June 12

2018 – Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera suffers a season-ending injury when he tears a biceps tendon while swinging at pitch in the 3rd inning of a game against the Twins. He had already missed all but one game of May with a hamstring injury.

2017 – Royce Lewis, a high school shortstop from California, is selected first overall by the Twins in the 2017 amateur draft. The Reds follow by picking Hunter Greene, who gained national publicity by hitting 102 mph on the radar gun at age 17. The Padres then choose P MacKenzie Gore, making it three high school players selected at the top of the draft, a first since 1990.

2015 – The Blue Jays score 9 runs in the 7th inning to overcome an 8 – 1 deficit and defeat the Red Sox, 13 – 10. Among the inning’s highlights are a three-run triple by Russell Martin and a two-run homer by Justin Smoak, as the Jays’ first nine hitters of the frame all reach base. It is the Jays’ ninth straight win.

Max Scherzer hurls his first career complete game, throwing a three-hit shutout to beat Chicago at U.S. Cellular Field, 4-0. The Tiger right-hander’s stretch of 178 games is the longest that any major league starter had gone without finishing a game since 1900.

Francisco Liriano of the Twins flirts with his second no-hitter of the year, keeping Texas off the hit sheet until the 8th inning, when Adrian Beltre singles up the middle. The Twins win, 6 – 1, as Liriano gives up no walks but strikes out 9 over 8 innings; he had walked 6 in his no-no against the White Sox on May 3rd.

Realignment is on the table again as Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are in discussions to renew the collective bargaining agreement, which expires on December 11th. One of the options being discussed would see one team moving from the National League to the American League to create two 15-team leagues, with the Houston Astros the likeliest candidate for a move.

The Kinston Indians defeat the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, 3 – 2, in a 23-inning marathon, the longest game in the history of the Carolina League. 15 players log 8 or more at bats and both catchers, Zach Zaneski of Myrtle Beach and Roberto Pérez of Kinston, catch every inning before Kinston 2B Casey Frawley’s game-ending single. The contest at Kinston’s historic Grainger Stadium takes 6 hours and 27 minutes to complete.

The Red Sox spank the Blue Jays, 14 – 1, one day after handing them a 16 – 4 pasting, to extend their winning streak to 9 games. David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis both homer and drive in 4 runs, and Adrian Gonzalez and Dustin Pedroia also go long in support of Jon Lester, who gives up only two hits in 8 innings to go 9-2 on the year. Jose Bautista hits homer number 21 in the lone highlight for Toronto.

Derek Jeter homers twice and Jorge Posada hits a grand slam in New York’s 9 – 3 win over Houston. Wandy Rodriguez (3-9) is the victim of the offensive surge, accomplished in the absence of Alex Rodriguez, still bothered by a groin injury.