On this date, July 7, 1906 approximately one hundred years ago, the seventh of eleven children were born to John and Lula Paige in the town of Mobile, Alabama. This child would turn out a little more successful than the other ten; he would eventually be honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Leroy “Satchel”…
Voices of the game on July 7 – July 7, 1936, All-Star Game featuring New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio, Listen to the game here. July 7, 1937, All-Star Game Lou Gehrig is featured and this is the first all-star game a sitting President throws out the first pitch. Listen to the game here. July 7,…
It’s a high-scoring day in the majors as a number of marks are set or matched: Mark Reynolds ties the Nationals club record with 10 RBIs in an 18 – 4 win over the Marlins; the Diamondbacks set a franchise record by scoring 20 run in beating the Padres, 20 – 5; and the Red Sox score the most runs they have all season as they dispose of the Royals, 15 – 4. Wil Myers has a three-homer game for the Padres, but, obviously, it has little bearing on the final score.
Rockies shortstop Trevor Story, with his twenty-first home run, ties the National League mark shared by Dave Kingman (Giants,1972) and Albert Pujols (Cardinals, 2001) for the most home runs by a rookie before the All-Star break. Mark McGwire established the major league record, going deep 30 times before the Mid-Summer Classic while playing for the A’s in 1987.
The Cubs sweep a doubleheader at home for the first time since 2003 as they dispose of the Cardinals, 7 – 4 and 5 – 3. They score thrice in the 7th inning of the nitecap to ensure the double win, a frame which features Cards P Seth Maness being ejected for arguing that Addison Russell’s single down the first base line is foul, and his successor Kevin Siegrist throwing a potential double play grounder by Dexter Fowler into the outfield.
The Angels defeat the Blue Jays, 5 – 2, to even their all-time record to 4,272-4.272 with 3 ties, the first time they have been at .500 as a franchise since starting off their inaugural 1961 season 1-1. It is the Angels’ 5th straight win and 11th straight at home.
Michael Brantley hits a pair of homers as the Indians defeat the Tigers, 9 – 6, ending a string of seven straight losses to their divisional rivals. Brantley’s second homer, off Al Alburquerque in the 8th, gives the Indians the lead and he has 5 RBI on the night. Carlos Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall also go deep for the Tribe.
The Cubs trade OF Scott Hairston to the Nationals; he is hitting only .163, but has 7 homers and 18 RBIs in spite of only recording 16 hits.
Bryce Harper becomes the youngest position player to make an All-Star team when he is named to replace Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, who is unable to participate because of an injury. The 19 year-old Nationals outfielder, who is older than hurlers Dwight Gooden (Mets) and Bob Feller (Indians) when they played in their first Mid-summer Classics, surpasses backstop Butch Wynegar (Twins) as the youngest non-pitcher to be selected.
At Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, a fan named Shannon Stone tumbles over an outfield wall trying to catch a ball tossed to him by Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton during the 2nd inning of a game between the Rangers and the Oakland Athletics. Stone, a 39-year-old Brownwood, TX firefighter who attends the game with his young son, falls twenty feet from his seat in left field, landing near the A’s bullpen and passes away en route to the hospital. Incidentally, the Rangers win, 6 – 0.