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| 1901 | At Chicago's South Side Park, the Cleveland Blues (Indians) collect 23 singles as the team coasts to a 13-1 victory over the White Sox. Pale Hose hurler Bock Baker gives up all of the one-base hits, a major league record. |
| 1922 | At Ebbets Field, Lee King drives in seven runs in the Phillies' 10-7 win over the Robins. The Philadelphia outfielder will collect only 15 RBIs playing with Philadelphia and the Giants this season. |
| 1929 | The Red Sox lose to the A's, 7-3, in their first-ever Sunday home game. Due to Fenway's proximity to a church and the resulting protesters, the historic contest takes place one mile west of its home to its crosstown rival's ballpark, Braves Field. |
| 1930 | The A's score four runs without the benefit of a base hit, thanks to a lack of control and a pair of Red Sox errors, the ninth inning Boston meltdown accounts for Philadelphia's 5-4 comeback victory at Fenway Park. |
| 1934 | At Navin Field, Goose Goslin grounds out into four consecutive double plays. The Tiger outfielder's lack of offense doesn't matter, as Detroit beats the visiting Indians, 4-1. |
| 1946 | The Braves sweep a twin bill from the Phillies played at Fenway Park, the home of the American League's Red Sox, because the seats in the reserved grandstand in their Boston ballpark are still tacky after the team's Opening Day debacle due to wet paint. The Red Sox, who play all day games at home, are offered Braves Field for night games as a thank-you, but the team declines the invitation. |
| 1950 | Jim Martin, the Pampa Oilers' catcher, is struck by lightning behind the plate during a Class C West Texas-New Mexico League contest played at Abilene's Blue Sox Stadium. The 20-year-old backstop, who will return to the lineup tomorrow, is knocked unconscious by the bolt of electricity that propels his mask 20 feet beyond the pitcher's mound. |
| 1960 |
At a night game against Cleveland, the White Sox unveil the 'Monster,' their new exploding scoreboard at the Comiskey Park. The $300,000 brainchild of Chicago owner Bill Veeck will produce fireworks and accompanying sound effects whenever a hometown player hits a home run.
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| 1961 | Five days past his 40th birthday, Warren Spahn becomes the second-oldest pitcher, only behind Cy Young's performance at the age of 41-years and three months, to throw a no-hitter. Hank Aaron knocks in the game's only run when the Braves beat the Giants at County Stadium, 1-0. |
| 1965 |
With Houston fans cheering their pregame ascent, Mets announcer Lindsey Nelson and a radio engineer climb into the Astrodome's gondola and are hoisted 208 feet above second base to broadcast the game. The umpiring crew determines that any ball hitting the pair will be playable following an existing ground rule that calls a ball striking any part of the dome in play.
via Astrosdaily.com |
| 1985 |
After dismissing Yogi Berra when the team gets off to a 6-10 start, the Yankees hire Billy Martin for the fourth time to manage the club. The fired skipper vows not to return to Yankee Stadium for as long as George Steinbrenner is the team's owner, and it will take 14 years for the two to reconcile.
BERRA DISMISSED BY STEINBRENNER; MARTIN REHIRED TO MANAGE YANKS.
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| 1985 | Dodger southpaw Fernando Valenzuela sets an MLB mark with 41 consecutive scoreless innings at the start of a season without allowing an earned run when he blanks the Padres through eight innings. In the top of the ninth, Tony Gwynn snaps the southpaw's scoreless streak with a solo home run, giving the Friars an eventual 1-0 victory at Chavez Ravine. |
| 1987 | Mike Boddicker tosses his second career one-hitter when the Orioles beat Kansas City at Royals Stadium, 3-0. The only hit given up by the 29-year-old right-hander is a sixth-inning single to Willie Wilson. |
| 1988 | The Orioles finish the day 16 games out of first place, extending their major league mark of season-starting losses to 21 when the Twins defeat the team, 4-2. The Metrodome loss marks the seventh consecutive time the opponents sweep a series from Baltimore. |
| 1989 | Entering the game against Padres with two outs in the ninth inning, Cubs' closer Mitch Williams records a save without throwing a pitch. The 24-year-old reliever picks off Carmelo Martínez at second base, giving Chicago a 3-1 victory in the Wrigley Field contest. |
| 1995 |
With one out in the top of the fourth inning, three fans, showing their displeasure at the recent baseball strike, jump a Shea Stadium fence and begin scattering dollar bills at the Mets' players' feet. As a finale to their defiant act, the trio stands on second base with arms raised, showing the Opening Day crowd their T-shirts stenciled with the word Greed.
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| 1998 | Juan Gonzalez establishes a new major league record for April by driving in 35 runs during the month. The Rangers' right-fielder sets the mark with two RBIs in the 7-2 victory over the Twins at the Metrodome. |
| 2000 | Ranger reliever Jeff Zimmerman takes his third loss of the young season when he balks home the winning run in the team's 4-3 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards. The walk-off balk, scoring pinch-runner Mark Lewis, is called by home plate umpire Ian Lamplugh when the right-hander starts his motion but steps off the rubber without delivering a pitch. |
| 2010 | Phillies slugger Ryan Howard agrees to a $125 million, five-year contract extension that could keep the infielder with the team until 2017. The 30-year-old first baseman's $25-million guaranteed average salary during the new deal is the second-highest amount in the major leagues, trailing behind only Alex Rodriguez's ten-year contract with the Yankees, which averages $27.5 million per season. |
| 2010 | David Wright surpasses Ed Kranepool to become the Mets' all-time leader in doubles. The 27-year-old third baseman, who collected his 1,000th career hit yesterday, strokes his 226th two-bagger in the second inning of the Mets' 7-3 victory over Los Angeles at Citi Field. |
| 2010 |
Changes recommended by baseball's special committee for on-field matters, including expanding All-Star rosters to 34 players, including 13 pitchers, will be implemented for this season's Midsummer classic scheduled for Anaheim's Angel Stadium. Other adopted rules include:
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| 2010 |
Luke Hughes becomes the fifth player in Twins' history to homer in his first at-bat in the major leagues when he goes deep off Detroit's Max Scherzer in Minnesota's 11-6 loss at Comerica Park. The Australian-born rookie third baseman joins Rick Renick (1968), Dave McKay (1975), Gary Gaetti (1981), and Andre David (1984) in accomplishing the feat.
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| 2011 | Ben Zobrist breaks the Rays' RBIs record of seven established in 2007 by Carlos Pena when he drives in eight runs with an RBI single, a three-run homer, along with a pair of two-run doubles. The All-Star infielder's offensive output helps Tampa Bay trounce the Twins 15-3 in the first game of a day-night doubleheader at Target Field. |
| 2012 | Bryce Harper makes his much-anticipated debut in the Nationals' 4-3 loss to Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine. The 19-year-old rookie center fielder, who drives in the potential go-ahead run in the ninth inning with a sacrifice fly, doubles in the top of the seventh off Chad Billingsley for his first major league hit. |
| 2012 | Adam Jones, who is currently leading the Orioles in both homers and RBIs and has a 17-game hitting streak, has agreed to the richest contract in franchise history. The 26-year-old center fielder comes to terms with the team on a six-year, $85.5-million no-trade deal, keeping the All-Star flychaser in Baltimore through the 2018 season. |
| 2012 |
Frank Robinson's likeness, created by sculptor Antonio Mendez, becomes the second of a series of six bronze statues, with skipper Earl Weaver being the first, unveiled at Camden Yards' Legends Park this season. In his first season with the Orioles, the future Hall of Fame outfielder won the Triple Crown (.316 average, 49 homers, 122 RBIs) and both the American League and World Series MVP awards, en route to leading Baltimore to the Fall Classic four times during his six seasons with the team.
by Mark Nelson. |
| 2013 | In the first game of a day-night doubleheader, Jeremy Guthrie ties a franchise record by going 16 consecutive starts without a loss for the Royals. The 34-year-old right-hander works 6.2 innings without giving up a run in Kansas City's 9-0 victory over Cleveland at Kauffman Stadium. |
| 2013 | 🇩🇴 The Blue Jays become the first team to start six players from the Dominican Republic in a game. The sellout crowd of 45,260 at the Rogers Centre is delighted when Jose Reyes, Melky Cabrera, Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Juan Francisco, and Moises Sierra help Toronto bounce Boston 7-1. |
| 2019 | Matt Adams' walk-off home run in the 11th inning becomes the decisive blow when Washington overcomes a six-run deficit to beat the Padres at Nationals Park, 7-6, with round-trippers by Juan Soto, Victor Robles, and Carter Kieboom contributing significantly to the comeback victory. According to Elias, the youngsters become the first trio of teammates 21 years old or younger to homer in the same game. |
29 Fact(s) Found