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2002
» The Athletics down the Red Sox, 9–1, but SS Miguel Tejada's 24–game hitting streak comes to an end. The streak began the day after the All–Star break, July 11, and is the second–longest in the majors this year behind Luis Castillo's
The Blue Jays nearly blow a 13–2 lead, but hold on to defeat the Mariners, 14–12. P Mark Hendrickson makes his ML debut for Toronto. Hendrickson also played pro basketball, thus becoming the 10th major leaguer to have also played in the NBA.
In the 13th inning of an AA game, Tom Nevers, a first baseman for Chattanooga, takes the mound and pitches five innings. He gets the victory as the Lookouts beat the Huntsville Stars, 8–7 in 18 innings. He also goes 3–for–8 with a homer and two RBIs at the plate.
2001
» The Red Sox defeat the Rangers, 10–7, as Boston C Scott Hatteberg performs the ultimate baseball opposite in consecutive at bats. With two men the 4th inning and the Sox ahead 4–2, he lines into a triple play. Two innings later, after the Rangers score five to go ahead, he hits a grand slam to put Boston in the lead to stay.
Baseball's Hall of Fame announces changes in its voting procedure as it eliminates the closed–door Veterans Committee meetings held since 1953. It also gives new hope to 1,700 players who had failed to receive at least five percent of the votes cast by the writers. The new rules will likely make it more difficult for Negro League and pre–1900 players to be enshrined, and also will make it tougher for players not elected by the writers to be enshrined.
In a Vanity Fair magazine interview, Tommy Gioiosa, a former friend of Pete Rose, alleges that Rose bet on baseball, used a corked bat, and participated in drug dealings.
2000
» The Mariners defeat the Yankees, 11-1. OF Stan Javier goes 5-for-6 for Seattle, including a double.
The Padres defeat the Cubs, 8-6, behind rookie Adam Eaton, who gives up two runs in seven innings. Another rookie, Dan Garibay, takes the loss. In front of his home-town fans 1B Mark Grace records his first 5-hit day, going 5-for-5 for Chicago, with two doubles and a home run. Grace had his 1st ML hit and his first home run in San Diego.
The Blue Jays obtain 2B Mickey Morandini from the Phillies in exchange for a player to be named. He just misses moving into second on the all-time games played list for Philadelphia Phillies 2B having played 926 games at second base for Philadelphia, the third highest total in franchise history, six games short of Otto Knabe (1905, 1907-13). Tony Taylor (1960-71 and 1974-76) holds the record having played in 1,003 games for the Phils at second.
The Reds obtain OF Brian Hunter from the Rockies in exchange for P Robert Averette.
1999
» The Padres defeat the Expos, 12-10, as SD OF Tony Gwynn records the 3000th hit of his big league career. Gwynn goes 4-for-5 to lead the Padres to victory. Quilvio Veras ties a Pads record by scoring four runs.
Indian OF Jacob Cruz, filling in for the hobbled Kenny Lofton, tears ligaments in his right thumb and is out for the season. Tampa Bay beats the Tribe, 4–2.
1998
» The Blue Jays trade P Randy Myers to the Padres in exchange for C Brian Loyd and a player to be named.
The Red Sox obtain P Pete Schourek from the Astros in exchange for cash.
In Chicago, Jack Brickhouse, the long–time voice of the Cubs, dies at the age of 82. Brickhouse was the play–by–play announcer from 1941–81. Jack also handled the White Sox announcing from 1948–67 and was the radio voice for the Bears from 1953–76. He even did Bulls games in the 60s, signing the deal for WGN over drinks with the team's owner.
1996
» Darryl Strawberry strokes three home runs off Kevin Tapani in the Yankees 9-2 victory over the White Sox. In doing so, he becomes just the 8th player to hit three in a game in both leagues. The others to do it were Babe Ruth, Johnny Mize, Dave Kingman, Cory Snyder, Darnell Coles, Claudell Washington, and Larry Parrish.
Marcel Lachemann of the stumbling Angels quits as manager. John McNamara will take over for the rest of the season.
1994
» The Mariners defeat the Royals, 11-2, to end KC's 14-game winning streak, the 2nd longest in club history. KC started the streak in 3rd place, the same spot they're in today.
Detroit defeats Toronto, 3-2, as Blue Jay OF Joe Carter steals second base in the 4th inning. In doing so, he becomes just the 10th player in history to amass 300 home runs and 200 SBs.
Cards lefty Danny Jackson severely sprain his right ankle while running the bases, and will be out the rest of the year. The ligament will not respond to treatment and Jackson will miss the opening of the 1995 season. Jackson underwent thyroid-cancer surgery after the 1993 season and did not react well to the medication. He started the season by losing nine straight and is at 2–12 now.
1992
» Padres Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff become the first teammates to swat back-to-back HRs twice in the same game since Ernie Banks and Dee Fondy of the Cubs in 1955. The Padres win the game over the Astros, 7-5.
Texas P Nolan Ryan is ejected from a game for the first time in his 26-year career, getting tossed after engaging in a shouting match with Oakland’s Willie Wilson with two outs in the ninth inning. The Athletics win, 2-0.
1991
» Toronto's Tom Henke saves his 24th game in 24 opportunities breaking the record set by John Franco in 1988, and tied by Rob Dibble two years later. The Blue Jays edge the booming bats of the Tigers, 2-1, and increase their lead to five 1/2 games over Detroit. Guillermo Hernandez of Detroit saved 32 consecutive games in 1984, but blown saves were not an official stat at the time.
1990
» Giants outfielder Rick Leach is suspended for 60 days following a positive drug test.
1989
» After five hours and 49 minutes of play in Pittsburgh, the Pirates Jeff King mercifully ends the game with a 18th inning leadoff home run off the Cubs' Scott Sanderson. Sanderson had pitched eight innings of shutout relief. The Pirates win 5–4.
It is Carl Yastrzemski day at Fenway and the Sox retire his uniform #8. Roger Clemens then retires just one batter before leaving, giving up three earned runs. But Boston scores four in the 3rd and two in the 8th to beat Cleveland, 6–4.
1988
» Pirates reliever Jim Gott balks three times in the 8th inning to force in the winning run in a 5–3 loss to the Mets.
Rich Gossage becomes the 2nd pitcher in ML history to record 300 saves by retiring one batter in the Cubs 7–4 win over Philadelphia. Reliever Pat Perry, in his only plate appearance for the Cubs this year, belts his only ML home run, a 2-run home run off Mike Maddux. Perry was traded for Leon "Bull" Durham and in one at bat matches Durham's output for the Reds.
1987
» Rich Gossage earns his 287th career save in San Diego's 7–4 win over Atlanta to move past Bruce Sutter into 2nd place on the all-time list.
1986
» In a wild game that features a ML-record three grand slams, Texas scores seven runs in the final two innings to beat Baltimore 13–11. Toby Harrah's grand slam in the 2nd gives the Rangers a 5–0 lead, but Baltimore rallies for nine runs in the 4th, thanks to grand slams by Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer, the 5th time in ML history a team has hit two grand slams in one inning. Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell serve up the gopher balls.
The Mets release outfielder George Foster, the last National League player to hit 50 home runs in one season. Foster will play 15 games for the White Sox before retiring for good.
1985
» For the 2nd time in five years the Players' Association stages a mid season strike. But unlike the 50-day strike that interrupted the 1981 season, this one will be settled by the following day and all 25 canceled games will be made up. The new collective bargaining agreement, which runs through 1989, raises the ML minimum salary to $60,000, extends the time of service required to be eligible for salary arbitration from two years to 3, and eliminates the free-agent compensation pool that resulted from the 1981 strike settlement.
1984
» The Tigers and Red Sox split, with Detroit outslugging Boston in the opener, 9–7, and Boston replying, 10–2. Aurelio Lopez (8–0) wins Game One in relief as Chet Lemon and Lance Parrish each hit homers and drive in three runs. Marty Barrett has four hits for the Sox in the opener and Wade Boggs does the same in the nitecap. Two of his hits are homers to fuel Roger Clemens to his 6th win.
1983
» Walt Terrell becomes the first pitcher in five years to homer twice in one game, belting a pair of 2-run shots off Ferguson Jenkins to lead New York to a 4–1 win over the Cubs.
1982
» Jack Clark and Reggie Smith hit back-to-back home runs twice in San Francisco's 7–6 win over Houston. The Giants trail 6–4 in the 9th inning before Clark and Smith homer to send the game into extra innings.
Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5–4 loss to the Twins, California's Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9–5 win at Seattle, joining Ted Williams as the only American League players ever to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.
The Yankees trade Bucky Dent to the Rangers for Lee Mazzilli. Dent was hitting only .169 and had lost his starting SS job to Roy Smalley.
1981
» As a result of the nearly 2-month interruption in play because of the strike the ML owners elect to split the 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division (or a wild-card team if the same club wins both halves) meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series. The last time the major leagues played a split season was 1892. The A's, Yankees, Phillies, and Dodgers suddenly find themselves guaranteed playoff spots as first-half champions.
National League owners agree to the $20.5 million sale of the Cubs to the Tribune Company. In three weeks, Cubs stockholders—led by Bill Wrigley's with 81 percent—will approve the sale.
2002
» The Athletics down the Red Sox, 9–1, but SS Miguel Tejada's 24–game hitting streak comes to an end. The streak began the day after the All–Star break, July 11, and is the second–longest in the majors this year behind Luis Castillo's
The Blue Jays nearly blow a 13–2 lead, but hold on to defeat the Mariners, 14–12. P Mark Hendrickson makes his ML debut for Toronto. Hendrickson also played pro basketball, thus becoming the 10th major leaguer to have also played in the NBA.
In the 13th inning of an AA game, Tom Nevers, a first baseman for Chattanooga, takes the mound and pitches five innings. He gets the victory as the Lookouts beat the Huntsville Stars, 8–7 in 18 innings. He also goes 3–for–8 with a homer and two RBIs at the plate.
2001
» The Red Sox defeat the Rangers, 10–7, as Boston C Scott Hatteberg performs the ultimate baseball opposite in consecutive at bats. With two men the 4th inning and the Sox ahead 4–2, he lines into a triple play. Two innings later, after the Rangers score five to go ahead, he hits a grand slam to put Boston in the lead to stay.
Baseball's Hall of Fame announces changes in its voting procedure as it eliminates the closed–door Veterans Committee meetings held since 1953. It also gives new hope to 1,700 players who had failed to receive at least five percent of the votes cast by the writers. The new rules will likely make it more difficult for Negro League and pre–1900 players to be enshrined, and also will make it tougher for players not elected by the writers to be enshrined.
In a Vanity Fair magazine interview, Tommy Gioiosa, a former friend of Pete Rose, alleges that Rose bet on baseball, used a corked bat, and participated in drug dealings.
2000
» The Mariners defeat the Yankees, 11-1. OF Stan Javier goes 5-for-6 for Seattle, including a double.
The Padres defeat the Cubs, 8-6, behind rookie Adam Eaton, who gives up two runs in seven innings. Another rookie, Dan Garibay, takes the loss. In front of his home-town fans 1B Mark Grace records his first 5-hit day, going 5-for-5 for Chicago, with two doubles and a home run. Grace had his 1st ML hit and his first home run in San Diego.
The Blue Jays obtain 2B Mickey Morandini from the Phillies in exchange for a player to be named. He just misses moving into second on the all-time games played list for Philadelphia Phillies 2B having played 926 games at second base for Philadelphia, the third highest total in franchise history, six games short of Otto Knabe (1905, 1907-13). Tony Taylor (1960-71 and 1974-76) holds the record having played in 1,003 games for the Phils at second.
The Reds obtain OF Brian Hunter from the Rockies in exchange for P Robert Averette.
1999
» The Padres defeat the Expos, 12-10, as SD OF Tony Gwynn records the 3000th hit of his big league career. Gwynn goes 4-for-5 to lead the Padres to victory. Quilvio Veras ties a Pads record by scoring four runs.
Indian OF Jacob Cruz, filling in for the hobbled Kenny Lofton, tears ligaments in his right thumb and is out for the season. Tampa Bay beats the Tribe, 4–2.
1998
» The Blue Jays trade P Randy Myers to the Padres in exchange for C Brian Loyd and a player to be named.
The Red Sox obtain P Pete Schourek from the Astros in exchange for cash.
In Chicago, Jack Brickhouse, the long–time voice of the Cubs, dies at the age of 82. Brickhouse was the play–by–play announcer from 1941–81. Jack also handled the White Sox announcing from 1948–67 and was the radio voice for the Bears from 1953–76. He even did Bulls games in the 60s, signing the deal for WGN over drinks with the team's owner.
1996
» Darryl Strawberry strokes three home runs off Kevin Tapani in the Yankees 9-2 victory over the White Sox. In doing so, he becomes just the 8th player to hit three in a game in both leagues. The others to do it were Babe Ruth, Johnny Mize, Dave Kingman, Cory Snyder, Darnell Coles, Claudell Washington, and Larry Parrish.
Marcel Lachemann of the stumbling Angels quits as manager. John McNamara will take over for the rest of the season.
1994
» The Mariners defeat the Royals, 11-2, to end KC's 14-game winning streak, the 2nd longest in club history. KC started the streak in 3rd place, the same spot they're in today.
Detroit defeats Toronto, 3-2, as Blue Jay OF Joe Carter steals second base in the 4th inning. In doing so, he becomes just the 10th player in history to amass 300 home runs and 200 SBs.
Cards lefty Danny Jackson severely sprain his right ankle while running the bases, and will be out the rest of the year. The ligament will not respond to treatment and Jackson will miss the opening of the 1995 season. Jackson underwent thyroid-cancer surgery after the 1993 season and did not react well to the medication. He started the season by losing nine straight and is at 2–12 now.
1992
» Padres Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff become the first teammates to swat back-to-back HRs twice in the same game since Ernie Banks and Dee Fondy of the Cubs in 1955. The Padres win the game over the Astros, 7-5.
Texas P Nolan Ryan is ejected from a game for the first time in his 26-year career, getting tossed after engaging in a shouting match with Oakland’s Willie Wilson with two outs in the ninth inning. The Athletics win, 2-0.
1991
» Toronto's Tom Henke saves his 24th game in 24 opportunities breaking the record set by John Franco in 1988, and tied by Rob Dibble two years later. The Blue Jays edge the booming bats of the Tigers, 2-1, and increase their lead to five 1/2 games over Detroit. Guillermo Hernandez of Detroit saved 32 consecutive games in 1984, but blown saves were not an official stat at the time.
1990
» Giants outfielder Rick Leach is suspended for 60 days following a positive drug test.
1989
» After five hours and 49 minutes of play in Pittsburgh, the Pirates Jeff King mercifully ends the game with a 18th inning leadoff home run off the Cubs' Scott Sanderson. Sanderson had pitched eight innings of shutout relief. The Pirates win 5–4.
It is Carl Yastrzemski day at Fenway and the Sox retire his uniform #8. Roger Clemens then retires just one batter before leaving, giving up three earned runs. But Boston scores four in the 3rd and two in the 8th to beat Cleveland, 6–4.
1988
» Pirates reliever Jim Gott balks three times in the 8th inning to force in the winning run in a 5–3 loss to the Mets.
Rich Gossage becomes the 2nd pitcher in ML history to record 300 saves by retiring one batter in the Cubs 7–4 win over Philadelphia. Reliever Pat Perry, in his only plate appearance for the Cubs this year, belts his only ML home run, a 2-run home run off Mike Maddux. Perry was traded for Leon "Bull" Durham and in one at bat matches Durham's output for the Reds.
1987
» Rich Gossage earns his 287th career save in San Diego's 7–4 win over Atlanta to move past Bruce Sutter into 2nd place on the all-time list.
1986
» In a wild game that features a ML-record three grand slams, Texas scores seven runs in the final two innings to beat Baltimore 13–11. Toby Harrah's grand slam in the 2nd gives the Rangers a 5–0 lead, but Baltimore rallies for nine runs in the 4th, thanks to grand slams by Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer, the 5th time in ML history a team has hit two grand slams in one inning. Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell serve up the gopher balls.
The Mets release outfielder George Foster, the last National League player to hit 50 home runs in one season. Foster will play 15 games for the White Sox before retiring for good.
1985
» For the 2nd time in five years the Players' Association stages a mid season strike. But unlike the 50-day strike that interrupted the 1981 season, this one will be settled by the following day and all 25 canceled games will be made up. The new collective bargaining agreement, which runs through 1989, raises the ML minimum salary to $60,000, extends the time of service required to be eligible for salary arbitration from two years to 3, and eliminates the free-agent compensation pool that resulted from the 1981 strike settlement.
1984
» The Tigers and Red Sox split, with Detroit outslugging Boston in the opener, 9–7, and Boston replying, 10–2. Aurelio Lopez (8–0) wins Game One in relief as Chet Lemon and Lance Parrish each hit homers and drive in three runs. Marty Barrett has four hits for the Sox in the opener and Wade Boggs does the same in the nitecap. Two of his hits are homers to fuel Roger Clemens to his 6th win.
1983
» Walt Terrell becomes the first pitcher in five years to homer twice in one game, belting a pair of 2-run shots off Ferguson Jenkins to lead New York to a 4–1 win over the Cubs.
1982
» Jack Clark and Reggie Smith hit back-to-back home runs twice in San Francisco's 7–6 win over Houston. The Giants trail 6–4 in the 9th inning before Clark and Smith homer to send the game into extra innings.
Just five days after hitting three home runs in a 5–4 loss to the Twins, California's Doug DeCinces hits three more home runs in a 9–5 win at Seattle, joining Ted Williams as the only American League players ever to hit three home runs in a game twice in the same season.
The Yankees trade Bucky Dent to the Rangers for Lee Mazzilli. Dent was hitting only .169 and had lost his starting SS job to Roy Smalley.
1981
» As a result of the nearly 2-month interruption in play because of the strike the ML owners elect to split the 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division (or a wild-card team if the same club wins both halves) meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series. The last time the major leagues played a split season was 1892. The A's, Yankees, Phillies, and Dodgers suddenly find themselves guaranteed playoff spots as first-half champions.
National League owners agree to the $20.5 million sale of the Cubs to the Tribune Company. In three weeks, Cubs stockholders—led by Bill Wrigley's with 81 percent—will approve the sale.