July 15, 1990 -At Oakland Rightfielder Felix Jose robs Robin Yount of a HR in the top of the 1st‚ then hits a grand slam in the bottom of the frame as the A’s beat the Brewers‚ 4-1. Jose also throws out Dave Parker at the plate. Chris Bosio and Jamie Navarro combine on a…
Dante Bichette, Dave Winfield and Brian Downing each homer twice in the California Angels’ 8 – 7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. This is the 8th time three teammates have done this in the major leagues.
Dave Johnson retires 27 of the last 29 batters he faces, but loses his complete game effort to Minnesota, 3-1. The Oriole starter’s undoing is a two-run home run hit by John Moses in the first, an inning that takes the right-hander 33 pitches to complete, compared to the 83 tosses he will make during the rest of the Memorial Stadium contest.
On July 12, 1990, In a 6-inning rain-shortened contest, White Sox starter Melido Perez no-hits the host Yankees, 8 – 0. His brother Pascual, who is watching from the New York bench, also hurled an abbreviated no-no in 1988 holding the Phillies hitless for five innings at Veterans Stadium. This is the 7th no-hitter this…
On July 11, 1990 At Comiskey Park, the White Sox honor their 1917 World Championship team by donning old-fashioned uniforms and scaling concessions back to World War I prices. This will spawn many more Turn Back the Clock-style promotions across Major League Baseball in the coming years. Chicago loses to Milwaukee, 12 – 9, in 13 innings. (photo) Ozzie Guillen checks out the arriving crowd before…
Jack McKeon resigns as manager of the Padres but keeps his position as San Diego’s vice president of baseball operations. He is replaced in the dugout by Greg Riddoch. Later in the season, McKeon will lose his front-office job as well.
Six American League pitchers combine for a two-hitter and a 2 – 0 victory over the National League in a rain-delayed All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Rangers 2B Julio Franco drives in both runs in the 7th inning and is named MVP.
At the half-way mark in the season, the Reds are leading the NL West by eight games, while Pittsburgh is 1/2 game ahead in the East. In the American League, Boston leads by half a game and Oakland by one game.
Losing 7 – 0 to California in the 3rd, the Brewers score 20 unanswered runs, including 13 in the 5th, to win. This is the biggest swing of runs since 1980 and will not be topped in the 1990s. Looking for his 279th win, Bert Blyleven starts for the Angels but never makes it out of the 4th. He’ll win only once more the rest of the year.
In his first start since losing a no-hitter, Andy Hawkins pitches 11 2/3 innings of shutout ball only to lose in the 12th, 2 – 0 to the Twins. Hawkins is now 1-6.
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