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1890 Beating Pittsburgh, 4-2, Giants hurler Mickey Welch joins Pud Galvin and Cy Young becoming baseball's third hurler to record his 300th victory. The 31-year old Brooklyn native will win only seven more games before ending his 13-year career next season.
1943 In a Red Cross charity game played at Yankee Stadium,‚ retired outfielder Babe Ruth leads a Yank-Lands club, a combination of former Yankee and Indian ballplayers, against the Cloudbusters, a U.S. Navy team from the Chapel Hill Naval Pre-Flight School based at the University of North Carolina. ‘The Bambino', appearing as pinch-hitter in his only plate appearance in the 8-5 loss to the servicemen, is walked by 25-year old Navy pilot trainee and Boston Braves right-hander Johnny Sain.
1962 After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus in New York two days ago with teammate Gene Conley to use the rest room, Pumpsie Green returns to the Red Sox. The prodigal infielder is fined for his disappearance.
1964 During a 3-1 victory over the Yankees in New York, Jim Fregosi of the expansion Angels becomes the first player to hit for the cycle during the 3+ year of existence of the franchise. The Los Angeles third baseman will accomplish the feat again in 1968 making it the second occurrence in club history.
1970 It is a tough day for Angels’ catcher Tom Egan when he is charged with five passed balls. To make matters worse the California backstop also commits an error allowing the winning run to score in a 6-5 loss to the Yankees.
1971 Orioles' third baseman Brooks Robinson, a sixteen-time gold glove winner, commits three errors. Thanks to Frank Robinson's ninth inning three-run walk-off home run off Rollie Fingers, the Orioles prevail and beat the A's, 3-2.
1976 White Sox pitchers John 'Blue Moon' Odom (5 innings) and Francisco Barrios (4 innings) combined to no-hit the A's, 2-1. The win will be the Oakland's starter's last victory in the major leagues.
1978 At Candlestick Park, the Giants beat the Cubs 9-8 in a game that begun at Wrigley Field. The contest was suspended with two outs in the top of the eighth and resumed in San Francisco eight days later.
1979 Cubs' slugger Dave Kingman becomes the sixth player in major league history to hit three home runs in one game twice in one season. The Mets win the game, 6-4.
1983 American League president Lee MacPhail decides George Brett's 'Pine Tar' home run should count. The remainder of the game will played on August 18 with the Royals beating the Yankees, 5-4.
1985 The Hall of Fame welcomes Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, Arky Vaughan and Hoyt Wilhelm as members. Wilhelm is the first pitcher to be inducted because of his role as a relief pitcher.
1990 At Candlestick Park, Giants’ hurler Scott Garrelts is perfect putting away the first 26 Reds batter he faces. Paul O’Neil’s two-out single to shallow centerfield in the ninth inning breaks up the no-hittter, and the right-hander ends up with a one-hit 4-0 blanking of Cincinnati.
1991 Expos' Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game defeating Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium. Ron Hassey becomes the first backstop to ever catch two perfect games as he also was behind the plate on May, 15, 1981 when pitcher Indian hurler Len Barker faced 27 batters beating the Blue Jays, 3-0.
1993 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. homers in his eighth straight game to tie a major league record held by Dale Long (1956) and Don Mattingly (1987). In tomorrow’s game Junior will barely miss breaking the record as he hits a long double of right-center field wall at the Kingdome.
1994 Beating the Angels, 4-0, Rangers' southpaw Kenny Rogers becomes the first American League lefty to pitch a perfect game.94 Rangers' southpaw Kenny Rogers becomes the first American League lefty to pitch a perfect game beating the Angels, 4-0.
1998 After setting the record yesterday for hitting the most home runs before getting a grand slam, Sammy Sosa hits another today becoming the 18th major leaguer to hit a grand slam on consecutive days.
2000 Unable to win in four months, David Cone is sent to the team's minor league camp in Tampa by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. The struggling veteran will be under supervision of Billy Connors, the Yankees vice president of player personnel.
2000 The Mets' have a busy day on the trading block as they obtain Oriole shortstop Mike Bordick for utility players Melvin Mora and Mike Kinkade and minor pitchers Lesli Brea and Pat Gorman. A few hours later Mets complete a four-player deal with the Devil Rays receiving reliever Rick White and outfielder Bubba Trammell in exchange for minor leaguers Jason Tyner and Paul Wilson.
2001 Oriole outfielder Melvin Mora's wife, Gisel, gives birth to quintuplets. The three boys and two girls, who all weighed in under two and half pounds, are doing well.
2001 With two outs in the ninth inning at PNC Park, Brian Giles erases a three-run deficit with a walk-off grand slam defeating an astounded Astros squad, 9-8. The Pittsburgh's left-fielder's 'sayonara slam' is hit off Houston's all-star closer, Billy Wagner.
2002 During his induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, with the song 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' playing in the background and with a copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' in his hands, Ozzie Smith compares his baseball career to Dorothy's away trip from Kansas. Citing the recipe for his success during his 19-year career with Cardinals and Padres, the 47-year-old tells the crowd he had the mind to dream, which the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to believe, which the Tin Man wanted, and courage to persevere, which the Lion lacked.
2002 The Giants trade two minor league pitchers, right-hander Felix Diaz and left-hander Ryan Meaux, to obtain veteran center fielder Kenny Lofton from the White Sox.
2002 In a 7-1 loss to the Phillies at Turner Field, Gary Sheffield's team record of reaching base ends at 52 straight games. The Braves' right fielder surpasses Dale Murphy's previous mark of 48 consecutive contests.
2004 Nailing down a 2-0 Angels victory over the Rangers, Troy Percival becomes the 18th major league reliever to record 300 saves. The 34-year old right-hander is the fifth fastest to reach the career milestone.
2005 At Whataburger Field, a trio of Frisco RoughRiders (Rangers-AA) pitchers hurl nine perfect innings to beat the hometown Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros-AA), 3-0. A.J. Murray (6), Steve Karsay (2) and Scott Feldman (1) combine to throw only the third nine-inning perfect game, the first by a combination of hurlers, in the 117 year history of the Texas League.
2006 The Brewers have a busy day wheeling and dealing as the team sends All-star left-fielder Carlos Lee and a minor league outfielder to Texas and acquire third baseman David Bell from the Phillies in separate deals. The Brew Crew get reliever Francisco Cordero, flychasers Kevin Mench and Laynce Nix, and a minor league southpaw from the Rangers and later send Class A righty Wilfrido Laureano to the Philadelphia for their new infielder.
2007 With the help two day-night doubleheaders, MLB establishes a new daily attendance record as 717,478 go through the turnstiles for the 17 games played on Saturday. The former mark of 640,412, set on July 3, 1999, was accomplished with the same number of games played .
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