7/6/1987: Jack Clark of the Cardinals hit a two-run home run off Dodgers pitcher Rick Honeycutt in the bottom of the first inning. The game was rained out after four innings with St. Louis leading 3-2.
On July 5, 1987, Mark McGwire of the Oakland A’s becomes the first rookie to hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break. McGwire’s latest long ball helps the A’s to a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. McGwire’s teammate, Jose Canseco, adds a pair of home runs. The Oakland infielder will finish the…
In an seven-player trade, the Giants swap southpaws Keith Comstock and Mark Davis, right-hander Mark Grant, and third baseman Chris Brown to the Padres for infielder/outfielder Kevin Mitchell and left-handers Dave Dravecky and Craig Lefferts. Mitchell, obtained by San Diego in an off-season blockbuster trade with the Mets, will be the NL’s Most Valuable Player in 1989, helping the Giants to capture the circuit’s pennant.
The knuck is not knuckling and Chicago hands Cleveland’s Phil Niekro a 17 – 0 pasting. Scott Nielsen is the winner.
With the Indians’ and Phil Niekro’s 9 – 6 win over the Tigers, the Niekro brothers pass the Perrys (Gaylord and Jim) with 530 combined victories.
On ‘Dick Howser Day’ at Royals Stadium, the former manager, who died last month from brain cancer, is inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. The club honors their late former manager (1981-86), by retiring his uniform number 10, the first digits retired in the history of the franchise.
On July 3, 1987 Hitting just .212, Astros SS Dickie Thon bolts from the team. Thon has never fully recovered from a 1984 beaning that left him with blurred vision. An angry Astros General Manager 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. Source Baseball Reference July…
On July 3, 1987 During “Dick Howser Day” at Royals Stadium, the former manager’s uniform number 10 is retired and the skipper is inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame. Source Baseball Reference July 3
1987 – Glenn Davis belts a three-run homer with two out in the ninth to stun the Phillies, 7-6. It comes off Steve Bedrosian who had just set a record by converting 13 consecutive save appearances. Davey Lopes also homers. Dave Smith saves it for Larry Andersen.
On July 2, 1987 Jim Eisenreich, making a comeback after being forced out of the major leagues by a nervous disorder in 1984, hits his first major league home run since 1982 to lead the Royals to a 10 – 3 win over his former club, the Twins. Source: Baseball Reference July 2
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