BARK, the Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps, debuts at PacBell Park. Six Portuguese water dogs will be used to retrieve splashdown home runs which land in McCovey’s Cove.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After trying to get Juan Gonzalez and Sammy Sosa to bolster their failing offense, the Yankees acquire David Justice from the Indians for Ricky Ledee and two players to be named later. When Shane Spencer goes down in 10 days, Justice will take over LF. The trade occurs minutes before the start of the game against Detroit, an 8 – 0 Yankee win, and Ledee is scratched from the lineup. The Yanks tie a major-league record with three sacrifice flies in one inning.
On his much-awaited return to Shea Stadium, John Rocker pitches a perfect 8th inning in front of 46,998 booing fans, helping the Braves to stop the Mets’ winning streak at seven, 6 – 4. Prior to the game the Atlanta reliever read a statement apologizing for his inappropriate comments about New Yorkers which appeared in the off-season in Sports Illustrated.
The Royals defeat the Indians, 6 – 1. Bartolo Colon takes the loss for Cleveland, in the process becoming just the 4th pitcher in major league history to start a game by walking the first four batters he faces.
The Orioles nip the Red Sox, 8 – 7 in 11 innings, as B.J. Surhoff goes 5 for 6 for Baltimore, stretching his hitting streak to 21 games.
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