This Day In Baseball August 12

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The history of sports is both vast and rich, thanks to the existence of so many different events and the longevity associated with them. With so much history to cull through, We offer the opportunity to look back and see what memorable things happened or milestones were reached on August 12 in baseball history.

  • 1912 three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. To no one’s surprise, Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.
  • 1940 There was no joy in Mudville on August 12th, 1940 as Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat”, dies in Santa Barbara, CA at age 77.
  • 1940 Cleveland and Detroit square off to decide ownership of the division lead. In a duel between the two aces‚ Bob Feller tops Hal Newhouser 8-5 and becomes the majors’ first 20-game winner on August 12th, 1940.
  • 1964 – Mickey Mantle sets a major league record hitting home runs from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career. Mantle hits a left-handed homer off Ray Herbert clear over the 461 ft. marker in centerfield that lands 15 rows into the bleachers, 502 ft. from the plate.
  • 1995 the Dodgers defeat the Pirates‚ 11-10 in 11 innings on the oddest play of the year. With the potential winning run at third‚ Mitch Webster of the Dodgers swings at a pitch in the dirt. Pittsburgh’s rookie catcher Angelo Encarnacion casually picked up the ball with his mask‚ leading Dodger manager Tom Lasorda to appeal‚ citing the rule which awards a runner two bases if a fielder uses his mask to touch a thrown ball. The umpires agree and allow the winning run to score. Encarnacion is given an error.
  • 1996, Geronimo Berroa hits 3 home runs in the Athletics’ 11-1 win over Minnesota. He becomes the 10th player in history to have a pair of 3-homer games in the same season. Berroa accounts for 5 of Oakland’s runs and Mark McGwire accounts for 4 with a pair of homers himself. McGwire‚ who missed 30 games‚ now has 41 homers on the season.

 

Notable Events and Chronology for August 12

1867 – The Atlantics beat the Mutuals‚ 18 – 15‚ in the first match of the season series between the two clubs. George Zettlein pitches the win.

1875 – With the score 1 – 0 and 2 out in the last of the 9th inning‚ Hartford’s Tom York hits a triple over the center fielder’s head. The next batter‚ Bob Ferguson‚ after hitting a number of fouls lefthanded‚ turns around and bats righthanded‚ getting a double to tie the score. Rain ends the game with the score Hartford 1‚ Mutuals 1.

1876 – Chicago’s versatile Cal McVey has the unusual distinction of both pitching and catching in a 5 – 0 win over Cincinnati. The win goes to starter Al Spalding‚ his 10th straight win over the Reds.

1880 – After 21 consecutive victories at home‚ Chicago suffers its first defeat at Lake Front Park this season‚ losing to Providence, 6 – 4. The White Stockings had not lost a National League game at home since August 25‚ 1879.

1886 – Guy Hecker allows 16 hits and 11 runs and goes 4-for-5 as Louisville wins a 27 – 11 slugfest against Brooklyn. There is scoring in 13 of the 14 half innings before the game is called to allow the Grays to catch a train.

1887 – At the Mets’ grounds on Staten Island‚ Philadelphia Athletic batter Gus Weyhing hits an apparent triple that RF Ed Hogan kicks into the stage of the play “The Fall of Babylon.” Since the ground rules at the park call for a double on hits into the theatrical set‚ the umpire orders Weyhing back to second base. After a futile argument‚ the Athletics leave the field and forfeit the game‚ 9 – 7.

1888 – St. Louis’s Charles “Silver” King posts his 30th win of the season‚ besting the Athletics with a 2 – 0 two-hitter. The game is marred by the collapse of an elevated walkway at Sportsman’s Park‚ but there are no serious injuries.

1889 – An 11 – 0 two-hitter by Elton Chamberlain completes a 3-game sweep for St. Louis (AA)‚ boosting the Browns’ lead over the Bridegrooms to 3 1/2 games. Total paid attendance is 32‚911.

William “Farmer” Weaver of Louisville (AA) hits for the cycle‚ collecting 2 singles‚ a double‚ and two triples off Ezra Lincoln and Ed Mars of Syracuse. Weaver will go 4-for-5 tomorrow against Cannonball Titcomb of Syracuse.

Charlie Bennett homers in the 12th inning off Philadelphia’s Phenomenal Smith to give Boston a 1 – 0 victory.

1892 – The Orioles remove outfield posts‚ around which ropes holding back overflow crowds would be wrapped‚ after a ball hit by Harry Stovey strikes a post and bounces back toward the infield‚ forcing Stovey to stop at second base. Another factor in the decision is an incident three days ago in which Oriole RF Frank “Piggy” Ward missed a sure catch when he ran upon a post. It doesn’t help today as visiting Philadelphia wins‚ 9 – 6.

The Orioles remove OF posts‚ around which ropes holding back overflow crowds would be wrapped‚ after a ball hit by Harry Stovey strikes a post and bounces back toward the infield‚ forcing Stovey to stop at 2B. Another factor in the decision was an incident 3 days ago in which Oriole RF Frank “Piggy” Ward missed a sure catch when he ran upon a post. It doesn’t help today as visiting Philadelphia wins‚ 9-6.

1893 – After making 3 errors in a 9 – 3 first-game loss in Cleveland‚ St. Louis LF Jesse Burkett is criticized for forgetting to follow Elmer Smith’s example and wear sunglasses. Cleveland wins the game 2‚ 4 – 3.

1895 – Heavyweight boxing champion Jim Corbett‚ a good ballplayer and a great gate attraction‚ plays 1B for the Scranton team in an Eastern League victory over Buffalo. Corbett collects 2 singles and knocks in 2 runs. His brother Joe‚ who will become a major league pitcher‚ plays SS. The champ will appear another three dozen times in minor league games.

8/12/1895 – In the top of the first in a game at Boston, The Washington Nationals had two on and two out when the proper number five hitter was Win Mercer. However, Bill Hassamaer, tbe number six hitter, came up out of order. After he fouled off a pitch, Boston pointed out the mistake to the umpire, George Burnham. He called Mercer out to end the inning, but since the Hassamaer at bat was not completed, that was incorrect. He should have allowed Mercer to bat taking on the current count. Washington played the game under protest, and Boston won 4-3 in ten innings. The National League upheld the protest and ruled that the game did not count and had to be replayed.

1896 – Napoleon Lajoie‚ who batted .429 in the New England League‚ makes his major league debut for the Philadelphia Phillies. He goes 1-for-5 in a 9 – 0 win over Washington.

1897 – Baltimore regains 2nd place with an 11 – 7 victory over its favorite opponent‚ Philadelphia.

The grandstand at Louisville’s Eclipse Park burns down. The Colonels will try and make do with a temporary stand.

The Giants sell pitcher Jouett Meekin to Boston for $3‚500. Meekin averaged 25 wins a year from 1894-1898‚ but has slipped to 5-11 this season.

The Reds sweep a twinbill from Boston by 7 – 2 scores‚ and set a Cincinnati club record by winning 12 in a row.

Giant outfielder Sam Mertes walks five times and New York eases to a 14 - 4 win over St. Louis.

Giant outfielder Sam Mertes walks five times and New York eases to a 14 – 4 win over St. Louis.

In the second game at Boston‚ Boston Nationals Joe Stanley clouts his first major league homer‚ a grand slam off Chicago’s Jock Menefee. Stanley will hit his second career homer in 1905‚ again a grand slam. Pat Moran also hits a grand slam as Boston wins‚ 11 – 10‚ with Pop Williams beating Menefee. Chicago wins the opener‚ 7 – 4‚ with slow Bob Wicker outpitching Togie Pittinger.

1906 – A Sunday crowd estimated at 30‚000 are on hand in Chicago to watch the red-hot White Sox beat the Highlanders‚ 3 – 0. The gates are closed an hour before game time‚ locking many fans outside.

1907 – At Chicago‚ Ed Walsh loses to the Red Sox and George Winter‚ 5 – 3‚ but ties the American League record for assists by a pitcher in a game with 11. It is the second time this year he’s had 11 assists.

In Chicago‚ the Giants sweep a doubleheader with the Cubs to inch closer to 2nd place. New York wins the opener‚ 5 – 2‚ then Christy Mathewson sets down the Cubs‚ 3 – 0‚ for his 18th win.

Umpire Tim Hurst is dropped by the American League following an investigation into the spitting incident in the August 3rd game between the Athletics and White Sox. His replacement is Mike Thompson, a former Georgetown University football player who has been a well-known football referee. Thompson tried to join the National Leagueumpiring staff last year but the roster was filled.

Three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder, but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.

Three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder, but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.

The Cards paste Red Ames for 6 runs in 3 innings‚ then add two more against reliever Christy Mathewson to win‚ 8 – 6. Matty takes the loss; his record is now 17-8.

Chicago Cubs owner Charles Murphy hints that the Cards and other clubs go easy against John McGraw’s Giants. Later Phils owner Horace Fogel‚ a former Giants manager whose ownership of the Phils is seen as a front for Murphy and financial backer Charles Raft of Cincinnati, OH, echoes the accusation and charges National League umpires with favoring the Giants. It will lead to Fogel’s being expelled from the NL.

1913 – Art Fromme‚ with relief help from Christy Mathewson‚ beats Brooklyn‚ 6 – 5. Matty comes on in the 11th and gives up a lead-off triple to Zack Wheat‚ but the Giants pitcher cuts down the chaff that follows‚ and New York wins‚ 6 – 5.

1915 – At Forbes Field‚ young Al Mamaux yields just 3 hits in beating Giants starter Jeff Tesreau‚ 3 – 0.

1916 – At Fenway Park‚ Babe Ruth squares off against Washington lefty Harry Harper and both pitchers leave after 7 innings‚ with Boston trailing, 1 – 0. Ruth‚ with two strikeouts at the plate‚ is lifted for pinch hitter Hal Janvrin. Washington reliever Walter Johnson makes two errors in the 8th and gives up two runs in the 9th as Boston wins‚ 2 – 1.

1917 – The Lincoln Links defeat the Joplin Miners, 2 – 1, in a 21-inning Western League contest.

At Fenway Park‚ the Yankees win their 10th of 15 games with the league leaders by beating Boston‚ 2 – 1. Getting his opportunity because of the war‚ lefty Hank Robinson is making his first major league start since 1915. He allows just 3 hits in besting Babe Ruth‚ who gives up 4 safeties. Jack Fournier scores the winning run on a squeeze bunt‚ while Ruth‚ hitless on the afternoon‚ pops out for the last out of the game.

Cleveland moves to with 2 1/2 games of the Red Sox by unraveling the visiting White Sox‚ 11 – 2. Ray Chapman leads the offense with 3 hits and 3 runs‚ while Guy Morton gives up just two Chicago hits.

At Chicago‚ Carmen Hill coasts to a 12 – 1 win over the Cubs‚ as Pittsburgh rattles 17 hits off three Chicago pitchers. Walter Schmidt is the big Buc with 2 doubles‚ a triple‚ and a stolen base.

1921 – The Phillies’ George Smith allows 12 hits but still manages to shut out the Braves‚ 4 – 0.

In the nightcap of a twin bill, Phillies’ right-hander George Smith gives up 12 hits, but manages to pitch a shutout, blanking the Braves in Boston, 4-0. In the first game of the doubleheader, the Philadelphia hurler wasn’t as fortunate, when he was knocked out of the second inning after giving up three runs on four hits.

1922 – The Wichita Falls Spudders (Texas League)‚ winners of 24 games in a row‚ face a tough opponent in grandfathered Dallas spitballer Snipe Conley. Halfway through the game‚ Conley complains of a burning sensation on his lips and mouth‚ limiting his ability to throw his specialty. The Spudders eventually win‚ 4 – 3‚ but when the ball is examined later it is revealed that a creosote compound was rubbed into the seams‚ Dallas protests the game. League president J. Doak Roberts upholds the protest‚ ending the Spudders’ streak at 24‚ 3 short of the record.

The PCL’s Oakland Oaks trade infielders Lyn Lary and Jimmie Reese to the New York Yankees for $125,000. Reese will become Babe Ruth’s roommate, famously quipping he really “roomed with Ruth’s suitcase.”

Reading Keystones outfielder George Quellich gets his 15th straight hit, apparently an organized baseball record. Quellich had a single, double and homer on August 9th against the Toronto Maple Leafs to begin the streak. He is stopped by Montreal Royals pitcher Elam Vangilder with a fly ball out.

At Boston‚ Guy Bush‚ the National League’s leading pitcher‚ loses his 2nd game‚ bowing as a reliever‚ 4 – 2‚ in 10 innings. Bush has won 16.

1930 - With 40‚000 fans on hand at Wrigley Field‚ Dazzy Vance gives up 14 hits and walks 4 but strands 16 Cubs runners. With the game tied‚ 2 - 2‚ in the 11th Riggs Stephenson bounces a single to drive in the winning run. Brooklyn loads the bases in both the 9th and 10th but comes up dry; in the 8th Brooklyn adds up a triple by Babe Herman‚ a walk to Del Bissonette‚ and an Al Lopez single for zero runs.

1930 – With 40‚000 fans on hand at Wrigley Field‚ Dazzy Vance gives up 14 hits and walks 4 but strands 16 Cubs runners. With the game tied‚ 2 – 2‚ in the 11th Riggs Stephenson bounces a single to drive in the winning run. Brooklyn loads the bases in both the 9th and 10th but comes up dry; in the 8th Brooklyn adds up a triple by Babe Herman‚ a walk to Del Bissonette‚ and an Al Lopez single for zero runs.

1931 – The Giants land highly-regarded Len Koenecke from Indianapolis for OF Harry Rosenberg‚ and pitchers Joe Heving and Jack Berly. Koenecke will have a decent season in 1932 before going to Brooklyn. He will die tragically in 1935.

American League president Will Harridge upholds Detroit’s protest of its August 1st game against New York and orders it replayed on September 8th. Detroit had protested because Tony Lazzeri’s and Ben Chapman’s batting order was orally reversed after the lineup cards were handed in before the game.

At Fenway Park‚ Paul Andrews holds the A’s to 5 hits and Boston beats George Earnshaw, 2 – 1. The win snaps the Sox losing streak of 11 games.

At the Polo Grounds‚ the Dodgers make 12 hits but just beat the Giants‚ 1 – 0. The Giants pull off a major league record-tying 6 double plays to keep the score down.

George Hubbell, younger brother of Carl Hubbell, is traded from the Muskogee Chiefs to the Hutchinson Wheat Shockers for four new baseballs.

1933 – Brooklyn’s longtime manager‚ Wilbert Robinson‚ is appointed president of the Atlanta Crackers (Southern Association) and will also manage the club. He is 69.

August 12, 1934 - 41,766 turn out to Fenway Park to see what will probably be Babe Ruth's last game in Boston. In game one of the doubleheader, Ruth goes 2 for 5 with a double, but misplays a Billy Werber line drive into a triple. Ruth is 0 for 1 with two walks in the second game, leaving in the 6th inning. He will in fact return to Hubtown in 1935, when he finishes his playing career with the Boston Braves.

41,766 turn out to Fenway Park to see what will probably be Babe Ruth’s last game in Boston

In St. Louis, the Cubs sweep the Deans‚ winning 7 – 2 against Paul‚ and 6 – 4 over Dizzy. Big Jim Weaver wins the opener and Pat Malone is the victor against Diz.

The largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game turns out for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, with between 90,000 and 125,000 fans watching the US amateurs lose, 6 - 5, to the world amateurs.

The largest crowd ever to watch a baseball game turns out for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, with between 90,000 and 125,000 fans watching the US amateurs lose, 6 – 5, to the world amateurs.

In game 1‚ Boston pitcher Wes Ferrell shows his hitting skills‚ hitting two homers off A’s veteran Hod Lisenbee. Ferrell collects all six RBIs in picking up the win‚ 6 – 4. Ferrell’s first homer comes in the 3rd with his brother Rick on base and he homers again in the 4th inning with the sacks full. The 6 RBIs ties a major league record for pitchers. The ace allows 9 hits while striking out 8. The A’s square accounts by taking the nitecap‚ 6 – 0‚ behind Harry Kelley’s 3-hitter.

Jimmie Foxx

Jimmie Foxx hits one way out of Fenway Park‚ the ball leaving the park to the right of the CF flag pole.

1938 – The Senators release Wes Ferrell‚ who despite struggling with shoulder problems‚ leads the Nats staff with a 13-8 record. Clark Griffith‚ who has had differences with Ferrell over money‚ says Wes wasn’t helping the club. The Yankees will sign him in two days.

1939 – At Shibe Park‚ the Yankees bombard the feeble A’s, 18 – 4, as Steve Sundra (6-0) coasts to the win. Babe Dahlgren has 4 hits‚ including a solo homer in the 6th and a grand slam an inning later. He drives in 6 runs. Joe Gordon adds his 18th homer of the year.

Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat” dies in Santa Barbara, CA at age 77.

Cleveland and Detroit‚ deadlocked for 1st place square off on pitching duel between the two aces‚ Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser

Cleveland and Detroit‚ deadlocked for 1st place square off on pitching duel between the two aces‚ Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser

Allie Reynolds strikes out 17 Madison Blues for the Cedar Rapids Raiders in a Three-I League contest.

The Senators’ Dutch Leonard wins his 7th in a row‚ 9 – 3‚ over the A’s. The A’s also lose LF Wally Moses for three weeks when he steps on a corn cob while retrieving a hit. Buddy Lewis has a pair of homers against the visiting A’s.

Mel Ott leads the Giants to a pair of wins over the Reds‚ 3 – 2 and 6 – 5. Ott hits a pinch 3-run homer in the 8th of the nitecap after his homer and another by Danny Gardella leads the way in opener. The Reds’ Bill McKechnie‚ desperate for hitting‚ selects P Joe Bowman to pinch-hit for Vern Kennedy in game 1. Bowman is 0-for-42. He will hit .088 for the season.

Phils baserunner Tony Daniels collides with Cubs 1B Phil Cavarretta‚ sidelining the Cubs star for 25 of the next 27 games. The Cubs manage to win two from the Phils‚ 4 – 3 and 12 – 6.

In the lid-lifter at Briggs Stadium‚ pitcher Jim Tobin‚ acquired on waivers‚ pitches 3 scoreless innings against New York and clubs a 3-run game-ending homer in the bottom of the 11th to win‚ 9 – 6. Another former Brave‚ Jim Turner‚ serves up the homer. The Tigers win the nitecap‚ 8 – 2‚ behind Hal Newhouser’s 18th win.

Bluefield (Appalachian League) romps over Pulaski‚ 35 – 5‚ scoring in every inning including an 11-run 6th inning.

Musial collects 12 hits in 3 days

Musial collects 12 hits in 3 days

1947 – After losing the first game to Detroit‚ 7 – 1‚ the Browns take the nitecap, 6 – 5‚ beating Hal Newhouser in relief. For Newhouser‚ it is his first loss to the Browns after 15 consecutive wins.

1948 – In the second game of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians get 26 hits against the St. Louis Browns. The Indians set a record with 14 different players getting hits in the 26 – 3 win.

In the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Indians set a major league record when 14 different players get a hit in the 26-3 rout of the Browns. The Tribe finishes with a total of 29 hits, including nine extra-base hits, in the Sportsman’s Park contest.

It is a long day. Boston wins the opener against the Senators‚ 15 – 7. Then the two teams establish a new major league record for 9 innings by playing 3 hours and 14 minutes. The Sox finally win‚ 13 – 11. Roberto Ortiz‚ for the Nats‚ and Vern Stephens each drive in 5 in the opener‚ a complete game win for Chuck Stobbs. Joe Dobson‚ in relief‚ wins the nitecap‚ as the efficient Sox total 14 hits in each game.

At Ebbets Field‚ the Braves top the Dodgers‚ 5 – 3‚ in a game that Brooklyn protests. In the 8th inning‚ Duke Snider belts a drive off the CF screen that umpire Artie Gore signals a home run. The Braves point out that‚ according to the ground rules‚ the ball is still in play‚ and Gore sends Snider back to third base. When Duke is stranded there‚ the Dodgers protest. The protest will be rejected by Ford Frick‚ who censors Gore for the confusion he caused by his “bad judgment and slow thinking.”

Allie Reynolds hits a bases-loaded single and hurls the Yanks to a 7 – 2 win over the A’s. The loss goes to Carl Scheib‚ but Bobby Shantz pitches the last 6 2/3 innings and clouts his only career homer‚ off the Chief.

The Giants’ Eddie Stanky is banished by umpire Lon Warneke for refusing to stop waving his arms in an attempt to distract Phillies’ batter Andy Seminick. This is a reprise of a shuffle Stanky initiated on August 9th. In the 4th‚ Stanky moves over behind second base and goes into a windup the same time as the pitcher. Giants manager Leo Durocher had agreed to await a league ruling on the tactic‚ but after Seminick knocks Hank Thompsonunconscious in a collision at third base‚ Durocher turns Stanky loose. In the 4th‚ Seminick reaches base on an error‚ then on a force at second base, he puts a linebacker block on Bill Rigney‚ Stanky’s replacement‚ and both dugouts empty for a brawl. The Phils go on to win, 5 – 4, in 11 innings‚ on Stan Lopata’s triple and a sac fly by Eddie Waitkus. The Giants protest Stanky’s ouster to no avail.

The Giants (59-51) start the day 13 games behind first place Brooklyn (70-36). On Wes Westrum Day at the Polo Grounds‚ Sal Maglie wins the first game against the Phillies, 3 – 2‚ and rookie Al Corwin takes the second game, 2 – 1. Eddie Stanky returns to the lineup after a week’s absence and has 5 walks in the two games while leading off. The sweep launches a 16-game win streak and a spurt of 39 wins in 47 games.

Roy Campanella breaks up a pitching duel between Don Newcombe and Boston’s Johnny Sain with a three-run homer‚ his second of the game‚ and the third time in 9 games he’s collected a pair of homers. Campy’s 5 ribbies give the Dodgers a 7 – 2 win.

The Yankees lose a pair to the A’s. The A’s use 17 hits to win the opener‚ 9 – 5, then use Pennsylvania’s Sunday Blue Law which calls for a 7:00 curfew to win the nitecap‚ 7 – 4. The Yanks start an 8th-inning 5-run rally at 6:37 and take a 9 – 7 lead‚ but the curfew wipes it out before Pete Suder can hit. Beginning next year‚ the American League will adopt the 40-year-old suspended game policy of the National League.

Stu Miller of the Cardinals blanks the Cubs, 1 – 0, in 10 innings in his big league debut. For Bob Rush (11-11‚ 2.67 ERA)‚ it is his second 1 – 0 loss in a row; Pittsburgh beat him on August 8th.

At Boston‚ with the A’s leading 4 – 3 in the 13th with 2 out‚ Sox George Kell hits a fly ball down the left field line. When LF Gus Zernial attempts to catch the ball‚ a fan knocks it out of his glove. Interference is called and the A’s win.

A Texas League game between the Fort Worth Cats and Beaumont Roughnecks is stopped for several minutes by seagulls landing on the field. The seagulls harrass the players before settling in deep centerfield to watch the game.

Playing without the injured Mickey Mantle – out for 10 days with a sprained knee – the Yankees explode for 28 hits off Washington pitching‚ two shy of the American League record. New York rolls to a 22 – 1 victory. Rookie Steve Kraly‚ relieving Whitey Ford‚ gives up a run to avert the largest shutout win in history. Ford has 4 hits‚ and Yogi Berra and Billy Martin each collect 5 RBIs. Hank Bauer scores 5 runs.

The Braves and Cards draw 36‚241‚ a record crowd for a twi-night doubleheader in Milwaukee’s County Stadium. The Braves don’t disappoint‚ taking both games‚ 8 – 2 and 5 – 3. Eddie Mathews drives in a pair in the opener to reach 100 RBIs.

Brooklyn slugger Duke Snider hits his second grand slam in three days‚ accounting for all the runs in the Dodgers’ 4 – 0 win over the Giants. Carl Erskine allows New York just two hits.

At Wrigley Field‚ Andy Seminick belts a grand slam in the top of the 9th to break a 6 – 6 tie and give the Reds a 10 – 6 win over the Cubs.

At St. Louis‚ Ray Boone smashes his 4th grand slam of the year to tie a major league record‚ as the Tigers win‚ 7 – 3.

In an 8 – 4 Phils win at Pittsburgh‚ Robin Roberts wins his 20th of the year and his 15th straight over the Bucs stretching back to May 20‚ 1951. It is Roberts’ 4th consecutive 20-game year. He scatters 12 hits‚ walks none‚ and strikes out 9. He also triples in a run.

1954 – At Boston‚ Chuck Stobbs beats his former team for the 5th straight time‚ winning, 9 – 5. Mickey Vernon has 4 hits. But ex-Red Sox Mickey McDermott then loses‚ 5 – 0‚ to Frank Sullivan. Eddie Yost of the Senators draws his 100th walk for the 5th year in a row.

Mickey Mantle hits his 41st homer‚ and 7th in 8 days‚ to pace New York to a 6 - 2 win and a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles.

Mickey Mantle hits his 41st homer‚ and 7th in 8 days‚ to pace New York to a 6 – 2 win and a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles.

At Wrigley Field‚ Stan Musial doubles in the 6th for his 1‚071st extra-base hit‚ tying Mel Ott for the National League record‚ but his Cards lose‚ 6 – 2. Bob Rush is the winner. In the nitecap‚ Herm Wehmeier and Jim Daviseach throw 9 scoreless innings before darkness stops the game.

Shreveport’s Ken Guettler sets the Texas League mark with his 56th home run. He will finish the season with 62.

New York tops the O’s‚ 7 – 2, in New York. Mickey Mantle’s 33rd homer‚ off a Ken Lehman knuckler‚ gives him the American League lead.

Behind the 2-hit pitching of George Witt‚ the rampaging Pirates top the Braves‚ 10 – 0. The Pirates attracts 36‚867 to see them win their 17th in their last 22 games.

1959 – “I wish I’d thrown the ball as hard as he hit it.” Such is Robin Roberts’ melancholy memory of Roberto Clemente’s 7th-inning, two-out, bases-clearing, game-winning triple to left center. Final score: Bucs 6, Phillies 2.

1961 – At Griffith Stadium‚ Roger Maris belts his 43rd homer‚ off Dick Donovan‚ but it’s New York’s only score as they lose‚ 5 – 1‚ the Yanks’ first loss in 10 games. For Washington, it is their first win in 8 games. Gene Green’s pinch grand slam off Luis Arroyo is the big blow for the Nats.

1962 – Juan Marichal completes a 3-game Giant sweep of the Dodgers by beating Stan Williams, 5 – 1.

Stan Musial announces his retirement, effective at the end of the season, at the St. Louis Cardinals’ annual team picnic.

Back in action for the first time since being beaned by Bob Gibson‚ the Giants’ Jim Ray Hart returns to the hospital after Curt Simmons plunks him in the head. Simmons has an 0-2 count in the 9th on Hart during an easy 13 – 0 Cardinal win at San Francisco.

Mickey Mantle at Yankee Stadium

Mickey Mantle sets a major league record when hits a home run from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career.

Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club‚ Inc. applies for a National League franchise. The nonprofit group has been formed to find a replacement team for the soon-to-be-departing Braves.

At Candlestick Park, right fielder Jesus Alou homers in the sixth inning. Two innings later, another Giants’ outfielder playing right field, also named Alou, goes deep when Jesus’ older brother, Matty, hits the decisive dinger in the Giants’ 4-3 victory over Pittsburgh in the first game of a twin bill.

In Los Angeles‚ Ken Holtzman and the Cubs edge the Dodgers’ Don Sutton‚ 2 – 1. The Cubs will hand Sutton another loss in two days‚ beating him in the nitecap of two‚ 12 – 10, in 10 innings.

Willie Mays hits a game-ending home run to give Juan Marichal and the Giants a 1 – 0 win over Houston. Mike Cuellar serves up the 9th-inning homer.

The Spartanburg Phillies extend their winning streak to 25 games with a doubleheader sweep of the Lexington Giants. The Greenville Mets will stop the streak tomorrow.

Art Shamsky hits 3 homeruns in game after entering in 8th

Art Shamsky hits 3 homeruns in game after entering in 8th

Citing “personal problems‚” Yankees 1B Joe Pepitone goes AWOL.

Pirate Jose Pagan’s second pinch-hit home run in consecutive appearances ties the major league record‚ but the Giants win, 6 – 3, at Candlestick Park.

8/12/1969: Hank Aaron hit a solo homer in the bottom of the first in Atlanta off Grant Jackson of the Phillies. The game was rained out after three innings. The blast would have been the 540th of the Hammer’s career.

1969 – Curt Blefary’s three-run bomb off Jerry Koosman leads Houston to an 8-7 victory over the Mets. Blefary drives in four while Doug Rader has a hand in four different rallies. Joe Morgan steals home for the game-winner which was actually a botched suicide squeeze play.

Curt Flood-the reserve clause

Judge Irving Cooper upholds baseball’s reserve clause in turning back the lawsuit filed by Curt Flood

1971 – Earl Williams, Atlanta’s slugging Rookie of the Year candidate, leads his club to a fourth straight win while reaching some personal milestones. The first four-hit and fifth two-homer game of Williams’ young career, the latter including nos. 20 and 21, helps pull Atlanta — now 26 and 13 since June 29th — to within six and a half games of the division-leading Giants.

1972 – The White Sox top the A’s, 3 – 1, in 11 innings. The Sox‚ who were 8 1/2 games behind Oakland on July 18th‚ take over first place in the AL West.

The A’s even the score with the Yankees, reaching closer Sparky Lyle and Tom Buskey for six runs in the top of the seventh inning. Oakland scores the eventual winning runs in the team’s 13-12 victory in the next frame, when New York commits its fifth error of the game.

Nolan Ryan fans 19 batters in the California Angels' 4 - 2 win over the Boston Red Sox

Nolan Ryan fans 19 batters in the California Angels’ 4 – 2 win over the Boston Red Sox

Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford head a group of 6 inductees at Cooperstown.

En route to a 4-2 victory over Boston, Angels’ right-hander Nolan Ryan strikes out a major league record 19 batters. It will be the second of three 19-K performances for the fireballer this season.

1975 – Red Sox pitcher Rick Wise beats California‚ 8 – 2‚ for his 9th straight win.

At Philadelphia‚ the Braves edge the Phils‚ 4 – 3‚ pinning the loss on Jim Lonborg. Atlanta pitcher Frank LaCorte wins his first big league game after 9 losses.

The Reds go long at Wrigley Field‚ scoring 7 runs in the 8th and 9th to beat the Cubs‚ 8 – 3. George Foster hits back-to-back homers with Joe Morgan in the 8th and repeats it with Johnny Bench in the 9th.

The Directors of the new American League franchise in Toronto announce the team will be known as the Blue Jays. The selection is made from a list of ten names presented by a 14-member jury that garnered their nominations from the 4,000 suggestions and 30,000 entries submitted in a “Name the Team” contest held by the club.

For the second straight day‚ Oakland’s Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid. Today’s single is off the Orioles’ Jim Palmer‚ who settles for a 2-hit, 6 – 0 victory. Yesterday’s hit was off the Yankees’ Mike Torrez‚ who finished with a 3 – 0 two-hitter.

The Pirates win twice over the Mets, 3 – 2 and 6 – 5. In the 2nd game‚ Mets 2B Felix Millan suffers a broken collarbone in a brawl with catcher Ed Ott‚ ending Millan’s 12-year big league career.

1978 – Peninsula’s Marty Bystrom hurls a perfect game over Winston-Salem 3 – 0 in a Carolina League contest.

Tiger Stadium is packed with 48‚361 fans to see Mark Fidrych's return

Tiger Stadium is packed with 48‚361 fans to see Mark Fidrych’s return

In one of the ugliest brawl-filled games in major league history including multiple bench clearing brawls several fans‚ and 19 players are ejected

In one of the ugliest brawl-filled games in major league history including multiple bench clearing brawls several fans‚ and 19 players are ejected

Former Dodgers Don Drysdale and Pee Wee Reese, along with Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew, American League hurler Rick Ferrell, and perennial All-Star shortstop Luis Aparicio, are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Former Dodgers Don Drysdale and Pee Wee Reese, along with Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew, American League hurler Rick Ferrell, and perennial All-Star shortstop Luis Aparicio, are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Baltimore’s Wayne Gross and Larry Sheets connect for back-to-back solo pinch homers in the 9th inning‚ off Cleveland’s Jerry Reed‚ but it is not enough to overcome the Indians’ 5-run 1st inning. The Tribe wins‚ 8 – 5.

At Chicago‚ Phil Niekro goes the route to pick up his 295th win as the Yankees beat the White Sox‚ 10 – 4. New York has a 7-run 7th to break the game open with Ron Hassey belting a 2-run homer and RBI single to lead the scoring in the frame.

1986 – Boston’s Don Baylor sets an American League record when he is hit by a pitch for the 25th time‚ breaking the season record he held with Bill Freehan (1968) and Kid Elberfeld (1911). The Royals’ Bud Black does the plunking in a 5 – 1 win. Baylor will end the season being hit 35 times: the modern major league record is 50 by Ron Hunt.

At Veterans Stadium, Juan Samuel hits a lead-off triple to right field off Rick Sutcliffe in the Phillies’ 13-7 victory over Chicago. The Philadelphia second baseman’s three-bagger makes him the first player to reach double digits in doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases during his first four seasons in the major leagues.

The Tigers obtain Doyle Alexander from the Braves for right-handed prospect John Smoltz. The exchange will be ideal in the short run for Detroit when their new hurler goes 9-0 with a 1.53 ERA down the stretch to help the team win the AL East, but the minor leaguer they trade away will compile 213 wins and 154 saves during a stellar 21-year major league career.

1988 – The Boston Red Sox win their 23rd consecutive home game, breaking the American League record set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.

The Red Sox beat the Tigers 9-4 for their 23rd consecutive win at Fenway Park, establishing a new major league record [the streak will end after one more home victory]. The 1931 Philadelphia Athletics had previously set the league mark with 22 straight home victories.

The White Sox-Rangers game is finally postponed after a seven and one-half hour rain delay, which is believed to be the longest in baseball history. Although White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said he did not regret the decision to make the fans wait so long for a game that never started and would do it again, the team announced five hours before the postponement that rain checks would be honored if the game was played, and free coffee, soft drinks, and sandwiches were served later in the evening to the few hundred fans remaining in the stands.

1993 – The Tigers defeat the Orioles‚ 17 – 11‚ as C Chad Kreuter hits a grand slam. It marks the third consecutive game in which a Tiger has hit a grand slam‚ tying a major league record set by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1978. The two teams combine for 37 hits. Travis Fryman is the only one with 4 hits‚ including 3 doubles.

major league players begin a strike that will wipe out the remainder of the season

major league players begin a strike that will wipe out the remainder of the season

1995 – Thanks to an odd play‚ the Dodgers defeat the Pirates‚ 11 – 10‚ in 11 innings. With the potential winning run at third base‚ Mitch Webster of the Dodgers swings at a pitch in the dirt. When Pittsburgh rookie C Angelo Encarnacion casually picks up the ball with his mask‚ Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda appeals‚ citing the rule which awards a runner two bases if a fielder uses his mask to touch a thrown ball. The umpires agree and allow the winning run to score. Encarnacion is given an error.

Geronimo Berroa hits three home runs in the Athletics’ 11 – 1 win over Minnesota. He becomes the 10th player in history to have a pair of three-homer games in the same season. Berroa accounts for 5 of Oakland’s runs and Mark McGwire accounts for 4 with a pair of homers himself. McGwire‚ who missed 30 games‚ now has 41 homers.

The Expos defeat the Astros‚ 8 – 1‚ in a game marked by a 3rd-inning 10-minute brawl which will result in 4-game suspensions being handed down to Henry Rodriguez‚ Moises Alou‚ David Segui‚ Jeff Juden‚ and John Cangelosi. Danny Darwin gets 6 games. Houston manager Terry Collins receives a gash that will require four stitches to close when he’s hit by a thrown batting helmet. The fight starts when Rodriguez is plunked by a pitch‚ the apparent result of his stopping and admiring a homer‚ his 30th‚ he hit his last time up. Mark Leiter pitches a three-hitter to win‚ although he gives up a leadoff homer to Brian Hunter.

The Texas Rangers show off for former president George Bush by routing the Boston Red Sox for the second consecutive game‚ 12 – 2‚ scoring 10 runs in the first four innings. Bush, whose son‚ Texas Governor George W. Bush‚ owns the Rangers, sits next to the team’s dugout with acting Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci and a group of Secret Service agents.

Dean Palmer homers and drives in four runs as the Kansas City Royals end the New York Yankees’ three-game winning streak with a 6 – 4 victory. Palmer‚ who is 10-for-21 with runners in scoring position and has 16 RBIs in 18 games since coming over in a trade with Texas‚ singles home a run in the 4th‚ opens the 6th with his 17th homer‚ and hits a go-ahead‚ two-run double in the 7th. Mike Perez (2-0)‚ the second of five Royals’ pitchers‚ is the winner. Jeff Montgomery pitches the 9th for his eighth save‚ the 250th of his career. He retires 32 consecutive batters‚ one shy of the club record‚ before Bernie Williams singles with two outs in the 9th.

Rickey Henderson leads off the 7th with his 250th career homer and Greg Vaughn adds a two-run double in the inning as the San Diego Padres rally to beat the Montreal Expos‚ 6 – 4.

Matt Beech ends his string of 22 straight starts without a victory‚ pitching the Philadelphia Phillies past the Colorado Rockies‚ 5 – 0. Beech (1-7) had not won since beating Atlanta in his first major league start on August 8‚ 1996. He was winless in his first 15 starts this season.

In tribute to Rex Barney, who died of cancer today, the Orioles play their game against Oakland at Camden Yards without a public address announcer. The team’s beloved PA announcer, who became well-known for such phrases as “Give that fan a contract!” after a patron caught a foul ball on the fly and for saying “Thank youuuuu” to the fans at the end of the game, had entertained Baltimore patrons for 24 years.

The little guys bulk up as Chuckie Carr and Tim Bogar go deep in a 13-2 drilling of the Marlins. Carr adds a double to his three hits. Mike Hampton picks up the victory. 

1998 – Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth youngest player to 100 home runs in a 11 – 5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Randy Johnson fans 13 on his way to a five-hit, 3-0, whitewash of Milwaukee. It’s Johnson’s second straight shutout. In three starts since his trade from Seattle, Johnson is 3-0 with a 0.72 ERA. Craig Biggio supports him with three hits, including his 13th homer. 

1999 – Manager Phil Garner is fired by the Brewers and replaced by batting coach Jim Lefebvre. Garner has had 7 straight losing seasons in Milwaukee.

The Rockies defeat the Expos‚ 14 – 2. 3B Jeff Cirillo drives in 7 of Colorado’s runs with 4 hits‚ including a pair of homers. For the 4th time this year‚ Larry Walker has 4 hits as the Rocks bang out 22.

Albert Belle’s two-run home run highlights a four-run 9th for Baltimore as they edge Kansas City‚ 12 – 11. Jermaine Dye hits two homers for KC.

Mets outfielder Benny Agbayani catches what he thinks is the third out and gives the ball to a kid in the stands

Tim Raines, who broke in with Montreal in 1979 and represented the team in All-Star Games from 1981-1987, is inducted into the Expos’ Hall of Fame. In 2017, the 21-year veteran outfielder will be selected by BBWAA for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Greg Maddux’s National League-record streak for innings without allowing a walk is ended at 72 1/3

2001 – Homers from Lance Berkman, Jeff Bagwell, Daryle Ward and Vinny Castilla pace a 10-5 clubbing of Florida. Dave Mlicki allows three long balls but still coasts to the win. Houston moves within 1/2 game of division-leading Chicago. 

The Braves obtain P Kent Mercker from the Reds for a player to be named. Atlanta also unveils a statue of Hall of Fame great Warren Spahn outside Turner Field.

Pat Gillick of the Seattle Mariners resigns after a four-year run. He becomes the third general manager to leave his position‚ voluntarily or not‚ this year.

The Phillies drub the Rockies‚ 15 – 4‚ as Randy Wolf becomes the first pitcher to homer twice in a game since Robert Person on June 2‚ 2002.

The Indians trounce the Blue Jays‚ 6 – 2. Ben Broussard hits his second pinch grand slam of the season for Cleveland and becomes only the 4th player in major league history to ever do so.

It is all Pedro as the Red Sox down Tampa Bay‚ 6 – 0. Pedro Martinez (13-4) goes the distance with 10 strikeouts and no walks as he allows 6 hits. The Sox might have had more except for Tampa Bay centerfielder Rocco Baldelli‚ who throws out two consecutive runners (Kevin Millar and Jason Varitek) at home in the 5th.

Dontrelle Willis gives up a 6th-inning home run to Randy Winn that spells a loss as San Francisco edges Florida‚ 1 – 0. Noah Lowry is the winning pitcher and raises his batting average to .289 with 2 hits.

Josh Towers‚ backed by 4 homers‚ pitches a complete game shutout as Toronto whips the Orioles‚ 12 – 0.

Behind Dan Haren’s 7+ shutout innings‚ the Oakland A’s slow baseball’s hottest team‚ Cleveland‚ 2 – 0. It ends the Indians’ seven-game win streak. Jason Kendall has 2 hits‚ an RBI‚ and is hit by a pitch for the 194th time in his career‚ 8th on the all-time list.

With their pitching staff shot after a 14-inning marathon yesterday, the Reds summon 35-year-old Chris Michalak from Louisville and he stops the Phils on one run and three hits in 6 2/3 innings in a 9 – 7 Reds win. It is Michalak’s first big league win since September 2, 2001.

At Fenway Park, the Red Sox trip the Orioles, 8 – 7. Wily Mo Pena has a double, triple and homer and Manny Ramirez runs his hitting streak to 27 games.

The Beavers honor Rodney McCray, the former Vancouver Canadian who gained everlasting notoriety in 1991 when he literally ran through the right field plywood fence trying to catch Chip Hale’s fly ball in Portland’s Civic Stadium. The PCL team commemorates the memorable play with a bobblehead promotion which features the moment of impact and renames the right field area of their current ballpark “McCray Alley.”

2007 – Magglio Ordóñez homers twice in the 2nd inning as the Tigers score eight against Dallas Braden. He becomes the second player in Detroit Tigers history to hit two home runs in an inning; Al Kaline was the other.

Retiring 41 consecutive batters, Bobby Jenks breaks David Wells’s American League record (38) and ties the major league mark established by Jim Barr of the Giants, who retired 41 straight batters in 1972. The White Sox closer reached the record book by pitching a perfect ninth inning against the Mariners.

The Astros honor Craig Biggio with a pregame ceremony for reaching 3,000 hits and his 20-year tenure with the team. The scrappy second baseman, who announced last month he will retire at the end of the season, adds to the special day by homering in the fifth inning of Houston’s 6-4 victory over the Brewers.

2008 – Scott Feldman has a day he would like to forget, becoming the first pitcher in 90 years and 9 days to allow 12 runs without losing as the Rangers eventually do fall, 19 – 17, to the Red Sox. Gene Packard was the last hurler to be so, um, lucky. David Ortiz hits two three-run homers in the 1st inning and scores four times on the day while Kevin Youkilis drives in 5 on two home runs.

After the Red Sox tally ten times in the first inning, powered with a pair of three-run homers by David Ortiz, the Rangers rally back and take a 15-14 lead with eight runs in the fifth and five in the sixth. Kevin Youkilis’s eighth-inning three-run homer over Fenway Park’s Green Monster gives Boston an eventual 19-17 victory, with the slugfest’s 36 runs tying an American League record.

On the day he would have celebrated his 69th birthday, Skip Caray’s public tribute is attended by over a thousand fans at Turner Field. Known for his witty and sometimes sarcastic style, the Braves’ longtime nationally acclaimed broadcaster, who started broadcasting games for Atlanta in 1976, died on August 3.

In his first game for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pedro Martinez gives up 3 runs in 5 innings on his way to a 12 – 5 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez both hit three-run homers in the 4th in support of Martinez’s pitching. Phillies OF Shane Victorino is hit with a cup of beer thrown from the bleachers while making a catch in the 5th inning. He files a police complaint the next day, and the guilty fan is identified and charged with battery and illegal conduct in a sports facility. Cubs management also apologizes to Victorino for the incident.

2009 – Hunter Pence launches a pair of three-run homers to pace a 14-6 thrashing of the Marlins. Lance Berkman comes off the disabled list to drill a pair of RBI doubles. Carlos Lee adds three hits and three RBIs. Rookie Bud Norris lasts five inning to up his record to 3-0 since a midseason call-up. 

Major League Baseball owners unanimously approve the sale of the Texas Rangers to a group headed by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan, ending a drawn-out saga.

The Phillies beat the Dodgers, 10 – 9, after trailing 9 – 2 entering the bottom of the 8th. They score 4 runs that inning, and 4 more in the 9th off All-Star closer Jonathan Broxton to complete the dramatic comeback. Broxton starts the bottom of the 9th by hitting Placido Polanco with a pitch, then walks Mike Sweeney and Jayson Werth to load the bases with none out. Ben Francisco hits an apparent double play grounder, but it scoots through 3B Casey Blake’s legs and two runs score. Carlos Ruiz follows with a game-ending two-run double to left-center.

Milwaukee’s Casey McGehee’s last hit, a seventh-inning single, during his 4-for-4 performance in the team’s 8-4 victory over Arizona at Miller Park, establishes a franchise record. The Brewer infielder’s ninth consecutive hit breaks the club mark set by teammate Ryan Braun in 2008, but is three shy of the major league record of 12, accomplished by Pinky Higgins (1938) and Walt Dropo (1952).

Major League Baseball suspends Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Cueto, who kicked at players with his spikes when he was pushed against the backstop during a recent brawl with the Cardinals, for seven games for his “violent and aggressive actions”. Managers Tony La Russa and Dusty Baker are suspended two games, with fines being handed out to the Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips and pitcher Russ Springer, and Redbird backstop Yadier Molina and right-hander Chris Carpenter.

CC Sabathia also gives up 5 home runs, facing the Tampa Bay Rays. Casey Kotchman, Kelly Shoppach, Johnny Damon, Elliot Johnson and Evan Longoria all hit solo homers off the Yankees ace, accounting for all of the Rays’ runs in a 5 – 1 win. David Price is the winner.

Dan Uggla extends his Atlanta-record hitting streak to 32 games as he belts a pair of solo homers off the Cubs’ Carlos Zambrano for a 10 – 4 Braves win. Zambrano gives up a career-high 5 home runs, as he is tagged for 8 runs in 4 1/3 innings. After giving up Uggla’s second homer and another by Freddie Freeman back-to-back, he throws two brushback pitches at Chipper Jones and is ejected by home plate umpire Tim Timmons. The long-time Cubs ace then cleans out his locker and leaves the ballpark, not informing manager Mike Quade or anyone else whether he is in fact retiring. The Cubs will place him on the disqualified list tomorrow. Before the game, the Braves officially retire uniform number 6, worn by long-time manager Bobby Cox who retired after last season.

It’s V-Day for Detroit when the Tigers’ 4-3 victory in Cleveland snaps a 13-game losing streak at Progressive Field. The team avoids being swept by the Tribe thanks to starter Justin Verlander’s 100th career win and Jose Valverde’s 33rd consecutive save, breaking a team record established in 1984 by Guillermo Hernandez.

The Pirates score 9 runs in the 4th to beat San Diego, 11 – 5. Before the explosion, the Bucs were trailing, 5 – 1, and had lost their previous three games, putting fans in fear of a repeat of last year’s second-half swoon that saw them fall below .500 yet again. Clint Barmes hits a grand slam in the big inning, atoning for two earlier errors, as Erik Bedard wins over former Pirate Ross Ohlendorf.

LF Rajai Davis drives in 5 runs and makes a tremendous catch in the 7th, scaling the 10-foot fence to deprive Casey McGehee of a home run as the Blue Jays defeat the Yankees, 10 – 7. Edwin Encarnacion hits a two-run homer and adds a double and a single in support of Davis’s heroics.

For the second time this season, Yu Darvish of the Rangers flirts with a perfect game against the Astros. He retires the first 17 batters and he and C A.J. Pierzynski think they have struck out Jonathan Villar looking to end the 6th inning, but umpire Ron Kulpa calls the pitch a ball and Villar eventually draws a walk to break up the perfecto. An incensed Pierzynski tells the umpire what he thinks of his call and is ejected. Darvish allows his first and only hit, a solo homer by Carlos Corporan, with one out in the 8th. He strikes out a career-high 15 batters in 8 innings in the 2 – 1 win, with Joe Nathan pitching a hitless 9th for the save. Darvish’s bid for a perfect game in his first start of the season, on April 2nd, was foiled by Astro Marwin Gonzalez’s two-out single in the 9th. The Rangers have now won 13 of their last 14 games.

After losing a shutout bid with one out in the 9th inning in his first career start on August 6th, the Twins’ Andrew Albers reaches the mark in his second start, tossing a two-hitter against the Indians for a 3 – 0 win. The Twins’ runs come courtesy of a solo homer by Brian Dozier and a two-run shot by Trevor Plouffe both against Danny Salazar.

Charlie Manuel, the winningest pilot in 130 years of Phillies baseball, became the 58th manager in baseball history to win 1,000 games. During his 12-year managerial career, the 69 year-old skipper, who will be replaced by Ryne Sandberg in six days, has compiled 780 wins with Philadelphia and had another 220 with the Indians to reach the plateau.

2014 – Joe Kelly becomes the first Red Sox pitcher to steal a base since Bill Landis in 1969. Ignored by pitcher Mat Latos, he steals third base in the 3rd inning of Boston’s 3 – 2 win over Cincinnati. The last major league pitcher to steal third base had been Ted Lilly, back in 2008.

The Giants honored longtime fan and friend Robin Williams, a cultural icon who died suddenly yesterday at the age of 63. The team pays tribute to the legend of screen and stage by having a moment of silence prior to the game against the White Sox and playing a clip from the movie Mrs. Doubtfire on the AT&T Park scoreboard.

Tim Pinkard, attending his first game at Minute Maid Park, catches two home runs balls, both off the bat of the Astros’ DH Chris Carter. In the third inning of Houston’s 10-4 victory over Minnesota, the Springfield (VA) resident gets his first souvenir of the night when the ball rebounds off a sign in left field, and then in the fifth frame, against astronomical odds, catches the second round-tripper stroked by the same batter, which is a laser shot hit directly to his seat.

Hisashi Iwakuma of the Mariners throws a no-hitter in blanking the Orioles, 3 – 0. It is the first complete game and shutout of Iwakuma’s career, and he becomes the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter, after Hideo Nomo, who had two of them.

The Blue Jays overtake the Yankees for first place in the AL East after registering their 10th straight win, 10 – 3 over the A’s combined with the Yankees’ 2 – 1 loss to Cleveland, their fifth in a row. Toronto uses the home run once again, with three-run blasts from Chris Colabello and Justin Smoak in support of R.A. Dickey’s fourth straight winning start. The Jays have homered in 23 of 24 games since the All-Star break.

2016 – As announced a week earlier, Alex Rodriguez plays his final game for the Yankees today, going 1 for 4 with a 1st-inning RBI double off Chris Archer of the Rays in a 6 – 3 Yankees win. The Yankees indulge him by letting him play at his old position, third base, in the 9th; he then leaves the game under the crowd’s applause after one out, ending his career only 4 homers short of 700, but done as a player at 41.

2017 – Chris Rowley becomes the first graduate of the United States Military Academy in almost a century to make his major league debut. He pitches 5 1/3 innings allowing only 1 run in a 7 – 2 Blue Jays win over the Pirates. Rowley had missed the 2014 and 2015 seasons while service as a first lieutenant on active duty in the United States Army.

2018 – After another great performance by Max Scherzer, the Nationals go into the bottom of the 9th with a 3 – 0 lead in a Sunday night game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, only to see rookie David Bote hit a two-out pinch-hit walk-off grand slam off Ryan Madson for a 4 – 3 win.

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Enjoy our free trial and start listening to games, interviews and shows! Ruth, Mantle, Aaron, and Seaver!

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