For the second time this season, Red Sox fireballer Roger Clemens strikes out sixteen Kansas City Royals. The doubleheader sweep over Kansas City marks Joe Morgan’s Boston managerial debut.

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For the second time this season, Red Sox fireballer Roger Clemens strikes out sixteen Kansas City Royals. The doubleheader sweep over Kansas City marks Joe Morgan’s Boston managerial debut.

The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 9 – 2. Pirate infielder Rafael Belliard has gone 8 for 16 since July 8, and all eight hits are infield singles.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 9 – 2. Pirate infielder Rafael Belliard has gone 8 for 16 since July 8, and all eight hits are infield singles.

Mike Schmidt hits his 537th career home run in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 7 – 5 loss to the Houston Astros, moving past Mickey Mantle into 7th place all-time.

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Mike Schmidt hits his 537th career home run in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 7 – 5 loss to the Houston Astros, moving past Mickey Mantle into 7th place all-time.

After replacing John McNamara as the Red Sox manager, Joe Morgan makes a good first impression as the team wins the first nineteen out of twenty with him at the helm.

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After replacing John McNamara as the Red Sox manager, Joe Morgan makes a good first impression as the team wins the first nineteen out of twenty with him at the helm.

After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star starter, A’s catcher Terry Steinbach hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League to a 2 – 1 victory at Riverfront Stadium and is named the 1988 All-Star Game’s MVP. The A’s catcher becomes the first major leaguer to have homered in his first major league at-bat (on September 12, 1986) and also in the mid-summer classic.

After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star starter, A’s catcher Terry Steinbach hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League to a 2 – 1 victory at Riverfront Stadium and is named the 1988 All-Star Game’s MVP. The A’s catcher becomes the first major leaguer to have homered in his first major league at-bat (on September 12, 1986) and also in the mid-summer classic.

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After being maligned by the press as an unworthy All-Star starter, A’s catcher Terry Steinbach hits a solo home run and a sacrifice fly to lead the American League to a 2 – 1 victory at Riverfront Stadium and is named the 1988 All-Star Game’s MVP. The A’s catcher becomes the first major leaguer to have homered in his first major league at-bat (on September 12, 1986) and also in the mid-summer classic.

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Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits the 10,000th home run in Giants history to lead San Francisco to a 21 – 2 rout of the Cardinals

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Chris Speier hits for the cycle and Ernest Riles hits the 10,000th home run in Giants history to lead San Francisco to a 21 – 2 rout of the Cardinals. The 21 runs are a San Francisco record. Speier also cycled as an Expo in 1978, just the 4th major leaguer to do so for two teams. He joins Joe Cronin (Washington, 1929; Red Sox, 1940), Babe Herman (Dodgers, 1931; Cubs, 1933) and Bob Watson (Astros, 1977; Boston, 1979).

Bud Black

Bud Black of the Cleveland Indians epitomizes the phrase “wild left-hander” when he hits three California Angels batters with pitches in one inning

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On July 8, 1988, Bud Black of the Cleveland Indians epitomizes the phrase “wild left-hander” when he hits three California Angels batters with pitches in one inning, tying a major league record. Black hits Jack Howell, Devon White, and Johnny Ray in the fourth inning of a 10-6 loss to the Angels. Bert Blyleven will match…