2001
» The Indians trounce the Red Sox, 9–1, as 2B Roberto Alomar gets five hits, including a double.

The Braves score eight runs in the 7th inning on their way to a 14–7 victory over the Phillies. Chipper Jones goes 4–for–4 in the contest and scores five runs.

Rockies OF Ron Gant is traded to A's in exchange for OF Robin Jennings.

Pawtucket's Izzy Alcantara makes every sport show in the country when he reacts to an inside pitch by drop-kicking Wilkes Barre/Scranton C Jeremy Salazer and then charging the mound. Izzy's Bruce Lee impression will earn him a 7-game suspension and get him dropped from the IL All-star game. The Sox will call up the slugger on September 1.

2000
» The White Sox outslug the Royals, 14-10, scoring eight runs in the 5th inning. Chicago becomes the 1st team since the 1984 Detroit Tigers to win 12 straight games on the road.

The Marlins defeat the Mets, 2-0 on Derrek Lee's 2-run homer in the 9th, off Turk Wendell. Jesus Sanchez, 0–6 versus NY, is the winner. The loss ends C Mike Piazza's streak of 15 consecutive games with an RBI, two short of the major league mark.

The Red Sox beat the Twins, 11-8, hitting four home runs and scoring nine runs in the 4th inning.

1999
» The Phillies defeat the Cubs, 21-8, scoring eight runs in the 1st inning and seven more with two outs in the 4th. 2B Marlon Anderson gets five hits for Philadelphia, including a home run off 3B Gary Gaetti, who is forced into mound duty for Chicago.

The Rockies defeat the Padres, 12-10, in the 1st game of a DH, ending San Diego's 14-game winning streak. The win also stops Colorado's 9-game losing streak. The Rockies also take the 2nd game, 8-6.

After winning the first game of a DH against Kansas City by a score of 9-8, Cleveland takes the nightcap, 9-5, scoring eight runs in the 2nd inning.

Milwaukee defeats Pittsburgh, 9-4, as 3B Jeff Cirillo strokes five hits, including a double and home run, and drives home three runs.

Before the game against San Francisco, Dodgers players gather in their bullpen and burn the white caps the club adopted in spring training along with other equipment. It doesn't work as Los Angeles loses 9-1, for their 6th straight loss.

1998
» Manny Ramirez's two home runs are Cleveland's only hits against KC pitcher, Jose Rosado, but they're enough to give the Tribe a 2–1 win over the Royals.

The Mets trade P John Hudek to the Reds in exchange for OF Lenny Harris.

1996
» The Mets defeat the Phillies, 10-6, as rookie OF Alex Ochoa leads the way by going 5-for-5 and hitting for the cycle.

In Atlanta's 3–1 win over the Expos, Montreal first baseman David Segui fractures his left thumb when pitcher Ugueth Urbina fires over to 1B and hits his teammate. Henry Rodriguez takes over at 1B.

The Yankees sign Venezuelan Jackson Melian, just turned 16, to a contract for $1.6 million. His bonus is a record for Latino ball players.

1995
» Colorado downs Houston by a score of 15-10 at Coors Field. The Rockies' attack is led by 1B Andres Galarraga, who strokes three singles, a double, and two home runs, while driving home five runs and scoring 4. The victory moves Colorado one game ahead of the idle Dodgers for 1st place in the National League West.

The Cardinals shut out the Expos, 6-0, behind the combined 1-hit pitching of Mike Morgan and Jeff Parrett. Wil Cordero's single is Montreal's only hit.

1994
» The Mets' Rico Brogna breaks up Andy Benes' no-hit bid with a double in the 8th inning. The Padres win, 7–0, as Benes fans 13 and walks only one in his 1-hitter. He also drives home three runs with a double of his own.

Athletics P Bobby Witt hurls his 3rd consecutive shutout, defeating the Red Sox, 10-0 on a 6-hitter.

The Indians retire Larry Doby's uniform number 47 years after he broke the American League color line.

1993
» Detroit's Cecil Fielder becomes the 3rd player in history to homer onto the left field roof at Tiger Stadium, doing so in the Tigers' 11-5 loss to the Rangers. Harmon Killebrew and Frank Howard are the only other players to accomplish the feat.

1992
» Dodgers P Pedro Astacio makes an impressive major league debut with a 3–hit, 2–0 shutout over the Phillies in the 2nd game of a DH. Astacio fans 10 Phils while walking 4. The Dodgers also take the opener, 5–1, with Bob Ojeda topping Curt Schilling.

Cleveland sends washout speedster Alex Cole (.206 with nine stolen bases) to the Pirates for Tony Mitchell and John Carter. For Cole, it is his 4th team in three years. He'll vacate Pittsburgh for the Rockies after the season.

1988
» Oakland's P Gene Nelson steals a base while pinch running for Don Baylor in a 9–8, 16-inning win over Toronto, becoming the first American League pitcher to steal a base since John "Blue Moon" Odom in 1973. Jose Canseco's three home runs are not quite enough, and the game is not decided until Mark McGwire connects in the 16th inning to end it. McGwire will hit another 16th-inning home run tomorrow.

1987
» Hitting just .212 Astros SS Dickie Thon bolts from the team. Thon has never recovered from a 1984 beaning that left him with blurred vision. An angry Astros GM Dick Wagner will put Thon on the "disqualified" list and he will not play for the rest of the year. Thon will become a free agent in November.

1983
» The Rangers explode for 12 runs in the 15th inning of a 16–4 win over the A's, setting a new major-league record for runs in a single extra inning. Reserve Bobby Jones has five hits in the game, including two doubles in the 15th. Dave Beard is the loser for Oakland, while Odell Jones is the victor.

1982
» A County Stadium-record crowd of 55,716 watches the Brewers shut out the Red Sox 7–0 to move into a first-place tie with Boston in the AL East.

1980
» The ML's largest crowd in seven years (73,096) watches Wayne Garland 2-hit the Yankees 7–0 at Cleveland Stadium.

Ken Landreaux ties the modern major-league record with three triples in Minnesota's 10–3 win over Texas. Doug Flynn will match it also in a month.

1978
» At Fenway, Carl Yastrzemski strokes a run-scoring double in the 3rd, his 2,800th career hit, as the Sox pummel the Yankees, 9–5. Yaz adds two singles in Boston's 12-hit attack, as Dennis Eckersley (9-2) tops Ed Figueroa. The win moves Boston ahead of 2nd place Milwaukee by seven 1/2 games with New York now trailing by eight games.

1977
» On his 24th birthday, Angel Frank Tanana records his 14th straight complete game in beating the A's 6–4, and raising his record to 12-5. His overworked arm would plague him for the rest of the season, and he would wind up 15-9.

Ron Guidry scatters six hits and tosses his 2nd consecutive shutout, a 2–0 Yankee win over Detroit. Roy White breaks the scoreless game with a double in the 8th inning.

In an 11–7 win over the Padres, Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt hits an inside-the-park homer, the 2nd of his career. He'll hit one more, in 1982.

1976
» The Tigers rookie sensation Mark Fidrych shuts out the Orioles 4–0 for his 8th straight victory.

1975
» Fred Lynn's 2nd error of the game allows the Brewers to score in the 10th. The 3–2 win lifts the Brewers into a tie with Boston in the American League East. But Milwaukee will fall flat in August and slide to a 5th place finish.

1974
» Pitching in his ML-record 13th consecutive game for the Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4–1 win over the Reds in the first game of a doubleheader.

1973
» Brothers Gaylord Perry (Indians) and Jim Perry (Tigers) pitch against each other for the only time in their careers. Neither finishes the game, but Gaylord is charged with the 5–4 loss. Two Norm Cash home runs help Detroit.

Minnesota's Tony Oliva hits three solo home runs during a 7–6 loss at Kansas City.

1970
» In pregame ceremonies, California's Clyde Wright is inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame for his pitching while at Carson-Newman College. He then hurls a no-hitter against Oakland, winning 4–0. Reggie Jackson's 400-foot shot to dead center in the 7th is caught.

Mike Lum hits three homers as the Braves beat the Padres, 8–1, in the first game of a doubleheader. The Braves continue hitting in game two to win, 9–4.

In Boston, a Yaz homer in Game One and an unearned run in the nitecap provide the Red Sox with 2–1 and 5–4 wins over Cleveland. In game 2, Indians reliever Dean Chance is told to remove a tiny flag pin on his cap by umpire Ed Runge in compliance with a rule prohibiting glass buttons and metal objects on uniforms because of their glare.

1969
» At Los Angeles, Lee May hits a 2-run homer in the 11th and the Reds beat the Dodgers, 4–3. For May, second in the National League to Willie McCovey (27) in dingers, it is his 23rd homer, matching his birth date and uniform number (his younger brother Carlos May will also have his birth date as his uniform number). Wayne Granger, the 3rd Red pitcher in the 11th, stops the Dodger rally.

1968
» Luis Tiant registers 19 K's in 10 innings, as Cleveland beats Minnesota 1–0. Tiant sets two modern ML records—most strikeouts in a 10-inning game; 32 strikeouts in consecutive games—and ties the modern major-league record of 41 strikeouts in three successive appearances. He will top the American League in ERA with 1.60.

1967
» At the launching pad in Atlanta, Billy Williams, Ron Santo, and Randy Hundley homer for Chicago, and Rico Carty and Felipe Alou answer for the Braves—all in the first inning, a major league record. Carty adds another homer later, but Glenn Beckert's three-run shot helps put the game out of reach. Ray Culp emerges the winner, 12–6.

In St. Louis the fans get boxing with their baseball in the Cards, 7–3, win over the Reds. After Bob Gibson pitched inside to Tony Perez in the 5th inning, the pair exchange words after Perez flies out. Both benches empty but there is no fighting until the Reds bullpen, led by Bob Lee, show up. It takes 12 minutes before the police are needed to restore order.

1966
» Pitcher Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and drives in nine runs, as the Braves rout the Giants at Candlestick Park 17–3. Cloninger is the first National League player to slam two in a game, and the first pitcher ever, and his nine RBIs are a major-league record for pitchers, breaking Vic Raschi's mark of 7. The National League record for pitchers was 5, held by several: the last hurler to collect five RBIs in a game is Cloninger, who had five on June 16th against the Mets (as noted by Tom Zocco).

Mickey Mantle hits a first inning homer, and for the 2nd time this week has hit three home runs in consecutive times at bat. New York blows a 5–0 lead in the 8th as the Senators storm back. Bobby Richardson homers in the 11th to give New York a 6–5 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Paul Casanova goes is on first when a sac bunt moves him to 2B. He overruns the bag and decides to head to 3B where he knocks the ball away from Tom Tresh. He then continues to home where he is thrown out by a mile.

1965
» Pre-game horseplay between Phillies teammates Frank Thomas and Richie Allen turns serious when Thomas swings a bat at Allen. Allen recovers enough to hit a 3-run triple in the 7th and Thomas hits a pinch homer to tie the game in the 8th inning. But the Reds prevail 10–8. Following the game, the Phils release Thomas, who has had a history of irritating players before the incident with Allen, and he signs with Houston.

1964
» Birdie Tebbetts returns to limited duty as manager of the Indians.

1963
» In the classic pitching matchup between the two Hall of Famers, the Braves Warren Spahn gives up nine hits in 15 1/3 innings, while Juan Marichal allows eight hits in 16 innings while striking out 10. At 12:31 A.M. in San Francisco, Willie Mays's round-tripper off Spahn in the bottom of the 16th gives Marichal a 1–0 win, the National League's longest win ended by a home run. Both pitchers go the distance in one of the greatest matchups ever.

At Houston, the Reds John Tsitouris allows just two hits in beating Houston, 2–1. Cincy collects just two hits in the win, scoring the first run on Johnny Edwards homer and the 2nd when Rusty Staub misses a pickoff throw from Hal Woodeshick and Pete Rose scores from 1B.

In a split with the Orioles, Minnesota SS Zoilo Versalles ties an American League mark by making five errors. The Twins win 7–5, then lose 4–3.

1962
» The Yankees need all five home runs -- 2 each by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, plus one by Bobby Richardson -- to edge the A's 8–7. Mantle's 2nd homer, in the 8th, is the tie breaker.

1960
» Before 50,556 fans in New York, the Yankees sweep two from the Tigers, winning 7–6 and 6–2. In the opener, Ryne Duran fans Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th. Detroit is ahead 2–1 in the night cap when Norm Cash argues at length about a call at first base, and finally gets tossed. When play resumes, Pete Burnside serves up a 3-run homer to Mickey Mantle, batting righty. The Yankees are 23–5 since June five and lead the American League by three games.

A day after his wedding in Chicago, Jim O'Toole pitches and loses, as the Cubs pound him for seven runs and nine hits in less than five innings. Chicago wins, 7–5. An unsympathetic manager Hutchinson says, "It was his turn to pitch. I didn't tell him to get married."

1959
» Boston fires manager Pinky Higgins, replacing him tomorrow with Billy Jurges. Coach Rudy York takes over for today's game.

After giving up a grand slam to the A's Bob Cerv, Herb Score settles down and strikes out 14 in Cleveland's 8–4 win.

1951
» Former Dodger pitcher Hugh Casey, 37, kills himself with a shotgun blast to the neck.

Bill DiBenedetto of the Class D Hornell Dodgers walks 21 in a 5–1 loss to Corning. This record number of walks breaks the 36-year-old record of Harry Harper of the Minneapolis Millers.

Giants rookie Willie Mays blasts a 13th inning solo homer off the Phillies Jocko Thompson to give New York a win. It is Willie's 2nd extra inning homer in two weeks: he'll hit another on July 7th, against the Braves George Estock.

1950
» With rookie Joe Collins not hitting and Tommy Henrich still injured, Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1B in an experiment. In the 7–2 loss he handles 13 cleanly but is clearly not happy with the move. After this one-game experiment, Joe returns to the outfield.

1949
» Giants P Monte Kennedy hits a grand slam and shuts out the Dodgers 16-0.

1948
» Dick Lane, CF of Muskegon (Central League), hits five home runs in a game against Fort Wayne. Lane, who will get a trial with the White Sox in 1949, will hit only seven other home runs during the year and only 18 in a 4-year minor league career. Lane will have a cup of coffee with the White Sox next year.

1939
» Cleveland's Ben Chapman ties the modern major-league record with three triples, as Bob Feller notches his 13th victory 4-2.

Johnny Mize equals a NL record with four extra-base hits -- double, triple, and two HRs -- in the Cards' 5-3 win over the Cubs.

1935
» The Cubs drop Kiki Cuyler to cut their payroll. He will sign with the Reds two days later.

Giants SS Dick Bartell plays a 10-inning game with no fielding chances.

1929
» The Cubs and Reds turn nine double plays, tying the Detroit-Washington 1925 mark. The 7-5 Chicago win is their seventh in a row, giving them a half-game lead over the Pirates.

The Cubs Hack Wilson jumps into the Reds dugout to fight pitcher Ray Kolp, who has been needling him. Wilson is stopped and ejected before reaching Kolp. The Cubs win 10-5, and that evening, when both teams are at Chicago's Union Station awaiting trains, Wilson floors Reds pitcher Pete Donohue.

1925
» Brooklyn 2B Milt Stock sets a modern NL record by getting four hits in his fourth consecutive game.

1922
» Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the 2nd time in his career to pace the Yankees to a 12–1 whipping of the Athletics. Meusel and Ruth go back-to-back in the 7th as Carl Mays cruises to his 22nd straight win over the Athletics. As noted by historian Ted Farmer, all of the wins have been complete games.

1917
» After managing for five games, Honus Wagner resigns as manager. Czech born Hugo Bezdek is named as his replacement, his qualifications including being the football coach at Penn State.

1915
» The Browns lose to the Indians, 3–1. Despite walking 9, George Sisler pitches a complete game victory.

The Red Sox split with the A's, losing the first game 7–3, before taking the nitecap, 11–0. Jack Barry makes his first appearance for the Sox, playing the final two innings against his old mates.

1914
» Chief Bender and Bob Shawkey whitewash the Yankees, 2–0 and 1–0, for an A's sweep.

The Braves make their 2nd trade in four days acquiring OF Josh Devore from the Phils for INF Jack Martin.

1913
» The Red Sox tally 15 hits off Washington's Walter Johnson, but lose 1–0 in 15 innings. This a ML frustration record for most hits in a shutout. Ray Collins takes the loss.

The Giants hand Pete Alexander his 3rd loss in the four game series, as Jeff Tesreau wins, 4–2, in 11 innings. New York is now in first place by three 1/2 games.

1912
» The Giants' Rube Marquard nips Nap Rucker 2–1 to capture his 19th straight game this season. With two end-of-year wins in 1911, he has 21 in a row in regular season play. Both marks are records. On the 8th, the Cubs will beat him, but he will ultimately compile a league-leading 26 victories against 11 defeats. Today's game is the Giants' 16th consecutive win. Brooklyn will end the streak tomorrow

Walter Johnson picks up a win and is given a rare rest in the 6th inning as Washington coasts to a 10–2 win over the Highlanders. Johnson will rack up an AL record 16 straight wins before he is beaten.

1911
» At Baker Bowl, the Phillies jump on Christy Mathewson and pin the Giants, 7–3. New York holds a one-game lead over the Cubs.

At Philadelphia, the A's Frank Baker hits for the cycle in a 5–1 win over the Yankees in game two of a doubleheader.

1909
» Seventeen Cardinals commit errors in a doubleheader loss to the Reds, 10–2 and 13–7, to tie a modern ML record.

At a packed Washington Park, the Giants beat up Brooklyn, winning 5–3 and 2–1 in a total of 23 innings. In the opener, Christy Mathewson relieves Bugs Raymond with the score knotted at 3–3 in the 9th. Matty shuts out the Superbas in the next six innings, and the Giants score two in the 14th off Harry McIntire for the win.

1906
» At Cleveland, the Naps top the Tigers, 5-0, in game called after six innings on account of rain. To underscore the soggy conditions, Detroit outfielder Germany Schaefer plays the last few innings wearing a raincoat over his uniform.

1900
» At Pittsburgh, Jack Chesbro beats the Beaneaters, 2–1; the Boston battery is Ted Lewis and Boileryard Clarke.