2014 – Rookie George Springer explodes for four hits and five runs scored in a 9-2 thrashing at Kansas City. His night includes his fourth homer in three games. The win is part of a seven-game streak that injects some life after a 17-32 start to the season. 

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2014 – Rookie George Springer explodes for four hits and five runs scored in a 9-2 thrashing at Kansas City. His night includes his fourth homer in three games. The win is part of a seven-game streak that injects some life after a 17-32 start to the season. 

Mike Trout has the first five-hit game of his career and drives in 4 runs to lead the Angels to an 11 – 4 win over the Yankees. The hits include three doubles and a homer which ties him for the AL lead. For the Yankees, Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge lead off the bottom of the 1st with back-to-back homers off Jaime Barria, the second of these making Judge the fastest player to reach 70 career homers. He has needed 231 games, two fewer than previous record holder Ryan Howard.

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Mike Trout has the first five-hit game of his career and drives in 4 runs to lead the Angels to an 11 – 4 win over the Yankees. The hits include three doubles and a homer which ties him for the AL lead. For the Yankees, Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge lead off the bottom of the 1st with back-to-back homers off Jaime Barria, the second of these making Judge the fastest player to reach 70 career homers. He has needed 231 games, two fewer than previous record holder Ryan Howard.

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Hall of Famer Jim Bunning, who won over 100 games in both leagues, pitched a perfect game, and later served in Congress as both a Representative and Senator from Kentucky, passes away at the age of 85.

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Hall of Famer Jim Bunning, who won over 100 games in both leagues, pitched a perfect game, and later served in Congress as both a Representative and Senator from Kentucky, passes away at the age of 85.

Major League Baseball hands out a suspension of 82 games to Braves OF Hector Olivera, following a domestic violence incident in April. It is by far the most severe penalty yet handed out under baseball’s new domestic violence policy.

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Major League Baseball hands out a suspension of 82 games to Braves OF Hector Olivera, following a domestic violence incident in April. It is by far the most severe penalty yet handed out under baseball’s new domestic violence policy.

Hall of Famer Wade Boggs became the tenth Red Sox player to have his number retired by the team

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Hall of Famer Wade Boggs became the tenth Red Sox player to have his number retired by the team. The third baseman’s number 26 joins 1 (Bobby Doerr), 4 (Joe Cronin), 6 (Johnny Pesky), 8 (Carl Yastrzemski), 9 (Ted Williams), 14 (Jim Rice), 27 (Carlton Fisk), 45 (Pedro Martinez), and 42 (Jackie Robinson) on Fenway’s historic right field facade.

Josh Donaldson has a great night at the plate as he reaches base in all five of his plate appearances, with four hits and a walk, scores 5 runs and drives in 4. His first hit is a 1st-inning solo homer off John Danks and his last one a walk-off three-run shot off closer David Robertson, giving the Blue Jays a 10 – 9 win over the White Sox.

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Josh Donaldson has a great night at the plate as he reaches base in all five of his plate appearances, with four hits and a walk, scores 5 runs and drives in 4. His first hit is a 1st-inning solo homer off John Danks and his last one a walk-off three-run shot off closer David Robertson, giving the Blue Jays a 10 – 9 win over the White Sox.

One day after teammate Josh Beckett’s no-hitter, the Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu makes a bid to repeat the feat as he begins his start against the Reds with seven perfect innings before Todd Frazier doubles to lead off the 8th. No team has ever pitched back-to back no-hitters, but combined with the hitless 9th inning recorded by Paul Maholm on May 24th, the Dodgers tie a record set by the Angels in 2012 with 17 consecutive innings without allowing a hit. They win the game, 4 – 3.

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One day after teammate Josh Beckett’s no-hitter, the Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu makes a bid to repeat the feat as he begins his start against the Reds with seven perfect innings before Todd Frazier doubles to lead off the 8th. No team has ever pitched back-to back no-hitters, but combined with the hitless 9th inning recorded by Paul Maholm on May 24th, the Dodgers tie a record set by the Angels in 2012 with 17 consecutive innings without allowing a hit. They win the game, 4 – 3.

The Angels win their 8th straight game, defeating the Royals, 5 – 2, completing a four-game sweep. The Royals have a 2 – 0 lead in the 7th, but the Angels score three times in the bottom of the frame, highlighted by Josh Hamilton’s home run, and tack on a pair of insurance runs in the 8th. Jerome Williams is the winner over Wade Davis.

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The Angels win their 8th straight game, defeating the Royals, 5 – 2, completing a four-game sweep. The Royals have a 2 – 0 lead in the 7th, but the Angels score three times in the bottom of the frame, highlighted by Josh Hamilton’s home run, and tack on a pair of insurance runs in the 8th. Jerome Williams is the winner over Wade Davis.

Twenty-year and 95 days old rookie shortstop Jurickson Profar becomes the youngest player in 55 seasons to start a major league career with a home run when he goes deep off Seattle’s starter Hisashi Iwakuma in the Rangers’ 4-3 loss at Safeco Field. In 1958, Lou Klimchock accomplished the feat for the A’s at the age of 18 years, 348 days.

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Twenty-year and 95 days old rookie shortstop Jurickson Profar becomes the youngest player in 55 seasons to start a major league career with a home run when he goes deep off Seattle’s starter Hisashi Iwakuma in the Rangers’ 4-3 loss at Safeco Field. In 1958, Lou Klimchock accomplished the feat for the A’s at the age of 18 years, 348 days.

Mets P Johan Santana shows his old form, shutting out the Padres on 4 hits and fewer than 100 pitches. Scott Hairston hits a three-run homer in the 1st, soon followed by 32-year-old Vinny Rottino’s first big league homer to stake Santana an early 4 – 0 lead. The Mets put the game away with 5 runs off Dale Thayer in the 8th, topped by a grand slam by Mike Nickeas.

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Mets P Johan Santana shows his old form, shutting out the Padres on 4 hits and fewer than 100 pitches. Scott Hairston hits a three-run homer in the 1st, soon followed by 32-year-old Vinny Rottino’s first big league homer to stake Santana an early 4 – 0 lead. The Mets put the game away with 5 runs off Dale Thayer in the 8th, topped by a grand slam by Mike Nickeas.