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June 23rd

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1917 Red Sox reliever Ernie Shore replaces an ejected Babe Ruth, who had walked the only batter he faced, and retires the next consecutive 26 batters. The only base runner is thrown out trying to steal second.
1930 In a 19-6 win over the Pirates, the Dodgers get twelve consecutive hits, including Babe Herman's two home runs
1946 At the Polo Grounds, Eddie Waitkus and Marv Rickert hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs in the fourth inning. The Cubs, however, still lose to the Giants, 15-10.
1950 The game's 11th home run, a ninth inning game-winning home run by Hoot Evers, gives the Tigers a dramatic a 10-9 victory over the Yankees and sets the major league record for the most homers ever hit in a single game.
1961 Sam Mele is named to replace Cookie Lavagetto as the manager of the Twins during the team's first season in Minnesota. As a coach, the Astoria, New York native filledin as the skipper of the club while Lavagetto took a seven-game leave of absence in earlier in the month.
1962 Former Indians outfielder Larry Doby to becomes one of the first players with major league experience to sign with a Japanese team.The future Hall of Famer wiill play with the Chunichi of the Nippon Professional Baseball League, but will only hit .225 for the Dragons.
1963 Much to the dismay of Phillies' pitcher Dallas Green and commissioner Ford Frick, Mets' outfielder Jimmie Piersall runs around the bases backward to celebrate his 100th career home run.
1971 Rick Wise hits two home runs and drives in three runs as he faces only 28 batters and no-hits the Reds, 4-0 on 95 pitches. The Phillies' hurler will again hit two home runs in same game this season on August 28th
1973 For the fourth consecutive game that he pitches in the month of June, Phillies' hurler Ken Brett hits a home run.
1984 In a 12-11, 11-inning Chicago victory, Cubs' second baseman Ryne Sandberg hits a lead-off solo home run in the ninth off Cardinal reliever Bruce Sutter tying the score 9-9 then hits a two-run, two-out homer in the 10th to knot the game, 11-11.
1984 The Roger Maris Museum opens in the West Acres Shopping Center located in Fargo, North Dakota. Nearly 2,000 visitors are attracted to the 72-foot showcase which features memorabilia from the slugger’s 12-year big league career, including a ticket stub from the 162nd game of the 1961 season.
1993 Jay Buhner becomes the first player in Mariners history to hit for the cycle. To complete the task, the right fielder triples and will score the winning run in the 14th inning of a 8-7 victory over the A's at the Kingdome.
1995 'Marvelous' Mark Throneberry, known best by his antics as a Met, dies from cancer at age
1996 The Yankees complete a four-game sweep of the Indians in Cleveland for the first time since 1964.
2003 Stealing second base at Pacific Bell Park in the 11th inning, Barry Bonds becomes the first player to hit 500 homers and steal 500 bases in his career. The Giants' left fielder may not only be the charter member of the 500-500 club, many believe, including him, he will most likely only member, as no one else may ever reach this plateau.
2005 Making his professional debut, Yakima Bears hurler Ryan Doherty pitches a perfect sixth and seventh, striking out three of the six batters he faces, during a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canadians. At 7’1”, the right-hander from Toms River, New Jersey, who signed a free-agent contract with Diamondbacks after pitching for Notre Dame, becomes the tallest pitcher in professional baseball history surpassing Jon Rauch who stands a mere 6 feet-11 inches.
2006 White Sox starter Jose Contreras establishes a franchise mark, surpassing LaMarr Hoyt and Wilson Alvarez, by winning his 16th consecutive decision as Chicago beat the Astros 7-4 in a match up of last year's World Series rivals. The Cuban right-hander, whose last defeat occurred on August 15 last season against the Twins, hasn't been beaten in his past 21 regular season starts
2006 Defeating Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, 6-1, the Mets set a club record winning their ninth straight decision on the road. The team had won their eight decisions on an 10-game road trip including stops in Los Angeles, Arizona, and Philadelphia.
2008 In an inter-league contest against the Mets at Shea Stadium, Mariners' right-hander Felix Hernandez becomes the first pitcher in the 31-year history of the franchise to hit a home run. The homer, which comes off fellow Venezuela ace Johan Santana, is also the first grand slam hit by a American League pitcher since Steve Dunning of the Indians homered off A’s moundsman Diego Segui in 1971.
19 Fact(s) Found