On June 7, 2007, Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling comes within one out of throwing his first no-hitter. With two outs in the ninth, Oakland’s Shannon Stewart lined a first-pitch single to center field to break up Schilling’s no-hit bid. It was the third one-hitter of the right-hander’s career. Mark Ellis pops out for the…
Trevor Hoffman pitches a scoreless 9th inning in a Padres win over the Dodgers for his 500th save. He is the first to reach this mark.
Luis Castillo makes an error, ending a 143-game streak without a miscue. Castillo broke Ryne Sandberg’s 17-year-old record of 123 games. He mishandles a throw from Jason Bartlett in the 1st inning.
On June 4, 2007, Mark Ellis of the Oakland A’s hit for the cycle in his team’s 11-inning, 5-4 victory over the visiting Red Sox. Earlier in the week, Ellis’ wife gave birth to the couple’s first child, a boy.
2007 – 18-year-old Yuki Saito is named to the Tokyo Big Six University League Best Nine, the first freshman pitcher in history to be selected in the spring season.
After being ejected from the game against the Chattanooga Lookouts, Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman kicks dirt on home plate and then proceeds to draw the umpire’s strike zone in the dirt before tossing third base into the outfield. The minor-league skipper continues his tirade when he crawls to the mound, throws the rosin bag like a hand grenade at the ump, and then carries second base with him as he exits AT&T Field.
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