Babe Ruth pitching final game

This Day In Baseball July 11

July

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 July 11 in baseball history.

Voices of the game on July 11,

July 11 1939 MLB All Star Game at Yankee Stadium  Listen to the game broadcasted by Mel Allen

July 11 1944 All-Star Game Listen to the game broadcast 

July 11 1960 All Star Game 1 at Municipal Stadium Kansas City Listen to the game broadcast 

July 11 1961 1961 All Star Game Listen to the game broadcast

July 11 1965 1965 07 11 New York Yankees vs Twins Listen to the game 

July 11 1967 Jim Wynn gets the first hit for an Astro in an All-Star Game Listen the game broadcast 

July 11 1967 Mike Cuellar fans Brooks Robinson in the 1967 All-Star Game Listen the game broadcast 

July 11 1985 Jul 11, 1985 Nolan Ryan fans Danny Heep for the 4,000th strikeout of his career Listen the game broadcast 

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Notable Events and Chronology for July 11

Blues pitcher Jim McCormick suffers a broken bone in his forearm in the 7th inning and still completes games

Blues pitcher Jim McCormick suffers a broken bone in his forearm in the 7th inning and still completes games

Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft.

Bid McPhee resigns as Reds manager and is replaced by interim manager Frank Bancroft.

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Lefty Davis, 26, in stealing second “broke his leg in the same manner George Van Haltren did two months ago on the same spot,” according to the Sporting Life

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At Boston, Jimmy Collins collects five hits, including a triple and homer, to pace the Americans to a 8 – 5 win over Chicago. It is Boston’s 45th win of the year.

Clyde Bateman of the Waco Steers throws a no-hitter against the Fort Worth Panthers

Patsy Dougherty

The Highlanders salvage the last game of the series with the Americans, 10 – 1

The White Sox play their second 16-inning game in two days, beating Philadelphia, 5 – 4.

Vic Willis gives the Pirates their second win in a row over the Giants, winning, 6 - 2

Vic Willis gives the Pirates their second win in a row over the Giants, winning, 6 – 2

1909 St. Paul Colored Gophers. 100 Years Negro Leauge.

St. Paul Colored Gophers. 100 Years Negro Leauge. 1909

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Addie Joss wins the last game of his career

The Federal Express of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, carrying the St. Louis Cardinals to Boston, plunges down an 18-foot embankment outside Bridgeport, CT, killing 14 passengers. The team's Pullmans were originally just behind the baggage coaches near the front. When noise prevented the players from sleeping, manager Roger Bresnahan requested the car be changed. The day coach that replaced the players' car is crushed and splintered. The players help remove bodies and rescue the injured, then board a special train to Boston, where the day's game is postponed. The railroad pays each player $25 for his rescue work and for lost belongings.

The Federal Express of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, carrying the St. Louis Cardinals to Boston, plunges down an 18-foot embankment outside Bridgeport, CT, killing 14 passengers. The team’s Pullmans were originally just behind the baggage coaches near the front. When noise prevented the players from sleeping, manager Roger Bresnahan requested the car be changed. The day coach that replaced the players’ car is crushed and splintered. The players help remove bodies and rescue the injured, then board a special train to Boston, where the day’s game is postponed. The railroad pays each player $25 for his rescue work and for lost belongings.

Only 26 people are on hand to see Newark (IL) fade, 2 – 0, at Baltimore.

The Giants outhit the Cardinals, 18-16, and win, 13 – 9, in St. Louis. Christy Mathewson goes all the way, walking none but allowing three home runs. Bill Steele takes the Redbird defeat.

Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox against the Cleveland Naps

Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox against the Cleveland Naps

The Red Sox sweep the White Sox, winning 5 - 3 and 3 - 1. Babe Ruth starts both games, lasting a third of an inning in the opener, but pitching a 3 - 1 complete game win in the nitecap. Ruth starts the opener to give Rube Foster more time to warm up, and leaves after retiring the first batter.

The Red Sox sweep the White Sox, winning 5 – 3 and 3 – 1. Babe Ruth starts both games, lasting a third of an inning in the opener, but pitching a 3 – 1 complete game win in the nitecap. Ruth starts the opener to give Rube Foster more time to warm up, and leaves after retiring the first batter.

In Detroit, Boston’s Babe Ruth tops the Tigers, 1 – 0, allowing just Donie Bush’s scratch single in the 8th. Ruth deflects the ball but the throw by the shortstop is too late. Ruth has a single and triple, but a pinch triple by Chick Shorten in the 9th drives home the only run. Ruth strikes out Bobby Veach, Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb in the 9th; for the last, he shakes off catcher and player/manager Bill Carrigan. In early 1942, in a speech in Los Angeles, Ruth will call this game his greatest thrill. The Babe also relates to writer John Carmichael that his greatest game was the “called shot” in the 1932 World Series.

Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston Red Sox since 1916, sells out for over $1 million to a group of Ohio businessmen, who bring in veteran front office man Bob Quinn from St. Louis to run the club. Frazee’s departure is welcomed by Boston fans who are fed up with the sale of Frazee’s best players over the years, many of them to the rival New York Yankees.

Cubs 1B Lee Cotter equals a major-league record for total chances when he makes 21 putouts and one assist in a game against Brooklyn.

At Sportsman's Park, George Sisler becomes a one-man wrecking crew when he comes to the plate with the bases loaded in back-to-back frames in the Browns' 10-5 victory over Washington. The St. Louis first baseman drives in seven runs in two innings, tripling with the bases jammed in the third and hitting a grand slam in the fourth.

At Sportsman’s Park, George Sisler becomes a one-man wrecking crew when he comes to the plate with the bases loaded in back-to-back frames in the Browns’ 10-5 victory over Washington. The St. Louis first baseman drives in seven runs in two innings, tripling with the bases jammed in the third and hitting a grand slam in the fourth.

The White Sox tie a major-league record with eight sacrifice bunts in a 7 – 6 win over the Boston.

Pete Fox’s hitting streak is stopped after 29 games.

The Giants lose, 5 – 4, in Pittsburgh as Carl Hubbell, in relief, walks in the winning run. The loss leaves New York eleven games behind the front-running Cubs. New York wins the second game, 14 – 4, as Bill Terry, hobbled with a knee injury, bangs out a single, double and triple. The win sparks a Giants surge that will see them win 39 of their next 47 games.

Dizzy Dean hit in the head for second time

Dizzy Dean hit in the head for second time

The Dodgers buy former major-league hurler Whitlow Wyatt from Milwaukee (American Association).

Bob Fellers steals the show at 1939 All Star Game

Bob Fellers steals the show at 1939 All Star Game

Phil Cavarretta

Phil Cavaretta sets an All-Star Game record by reaching base five consecutive times in the NL’s 7-1 victory

Aaron Robinson, Yankees C, returns from the military. Red Ruffing is back too, and so are Hugh Mulcahy and Buddy Lewis. Charlie Keller will follow, and a couple of dozen former major-league players will be in uniform before the season is over.

Ken Raffensberger

The Reds’ Ken Raffensberger allows just one hit – a single by Marty Marion in the 4th – in shutting out the Cardinals, 1 – 0, in St. Louis. It’s his second one-hitter against St. Louis this year.

The Midsummer Classic returns to Comiskey Park, the site of the first game, and is won by the National League, 4-3, thanks to Red Schoendienst's 14th-inning home run. It's a game of firsts - first extra-inning All-Star Game, first time the NL wins at an AL park, and the first Midsummer Classic ever broadcast on national television.

The Midsummer Classic returns to Comiskey Park, the site of the first game, and is won by the National League, 4-3, thanks to Red Schoendienst’s 14th-inning home run. It’s a game of firsts – first extra-inning All-Star Game, first time the NL wins at an AL park, and the first Midsummer Classic ever broadcast on national television.

Ted Williams All Star Injury

Ted Williams fractures Elbow in first network televised an All-Star Game

Giant rookie Al Worthington halts Dodgers streak with 6-0 shutout

Giant rookie Al Worthington halts Dodgers streak with 6-0 shutout

The Red Sox whip the lowly Athletics, 18 – 0, for one of the worst shutouts in American League history. A’s slugger Gus Zernial breaks his collarbone diving for a ball and is out of the lineup until late August.

Phillies rookie Jim Command’s first major league hit is a grand slam off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine. The 25 year-old third baseman’s blow in the sixth-run eighth isn’t enough when Brooklyn hangs on to win the Ebbets Field contest, 8-7.

Don Mueller hits for the cycle in the team’s 13-7 victory over the Pirates at the Polo Grounds

Don Mueller hits for the cycle in the team’s 13-7 victory over the Pirates at the Polo Grounds

The White Sox purchase Cardinal relief pitcher Ellis Kinder.

The White Sox purchase Cardinal relief pitcher Ellis Kinder.

1957 – In Pittsburgh, Braves IF Felix Mantilla and OF Billy Bruton collide while chasing a pop fly. Mantilla will miss 19 games while Bruton will suffer knee damage and be out almost a year.

New Orleans seeks a franchise in the new proposed Continental League.

Boston SS Don Buddin cracks a 10th-inning grand slam, off reliever Bob Turley, to give the Red Sox an 8 – 4 win over New York. Turley replaced Jim Bronstad, who took over when Ryne Duren and Yogi Berra are tossed by ump Bill Summers.

Roberto Clemente

In the first of this year’s two All-Star Games, Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend notches his second win

Vitamin Pills Helped Goss Become Surprise Slugger

Vitamin Pills Helped Goss Become Surprise Slugger

Stu Miller is literally blown off the mound during all star game

Stu Miller is literally blown off the mound during all star game

Mays, Clemente and Aaron

Mays, Clemente and Aaron

For the first time since 1938, when the Waner brothers pulled the trick, brothers Hank Aaron and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning. Both homers are hit in the last of the 9th, and Hank’s grand slam provides the winning margin in an 8 – 6 Braves win over the Cards.

The Senators send 1B Dale Long to the Yankees for OF Don Lock. Long will hit .298 in pinstripes this year.

Jim Maloney strikes out 13 in pitching the Reds to a 7 – 3 win over the visiting Cubs.

“My first major league game was at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente almost killed me!” The “Toy Cannon” meets a real cannon with near disastrous results. Speaking with Baseball Digest some 40 years after the fact, Jimmy Wynn dredges up this traumatic close encounter: “Not many people know this, but I came up as a shortstop. Clemente hit a screaming line drive, and I got my glove up just as the ball hit the left field wall. I was one heck of a high school shortstop, but the majors were another story. After that, I told the coaches and manager to get me out of the infield.” In fact, this hair-raising encounter took place during Wynn’s second game in the majors. Wynn will have to soldier on in the infield for another 10 tension-filled days, but will be firmly ensconced in centerfield after that.

Vic Power of the Angels is fined $250 and suspended 10 days for spitting on umpire Jim Honochick after a close play during a doubleheader loss to the White Sox, 7 – 4 and 6 – 1, the previous day.

Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game 

Jim Wynn becomes the first Houston player to get a hit in the All-Star Game 

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Tony Perez hits a 15th inning home run against Jim “Catfish” Hunter in All Star Game

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Baltimore Orioles name future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver their manager

Chicago Cubs P Bill Hands strikes out for the 14th straight at bat in the Cubs’ 2 – 0 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader at New York. The 14 strikeouts in consecutive at-bats (as opposed to plate appearances) are a major league record.

Minnesota rookie Rick Renick is the 16th American League player to hit a home run in his first major league at bat. The Twins beat the Tigers, 5 – 4.

In Kansas City, ground is broken for the Harry S. Truman Sports Complex, which will include separate side-by-side stadiums built specifically for baseball and football. Arrowhead Stadium, home of the NFL’s Chiefs, will open in 1972, followed by the debut a year later of Royals Stadium, the new home ballpark of the American League’s franchise in the City of Fountains.

Rick Renick becomes the first Twin player to homer in his first major league at-bat when he goes deep off Mickey Lolich in Minnesota’s 5-4 victory over Detroit at Metropolitan Stadium. The 24 year-old shortstop’s second-inning solo shot will be the first of 20 round-trippers he’ll hit during his five-year career, spent entirely with the Twin Cities team.

The Red Sox swat the Orioles twice, winning 7 – 4 and 12 – 3. Reggie Smith is 7 for 9 and stretches his hitting streak to 19 games. Carl Yastrzemski has a homer in each game as the Red Sox total 22 hits in the nitecap, including five by Mike Andrews.

Harmon Killebrew tags the longest homer in Memorial Stadium

Harmon Killebrew powers twins

Cincinnati manager Dave Bristol launches a tirade for the ages during a 13-2 massacre by Don Wilson and the Astros

Cincinnati manager Dave Bristol launches a tirade for the ages during a 13-2 massacre by Don Wilson and the Astros

The Reds win game one against the Mets, 5 – 2, then complete the sweep as Tony Perez drives in all five runs to defeat the Mets, 5 – 3, in the nitecap. Perez puts the Reds ahead with a three-run homer off Tom Seaver in the 8th. Jim McGlothlin strikes out 12 in the game two win.

Deron Johnson hits three home runs, giving him four straight over two games, helping the Phils beat the Expos, 11 – 5.

Tony Conigliaro, who had gone 0 for 8 with five strikeouts for the Angels during their 20-inning loss two days earlier, calls a five A.M. press conference to announce his retirement. Later tests will show that the sight in his left eye, injured in a 1967 beaning, has deteriorated.

At Oakland, Boston’s Marty Pattin has his no-hit bid foiled when Reggie Jackson hits a one-out single in the 9th. Boston wins, 4 – 0.

Chicago's Billy Williams goes 8-for-8 in a doubleheader split against the Astros

Chicago’s Billy Williams goes 8-for-8 in a doubleheader split against the Astros

Jim Northrup

Jim Northrup knocks in eight runs and scores three times as the Tigers rout the Rangers, 14 – 2

In San Diego, the Pirates drub the Pads, 10 – 2. Willie Stargell contributes the 302nd home run of his career to pass Ralph Kiner as the all-time Pirate home run leader.

Matty Alou

San Diego Padres release Matty Alou, ending the career of the lifetime .307 hitter

In Boston’s 6 – 4 win over the Twins at Fenway Park, Minnesota CF Lyman Bostock drops Carl Yastrzemski’s long fly ball to deep center after a bucket of popcorn falls in his eyes.

In a pre-game promotion at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 34 couples are married at home plate. The nuptials are then followed by Championship Wrestling in an evening billed as “Headlocks and Wedlocks.” The Braves then pin a 9 – 8 loss on the Mets.

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Hank Aaron becomes the oldest major leaguer (42 years, 5 months, 7 days) to hit a walk-off homer

34 couples are married at home plate at Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium

34 couples are married at home plate at Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium

The Angels fire manager Norm Sherry. Dave Garcia takes over.

At Jack Murphy Stadium, Steve Garvey becomes the first two-time MVP in All-Star history. The Dodgers first baseman's game-tying, two-run single and a triple help the National League beat the American League, 7 - 3. Vida Blue starts for the NL, the first pitcher to start for both leagues. Blue also started in 1971 and 1975 for the American League.

At Jack Murphy Stadium, Steve Garvey becomes the first two-time MVP in All-Star history. The Dodgers first baseman’s game-tying, two-run single and a triple help the National League beat the American League, 7 – 3. Vida Blue starts for the NL, the first pitcher to start for both leagues. Blue also started in 1971 and 1975 for the American League.

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Jim McCormick suffers a broken bone in his forearm but stays in to pitch 3 more innings

The Dodgers sell knuckleballer Charlie Hough to the Rangers.

The Cincinnati Enquirer features a contest in which readers are asked to pick the date and time when the last-place Reds will be eliminated from the NL West race. The winner gets two tickets to the last game of the year, while the runner-up gets four tickets to the same game.

With his club in the National League West cellar, 15 1/2 games behind the Braves, Reds president Dick Wagner is fired by the club’s general partners.

Rick Dempsey catches Henderson for the only time in the month of july

Rick Dempsey catches Henderson for the only time in the month of july

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Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros becomes the first pitcher in history to record 4,000 strikeouts

Billy Ripken, 22, joins his brother Cal Ripken Jr. in the Orioles’ starting lineup in Baltimore’s 2 – 1 loss to the Twins. Orioles manager Cal Ripken, Sr. is the first to manage two sons in the majors.

Bo Jackson 1989 All Star MVP

Bo Jackson hits a ruthian blast to leadoff All Star game while Ronald Reagan joins Vin Scully in the NBC broadcast booth.

Mike Schmidt 1989 All Star Game

Mike Schmidt at 1989 All Star Game

Jack McKeon resigns as manager of the Padres but keeps his position as San Diego’s vice president of baseball operations. He is replaced in the dugout by Greg Riddoch. Later in the season, McKeon will lose his front-office job as well.

Ozzie Guillen checks out the arriving crowd before “Turn Back the Clock Day” on July 11, 1990

Chicago White Sox first to wear throwback uniform

The Reds trade 1B Todd Benzinger to the Royals in exchange for OF-1B Carmelo Martinez.

Recently released by the Angels, Fernando Valenzuela signs a minor league contract with them and will report to the Class-A Midland Angels.

Ken Oberkfell Houston Astros Signed 8x10 Photo W/coa

Ken Oberkfell cracks a two-run double off Dave Smith in the 11th inning for a 6-4 triumph over the Cubs

Ken Griffey jr hits the warehouse at 1993 All Star game

Ken Griffey jr hits the warehouse at 1993 All Star game

The Pirates unveil a statue of Roberto Clemente outside Three Rivers Stadium.

Handling four chances in the 8 – 1 defeat to the Rockies, Cardinal infielder Ozzie Smith passes Luis Aparicio and moves into the top spot on the all-time list for assists by a shortstop. “The Wizard of Oz” will end his 19-year career in 1996 with 8,375 assists.

Mickey Mantle’s final public appearance increases awareness of organ donation programs.

The National League defeats the American League in the All-Star Game, 3 – 2, on an 8th inning pinch-hit home run by Jeff Conine. Conine becomes the 10th player to homer in his first All-Star at bat, and is named the game’s MVP. Frank Thomas, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza also connect for home runs. Thomas becomes the first White Sox player ever to homer in the Mid-summer Classic as the NL out-homers the American League, 3 to 2.

The United States Postal Service issues ‘Mighty Casey”, a commemorative stamp which depicts the title character of Ernest L. Thayer’s immortal poem, ‘Casey at the Bat.’ The maligned Mudville outfielder joins Paul Bunyan, John Henry, and Pecos Bill as part of a set commemorating American folk heroes.

Padre reliever Trevor Hoffman, brother of opposing manager Glenn Hoffman, saves the Padres’ 4 – 1 victory over the Dodgers. It’s the first time in major league history a player has faced his brother as a manager.

The Cardinals score all their runs in the 1st inning and go on to defeat the Giants, 5 – 4, in a game in San Francisco. Prior to the contest, the Giants retire Orlando Cepeda’s uniform No.30, making him the 9th Giant player so honored.

In the Twins’ 11 – 7 loss to the Indians, Chuck Knoblauch completes his 10th multi-hit game in a row – the longest such streak in the majors since 1978. Manny Ramirez and Albert Belledrive in nine runs between them for the Tribe, and Jack McDowell picks up the win.

After 14 straight road losses – a club record – the Phils finally win, beating the Expos, 3 – 2, behind Curt Schilling.

The Diamondbacks defeat the A’s, 7 – 4, as Jay Bell hits a grand slam which wins Gylene Hoyle $1 million. She is the fan who wins the prize for picking the player who would hit a grand slam and the inning in which it would be done.

The first MLB Futures Game provides a stage for future major-league All-Star Alfonso Soriano to shine when the Yankees farmhand goes 2 for 3, hitting two of the game’s three home runs in the World’s 7-0 victory over the USA at Fenway Park. The former Hiroshima Carp infielder, who now plays shortstop for the Columbus Clippers, is named the contest’s MVP.

The American League wins its 4th consecutive All-Star Game, beating the National League, 6 – 3. Derek Jeter of the Yankees and Chipper Jones of the Braves each go 3 for 3 in the contest. Jeter takes MVP honors, while Chicago’s James Baldwin gets the victory.

Dodgers P Darren Dreifort undergoes reconstructive arm surgery and is expected to be out until at least this time next season.

The Mets score 8 runs in the 8th inning to break a 1 – 1 tie and defeat the Phillies, 9 – 1.

The Marlins send P Ryan Dempster to the Reds for OF Juan Encarnacion, IF Wilton Guerrero, and minor league P Ryan Snare. Florida then sends OF Cliff Floyd, Guerrero, minor league P Claudio Vargas and $1.5 million to the Expos in exchange for Ps Carl Pavano and Graeme Lloyd, IF Mike Mordecai and minor league P Justin Wayne.

The Indians fire their manager, Charlie Manuel, and name third base coach Joel Skinner as the interim skipper. After issuing an ultimatum to the front office about his status, the 58-year-old is released after piloting Cleveland to a 39-47 record, 9 1/2 games behind first-place Twins in the AL Central.

Carlos Beltran, selected to be an American League All-Star, will now have an opportunity patrol the National League outfield instead. The former Royals fly catcher, traded to the Astros last month, is invited by Senior Circuit skipper Jack McKeon to replace Ken Griffey, Jr., on the star-studded roster.

One strike away from ending a decade of dominance, National League closer Trevor Hoffman yields a two-run triple to Michael Young of the Texas Rangers, giving the American League a come-from-behind 3-2 All-Star Game victory at Pittsburgh’s picturesque PNC Park. The timely three-bagger keeps the Junior Circuit unbeaten in the Midsummer Classic since 1997, compiling a 9-0-1 record.

Prior to the start of the fifth inning of the All-Star Game played in Pittsburgh’s PNC Park, Vera Clemente is escorted onto the field by 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski to accept the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award on behalf of her late husband. With the scoreboard showing replays of Roberto, tears flowing from AL skipper Ozzie Guillen, and the heartfelt ovation from the crowd, the ceremony honoring the Pirates’ Hall of Famer becomes a truly memorable moment in the history of the Midsummer Classic.

Washington has its best offensive game since relocating from Montreal in 2005 in beating Houston, 13 – 2. The Nats collect 21 hits – the most for them since the move – and Nick Johnson, Josh Willingham and Adam Dunn homer in consecutive at bats in the 6th, also a first. Craig Stammen pitches a complete game for the win.

The Yankees hit a season-high 5 home runs in Los Angeles, including two by Alex Rodriguez, but they still lose, 14 – 8, to the Angels, who have scored 24 runs in two games since their two most potent offensive weapons, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter, hit the disabled list simultaneously on July 9th. Rodriguez moves past another steroid-tainted player, Rafael Palmeiro, for 10th on the all-time major league home run list.

18-year-old Mike Trout, the youngest player in the game, hits a double and single and fellow Angels prospect Hank Conger hits a three-run homer to lead the United States to a 9 – 1 victory over the World team at the 2010 Futures Game in Anaheim. Eric Hosmer collects four hits for the winners, while Desmond Jennings scores three runs, but it is Conger who receives the Larry Doby Award as MVP of the game.

The White Sox take advantage of five home runs – two by Carlos Quentin, including a grand slam, and one each by Alex Rios, Andruw Jones and Dayan Viciedo – to beat the Royals, 15 – 5. It’s the Sox’s 8th straight win and puts them in first place in the AL Central at the All-Star break, capping a remarkable turnaround that has seen the Pale Hose win 25 of its last 30 games after a slow start to the season.

Philadelphia wins 1 – 0 over the Reds to complete a four-game sweep. It is the first time since 1913 that the Phils have recorded consecutive 1 – 0 victories. Cole Hamels pitches scoreless ball into the 8th inning and relievers J.C. Romero and Brad Lidge record the last four outs of the game. Jimmy Rollins becomes the first National Leaguer since Roger Maris in 1968 to drive in the only run in consecutive 1 – 0 wins.

After firing Sean Berry as the club’s hitting coach, the struggling Astros name Jeff Bagwell to fill the position for the remainder of the season. The former All-Star first baseman, who retired with a lifetime .297 batting average, is the all-time team leader with 449 home runs and 1,529 RBIs.

Robinson Cano wins the annual All-Star Game Home Run Derby with a record-breaking performance in the final round at Chase Field. After Adrian Gonzalez ties the best-ever home run total for a final round with 11, Cano, hitting off his father Jose, launches 12 balls into the stands with 4 outs to spare to claim the crown.

Derek Jeter plays for the Yankees for the first time since breaking his ankle in Game 1 of the 2012 ALCS. Inserted as the DH, he singles on the first pitch he sees and comes in to score as the Yanks beat the Royals, 8 – 4. Jeter comes back after only four rehabilitation outings in the minors, after two Yankees starters, CF Brett Gardner and DH Travis Hafner, are injured the previous day. However, Jeter leaves the game after the 5th inning with a tight quad muscle and will undergo an MRI.

On the day he is made an All-Star by winning the NL’s “Final Man Vote”, Braves 1B Freddie Freeman drives in 4 runs to lead his team to a 6 – 5 win over the Reds. Freeman hits a two-run double in the 1st and later adds a pair of run-scoring singles.

Aroldis Chapman of the Reds sets a new record by notching a strikeout in his 40th straight relief appearance, dating back to August 21, 2013. The previous record had been held by Bruce Sutter since 1977. Chapman strikes out the side against the Pirates on the way to his 20th save of the year.

The Marlins set a team record with 9 consecutive hits in the 7th inning of a 14 – 3 win over the Reds. One of the hits is costly, as 2B Dee Gordon dislocates his left thumb in reaching on an infield single, putting him out of the All-Star Game. Reliever Mike Dunn has his first career hit during the string as Miami scores 8 runs. J.T. Realmuto hits a three-run homer as rookie Adam Conley records his first victory in a spot start. For Cincinnati, Manny Parra gives up 5 runs without retiring a batter.

2016 – Giancarlo Stanton wins the annual Home Run Derby staged as part of the All-Star Game festivities in San Diego, CA. Stanton outhomers defending champion Todd Frazier, 20 to 13, in the final round.

2017 – The American League wins the 2017 All-Star Game, played at Marlins Park in Miami, FL, 2 – 1, in 10 innings over the National League. Miguel Sano gives the AL the lead with a bloop single to right scoring Jonathan Schoop with two outs in the 5th, but Yadier Molina ties it with a solo homer to the opposite field off Ervin Santana in the 6th. Robinson Cano leads off the 10th by parking Wade Davis’ first pitch beyond the right-field fence, then Andrew Miller records the last three outs for the save. Cano is named winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game’s MVP. The two leagues are now tied with 43 wins apiece since the first mid-summer classic was played in 1933, with two ties.

The Rockies go on a scoring binge in crushing the Diamondbacks, 19 – 2. The Rox hit five homers, including two by Carlos Gonzalez and one by pitcher German Marquez, while position players Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila combine for 4 2/3 innings of relief in order to spare Arizona’s bullpen. D-Backs starter Shelby Miller does not make it out of the 1st inning, allowing 5 runs before exiting due to tightness in his elbow, and relievers Jorge De La Rosa and Yoshihisa Hirano are shelled for 7 and 4 runs respectively.

The Indians also light up the scoreboard in winning the battle of Ohio, 19 – 5, over the Reds. Jose Ramirez homers twice and drives in 5, as Tyler Mahle gives up 7 runs in 2 1/3 innings and his successor, Tanner Rainey, another 8 runs in just two-thirds of an inning. IF Alex Blandino is called on to pitch mop-up duty in the 8th and is the only Reds pitcher not to allow a run.

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