A judge in Dayton, OH waives a 30-day jail sentence which had been given to former minor league pitcher Julio Castillo for throwing a baseball into the stands and injuring a fan during an on-field brawl at a Dayton Dragons game in 2008. While he avoids prison time, Castillo’s prospects in organized baseball are now dim, as his conviction for assault still stands and he is ordered to leave the United States and stay away for three years.

The Orioles place closer Mike Gonzalez on the disabled list, retroactive to April 10th, after he struggled to an 0-2 record with an ERA of 18.00 in the season’s first week. Also going on the DL are Angels closer Brian Fuentes, who has a strained back he injured while lifting weights, and Arizona catcher Miguel Montero, who needs to undergo surgery for a torn meniscus in his right knee, injured while attempting to avoid a tag from Pittsburgh’s Zach Duke four days ago. But the biggest blow of all is to the Phillies, who place starting shortstop Jimmy Rollins on the list with a calf injury.

2009 – In a 6 – 1 Reds win over the Brewers, David Weathers retires both batters he faces. It is his 900th game in the majors, the 20th player to reach the milestone.

Alex Rodriguez moves up to a tie for 15th on the all-time major league home run leader list, even with Ted Williams and Willie McCovey. Rodriguez hits his 521st career homer as part of a 4-for-5 day; Andy Sonnanstine allows the shot. The Yankees top the Rays, 8 – 7.

Nate McLouth continues his stellar start to the season. With the Pirates down, 4 – 3, with two outs in the 9th, he cracks a three-run homer off Dodgers closer Takashi Saito to give the game to Pittsburgh.

2007 – Junior Oberto of Grosseto throws the fifth perfect game in Serie A1 history, beating San Marino, 6 – 0, and striking out nine.

2005 – On a historic night at RFK Stadium, Livan Hernandez and Vinny Castilla are up to the task. Hernandez carries a one-hitter into the 9th inning and Castilla falls a single shy of the cycle as the Washington Nationals post a 5 – 3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first major league game in Washington, D.C. in over 33 years. After beginning their first season in the nation’s capital with a nine-game road trip, the Nationals start the first game at RFK Stadium since the departure of the Washington Senators with former pitcher Joe Grzenda handing a ball to U.S. President George W. Bush, who throws the ceremonial first pitch. Grzenda tossed the final pitch in Senators history against the Yankees on September 30, 1971.

2004 – A day after Yankees teammate Mike Mussina earned his 200th career victory, Kevin Brown reaches the same plateau, beating the Devil Rays, 5 – 1. It is the first time in major league history members of the same pitching staff have won their 200th career victory in consecutive starts.

A total eleven one-run games (six in American League and five in National League) breaks a record set on May 30, 1967 when there were a combined 10 one-run contests in the major leagues.