After loading the bases in the top of the ninth, Chad Cordero gets Ryan Doumit to fly out to deep right field to record his 15th save in June, tying the Nationals closer with Lee Smith and John Wetteland for the most ever recorded in a single month. Washington’s 7-5 victory over Pittsburgh at RFK Stadium puts the first-place team 4.5 games ahead of Atlanta.

Rain forces a game between the Astros and Reds to be called after 7 innings with the score at 2 – 2. It is the most recent tie game in major league history. A change of rules in 2007 will make future ties possible only under extremely rare circumstances.

For the third straight game, the Tigers win thanks to walk-off home run. Following the lead of teammates Eric Munson and Carlos Pena in the two previous games, Dmitri Young hits a two-run dinger in the 11th inning to beat the Indians, 9 – 7.

In a 13 – 1 drubbing by the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Padres second baseman D’Angelo Jimenez comes in to pitch with two outs in the 7th inning. He retires the four batters he faces, but Jeff Suppanallows one run in seven innings, and Raul Ibanez uses a home run and triple to drive in four runs for the Royals.

In his hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut, Roger Connor is honored with a four-foot-high marble monument at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. The gravestone, which also includes the names of his wife and grandson, notes that the one-time all-time home run leader is a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame.

Oakland defeats Texas, 15 – 4, as SS Miguel Tejada hits three home runs and a single and drives home eight runs. Tejada had gone 26 games without a homer before hitting a grand slam in the 1st, followed by a three-run shot in the 2nd. He adds a solo blast in the 9th. Erik Hiljus is the benefactor, winning his first major league decision. Hiljus also strikes out four batters in the 7th.

Trailing 8-2 with two outs in the eighth-inning, Mike Piazza’s tie-breaking three-run homer completes a 10-run miracle comeback as the Mets stun the Braves, 11-8. Nine of the runs were driven in with two outs, and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets.

Ila Borders, the first woman to play in men’s professional baseball, retires at age 26. Borders was pitching for the Zion Pioneerzz of the Western Baseball League.

After trailing 8 – 2 with two outs in the 8th inning, Mike Piazza’s tie-breaking three-run homer completes a 10-run miracle comeback as the Mets stun the Braves, 11 – 8. Nine of the runs are driven in with two outs and the ten runs equal the most ever scored in an inning by the Mets.

The Red Sox seemingly answer their 3B needs by acquiring Ed Sprague from the Padres for minor league IF Cesar Saba and P Dennis Tankersley.