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08-03-2004, 05:53 PM
2001
» Oakland edges the Detroit Tigers, 2-1, on Jason Giambi's 9th inning solo homer. The win goes to Tim Hudson who outduels Tiger ace Jeff Weaver. The A's collect only four hits, with Giambi's blast completing a team cycle— Terrence Long has a triple, Johnny Damon a double, Jeremy Giambi has a single, and Jason Giambi the home run.
White Sox P Mark Buehrle tosses a 1–hitter in defeating Tampa Bay 4–0. Damian Rolls' leadoff single in the 7th is the Devil Rays' only hit. Buehrle walks one and faces just 28 batters.
The Blue Jays defeat the Orioles, 10–1, despite an infestation of aphids in the 3rd inning. Although the game is not delayed, home plate ump Tim Welke asks that the roof of the SkyDome be closed. Toronto's Jeff Frye wears a dust mask in the dugout.
The Brewers edge the visiting Atlanta Braves, 3–2, winning on a wild pitch by Jose Cabrera in the 11th. The Brewers break the two million mark in attendance for just the second time in their franchise history, the first being in 1983; however, the Brewers predecessor in Milwaukee, the Braves, broke two million each season from 1954 to 1957.
The Blue Jays release P Joey Hamilton ending a 3-year struggling relationship between the club and the pitcher. The Jays had originally signed Hamilton to a 3-year $16.5 million contract.
A jury orders Anheuser–Busch to pay the family of the late Roger Maris $50 million for improperly taking away a beer distributorship. Both sides plan to appeal the ruling, as attorneys for the Maris family said the panel meant to award the family $139 million, but were confused by the judge's instructions to the jury.
1999
» The major league baseball umpires union files unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations board to block the American League and National League from using minor league replacements.
1998
» Houston pitcher C.J. Nitkowski hits three consecutive Marlin batters with pitches in the 8th inning: Dock Ellis (1974) and Wilbur Wood (1977) are the only other pitchers since 1900 to hit three batters in a row. The three plunks in an inning ties the ML record. Nitkowski gives up a hit and four runs in Florida's 11–3 win.
Leading off for the Yankees, Chuck Knoblauch lines a hit off Mike Oquist's ribs, and the Yankees continue to connect off the Oakland pitcher for 15 more hits, including four homers, in five innings. New York wins, 14–1, scoring all 14 earned runs off Oquist, the most runs allowed since Bill Travers in August 1977. Orlando Hernandez picks up the win.
1997
» Phil Niekro, Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells are inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
1996
» The Braves defeat the Dodgers, 5-3, in 18 innings. Rookie P Brad Woodall picks up his 1st victory with two 2/3 innings of hitless relief.
1995
» The Senate Judiciary Committee sends a bill calling for the partial repeal of baseball's antitrust exemption to the full Senate. The vote is just 9-8.
1994
» The Reds defeat the Giants, 17-4, as former Giant Kevin Mitchell gets five hits and five RBIs against his former teammates. Mitchell strokes two singles, two doubles, and a home run.
1992
» Tigers president Bo Schembechler and team chairman Jim Campbell are both fired.
1991
» Oakland OF Dave Henderson blasts three home runs in his first three at bats in an 8-6 loss to Minnesota.
1990
» Cleveland's Tom Candiotti has his no hitter spoiled in the 8th inning when New York's Oscar Azocar singles. Candy leaves the game then and takes the loss as the Tribe drops a 6–4 decision. In just his 2nd week in the majors, Cleveland's Alex Cole ties a major-league record by stealing seven bases in two games. He set the club record by swiping five bases against the Royals on August 1st.
The Braves trade 2-time MVP OF Dale Murphy to the Phillies for reliever Jeff Parrett and a pair of players to be named later.
Pittsburgh's Doug Drabek is one out away from a no-hitter when he gives up a single to the Phillies Sil Campusano, who is hitting .188. Drabek finishes with an 11–0 one-hitter.
1989
» The Reds score 14 runs in the first inning of an 18–2 demolition of the Astros. ML records set during the onslaught include most hits in an inning (16), most players with two hits in an inning (7), and most singles in an inning (12). Mariano Duncan and Luis Quinones each tie the major-league record by batting three times and the team ties the National League and ML mark with most players scoring twice (6). Tom Browning is the easy complete game winner while Jim Clancy, who gives up seven runs while recording no outs, is the loser. Bob Forsch, allows 10 runs on 18 hits in seven innings, and Juan Agosto, one run in one inning.
1987
» Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected during the 4th inning of Minnesota's 11–3 win over California. He will be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who doesn't buy Niekro's story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.
Jack Morris ties the AL record with five wild pitches in a 4–2, 10-inning loss to the Royals. Morris will scatter 24 wild pitches this season to set a new ML record. Juan Guzman will top it with 26, in 1993.
Tom Candiotti tosses a one hitter as the Indians beat the Yankees, 2–0. Mike Easler's leadoff single in the 8th is the only hit.
1986
» Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
At Comiskey Park, Russ Morman homers and singles in the 4th inning in his first ML game as the Sox beat the Tigers, 10–1. He ties Billy Martin's debut with his two hits in one inning. A Kirk Gibson homer is the only score for Detroit, while Harold Baines and Carlton Fisk add homers for Chicago.
At Cleveland, the Yankees set a major-league record by scoring 10 runs in the 5th inning. They have five walks, a HBP, and six hits including two homers to score. New York wins, 10–6.
1984
» Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers (23 saves, 1.96 ERA) undergoes back surgery to alleviate a herniated disk and will miss the remainder of the season.
1983
» Nolan Ryan pitches his 9th career one-hitter, striking out 10 Padres on the way to a 1–0 victory. Tim Flannery's 3rd-inning single is San Diego's only hit.
1982
» The White Sox sweep a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium 1–0 and 14–2, prompting Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to fire manager Gene Michael and replace him with pitching coach Clyde King. King is the Yankees' 3rd manager this season.
Kansas City's Frank White completes the cycle with an RBI triple in the bottom of the 9th to give the Royals a 6–5 win over the Tigers.
At California, Doug DeCinces cracks homers in his first three at bats, but the Angels still lose to the Twins, 5–4.
1980
» Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein, and Tom Yawkey are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
In a 6–4 win over Texas, Boston's Tom Burgmeier finishes the last inning in RF. He's the first Red Sox pitcher to play a position since Mike Ryba caught in three games in 1942.
1979
» Tony LaRussa takes over as manager of the White Sox, a day after the resignation of Don Kessinger.
At Seattle, the Mariners edge the A's, 1–0 behind Floyd Bannister. During the game a foul ball hits a speaker and is caught by the A's pitcher for an out. On sept three another richochet off a speaker will be caught by the M's 1B. In tomorrow's 5–3 loss to the A's, Rupert Jones hits a foul that sticks in speaker above the 1B dugout.
The Yankees purchase Lenny Randle from the Pirates and bring up C Brad Gulden and Bobby Brown from Columbus.
1978
» Boston and New York pick up where they left off last night, and the Red Sox score two runs in the 17th to win, 7–5, on RBIs by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice. Ex-Yankee Mike Torrez then stops New York, 8–1, in a rain-shortened game. Jim Rice, with only one homer in his last 33 games, hits a 3-run shot off Jim Beattie. Fred Lynn cracks a three run homer in the 7th and Bob Bailey follows with a shot off the upper deck facade in LF. Boston now leads Milwaukee by six games and the Yankees by eight 1/2 games.
1977
» Baltimore rookie 1B Eddie Murray homers from both sides of the plate in a 10-inning 8–6 win over Oakland.
The Cubs place Bruce Sutter and his injured arm on the 21-day disables list.
Dennis Leonard pitches the Royals to a 12–2 win over the White Sox. John Mayberry leads the offense by hitting for the cycle.
1976
» At Candlestick, Jack Billingham's 3-hitter gives the Reds a 9–0 win over the Giants. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/today/AUGUST3.stm
» Oakland edges the Detroit Tigers, 2-1, on Jason Giambi's 9th inning solo homer. The win goes to Tim Hudson who outduels Tiger ace Jeff Weaver. The A's collect only four hits, with Giambi's blast completing a team cycle— Terrence Long has a triple, Johnny Damon a double, Jeremy Giambi has a single, and Jason Giambi the home run.
White Sox P Mark Buehrle tosses a 1–hitter in defeating Tampa Bay 4–0. Damian Rolls' leadoff single in the 7th is the Devil Rays' only hit. Buehrle walks one and faces just 28 batters.
The Blue Jays defeat the Orioles, 10–1, despite an infestation of aphids in the 3rd inning. Although the game is not delayed, home plate ump Tim Welke asks that the roof of the SkyDome be closed. Toronto's Jeff Frye wears a dust mask in the dugout.
The Brewers edge the visiting Atlanta Braves, 3–2, winning on a wild pitch by Jose Cabrera in the 11th. The Brewers break the two million mark in attendance for just the second time in their franchise history, the first being in 1983; however, the Brewers predecessor in Milwaukee, the Braves, broke two million each season from 1954 to 1957.
The Blue Jays release P Joey Hamilton ending a 3-year struggling relationship between the club and the pitcher. The Jays had originally signed Hamilton to a 3-year $16.5 million contract.
A jury orders Anheuser–Busch to pay the family of the late Roger Maris $50 million for improperly taking away a beer distributorship. Both sides plan to appeal the ruling, as attorneys for the Maris family said the panel meant to award the family $139 million, but were confused by the judge's instructions to the jury.
1999
» The major league baseball umpires union files unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations board to block the American League and National League from using minor league replacements.
1998
» Houston pitcher C.J. Nitkowski hits three consecutive Marlin batters with pitches in the 8th inning: Dock Ellis (1974) and Wilbur Wood (1977) are the only other pitchers since 1900 to hit three batters in a row. The three plunks in an inning ties the ML record. Nitkowski gives up a hit and four runs in Florida's 11–3 win.
Leading off for the Yankees, Chuck Knoblauch lines a hit off Mike Oquist's ribs, and the Yankees continue to connect off the Oakland pitcher for 15 more hits, including four homers, in five innings. New York wins, 14–1, scoring all 14 earned runs off Oquist, the most runs allowed since Bill Travers in August 1977. Orlando Hernandez picks up the win.
1997
» Phil Niekro, Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells are inducted into Baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
1996
» The Braves defeat the Dodgers, 5-3, in 18 innings. Rookie P Brad Woodall picks up his 1st victory with two 2/3 innings of hitless relief.
1995
» The Senate Judiciary Committee sends a bill calling for the partial repeal of baseball's antitrust exemption to the full Senate. The vote is just 9-8.
1994
» The Reds defeat the Giants, 17-4, as former Giant Kevin Mitchell gets five hits and five RBIs against his former teammates. Mitchell strokes two singles, two doubles, and a home run.
1992
» Tigers president Bo Schembechler and team chairman Jim Campbell are both fired.
1991
» Oakland OF Dave Henderson blasts three home runs in his first three at bats in an 8-6 loss to Minnesota.
1990
» Cleveland's Tom Candiotti has his no hitter spoiled in the 8th inning when New York's Oscar Azocar singles. Candy leaves the game then and takes the loss as the Tribe drops a 6–4 decision. In just his 2nd week in the majors, Cleveland's Alex Cole ties a major-league record by stealing seven bases in two games. He set the club record by swiping five bases against the Royals on August 1st.
The Braves trade 2-time MVP OF Dale Murphy to the Phillies for reliever Jeff Parrett and a pair of players to be named later.
Pittsburgh's Doug Drabek is one out away from a no-hitter when he gives up a single to the Phillies Sil Campusano, who is hitting .188. Drabek finishes with an 11–0 one-hitter.
1989
» The Reds score 14 runs in the first inning of an 18–2 demolition of the Astros. ML records set during the onslaught include most hits in an inning (16), most players with two hits in an inning (7), and most singles in an inning (12). Mariano Duncan and Luis Quinones each tie the major-league record by batting three times and the team ties the National League and ML mark with most players scoring twice (6). Tom Browning is the easy complete game winner while Jim Clancy, who gives up seven runs while recording no outs, is the loser. Bob Forsch, allows 10 runs on 18 hits in seven innings, and Juan Agosto, one run in one inning.
1987
» Twins Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound and is ejected during the 4th inning of Minnesota's 11–3 win over California. He will be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who doesn't buy Niekro's story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.
Jack Morris ties the AL record with five wild pitches in a 4–2, 10-inning loss to the Royals. Morris will scatter 24 wild pitches this season to set a new ML record. Juan Guzman will top it with 26, in 1993.
Tom Candiotti tosses a one hitter as the Indians beat the Yankees, 2–0. Mike Easler's leadoff single in the 8th is the only hit.
1986
» Willie McCovey, Bobby Doerr, and Ernie Lombardi are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
At Comiskey Park, Russ Morman homers and singles in the 4th inning in his first ML game as the Sox beat the Tigers, 10–1. He ties Billy Martin's debut with his two hits in one inning. A Kirk Gibson homer is the only score for Detroit, while Harold Baines and Carlton Fisk add homers for Chicago.
At Cleveland, the Yankees set a major-league record by scoring 10 runs in the 5th inning. They have five walks, a HBP, and six hits including two homers to score. New York wins, 10–6.
1984
» Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers (23 saves, 1.96 ERA) undergoes back surgery to alleviate a herniated disk and will miss the remainder of the season.
1983
» Nolan Ryan pitches his 9th career one-hitter, striking out 10 Padres on the way to a 1–0 victory. Tim Flannery's 3rd-inning single is San Diego's only hit.
1982
» The White Sox sweep a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium 1–0 and 14–2, prompting Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to fire manager Gene Michael and replace him with pitching coach Clyde King. King is the Yankees' 3rd manager this season.
Kansas City's Frank White completes the cycle with an RBI triple in the bottom of the 9th to give the Royals a 6–5 win over the Tigers.
At California, Doug DeCinces cracks homers in his first three at bats, but the Angels still lose to the Twins, 5–4.
1980
» Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein, and Tom Yawkey are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
In a 6–4 win over Texas, Boston's Tom Burgmeier finishes the last inning in RF. He's the first Red Sox pitcher to play a position since Mike Ryba caught in three games in 1942.
1979
» Tony LaRussa takes over as manager of the White Sox, a day after the resignation of Don Kessinger.
At Seattle, the Mariners edge the A's, 1–0 behind Floyd Bannister. During the game a foul ball hits a speaker and is caught by the A's pitcher for an out. On sept three another richochet off a speaker will be caught by the M's 1B. In tomorrow's 5–3 loss to the A's, Rupert Jones hits a foul that sticks in speaker above the 1B dugout.
The Yankees purchase Lenny Randle from the Pirates and bring up C Brad Gulden and Bobby Brown from Columbus.
1978
» Boston and New York pick up where they left off last night, and the Red Sox score two runs in the 17th to win, 7–5, on RBIs by Rick Burleson and Jim Rice. Ex-Yankee Mike Torrez then stops New York, 8–1, in a rain-shortened game. Jim Rice, with only one homer in his last 33 games, hits a 3-run shot off Jim Beattie. Fred Lynn cracks a three run homer in the 7th and Bob Bailey follows with a shot off the upper deck facade in LF. Boston now leads Milwaukee by six games and the Yankees by eight 1/2 games.
1977
» Baltimore rookie 1B Eddie Murray homers from both sides of the plate in a 10-inning 8–6 win over Oakland.
The Cubs place Bruce Sutter and his injured arm on the 21-day disables list.
Dennis Leonard pitches the Royals to a 12–2 win over the White Sox. John Mayberry leads the offense by hitting for the cycle.
1976
» At Candlestick, Jack Billingham's 3-hitter gives the Reds a 9–0 win over the Giants. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/today/AUGUST3.stm