Trailing 8-2 with two outs in the eighth-inning, Mike Piazza’s tie-breaking three-run homer completes a 10-run miracle comeback as the Mets stun the Braves, 11-8. Nine of the runs were driven in with two outs, and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets.

The New York Yankees tie a major-league record when three players (Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez and Jose Vizcaino) each hit sacrifice flies in the 4th inning against the Tigers. The record was set by the Chicago White Sox on July 1, 1962, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians.

The Red Sox seemingly answer their 3B needs by acquiring Ed Sprague from the Padres for minor league IF Cesar Saba and P Dennis Tankersley.

After trailing 8 – 2 with two outs in the 8th inning, Mike Piazza’s tie-breaking three-run homer completes a 10-run miracle comeback as the Mets stun the Braves, 11 – 8. Nine of the runs are driven in with two outs and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets.

Ila Borders, the first woman to play in men’s professional baseball, retires at age 26. Borders was pitching for the Zion Pioneerzz of the Western Baseball League.