Three-and-a-half hours of negotiations with federal mediators produces no progress in the strike, and no further talks are scheduled as the strike goes into its 4th week.

Minnesota OF-DH Dave Winfield is sold to the Indians. Because of the strike, Winfield won’t play for his new team until 1995.

1994 – Las Vegas Stars C Kevin Higgins and OF Keith Lockhart both play all nine positions in the Stars’ 10 – 7 victory over Tacoma in a Class AAA game.

Former major league 1B Willie Aikens is convicted by a federal jury on four counts of distributing crack cocaine and one count of using a gun in a drug transaction. He could face at least 15 years in prison.

Two workers involved in repairing the roof of the Kingdome in Seattle are killed when their basket on a construction crane falls 250 feet to the floor of the stadium.

The Mariners beat the A’s, 8 – 1, in the last game before the players go on strike.

Randy Johnson’s pitch to strike out A’s Ernie Young will become the last ball thrown in the major leagues for seven and half months. The longest work stoppage in baseball history will cancel the remaining games on the schedule, including the postseason, and will impact the start of 1995 campaign.

The Expos win for the 20th time in their last 22 games when they blank Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium, 4-0. The victory puts the team 35 games over .500, a franchise record, but sadly it will be the last game Montreal will win, due to the impending players’ strike that will eventually end the season.