7th to beat the Mets, 7–1. Hank Aaron's 2-run homer, off Larry Miller, is the capper on the scoring.

1962
» Mickey Mantle homers in the first inning off Washington starter Steve Hamilton to propel New York to a 3–2 victory. Mantle goes 3-for-4 and his on-base percentage is now .516.

1960
» At Municipal Stadium, with Cleveland in the lead 8–2, Mickey Mantle golfs a Gary Bell pitch over the auxiliary scoreboard into the distant upper deck in RF, matching Luke Easter as the only players to reach that spot. Cleveland holds on for an 8–6 win.

1958
» Jim Bunning of the Tigers pitches a 3-0 no-hitter over the Red Sox and fans 12. Only two walks and a hit batsman mar Bunning's performance as he wins his sixth game in seven decisions (8-6). In game two, Ike Delock wins his 10th straight, 5-2.

1952
» League Presidents Will Harridge and Warren Giles become directors of the Hall of Fame.

1951
» In a move that will aid their pennant drive, the Giants put OF Bobby Thomson at 3B to replace the slumping Hank Thompson, out with a spike injury. Thomson, who's been riding the bench since losing his starting job to the rookie Mays, will hit .357 for the rest of the season.

1950
» The Giants beat St. Louis 13–3 with an 8-run 3rd inning. Roy "Stormy" Weatherly has a double and triple in the inning.

1948
» An unprecedented 10-game suspension and $500 fine of an umpire, the veteran Bill McGowan, is announced by American League President Will Harridge following a confrontation in the Washington-Cleveland game. Tired of Senator pitcher Ray Scarborough continually complaining about strike calls, McGowan had thrown a ball-and-strike indicator at him. After that he ejects Nats manager Joe Kuhel and several coaches. Kuhel also lodged a protest after yesterday's 11th inning loss when Ed Stewart was thrown out at home in the 10th. When Stewart argued the call with plate ump Paparella, McGowan threw a ball at Stewart.

1947
» The choice rhubarb of the year occurs when umpire Beans Reardon signals that Ron Northey's long fly has gone into the stands. Northey jogs around the bases only to discover C Bruce Edwards awaiting him with the ball. The Cardinals protest is upheld, but the Dodgers will win the replay.

Hank Thompson plays 2B and Willard Brown CF for the St. Louis Browns against the Red Sox. It marks the first time that two black players appear in the same major-league lineup.

1944
» The Browns Nelson Potter becomes the first pitcher suspended for throwing spitballs. He is banished for 10 days for allegedly "putting an illegal substance on the ball." Potter will return and win 19 games for St. Louis.

1938
» Johnny Mize of the Cardinals has three HRs in a game for the second time this season, in a game against the Giants.

C Gabby Hartnett replaces Charlie Grimm as manager of the third-place Cubs.

1936
» In an exhibition game in Pittsburgh, former Yankee Waite Hoyt stops his old teammates, 7–2. Lou Gehrig's 6th inning homer is the first score for New York. Ted Kleinhaus is cuffed in his eight innings. While Hoyt wins, another old pitcher loses as the Pirates hand Guy Bush his release. The Bees will sign him.

1925
» Washington veteran Stan Coveleski wins his 12th straight to keep the Senators near the top. He will have his finest year at 20-5 and the AL's best ERA, 2.84.

Dazzy Vance fans 17 in a 10-inning 4-3 Dodger win over the Cubs.

1922
» At Sportsman's Park, Rogers Hornsby belts a 2-out 9th inning home run with two men on the give the Cards a 7–6 win over Boston. It is the Rajah's 25th home run of the year, breaking Gavvy Cravath's National League home run mark (post-1900). In two weeks, Hornsby will break the record of 27 homers set in 1884 by Chicago's Ned Williamson.

1916
» The Reds acquire three future Hall of Famers when Christy Mathewson is traded to Cincinnati with Giants CF Edd Roush and 3B Bill McKechnie for former Giants Buck Herzog and Red Killefer. McKechnie will make it to Cooperstown as a manager, not as a player, but the 23-year-old Roush is a steal for the Reds. A longtime nemesis of the Reds, Mathewson will pitch one game and then manage, and a new team nickname will be coined: "Matties." The Reds lose today, managing just two hits off Pete Alexander, who contributes two doubles himself to the Phils offense.

The Tigers beat the 2nd place Red Sox, 3–2, in 13 innings when Ty Cobb scores on a Ralph Young single. Cobb reached on an infield chop and a throwing error by Babe Ruth, who took over for Rube Foster in the 9th with the score, 2–2.

1914
» Lefty Tyler and Bill James combine to hold the Pirates to four hits and the Braves score a run in the 9th to win, 1–0. Boston (37-43) now moves into 6th place past the Dodgers.

1913
» The Tigers ship 38-year-old George Mullin (1–6), five times a 20-game winner, to Washington. Mullin pitched a no-hitter a year ago on his birthday.

1912
» Ray Caldwell of the Highlanders, inserted as a pinch runner, steals home for the tying run in an eventual 4–3 win over Cleveland. He then pitches a 4–0 victory in the second game.

In Chicago, the Phils pound the Cubs, 14–2. Sherry Magee leads the way with two steals of home tying a ML record. On August 1, Joe Jackson will swipe home twice to set a AL record.

Jeff Tesreau, with relief help from Christy Mathewson in the 9th, beats the Pirates, 2–1. Four singles in the 9th inning off Hank Robinson provide the Giants with the margin.

1911
» Frank Schulte hits for the cycle to help the Cubs tip the Phils, 4–3. "Wildfire" will end the year as the first player ever to top the 20 mark in doubles, triples, homers, and stolen bases. Only Willie Mays in 1957 will match him.

The Cardinals knock Christy Mathewson out of the box in the 2nd inning with five hits and five runs. Doc Crandall relieves for New York, but the Cards win, 8–5.

1909
» New York suffers two losses against the Cards. The first is a line drive in the 7th off the bat of Joe Delahanty that breaks a finger on the left hand of Christy Mathewson. Matty leaves the game and the Cards win, 4–3, in 11 innings. The Giants load the bases in the 11th with no outs but fail to score. Matty's broken finger turns out to be "mashed."

1907
» Chicago's Carl Lundgren and New York's Christy Mathewson are stingy today with the Cubs twirler allowing just four hits while the Cubs scratch three off Matty. The Giants score in the 4th when Cy Seymour parks a drive in the bleachers with two on. Prevailing rules make the hit a single, with just one run scoring: it is enough as Matty wins, 1-0. Joe Tinker is hitless against Matty, the only time this year that Mathewson shuts down his nemesis.

1906
» Brooklyn righthander Mal Eason, the victim of John Lush's no-hitter in May, no-hits the Cardinals 2-0 at St. Louis. Eason walks three and strikes out 5. This will be Eason's last season as an active player: he will become an NL umpire.

Against Christy Mathewson, the Cubs overcome a 3-2 deficit with four runs in the 8th inning to win, 6-3. Harry Steinfeldt's 2-run triple puts the Cubs ahead to stay.

1905
» SS Phil Lewis has a busy afternoon at Washington Park in the Brooklyn 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Lewis has 18 chances and comes up with seven assists, six put outs and five errors, the latter tying the NL record.

1904
» The Yankees trade pitchers Long Tom Hughes (7-11) and Barney Wolfe (0-3) to the Senators for Al Orth (3-4). Orth will regain his form in New York, going 11–6 this year and will win 27 games in 1906.