2000
» The Rockies bash the Expos, 16-7, setting a team record in the process by stroking 24 hits. OF Todd Helton goes 5-for-5 in the contest, while all nine Colorado starters get at least one hit and one RBI each.

The A's defeat the Royals, 14-5, scoring eight runs in the 7th inning. Oakland gets a team record 10 hits in the inning, sending 13 men to the plate.

The Major League Baseball Players Association again denies several major-leaguers admission to the union. The players crossed picket lines during the 1994-95 strike becoming replacement players. These players don't pay union dues, receive full pension benefits, and can to use the Association's grievance procedure. However, they do not receive a share of royalties from the sale of baseball merchandise. Historian Stuart Shea notes the players are the only ex-replacements currently on major-league rosters: Benny Agbayani and Rick Reed, Mets; Trenidad Hubbard, Kerry Ligtenberg, Keith Lockhart of the Braves; Cory Lidle and Damian Miller, Diamondbacks; Keith Osik and Rich Loiselle, Pirates; Matt Herges, Dodgers; Joe Slusarski, Astros; Shane Spencer, Yankees; Jeff Tam, A's; Donne Wall, Padres.

1999
» The Pirates score four runs in the bottom of the 9th to defeat the Giants, 9-8. Jeff Kent gets five hits for the Giants, and hits for the cycle, just the 2nd player to do so in Three Rivers Stadium. Joe Torre did it on June 27, 1973. Jason Kendall goes 5-for-5, with two doubles, in a losing cause for Pittsburgh. The Blue Jays outslug the Mariners, 16-10. Carlos Delgado goes 3-for-3 for Toronto, with two home runs, five runs scored, and five RBIs.

Boston blows a 7-0 lead, as the Athletics rally to edge the Red Sox, 12-11, in 10 innings. Boston rookie C Creighton Gubanich hits a grand slam in the 1st inning, becoming just the 4th major leaguer to swat one for his 1st major league hit.

In the 2nd game of their home-and-home series, the Cuban All-Star team handily defeats the Baltimore Orioles, 12-6, in an exhibition game played in Baltimore. Afterwards, Cuban pitching coach Rigoberto Herrera requests asylum in the U.S.

Tigers P Brian Moehler is suspended for 10 games for scuffing the ball two days ago. Moehler denies having sandpaper attached to his thumb and instead says it was dirt. But Moehler says he won't appeal.

Reds P Mark Wohlers has another disastrous outing in a minor league rehab appearance. Wohlers walks five out of the seven batters he faces, fires four wild pitches in 1/3 IP.

1998
» Mariners C Dan Wilson becomes just the 7th backstop in major league history to hit an inside-the-park grand slam, as Seattle defeats Detroit, 10–6. It's a first for the Mariners and the first in the American League since Mike Greenwell did it on September 1, 1990.

After pitching to two batters yesterday, Braves closer Mark Wohlers had to leave the game and is put on the DL because of a torn muscle in his side. Coming off the DL, his control will disappear and he will split his time between Richmond (AAA) and the Braves. With Atlanta, Wohlers will walk 15 and allow 13 runs in just four 1/3 innings.

1996
» Ranger P Ken Hill gives up a 1st-inning infield single to Bobby Higginson, then retires 26 straight batters as Texas batters Detroit, 11–0. It is the 2nd one-hitter of his career. Texas is led by Juan Gonzalez, who knocks in four runs.

Mike Veeck, president of the St. Paul Saints (AA Northern League) announces the signing of Darryl Strawberry. The Straw joins another veteran, pitcher Jack Morris, who joined the team two weeks ago.

1995
» David Bell makes his ML debut at 3B in the Indians 14–7 win over the Tigers. His appearance makes the Bells -- with his father Buddy Bell and his grandfather Gus Bell -- the second three-generation family in ML history (the Boones are the first). Gus Bell will pass away in four days.

1994
» Phillies P Andy Carter makes his major league debut in Philadelphia's 8-3 loss to San Diego. Carter faces only three batters in relief of Shawn Boskie, hits two of them, and is ejected from the game by home plate umpire Jim Quick.

Florida OF Chuck Carr record the first 5-hit game in Marlins history, doing so in the team's 6-3 win over the Braves. Carr's five singles helps Florida move two games over .500 for the first time in their 2-year history.

1992
» Eddie Murray of the Mets hits his 400th career home run in NY's 7–0 win over the Braves. David Cone hurls the 5–hit shutout.

Philadelphia 2B Mariano Duncan strokes five hits in the Phillies 12–3 win over San Francisco.

1991
» The Pirates defeat the Astros 1-0 in a 1-hour, 45-minute contest, the National League's shortest 9-inning game since September 1, 1981.

1990
» New York rookie Mike Blowers, handed the starting 3B job, ties an American League record by committing four errors at 3B in the Yankees' 10–5 loss to the Indians.

1987
» Eric Davis belts three consecutive home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Cincinnati to a 9–6 win at Philadelphia. Davis was the last National League player to clock three homers in a game—September 10th of last year, also on the road.

1986
» Minnesota's Kirby Puckett hits a home run on the game's first pitch (from Walt Terrell) for the 2nd consecutive night, but the Twins lose to the Tigers 7–4. The night before Puckett hit Jack Morris's first pitch for a home run to spark the Twins to a 10–1 victory.

Cubs 3B Ron Cey hits his 300th and 301st home runs and Chicago scores four times in the top of the 9th to beat San Francisco 6–5.

Don Mattingly ties the major-league record with three sacrifice flies in the Yankees 9–4 win over the Rangers.

It's not the baseball that stinks today. A skunk wanders onto the field in the 7th inning at Jack Murphy Stadium and holds up the Padres-Pirates game for 7 minutes. The incident gives life to the rumor that a group of skunks live under the stadium, existing on peanuts and other food dropped by fans. The Bucs score 3 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th to beat the Padres, 7–6.

1984
» Bobby Ojeda strikes out a career-high 10 batters and outduels Jack Morris as the Red Sox beat the Tigers 1–0, handing Detroit (19-4) a 2nd consecutive loss.

Kansas City's first two hitters -- Darryl Motley and Pat Sheridan -- reach Milwaukee's Don Sutton for home runs, but the Brewers come back to win, 6–5, in 10 innings. Reliever Tom Tellmann wins when Mark Brouhard strokes a bases-loaded single.

1981
» The Blue Jays end a 19-game losing streak at Memorial Stadium, beating the Orioles 4–2. It is their first win in Baltimore since July 1978.

1980
» Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins defeats the Orioles 3–2 to become only the 4th pitcher to win 100 games in each league. He won 149 games for the Phillies and Cubs before joining the American League in 1974.

In a 3–2 win over Montreal, Giants 1B Willie McCovey hits his 521st and final career home run off Scott Sanderson, tying him with Ted Williams on the all-time list. He will retire on June 6th.

In a 5–3 win over Detroit, two Oakland runners successfully steal home. Wayne Gross and Dwayne Murphy are the thieves. Murphy will steal home again May 28.

1979
» Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run, against Moose Haas, in a 6–1 loss to Milwaukee. He has 413 SBs at the time and becomes the 2nd player, after Willie Mays, to have 300 SBs and 300 home runs.

1975
» The Reds switch Pete Rose from left field to 3B, opening a lineup spot for utility OF George Foster. Over the next four seasons, Foster will average 36 home runs, 117 RBI, and a .302 BA, helping the Reds to two World Championships. Gary Nolan, making a comeback after shoulder problems sidelined him in 1973-74, stops the Braves, 6–1. It is Nolan's first win since October 1972.

1972
» For the second straight day, the Cubs whomp the Braves, 12–1. Jose Cardenal leads the attack with a triple, double, and two singles. Fergie Jenkins is the easy winner as Jack Billingham loses his 4th straight.

1971
» The Toei Flyers set a Japan League record of five home runs in one inning, tying the American record held by several teams, most recently the Minnesota Twins in 1966. The record will be tied in 1977 and 1980, and finally broken in 1986.

1966
» Cleveland regains first place when Luis Tiant (3–0) hurls his 3rd straight shutout and blanks the Yanks 1–0.

1965
» The Indians claim minor-league OF Joe Rudi on waivers from the KC Athletics.

The Yankees trade John Blanchard (.147) and P Roland Sheldon to Kansas City for C Doc Edwards. Edwards will replace the injured Elston Howard.

1964
» Reliever John Wyatt picks up two wins for the A's in a sweep of the Twins. Wyatt totals three 2/3 innings of work.

Trailing the Mets 5–1 in the 7th at Crosley Field, pinch hitter Marty Keough belts a 3-run homer and Hal Smith adds a 2-run pinch single in the 8th for a 6–5 Reds win.

Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants hits four home runs in one 9-inning game against the Hanshin Tigers to set a Japanese record, and tie the American major-league record held by seven players.

1963
» In his 1st and only at bat as an Oriole, pitcher Les "Buster" Narum homers against Detroit's Don Mossi. Six days later, Narum is optioned to Rochester but will return to the majors next year with Washington where he'll hit two more. Narum is the first pitcher to have more homers than wins in a season, but he'll be matched on September 2nd by Ed Hobaugh, and in 1992 by Dave Eiland.

The Reds Pete Rose hits his first ML homer, connecting off Cards ace Ernie Broglio.

1961
» Another brilliant Warren Spahn performance is spoiled when LF Mel Roach's misplay costs the Milwaukee ace a 2nd no-hitter in a row. He settles for a 2-hitter in topping the Dodgers 4–1.

In an International League game at Toronto, the home town Maple Leafs score 10 runs in the 8th inning to win 15–3. Leaf switch hitter Ellis Burton homers twice in the big inning, once from each side of the plate. His 2nd homer is a grand slam over the RF fence. Teammate Sparky Anderson scored on both home runs after reaching base on walks.

1959
» Jimmy Dykes replaces Bill Norman as manager of the Tigers, who are 2-15.

Charley Maxwell, restored to the Tigers lineup although batting only .136, hits four consecutive home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Yankees 4–2 and 8–2. "Paw Paw" is 2–4 in the opener, with a 9th inning homer, then homers his first three at-bats in game 2.

C Hank Foiles of Pittsburgh makes an unassisted DP in a 2–1 loss to St. Louis.

At Crosley Field, Jerry Lynch cracks a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9th and the Reds top the Dodgers, 6–3.

1957
» At Jersey City, Brooklyn's Don Newcombe shuts out the Cards, 6–0, for his 9th straight win over St. Louis stretching back to 1951.

Reds pinch hitter Pete Whisenant pops a 3-run homer in the 9th to beat the Giants, 11–10

1956
» Before 4,308 at the Stadium, Mickey Mantle homers for the 3rd day in a row, but Kansas City holds on to win, 8–7. A Mick homer in the 5th is followed by homers by Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra.

1955
» Mickey Mantle's homer in the 6th off Mike Garcia gives New York a 4–3 lead, but Cleveland wins it 5–4 at home. Garcia last year allowed just six homers in 258 innings, the best mark of the 1950s.

1954
» Sandy Consuegra gives up three runs on just two hits as the White Sox pound the A's, 14–3. The Sox pitchers have given up five hits in the last three games.

1953
» Johnny Lindell, the converted outfielder, pitches the Pirates to their 5th straight win, beating the Cards, 6–2. Lindell drives in the 4th run with a double to beat Harvey Haddix and earn his first win since 1942.

1952
» The Red Sox beat the Browns 5–2 in Fenway though odd occurrences interrupt the game. In the bottom of the first, two fraternity boys dressed in baseball uniforms run onto the field and start throwing a rubber ball around. Two innings later a one-legged man on crutches jumps onto the field to talk to Browns SS Marty Marion and P Earl Harrist. He then shakes hands with Red Sox base runner Don Lenhardt before being hurried off the field.

The Indians lose, but go down swinging as they use a record 23 players including the first black battery in the American League. 39-year-old Negro League veteran Quincy Trouppe is behind the plate when reliever Sam Jones comes in. Bob Chakales loses it for the Tribe with two outs in the 9th. Jones and Trouppe are the battery tomorrow as Jones will pick up a 9–6 win against the Red Sox in relief.

The New York Yankees send promising reserve outfielder Jackie Jensen, along with OF Archie Wilson, P Spec Shea, and SS Jerry Snyder to the Senators for slick-fielding OF Irv Noren and infielder Tom Upton. Shea will have two fine seasons on the hill before going over it, while Jensen, the former heir to Joe DiMaggio's spot, will eventually emerge as a star with the Red Sox. Noren will have his best year in 1954, when the left fielder will be an All-Star.

1951
» In St. Louis, Gil McDougald hits a grand slam and a triple in the 9th, as the Yanks score 11 runs in the inning to rout St. Louis, 17–3. McDougald, destined to be Rookie of the Year, racks up six RBIs in the frame. Jackie Jensen follows McDougald's triple with one of his own, then homers after Gil's grand slam. Allie Reynolds is the winner.

1950
» Yankee Vic Raschi, troubled by the new rule that requires a one-second stop before delivery with men on base, balks four times in one game, a club record and two fewer than the single-season record. Nevertheless, he wins, 4–3, over the White Sox. He'll finish the season with six balks to tie the since-topped American League mark.

1949
» Taking advantage of the shortened fence installed by White Sox GM Frank Lane, the Senators belt seven homers—and need them all—in beating Chicago, 14–12 in 10 innings. This is only time a team has collected seven homers in an extra inning contest. Clyde Vollmer leads the hit parade with 2, followed by Mark Christman, Gil Coan, Al Evans, Eddie Robinson, and Bud Stewart. The Sox get homers from Joe Tipton and Gus Zernial.

1947
» The Cards trade Harry Walker to the Phillies for OF Ron Northey. Although batting only .200 with the Cards, Walker will hit .371 for the Phils in 130 games to finish the season with a league-leading .363 batting average.

The Dodgers ship pitchers Hank Behrman, Cal McLish and Kirby Higbe, and minor leaguers Gene Mauch and C Dixie Howell to the Pirates for OF Al Gionfriddo and $100,000. Behrman, with no appearances for Brooklyn this year will go 0-2 before the Bucs send him back to Brooklyn on June 14.

1944
» Joe Cronin, making his 1944 debut at 1B, makes putouts at both ends of a double play, one out at 1B and the other at 3B. The Sox make four DPs and collect 15 hits in beating the Senators, 11–10. Stan Spence and Bobby Doerr each hit a home run, double, and single. The Nats have 16 hits in the loss.

1942
» The Tigers edge the A's, 8–7 in Game One of a twinbill. Rudy York, who clouted two homers yesterday, hits two more in the opener, one short of Ty Cobb's American League record for two straight games. Phil Marchildon allows two hits in game two to stop the Tigers, 1–0.

1941
» Hank Gornicki of the St. Louis Cardinals pitches a one-hitter in his big-league debut, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 6–0. Stan Benjamin's single is the lone hit. It is the Cards' 8th straight win.

1939
» In an 11–11 tie with the Browns, Washington 1B Jimmy Wasdell makes four errors to equal the ML mark.

1938
» Lefty Grove defeats the Tigers 4–3 in 10 innings for the first of a record 20 consecutive victories at his home field, Fenway Park in Boston. He will not lose there until May 12, 1941.

1937
» The Giants equal a ML record, playing a 9-inning game against the Bees with no chances for their outfielders. The Bees gardeners have just three chances in winning, 3–1.

1936
» Playing LF, Joe DiMaggio makes his regular-season debut with the Yankees and has three hits, one a triple, as New York routs St. Louis 14–5. Joe scores three runs and knocks in one. Gehrig and Ben Chapman each collect four hits. New York will win five of their next six games with DiMag in the lineup. To make room, the Yankees waive OF Dixie Walker, hitting .350, to the White Sox.

1928
» Ty Cobb hits the 700th double of his career while his Athletics lose to the Red Sox, 3–1.

1927
» In the first matchup of pitching brothers in ML history, Brooklyn's Jess Barnes defeats his brother Virgil Barnes, 7–6. In relief of Doug McWeeney, Jess pitches the last seven innings, and is the recipient of six runs in the 7th and 8th. Virgil allows 12 hits in the first seven 2/3 innings, and takes the loss.

1926
» The Reds pull off a triple steal against the Cards with Sammy Bohne, Val Picinich, and Walt Christensen doing the swiping. Cincy wins, 9–6 with Eppa Rixey getting the victory.

1923
» Pirates 1B Charlie Grimm starts a 25-game hitting streak that will be stopped by Dick Rudolph, the 1914 Braves hero, who comes off the coaching lines to make four starts for Boston.

1913
» The Phillies whip the visiting Giants for the 3rd time in a row, a come-from-behind 3–2 victory. The Phils tie the score at two apiece when Gavvy Cravath clouts a 2-run pinch homer in the 8th off Christy Mathewson. After the first two batters are retired in the 9th, the Quakers push across a run in to win. The struggling Giants are in 5th place.

1912
» Leading 18–5 after eight innings, A's pitchers give up a record 9th-inning outburst of 10 runs to New York before Eddie Plank stops them at 18–15.

Despite a triple steal, the Giants lose to the Phils, 8-6, in 10 innings. New York overcomes a 5–0 deficit to tie, but reliever Christy Mathewson is drilled for three doubles and the loss, while Pete Alexander gets the win. Bill Klem sets a season high mark when he tosses four players, including John McGraw, out of the game.

1909
» The Pirates top Chicago, 9-2, as Honus Wagner again steals three bases, including home. Wagner, who was 5-for-6 yesterday, duplicates that today.

1907
» Dilatory tactics of the Highlanders' Judd Doyle, whose well-earned nickname is "Slow Joe," lengthen a 10-inning game with the Athletics to a record three hours, seven minutes.

At the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn's Elmer Stricklett allows just three Giant hits but Christy Mathewson goes one better, and the Giants win, 1-0.

1905
» Washington leads the AL, the highest position it has attained in any race since 1893. In three days it will be supplanted by the Cleveland Naps (formerly the Blues).

1901
» The Giants beat Boston, 2-1, as Christy Mathewson wins his 3rd straight, beating Kid Nichols, on a 3-hitter. Bobby Lowe, who has all of Boston's hits, scores the Beaneater's only run on a passed ball.

1899
» Pittsburgh's Jack McCarthy gets a game-winning 3-run home run in the bottom of the 9th when his drive into the corner goes through a door that a fan then shuts before the fielder can reach it. The league eventually orders this game replayed.

New York's Tom O'Brien receives perhaps the first intentional walk in ML history. In the 8th inning, with men on 2nd and 3rd with one out, Ed Delahanty trots to the mound to tell A's P Jack Fifield to walk O'Brien, who has hit well all day. The next batter, Fred Hartman, hits into a DP.

1898
» Brooklyn's Jimmy Sheckard hits a home run, two triples, and a single in a 9–6 defeat of Philadelphia. Eleven total bases will be the season's one-game high mark.

1897
» With the Giants leading 7–0 after two innings, Washington starts delaying the game in hopes that the imminent rainstorm will wash the game out. Umpire Tom Lynch forfeits the game to New York.

1896
» The Louisville Colonels lose their 11th straight game, to Cincinnati, 5–3.

With an overflow crowd of 17,231 at Chicago's West Side Grounds, the umpire rules that any ball hit into the crowd is a ground-rule triple. The Colts take advantage and crack nine triples, including three by Bill Dahlen, to crush St. Louis, 16–7.

1895
» Bobby Lowe scores six runs and registers five hits, leading Boston to a 27–11 rout of Washington.