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1974 – Don Wilson and Mike Cosgrove blank the Phillies, 5-0, scattering six hits. It’s Houston’s third straight shutout. Before the game, Janice Graham Johnson is hit in the face by a batting practice home run leading to a lawsuit against HSA, the Astros and the Phillies. It’s settled five years later and is the reason game tickets now warns fans to stay alert to balls flying into the crowd. 

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1974 – Don Wilson and Mike Cosgrove blank the Phillies, 5-0, scattering six hits. It’s Houston’s third straight shutout. Before the game, Janice Graham Johnson is hit in the face by a batting practice home run leading to a lawsuit against HSA, the Astros and the Phillies. It’s settled five years later and is the reason game tickets now warns fans to stay alert to balls flying into the crowd. 

1973 – Dan Driessen drives in five runs to pace the Reds to a 6 – 4 win over the visiting Cardinals. Ken Griffey debuts in the major leagues with a pair of hits.

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1973 – Dan Driessen drives in five runs to pace the Reds to a 6 – 4 win over the visiting Cardinals. Ken Griffey debuts in the major leagues with a pair of hits.

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1972 – In second place and desperate to catch up with the blazing Cincinnati Reds, the Astros fire manager Harry Walker, naming 67-year-old Leo “The Lip” Durocher as his replacement. Walker has a 355-353 record in Houston. In his final game with the Astros, Houston drops a 4-3 decision to the Montreal, featuring the 200th homer of Jim Wynn’s career  . Coach Salty Parker is interim manager for one game before Leo takes the reigns. Durocher, who had earlier left the Cubs in mid-season, skippers a 16-15 finish to the season.

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1972 – In second place and desperate to catch up with the blazing Cincinnati Reds, the Astros fire manager Harry Walker, naming 67-year-old Leo “The Lip” Durocher as his replacement. Walker has a 355-353 record in Houston. In his final game with the Astros, Houston drops a 4-3 decision to the Montreal, featuring the 200th homer of Jim Wynn’s career  . Coach Salty Parker is interim manager for one game before Leo takes the reigns. Durocher, who had earlier left the Cubs in mid-season, skippers a 16-15 finish to the season.

1972 – Phillie Ken Reynolds ties a dubious National League record with his 12th straight losing decision from the start of the season after dropping a 6 – 1 decision to the Reds. Reynolds is knocked out in the 4th and loses to Don Gullett.

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1972 – Phillie Ken Reynolds ties a dubious National League record with his 12th straight losing decision from the start of the season after dropping a 6 – 1 decision to the Reds. Reynolds is knocked out in the 4th and loses to Don Gullett.

1970 – In Minnesota, a bomb scare delays the game with Boston for 43 minutes in the 4th, but the only bomb is an 8th-inning homer by Tony Conigliaro to give the Sox a 1 – 0 win. The Sox end the game with a double play, a 1-6 force at second base, then a throw home to nab Tony Oliva trying to score. Ken Brett is the winner in relief over Tom Hall.

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1970 – In Minnesota, a bomb scare delays the game with Boston for 43 minutes in the 4th, but the only bomb is an 8th-inning homer by Tony Conigliaro to give the Sox a 1 – 0 win. The Sox end the game with a double play, a 1-6 force at second base, then a throw home to nab Tony Oliva trying to score. Ken Brett is the winner in relief over Tom Hall.

Joe Niekro is traded by the Cubs, along with Gary Ross and Francisco Libran, in exchange for right-hander Dick Selma. The 22 year-old never became a favorite of Chicago skipper Leo Durocher, due to his insistence of throwing a knuckleball, the signature pitch that will result in 221 career victories.

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Joe Niekro is traded by the Cubs, along with Gary Ross and Francisco Libran, in exchange for right-hander Dick Selma. The 22 year-old never became a favorite of Chicago skipper Leo Durocher, due to his insistence of throwing a knuckleball, the signature pitch that will result in 221 career victories.

Rocky Colavito pitches in relief and picks up a win and homers in the game

Rocky Colavito pitches in relief and picks up a win and homers in the game

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The Tigers, ahead 5 – 0, fail to score with two on in the 4th inning when the Yanks bring in Rocky Colavito to pitch. The 35-year-old slugger retires Al Kaline and Willie Horton and tosses 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. In Rocky’s only other appearance, in 1958, he also faced Kaline, and the victory by a non-pitcher will be the last this century. Bill Robinson and Bobby Cox crash successive homers to tie the score and, after a walk, Rocky comes around to score the winning run. In the 8th, Yankees reliever Lindy McDaniel ties the American League record for consecutive batters retired by setting down the first Tiger he faces, giving him 32 straight batters retired over four appearances. New York sweeps, winning 6 – 5 and then topping Mickey Lolich, 5 – 4. The four losses in New York leaves the Tigers just five games ahead of the Orioles.

Boston tops the White Sox, 6 – 2, to take over 1st place by a half game. A doubleheader split with Chicago tomorrow will put the Twins back atop the American League.

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Boston tops the White Sox, 6 – 2, to take over 1st place by a half game. A doubleheader split with Chicago tomorrow will put the Twins back atop the American League.