The Giants trade 1B Mark Carreon to the Indians for P Jim Poole.

The National League defeats the American League, 6 – 0, in the All-Star Game. Ken Caminiti and Mike Piazza homer for the winners. Piazza’s homer goes into the upper deck and he also adds a RBI double. The game is the first All-Star contest in which no walks are issued by either team. Cal Ripken Jr. starts the game, despite suffering a broken nose when he accidentally catches a forearm from Chicago P Roberto Hernández, who slipped on the tarp during the AL team photo shoot.

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Cuban pitcher Rolando Arrojo defects to the U.S.

A worker installing lights for a computer trade show falls 25 feet to his death in the Toronto SkyDome.

Alex Rodriguez, the first draft pick in 1993, has his first two major league hits in Seattle’s 7 – 4 win over Boston. Rodriguez is the youngest player to start in the majors since C Brian Milner for Toronto on June 23, 1978.

By homering twice in Montreal’s 6 – 1 win over San Diego, Expo OF Moises Alou sets a record for most hits that are all homers in consecutive games, with 6. He had a homer yesterday, one on the 7th, and two on the 6th.

Baltimore’s Brady Anderson and Mike Devereaux lead off the game against the Twins’ Scott Erickson with back-to-back homers. The Orioles go on to a 4 – 2 victory.

Bobby Valentine is fired as manager of the Texas Rangers. At the time, he had managed the team for 1,186 games, the most in major league history with one club without winning a division or league title. Toby Harrah replaces Valentine on an interim basis.

The Red Sox trade P Tom Bolton to the Reds in exchange for OF Billy Hatcher.