The train fire of two days ago forces another postponement of Anaheim’s game at Baltimore.
The train fire of two days ago forces another postponement of Anaheim’s game at Baltimore.
The Rockies obtain OF Alex Ochoa from the Reds for 2B Todd Walker and minor league OF Robin Jennings. The Reds also call up top OF prospect Adam Dunn, who has hit 32 homers in the minors this year. Dunn will clout 19 homers for the Reds including 12 in August, setting the National League rookie record for most home run in any month. The old mark of 11 was set by Frank Robinson, in August 1956. The only other rookies to hit more home runs in a month were Rudy York (18 in August 1937), Mark McGwire (in May 1987) and Jimmie Hall (13 in August 1963).
The Rockies obtain OF Alex Ochoa from the Reds for 2B Todd Walker and minor league OF Robin Jennings. The Reds also call up top OF prospect Adam Dunn, who has hit 32 homers in the minors this year. Dunn will clout 19 homers for the Reds including 12 in August, setting the National League rookie record for most home run in any month. The old mark of 11 was set by Frank Robinson, in August 1956. The only other rookies to hit more home runs in a month were Rudy York (18 in August 1937), Mark McGwire (in May 1987) and Jimmie Hall (13 in August 1963).
Moises Alou’s 23-game hitting streak is ended in St. Louis’s 4 – 1 victory over Houston.
Moises Alou’s 23-game hitting streak is ended in St. Louis’s 4 – 1 victory over Houston.
Randy Johnson strikes out a record 16 batters in relief and also sets the National League reliever record with seven consecutive strikeouts
Arizona defeats San Diego, 3 – 0, in the completion of a game that was suspended after two innings on July 18th. Randy Johnson strikes out 16 batters in his seven innings in relief of Curt Schilling to break the major league mark for relievers set by Walter Johnson on July 25, 1913. He allows just one hit – C Wiki Gonzalez’s 8th-inning single – for the Padres’ only hit in the contest. In addition to setting the record for Ks in a game by a reliever, Johnson also sets the National League reliever record with seven consecutive strikeouts. Johnson is one shy of the major league mark, set by Ron Davis, on May 4, 1981.
2001 – Jeff Bagwell hits for the cycle during a 17-11 slugfest over St. Louis at Enron Field. Bagwell’s three-run homer is the crowning blow in an eight-run fifth after the Cardinals tallied six in the top half of the frame. Bagwell also doubles in the inning and triples in the seventh for the milestone. Moises Alou, Brad Ausmus and Craig Biggio leave the yard as well.
2001 – Jeff Bagwell hits for the cycle during a 17-11 slugfest over St. Louis at Enron Field. Bagwell’s three-run homer is the crowning blow in an eight-run fifth after the Cardinals tallied six in the top half of the frame. Bagwell also doubles in the inning and triples in the seventh for the milestone. Moises Alou, Brad Ausmus and Craig Biggio leave the yard as well.
Players notify stadium security when a fan, reaching for a foul ball, drops and then retrieves a gun on the field at Comerica Park. It turns out to be a Glock pistol belonging to an embarrassed off-duty three-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, who had his weapon fall out of its holster as he went for the ball.
Players notify stadium security when a fan, reaching for a foul ball, drops and then retrieves a gun on the field at Comerica Park. It turns out to be a Glock pistol belonging to an embarrassed off-duty three-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, who had his weapon fall out of its holster as he went for the ball.
Jeremy Giambi is 4 for 4 with six RBIs to lead the A’s to a 7 – 2 win over the Twins. It is their 15th win in 19 games.
Jeremy Giambi is 4 for 4 with six RBIs to lead the A’s to a 7 – 2 win over the Twins. It is their 15th win in 19 games.
A train carrying toxic substances derails in Baltimore, causing the postponement of the second game of the Orioles’ day-night doubleheader against the Rangers. Texas takes the first game, 6 – 4, behind Frank Catalanotto’s 4-for-4 day, battering Sean Douglass in his major league debut.
A train carrying toxic substances derails in Baltimore, causing the postponement of the second game of the Orioles’ day-night doubleheader against the Rangers. Texas takes the first game, 6 – 4, behind Frank Catalanotto’s 4-for-4 day, battering Sean Douglass in his major league debut.
The Mets down Florida, 4 – 3, in 11 innings and see Marlins manager Tony Perez ejected for arguing a call. It is his first ejection in 31 seasons and more than 3,800 games as a player and manager.
The Mets down Florida, 4 – 3, in 11 innings and see Marlins manager Tony Perez ejected for arguing a call. It is his first ejection in 31 seasons and more than 3,800 games as a player and manager.
The commissioner’s office announces pitch counts, and pitch-count averages will not be used ”as measures of umpire performance”. The baseball’s reversal is in response to the grievance filed by the World Umpires Association, who believed the proposed criteria for evaluation was an attempt to get the umps to reduce the number of pitches in a game by inducing them to call strikes on pitches that weren’t strikes.
The commissioner’s office announces pitch counts, and pitch-count averages will not be used ”as measures of umpire performance”. The baseball’s reversal is in response to the grievance filed by the World Umpires Association, who believed the proposed criteria for evaluation was an attempt to get the umps to reduce the number of pitches in a game by inducing them to call strikes on pitches that weren’t strikes.
