This Day In Baseball June 22

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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 June 22 in baseball history.

 

Notable Events and Chronology for June 22

Forest City of Cleveland travels to Philadelphia‚ and while playing an exhibition game against the Experts of Philadelphia‚ their substitute C Elmer White‚ chasing a poorly thrown ball‚ runs into the fence and breaks his arm.

Bid McPhee hits a grand slam‚ off Paul Swartzel‚ and a 2-run homer to pace the Reds to an 11-3 win over visiting Kansas City. Bid will total 5 homers this year.

The Colts beat the Pirates, 10 – 7, with Bill Dahlen collecting two hits and an RBI.

Washington scores in every inning to whip Boston, 26 – 12. In the course of the rout, George “White Wings” Tebeau scores four runs without the benefit of a hit.

Cleveland plays its third straight Sunday game in a minor league park, this time in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cleveland beats Washington, 6 – 4, behind Addie Joss.

Joe McGinnity

Hall of Famers Iron Joe McGinnity and Christy Mathewson spilt a double header vs the Cubs

Carl Hubbell

Carl Hubbell was born in Carthage, Missouri

At New York, the Boston Doves blow Christy Mathewson out of the game after four innings with 10 runs on eight hits. But the Giants claw back to win, 11 – 10, in 12 innings.

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Honus Wagner gets hit No. 2,000 in the 8th against Jake Weimer of the Reds

The Detroit club buys the rest of the vacant Bennett Field grounds as the site for a new park.

The National League postpones its games for today because of the funeral of George Dovey, co-owner of the Boston Doves with his brother John. Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss is one of the honorary pall bearers for the funeral in Philadelphia.

Christy Mathewson pitches four innings for the Bucknell alumni against the varsity, as the undergrads win, 13 – 12. Matty also plays 3B and chips in with three hits.

Congressman John K. Tener, former Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Alleghenies pitcher, wins the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania. He will be elected and will serve as president of the National League while governor.

Congressman John K. Tener, former Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Alleghenies pitcher, wins the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania. He will be elected and will serve as president of the National League while governor.

The Red Sox beat the Highlanders, 10 – 3, to complete a five-game sweep. Boston scores 55 runs in the sweep.

Chicago drubs the Cardinals, 10 – 2, behind Heinie Zimmerman’s five RBIs. The Great Zim has a single, two doubles and a triple.

They might be the Braves this year, but they’re still the doormats of the National League. The Giants fatten their averages today, beating Boston, 17 – 5 and 14 – 12. New York puts the opener away for Christy Mathewson with 10 runs in the 7th inning, with Walt Dickson taking the loss.

Ty Cobb gets pinch hit for in an unusual scenario

Ty Cobb gets pinch hit for in an unusual scenario

George Pearce of the Cubs stops the Cards on one hit, a single by Ed Konetchy. Pearce wins, 6 – 0, over Pol Perritt.

The White Sox post their 1,000th victory in the 13-year history of the franchise when the team beats the Browns, 2-0, in the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep. Big Ed Walsh tosses a complete-game shutout with Shano Collins driving in both runs in the Comiskey Park contest.

The Giants shade the Reds, 3 – 2, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the 9th off Red Ames. Christy Mathewson gives up seven hits and no walks as the Giants increase their lead over the National League to four games. For the second year in a row, Matty will end the season with fewer walks than victories, the only pitcher ever to accomplish that.

Pete Alexander

Grover Cleveland Alexander allows two hits in the 1st inning and none in the next eight innings, but the match-up with the Giants’ Rube Marquard ends in a 1 – 1 tie.

Brownie 1B George Sisler makes his final mound appearance of the year, a complete game 2 - 0 loss to White Sox starter Reb Russell, himself a future position player.

Brownie 1B George Sisler makes his final mound appearance of the year, a complete game 2 – 0 loss to White Sox starter Reb Russell, himself a future position player.

Against the Giants, the Braves pull off a triple steal in the 11th inning, with Johnny Evers on the front end. It is the National League’s only extra-inning triple steal; the American League’s only triple swipe in extra time will come in 1941.

Babe Ruth almost duplicates teammate Rube Foster’s no-hitter, allowing just three singles, two by Frank Gilhooley, in beating the Yankees, 1 – 0. The game takes one hour, 18 minutes.

 Honus Wagner is given a day in Pittsburgh in honor of his unretirement for one more year.

It’s a hot day in New York, and umpires George Hildebrand and Billy Evans don’t show up, so Giants coach Mike Donlin and Browns trainer Bits Bierhalter take their places. The game takes 15 innings to reach an inconclusive 4 – 4 tie.

Max Carey gets two hits in both the first and eighth innings when the Pirates beat the Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park, 24-6. The feat will not be accomplished again until Rennie Stennett, also with Pittsburgh, collects two hits in one inning twice, the first and the fifth frames, in 1975.

St. Louis Cardinals pick up future Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander

St. Louis Cardinals pick up future Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander

The Cards strengthen their hold on 2nd place by defeating the Cubs, 11 - 5, to sweep the series. Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching out of turn at his own request, stops the Cubs on six hits. Alexander wanted to face the team that had shipped him down the river last season. Frankie Frisch has three hits to put him at .331, a point ahead of Rogers Hornsby, for whom he was traded.

The Cards strengthen their hold on 2nd place by defeating the Cubs, 11 – 5, to sweep the series. Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitching out of turn at his own request, stops the Cubs on six hits. Alexander wanted to face the team that had shipped him down the river last season. Frankie Frisch has three hits to put him at .331, a point ahead of Rogers Hornsby, for whom he was traded.

Journeyman hurler Hank Johnson of the Yankees blanks the star-studded Athletics, 4 - 0

Journeyman hurler Hank Johnson of the Yankees blanks the star-studded Athletics, 4 – 0

6/22/1928: In the top of the seventh inning at Wrigley Field, the Cardinals scored two runs on a homer by Jim Bottomley to take a 6-1 lead over the Cubs on Ladies Day. However, rain stopped the game during the top half of that frame and the score reverted back to the last complete inning, so Bottomley lost his sixteenth home run of the season.

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Lou Gehrig hits three home runs in the second game of a doubleheader

The National League finally approves the use of uniform numbers to identify players.

Detroit takes over first place, beating Washington, 11 – 3, dislodging the Yankees who lose, 4 – 1, to Cleveland.

Bill Terry and Joe Cronin, managers of the 1933 pennant winners, are named to head the All-Star teams, establishing a precedent that is still followed.

June 22,1936 At Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, Ival Goodman hits an unusual home run when his fifth-inning fly ball lands and stays on top of the scoreboard in right field. With the perched ball considered in play, the three Dodger outfielders watch the Reds' right fielder round the bases for an easy inside-the-park round-tripper in their 7-2 loss to Cincinnati.

At Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, Ival Goodman hits an unusual home run when his fifth-inning fly ball lands and stays on top of the scoreboard in right field. With the perched ball considered in play, the three Dodger outfielders watch the Reds’ right fielder round the bases for an easy inside-the park round-tripper in their 7-2 loss to Cincinnati.

Chicago's Hank Steinbacher gets five singles and a double in six at bats as the White Sox pound Washington, 16 - 3.

Chicago’s Hank Steinbacher gets five singles and a double in six at bats as the White Sox pound Washington, 16 – 3.

In their 5-4 victory over Detroit, the Yankees establish a new record by hitting at least one home run in 18 straight contests. Joe DiMaggio’s sixth-inning blast not only breaks the major league mark, previously held by the Tigers, but also continues his own consecutive game hitting streak to 35 games.

Boston right-hander Jim Tobin holds the Phillies hitless in the shortened five-inning nightcap, blanking Philadelphia at Braves Field, 7-0. In April, ‘Abba Dabba’ threw a full-game no-hitter against Brooklyn.

In the first game of a twin bill, Charley Schantz gets the win when the Phillies blank Boston for 15 innings, matching the longest shutout in franchise history. Philadelphia right-fielder Ron Northey's homer in the top of the frame scores the game's only run in the 1-0 victory at Braves Field.

In the first game of a twin bill, Charley Schantz gets the win when the Phillies blank Boston for 15 innings, matching the longest shutout in franchise history. Philadelphia right-fielder Ron Northey’s homer in the top of the frame scores the game’s only run in the 1-0 victory at Braves Field.

Bill Veeck heads a syndicate which purchases the Cleveland Indians. This launches Veeck on a long career as a lively promoter at the major league level, having already achieved success in the minors.

Ewell Blackwell

Cincinnati Reds hurler Ewell “The Whip” Blackwell comes within two outs of pitching his second straight no-hitter

6/22/1947(2): The Phillies were in Pittsburgh to play a doubleheader and the first game went 13 innings. The Phillies led the second game, 8-6, at the end of 4 innings, when the game was called for the Sunday curfew. Jim Tabor of the Phillies had homered in the top of the first inning against Rip Sewell with two men on and 1 out. Elbie Fletcher of the Pirates homered in the bottom of the first against Charley Schanz with two men on and 1 out.

Larry Jansen

 Larry Jansen wins the first game of a doubleheader with a 3 – 0 shutout running his scorless streak to 29 innings

Jackie Robinson

A power failure at Forbes Field delays the start of the game with the Dodgers by two hours and the game ends at 1:56AM the latest to date

Willie Mays, 20, hits a 10th-inning home run, the first of his 22 extra-inning home runs, off 42-year-old Dutch Leonard of the Cubs. It is a three-run shot that gives the Giants a 9 - 6 win.

Willie Mays, 20, hits a 10th-inning home run, the first of his 22 extra-inning home runs, off 42-year-old Dutch Leonard of the Cubs. It is a three-run shot that gives the Giants a 9 – 6 win.

Senators C Ed Fitz Gerald pulls off an unassisted double play against Cleveland in a 7 – 5 win in the first game of a doubleheader.

A game between the Olean Oilers (New York-Penn League) and the Erie Sailors is rescheduled from 7:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. But the Sailors don’t get the word and arrive at the Olean ball park 50 minutes after the 4:00 P.M. starting time, and the umpires forfeit the game to Olean.

Willie Kirkland

Willie Kirkland unloads a 14th-inning home run to give the Giants a 5 – 4 win over the Phils.

Mickey Mantle drives in six runs with a triple and two homers to lead New York to a 13 - 6 win

Mickey Mantle drives in six runs with a triple and two homers to lead New York to a 13 – 6 win

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Sandy Koufax fans 16 Philadelphia Phillies as fans urge outfielders to drop balls

Roger Maris leads the Yankees on an 8 – 3 thrashing of the A’s by belting his 27th homer of the year. He adds two doubles and a single. Maris has now hit 20 homers in the past 30 days (May 24 to today), to tie the mark set by Ralph Kiner in 1947.

Playing four hours and two minutes, the Braves outscore the Giants, 11 – 9, in the National League’s longest 9-inning night game.

BAltimore Orioles' first baseman Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole player to homer over the center field hedge at Memorial Stadium as he goes deep off the Red Sox's Don Schwall, who gives up the 469-foot shot. In 1957, Yankee superstar Mickey Mantle became the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

BAltimore Orioles’ first baseman Boog Powell becomes the first Oriole player to homer over the center field hedge at Memorial Stadium as he goes deep off the Red Sox’s Don Schwall, who gives up the 469-foot shot. In 1957, Yankee superstar Mickey Mantle became the first major leaguer to accomplish the feat.

Al Jackson throws the first one-hitter in franchise history when the Mets beat the Colt .45's, the National League's other expansion team, at the Polo Grounds, 2-0. The lone hit given up by the southpaw is Joey Amalfitano's line drive single to left field in the first inning.

Al Jackson throws the first one-hitter in franchise history when the Mets beat the Colt .45’s, the National League’s other expansion team, at the Polo Grounds, 2-0. The lone hit given up by the southpaw is Joey Amalfitano’s line drive single to left field in the first inning.

1962 – Dick Farrell ponders life’s unfairness. He is the losing pitcher while New York’s Al Jackson tosses a 2-0 one-hitter in the opener of a twinbill at the Polo Grounds. In the nightcap, the Colts explode for a 16-3 triumph. Winning pitcher Jim Golden gets support from four Houston homers and six Met errors, including three by first baseman “Marvelous” Marv Throneberry. Golden helps himself with three hits, including two triples.

Stan Musial becomes the all time leader in total bases

Stan Musial becomes the all time leader in total bases

Philadelphia CF Tony Gonzalez plays his 200th straight errorless game to help rookie Ray Culp beat Roger Craig and the Mets, 2 – 0.

Ray Barker’s major league record-tying second consecutive pinch-hit home run is wasted in a first-game, 6 – 2 Yankees loss to the A’s. Mickey Mantle adds a home run in the opener, but in the 4 – 2 nightcap win, he tries to score from second base on a wild pitch and snaps an upper-thigh hamstring. He will be out for three weeks. Ironically, the June 21st Sports Illustratedcover features Mantle with the prescient title “New York Yankees: End of an Era?”

Sandy Koufax

The Astros set a home attendance mark which stands for 22 years, as 50,908 fans watch Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers down Houston, 5-2

An American League record-tying, three straight, two-out home runs by Ted Kubiak, Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando in the 3rd inning power a 7 – 3 Oakland victory over Minnesota in the first of two games. Bando also homers in the 1st to back Chuck Dobson’s win over Jim Kaat. Kaat gets a save in the nitecap as Jim Perry squeezes home Tony Oliva with the winning run in the 13th. The Twins win, 4 – 3.

Bob Bailey becomes first Montreal Expo to hit 2 homeruns in one game

Bob Bailey becomes first Montreal Expo to hit 2 homeruns in one game

Rod Carew, batting .376 for the Twins, injures his right knee during an attempted double play when Milwaukee’s Mike Hegan slides into him. The injury will require surgery and sideline him until September. Harmon Killebrew’s 5th-inning homer with two on enables the Twins to beat the Brewers, 4 – 3, behind Jim Kaat.

Reggie Jackson Oakland A's

Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando and Ted Kubiak hit 3 straight homeruns for A’s

Fred Norman pitches a four-hitter as the Reds beat the visiting Dodgers, 6 – 0.

Randy Jones

Randy Jones ties Christy Mathewson’s record by going 68 innings without a base on balls

At Memorial Stadium The Boston Red Sox bang five homers (George Scott, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk with 2, and Butch Hobson), all off Jim Palmer, to beat Baltimore, 5 – 4. The Sox have now won 12 of their last 13 games and set homer records for eight games (29), seven games (26), and six games (24). The Sox reach 100 homers, the earliest they ever have.

Larry Bowa grand slam

Phillies beat the Reds in Grand Fashion

It’s not easy but the Yankees stop their five-game losing streak with a 12 – 11 win over Detroit. The Yankees are led by Graig Nettles, with a three-run homer, and Reggie Jackson, who belts a two-run triple.

It’s not a good year for Texas manager Frank Lucchesi, as Eddie Stanky takes over, leading the club to a 10 – 8 triumph over the Twins. In spring training, he had been assaulted by 2B Lenny Randle, who broke his jaw with a punch. Tomorrow, the “homesick” Stanky will resign.

In a 7-4 victory over the Orioles at Memorial Stadium, the Red Sox collect their 100th round-tripper of the season, the earliest the club has ever reached the milestone. Today’s homers, hit by George Scott, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk (2), and Butch Hobson, all off Jim Palmer, contribute to a major league record of 29 home runs launched by one club in a span of eight consecutive games.

Mookie Wilson, of the Jackson Generals, and his wife Rosa are married at home plate in Jackson, Mississippi.

With the Orioles trailing 5-3, going into the bottom of the ninth inning, Doug DeCinces hits a two-out walk-off home run off reliever Dave Tobik to give the team a 6-5 victory over the Tigers at Memorial Stadium. The win is credited for triggering the start of “Oriole Magic”, igniting an atmosphere of unbridled enthusiasm in the Charm City for the franchise.

Claudell Washington hits his first three National League home runs to lead the Mets to a 9 – 6 win at Los Angeles and snap a seven-game losing streak.

Red Sox rookie Wade Boggs hits his first major league home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Boston a 5 – 4 win over Detroit. Boggs will finally crack the starting lineup for good after tomorrow’s game, in which regular 3B Carney Lansford severely sprains his ankle while unsuccessfully trying to stretch a triple into an inside-the-park home run. Boggs hits .390 in Lansford’s absence and .349 for the season.

rod Carew 25 game hitting streak

Rod Carew’s 25-game hitting streak is halted by lefty Rick Honeycutt

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies moves into second place on the all-time hit list

Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies moves into second place on the all-time hit list

Rick Monday

Los Angeles Dodgers release longtime major league outfielder Rick Monday

In a teary home plate ceremony before the Twins-White Sox game at the Metrodome, Calvin Griffith and his sister, Thelma Haynes, sign a letter of intent to sell their 52 percent ownership of the Twins to Minneapolis banker Carl Pohlad for $32 million. Griffith and his sister had been involved with the franchise since 1922, when they were adopted by owner Clark Griffith when the team was the Washington Senators.

Bill Doran slaps two triples and drives in four to spark a 10-3 victory over the Giants. Mark Bailey adds a home run. Mike Scott delivers two hits of his own while winning his fourth of the year. 

In his first major league at-bat, Curt Ford delivers a pinch single off Lee Smith to give St. Louis a 2 – 1 win over the Cubs and sole possession of first place in the National League East. Chicago, which had been clinging to first place, has now lost 11 in a row.

San Francisco sweeps a doubleheader from Houston, 4 – 2 and 3 – 2, and leapfrogs past the Astros into first place in the National League West.

Tom Seaver Signed Picture - COA Vintage 8x10 Authentic - PSA/DNA Certified

Tom Seaver announces his retirement after a brief comeback attempt with the New York Mets

6/22/1987: Tom Foley of the Expos hit a two-run home run off Cardinals pitcher Bob Forsch in the top of the second inning. The game was rained out after three innings with Montreal leading 2-1.

The last-place Braves fire manager Russ Nixon and replace him with GM Bobby Cox, who last managed Toronto in 1985. Cox will turn the franchise’s fortunes completely around, starting with a surprise pennant in 1991.

With the Double-A Orioles affiliate Suns batting in the bottom of the third inning facing the Eastern League’s first-place Senators, George H.W. Bush’s motorcade enters the ballpark, marking what is believed to be the first time a U.S. president has attended a minor league game. The 41st Commander-in-Chief and his guests, which include his son Neil, NFL Chicago Bears legend Walter Payton, and author Dan Jenkins, had initially planned to watch the Single-A Keys of the Carolina League play but a sudden storm washed out the contest in Frederick, making Hagerstown the alternative site for the previously unannounced visitor.

Mickey Tettleton of the Tigers becomes the 17th player to ever hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium in Detroit as the Tigers drop a 10 – 3 decision to the Angels.

Mariners OF Dave Cochrane ties a club record for most assists by an outfielder in a game with 2, and sets a club mark for most errors in a game with 3. The Athletics defeat the Mariners, 7 – 2.

Carlton Fisk Chicago White Sox

Carlton Fisk breaks the record catching his 2,226th major league game

1993 – Jeff Bagwell does it all in a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers. He singles, doubles, homers, scores twice, drives in two and steals home. Darryl Kile goes the distance for his seventh win. All of Houston’s runs are unearned. 

OF Ken Griffey Jr. leads the Mariners to a 12 - 3 win over the Angels by stroking his 31st home run of the season. In doing so, Griffey breaks Babe Ruth's record for most home runs before the end of June. Although the Yankee slugger needed only 63 games to reach 30 homers in 1928 and 68 games in 1930, Junior accomplishes the feat in the Mariners' 70th game of the season.

OF Ken Griffey Jr. leads the Mariners to a 12 – 3 win over the Angels by stroking his 31st home run of the season. In doing so, Griffey breaks Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs before the end of June. Although the Yankee slugger needed only 63 games to reach 30 homers in 1928 and 68 games in 1930, Junior accomplishes the feat in the Mariners’ 70th game of the season.

In the Mets’ 5-2 victory at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, southpaw closer John Franco picks up his 253rd save, the most by a left hander. The first two Braves’ batters in the lineup, Roberto Kelly and Jeff Blauser, both hit home runs off New York starter Pete Smith, but the back-to-back first inning round-trippers will prove to be the only scoring done by the team for the rest of the game.

The Reds defeat the Braves, 9 – 8, as Cincinnati’s Eric Anthony and Eddie Taubensee both hit pinch-hit home runs in the 8th inning. It is only the second time that a club has hit two pinch homers in the same frame in the National League since 1975.

Two acoustic panels fall from the roof of the Toronto SkyDome, injuring seven fans during the 7th inning of the Brewers’ 7 – 0 win over the Blue Jays.

In Cleveland, Ruben Sierra homers from both sides of the plate as the Yankees beat the Indians, 11 – 9. One of Sierra’s home runs comes in the 9-run 6th inning. Albert Belle, back from a two-game suspension, is 3 for 5 with a homer, and Eddie Murray adds his 488th home run for the Tribe. The game takes 4:10.

The Cubs beat the Padres, 9 – 6, in 16 innings. 1B Brant Brown is the hero for Chicago with five hits on the day, including a double and a two-run homer in the 16th.

at Veterans Stadium The Atlanta Braves power four homers in a 9-run 3rd inning to sink the Phils, 12 – 5, handing Philadelphia its 8th loss in a row. Chipper Jones, Fred McGriff, Michael Tucker and Jeff Blauserall homer in Atlanta’s biggest inning since 1989.

Florida OF Mark Kotsay gets five hits in the Marlins’ 12-inning, 3 – 2 win over Tampa Bay.

The Rangers send P Bobby Witt to the Cardinals in exchange for a player to be named and cash.

At Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the Marlins defeat the Devil Rays in an interleague contest, 3-2. The Citrus Series contest marks the first time the two major league teams from Florida have faced one another in the regular season.

At Denver, the Cubs overcome an 8-run deficit to trip the Rockies, 13 – 12.

Cincinnati defeats Arizona, 8 – 7, as 2B Pokey Reese goes 5 for 6, including a double and triple.

In Atlanta’s 2 – 1 loss to Montreal, Brian Jordan is hit on the right wrist by a pitch from Mike Thurman, and his batting will be hampered for the remainder of the season.

Although he has been dead for fifty-one years, Hack Wilson is awarded another RBI, increasing his major league RBI record to 191. The commissioner’s office revises the total after baseball’s historian Jerome Holtzman discovered the Cubs outfielder did not get credit for driving in Kiki Cuyler with a third-inning single in a game played in July of 1930.

The Cardinals defeat the Giants, 11 – 10. San Francisco scores 8 runs in the 5th inning in a losing cause.

At Wrigley Field, Milwaukee beats the Cubs and Kerry Wood, 2 – 1, snapping Chicago’s home win streak at 12 games, their longest win streak since 1936. It’s their first loss since May 18th. James Mouton’s infield single in the 9th drives home the winner.

The Giants double the Cardinals, 10 – 5, despite a home run by Mark McGwire. It is the first meeting between teams sporting 500-homer hitters (Barry Bonds and McGwire) since 1976.

The Braves trade John Rocker  after his negative comments about New Yorkers, homosexuals, unwed mothers and immigrants appeared in Sports Illustrated.

The Braves trade John Rocker  after his negative comments about New Yorkers, homosexuals, unwed mothers and immigrants appeared in Sports Illustrated.

The Marlins score four runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the Tigers, 5 – 4. Luis Castillo goes hitless in four at bats to end his 35-game hitting streak and is left on deck when the winning run scores. The streak is the longest ever accomplished by a second baseman, a mark that Phillies’ secondbaseman Chase Utley will equal in 2006.

The Texas Longhorns win their 5th College World Series, beating South Carolina, 12 – 6, in the finale of the 2002 College World Series. Chris Carmichael hits a three-run home run and closer Huston Street picks up his 4th save and is selected the Outstanding Player. Augie Garrido is the first coach to win CWS championships at two schools. Texas last won a CWS in 1983, when Roger Clemens pitched for the Longhorns.

A saddened Joe Girardi, the Cubs’ player rep, informs the Wrigley Field crowd the scheduled game between St. Louis and the Cubs is postponed due to the death of Darryl Kile, who is found dead in his Chicago hotel room as the result of coronary disease. The 33 year-old Cardinal right-hander is the first active major league player to pass away during the regular season since 1979, when Yankee captain Thurman Munson was killed while practicing landing his plane at the Akron-Canton Airport.

Stunned by the death of ex-teammate Darryl Kile, Astro veterans Craig Biggio, Brad Ausmus and Jeff Bagwell sit out a game against the Seattle Mariners

Opposing a pitcher who was born the year before he began his major league career, Roger Clemens makes his much-hyped season debut against the Twins. The ‘Rocket’, starting his 23rd major league season, is bested by Francisco Liriano, a 22 year-old pitching sensation from the Dominican Republic, when Minnesota beats the Astros, 4-2.

In just his fourth major league start, Cardinals starter Anthony Reyes throws a one-hitter, but is beaten by the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, 1-0. The only hit the Redbird rookie right-hander gives up is Jim Thome’s seventh inning solo home run.

Ryan Rowland-Smith makes his historic major league debut. The former Australian Olympic star and Silver Medalist becomes the first player in history to have a hyphenated surname.

The fifth longest consecutive game streak in baseball history comes to an end at 1,152 when Miguel Tejada sits out when Baltimore plays the Diamondbacks in Arizona. The Oriole shortstop, who was struck by San Diego’s Doug Brocail two games ago, resulting in a non-displaced fracture of the left radius, continued his streak yesterday with an attempted sac bunt, but was lifted for a pinch runner in the first inning.

Mark Teixeira’s three home runs account for half of the Braves’ runs in their 8-3 interleague victory over Seattle. Atlanta’s switch-hitting first baseman smacks solo shots from the left side in the second and fourth innings, and then adds a two-run round-tripper batting right-handed in the seventh frame of the Turner Field contest.

Donald Fehr announces his retirement as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association after 25 years. He was in charge during the 1994 strike and the relative labor peace that followed. His resignation will be effective in March 2010, when the union’s general counsel, Michael Weiner, will take over.

All-Star centerfielder Carlos Beltran of the New York Mets is placed on the disabled list with a bruised right knee. The ailing Mets still defeat St. Louis, 6 – 4, as Omir Santos goes 4 for 4 to hand Tim Redding his first win for New York.

Jamie Moyer serves up the 505th home run of his major league career

Arizona State University, the #1 seed, gets bumped from the 2010 College World Series by losing their first two games. ASU had not lost consecutive games all season until this point.

The sale of the Texas Rangers by Tom Hicks to a group headed by Chuck Greenberg is not proceeding smoothly. Although announced in January, it is now before a Federal Bankruptcy Court. Judge Michael Lynn issues a ruling today that creditors are adversely affected by a plan to pay them $75 million and are entitled to vote on it. The sale could fall through if the creditors veto the deal, valued at $575 million overall; at issue is the treatment of $525 million in loans on which Hicks’s ownership group defaulted last year. Meanwhile, on the field, the Rangers beat Pittsburgh, 6 – 3, thanks to Josh Hamilton’s 17th homer of the year, extending his hitting streak to 17 games.

The White Sox extend their unlikely winning streak to seven games with a 9 – 6 victory over Atlanta to move one game above .500. They are helped by a freakish play with two outs in the 4th, when Alex Rios hits a ground ball that jumps inside 3B Brooks Conrad’s shirt for an infield single. Paul Konerko follows with a single and Carlos Quentin with a three-run homer for a 9 – 3 lead. Before the streak, both manager Ozzie Guillen and general manager Kenny Williams were rumored to be on the verge of losing their job.

The GCL Yankees rip the GCL Pirates, 11 – 4. In the 5th, the Bucs turn to Dovydas Neverauskas, who will allow two runs in 2 1/3 IP. He becomes the first Lithuanian to play in the minor leagues.

Rays announcer Dewayne Staats, before calling his 5000th major league game, throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the hometown team’s 2-1 loss to San Diego at Tropicana Field. The veteran broadcaster, in his 25th season, has also done play-by-play for the Cubs, Astros, and ESPN.

The Reds split a doubleheader with the Yankees as Chris Heisey hits three homers in the nitecap for a 10 – 2 win. Johnny Cueto is the winner against journeyman starter Brian Gordon. The Cincinnati leadoff hitter goes deep off Gordon in the first and fifth, and in the eighth frame connects off Hector Noesi in the Great American Ball Park. The Yanks win the opener, 4 – 2, when Jorge Posada, making a rare start at first base, hits a two-run homer, his first long ball since April 23rd

Two teams who have not been used to playing .500 ball in recent years reach the mark today. The Nationals even their record with a 2 – 1 win over Seattle as John Lannan outduels Erik Bedard thanks to a pair of unearned runs. It is the latest the Nats have been at .500 since their inaugural season in Washington in 2005; they have reached the mark by going 10-1 over their last 11 games. Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh, the Pirates also reach the magic number as Kevin Correia picks up his 9th win, 5 – 4, over the Orioles, thanks to a costly error by the O’s Blake Davis in his major league debut. Brandon Wood and Michael McKenry both score when Josh Harrison’s 5th-inning ground ball with two outs passes between the second baseman’s legs. Closer Joel Hanrahan remains perfect for the season, registering his 20th save in as many opportunities. Pittsburgh has hovered around the .500 mark all year so far, in a bid to end an 18-year streak of losing seasons.

The Marlins tie the franchise record for most losses in a month when they are beaten by the Angels in 10 innings, 6-5. The defeat is the team’s 20th out of 22 decisions in June.

In the nightcap of a twin bill split with New York, Chris Heisey blasts three homers and drives in half of the Reds’ runs in the team’s 10-2 interleague rout of the Bronx Bombers. The Cincinnati leadoff hitter goes deep off Brian Gordon in the first and fifth, and in the eighth frame connects off Hector Noesi in the Great American Ball Park contest.

0Roy Oswalt is successful in his return to the major leagues with the Texas Rangers, pitching into the 7th inning in a 4 – 1 win over Colorado. For their part, the Rockies suffer their 13th loss over their last 15 games.

Max Scherzer improves his record to 11-0 with a 10 – 3 Tigers win over the Red Sox. Roger Clemens, in 1997, was the last pitcher to reach that mark.

The Padres fire General Manager Josh Byrnes.

ESPN reveals it has obtained a copy of a notebook belonging to Pete Rose which contains evidence of regular betting on baseball games during the 1986 season. The notebook was seized during a police raid on one of Rose’s associates in 1989, after Rose was banned from baseball by Commissioner Bart Giamatti, and had been under court-ordered seal since. Its content corroborate the contents of the Dowd Report, which led to Rose’s suspension, and make it even less likely that current Commissioner Rob Manfred will reverse it, as Rose has pleaded for him to do.

Nationals outfielder Michael Taylor has a nightmarish game, as he gets to wear the platinum sombrero, striking out five times, then lets Yasiel Puig’s 9th-inning single roll under his glove for a three-base error. The mistake turns a 3 – 2 Nats lead to a 4 – 3 loss to the Dodgers, as Howie Kendrick also scores on the “Little League homer”.

The Dodgers complete a four-game sweep of the Mets with a 6 – 3 win. Joc Pederson hits a go-ahead home run in the 7th and teammates Enrique Hernandez and Justin Turner also go deep in the win. Over the four games, Los Angeles outscored New York 36-11 and banged 15 homers to move into first place in the NL West.

Today’s game between the White Sox and Twins at Target Field starts after a Twins record rain delay of four hours and fifty minutes. First pitch is finally thrown at 5 pm, as the two teams badly want to get the game in the books, as the alternative would be to lose a rare off-day on August 28th were it postponed. Chicago ends up with a 9 – 0 win.

MLB suspends Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna for 75 games, retroactive to May 8th, the day he was arrested on charges of domestic violence and placed on administrative leave. It is the second-longest such punishment handed out, only less than the 82 games given to Hector Olivera in 2016.

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