July 1

The Yankees beat down the Red Sox, 11 – 1, with a six-homer barrage, including three by Aaron Hicks, and one by back-up catcher Kyle Higashioka that is also his first major league hit. Luis Severino becomes the first 13-game winner in the majors, while David Price, who gives up five of the long balls, is the loser. The Yanks have now hit 137 homers, setting a new club record for most before the All-Star break.

The Indians set a new team record with their 14th straight win, but it doesn’t come easy as they need 19 innings to defeat the Blue Jays, 2 – 1. Carlos Santana, who had scored the Indians’ first run in the 3rd, homers off infielder Darwin Barney for the winning run. 19 pitchers are used in the game, with starter Trevor Bauer going the last five innings for Cleveland to earn the win; for its part, Toronto runs out of pitchers in the 18th, and another infielder, Ryan Goins, precedes Barney on the mound.

Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto resigns over a rumored power struggle with manager Mike Scioscia. Former GM Bill Stoneman takes over on an interim basis.

Carlos Carrasco of the Indians comes within one strike of pitching a no-hitter as the Rays’ Joey Butler lines a two-out, two-strike pitch in the 9th over 2B Jason Kipnis’ head. The hit comes after Carrasco had walked Asdrubal Cabrera and hit Brandon Guyer with a pitch earlier in the inning and drives in a run; Carrasco is removed from the game and Austin Adams records the last out of an 8 – 1 win.

Rick Porcello becomes the fourth pitcher in Tiger history, and the first since Dizzy Trout in 1944, to throw a shutout without issuing a walk or recording a strikeout when he blanks Oakland, 3-0. The Detroit right-hander, who records 17 groundball outs and 10 in the air in his 95-pitch outing, is the first major league hurler to accomplish the rare feat since Jeff Ballard’s performance for Baltimore on August 21, 1989.

2014 – It requires no less than two video reviews, but the Indians pull an unlikely triple play in the 4th inning of their 10 – 3 win over the Dodgers. With runners on the corners, Adrian Gonzalez slashes a pitch to left field; Michael Brantley runs in to make the catch and guns down Dee Gordon at the plate. Yasiel Puig then makes a late break for second base and appears to beat C Yan Gomes’s throw to 2B Jason Kipnis. Indians manager Terry Franconais the first to object, asking for a review of the call at second base, and it is overturned; Dodgers manager Don Mattingly then comes out of the dugout and asks officials to take another look at the out at home, but that one stands, and the Indians have a triple play.

Andy Pettitte passes Whitey Ford for the most strikeouts in New York Yankees history when he records his 1,957th in the Yankees’ 10 – 4 win over the Twins. The win goes to reliever Joba Chamberlain, his first of the year, as he benefits from a three-run outburst off reliever Jared Burton in the 8th. The Yankees then add four runs in the top of the 9th as they end a five-game losing streak.

Bryce Harper homers in his first game back with the Nationals after missing over a month following a collision with an outfield fence in which he hurt his knee. The Nats defeat the Brewers, 10 – 5.

Major League Baseball announces the starters and reserves for the 2012 All-Star Game, to be held in Kansas City, MO. Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers receives over 11 million votes, shattering the record tally of 7.4 million votes received by Jose Bautista last year. Hamilton is one of 7 members of the Rangers to be named to the American League squad by manager Ron Washington. In the National League, Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants sets a mark for most votes received by a player from the senior circuit with 7.6 million votes.

Jair Jurrjens of the Braves picks up his 11th win of the year with a one-hitter over the Orioles, 4 – 0. He lowers his National League-leading ERA to 1.89 in a bid to be named the starter of the 2011 All-Star Game. Adam Jones has the lone safety, a single in the 7th, while Jason Heyward hits his first homer since April 29th to open the scoring.