Pete Vukovich pitches the first shutout in Blue Jay history, blanking Baltimore at Memorial Stadium, 2-0. The victory also marks the 24 year-old’s first scoreless complete contest, a feat he will accomplish eight times during his 11-year career.
In a sweep of Texas, both by 4 – 3 scores, Angels 2B Jerry Remy has 26 chances, an American League record (4 putouts, 12 assists in 11-inning game 1; 5 putouts, 5 asists in game 2). This comes two days after 2B Don Money tied the AL mark with 12 assists.
On Jersey Day in Metropolitan Stadium, every fan receives a jersey with #29 on it, Rod Carew’s number. Carew responds by going 4 for 5, scoring four runs, and collecting 6 RBI’s, raising his average to .403. One of the hits is a grand slam and he will hit another slam on July 4th. Teammate Glenn Adams drives in eight as the Twins beat the White Sox, 19 – 12.
In front of 55,039 fans, the Yankees complete a 3-game sweep of the Red Sox, avenging the three losses last week to the Sox at Fenway Park. New York takes a 4 – 1 lead into the 9th, but the Sox tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th, Paul Blair bounces a bases-loaded ball over the head of Butch Hobson at third base to pin the loss on reliever Bill Campbell.
1976 – Marty Pattin and Steve Mingori combine on a one-hit shutout as the Royals beat the Angels, 3 – 0.
This picture is from June 26, 1973. The batter is who was batting 9th. Rick Miller was the lead off hitter which is why he was the first to get to Guerrero. The pitcher for the Tigers was Mike Strahler. Guerrero left the game and John Kennedy pinch ran for him and took over second…
1972 – The first five Astro hits in San Diego are all homers – two solo shots by Doug Rader , two-run blasts by Jim Wynn and Cesar Cedeno and a round-tripper by Lee May which ties a club record. All that does is create a 7-7 tie. Wynn doubles home Cedeno in the seventh and Houston tallies six more times for a 14-7 victory. Cedeno has three hits and four RBIs. George Culver pitches 7-1/3rd innings of relief for the win.
Detroit’s Bill Slayback makes his major league debut a good one, allowing no hits for seven innings against the Yankees. Johnny Callison’s single in the 8th is the first hit, but Detroit hangs on to a 4 – 3 win.
Brewer Billy Conigliaro jumps his club for the comfort of a Massachusetts island retreat.
The Brewers’ Marty Pattin gives up 11 hits to Minnesota, but still shuts them out, 5 – 0.
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