On June 20, Dave Kingman hits his 3rd grand slam of the season in the 1st inning of the A’s 8 – 1 win over Kansas City. Kingman’s 14 grand slams are the most among active players.
1984 – Ray Knight’s three-run shot and Phil Garner’s two-run blast in the seventh overcome a 5-1 Dodger lead en route to a 7-5 Houston triumph. Prior to the seventh, the Astros had hit only two homers in the Dome all season. Mike Madden gets the win in relief.
Mario Soto’s second suspension of the season is the result of the Cincinnati starter firing a baseball at a group of opposing players, striking Braves coach Joe Pignatano after he punched Claudell Washington, who was being restrained by umpire Lanny Harris as he charged the mound. The Reds suspends he fiery right-hander for three games due to this incident with Washington, who had been the target of his brushback pitches, getting five games off for pushing the home plate ump.
On June 13, 1984, the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians engineer a blockbuster trade. Chicago sends outfielders Joe Carter, Mel Hall and Don Schulz a minor leaguer Darryl Banks to Cleveland for pitchers Rick Sutcliffe and George Frazier and catcher Ron Hassey. “The Red Baron” was 4-5 with the Indians, but caught fire with the…
On June 10, 1984 The Cubs add a 9th-inning insurance run on a triple steal to beat the Cardinals’ Joaquin Andujar, 2 – 0. Leon Durham steals home‚ while Jody Davis takes third base and Larry Bowagoes to second.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia On June 10, 1984 At Memorial Stadium, the Tigers sweep two from the Orioles‚ winning 10 – 4 and 8 – 0‚ before 51‚764 fans. Kirk Gibson has six hits and six RBIs in the two games‚ while Alan Trammell and Howard Johnson each have 5 hits. Lou…
On June 9, 1984, Greg “The Bull” Luzinski becomes the 10th player in MLB history to hit grand slams in back to back games. The day before, he had hit one off of Minnesota Twins pitcher Frank Viola in a Sox 6-1 win. On this day he would connect off Mike Walters of the Twins in the…
With the score tied 3-3 and the bases loaded in the 12th inning, Garry Hancock decides to drop Pete O’Brien’s long foul flyball to prevent the out from becoming a game-ending sacrifice fly. Wayne Tolleson tags up and scores the winning run for Texas when the umpires rule the left fielder had caught the ball.
1984 – Jerry Mumphrey and Craig Reynolds crack two-run homers to pace the Astros to a 14-5 thumping in San Francisco. Terry Puhl has four hits while Jose Cruz and Bill Doran each contribute three. Joe Niekro is the beneficiary.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia June 4, 1984, At Tiger Stadium Dave Bergman hits a walk-off 3 run home run vs the Toronto Blue Jays. The second-place Jays entered play just 4.5 behind the Tigers with ace Dave Stieb on the mound. Up 3-0 in the 7th, Howard Johnson hit a one-out 3…
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