The Seattle Mariners sign a new 25-year lease to continue playing at Safeco Field. The lease will take effect at the expiration of the current 20-year lease at the end of the season, a lease which was signed when the ballpark opened in 1999.
Ervin Santana tosses a two-hit shutout to lead the surprising Twins to a 2 – 0 win over the Orioles, maintaining their one-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central. Santana improves to 7-2 with an ERA of 1.80 on the year.
The family of late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn files a wrongful death lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Gwynn died in 2014 at age 44 of salivary gland cancer caused by using smokeless tobacco for over three decades.
2015 – Astros turn a 5-4-3 triple play in Detroit which sparks a 3-2 victory over the Tigers. Jonathan Villar, Jose Altuve and Chris Carter perform the trifecta off the bat of Ian Kinsler. 21-year-old Lance McCullers, Jr., earns his first big league win.
Brian Matusz becomes the second pitcher this week to be ejected for having a foreign substance on him, after Will Smith. The Orioles’ lefty is tossed in the 12th inning of what is then a scoreless game against the Marlins. Miami scores on a bases-loaded single by Martin Prado in the bottom of the 13th for Dan Jennings’ first win as a manager, 1 – 0. Like Smith, Matusz will receive an eight-game suspension for his action.
5/23/2014: Arizona’s Aaron Hill hit a two-run home run in the top of the second inning at Citi Field off Bartolo Colon. Rain washed out the contest with the Mets in the middle of the fourth after a delay of more than two hours.
The Red Sox lose their 8th straight, bowing 1 – 0 to the Rays on a pinch-hit double by Cole Figueroa in the bottom of the 9th, Figueroa’s first career RBI. The Sox also lose RF Shane Victorino, who leaves the game in the top of the 9th after aggravating a pulled hamstring.
The Angels hit four home runs – by Mike Trout, Albert Pujols, Chris Iannetta and Mark Trumbo – as they defeat Kansas City, 5 – 4, for their fifth straight win. Joe Blanton wins for the first time this season after seven straight losses, while Robert Coello picks up his first career save after closer Ernesto Frieri falters by giving up two runs in the 9th.
The Indians trounce Boston, 12 – 3, in a game that marks Terry Francona’s return to Fenway Park, where he last managed in 2011. Drew Stubbs, Mark Reynolds and Michael Bourn combine for 9 hits and 8 RBIs to lead the Tribe’s offence.
The Red Sox use a power outburst from their scrubs to defeat the surprising first-place Orioles, 6 – 5, and reach .500 for the first time this year. Back-up C Kelly Shoppach and OFs Scott Podsednik and Daniel Nava, both recently called up from the minors because of a rash of injuries, all homer from the bottom three spots in the starting line-up.