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1965 Yogi Berra, appearing in his first game since 1963, grounds out to first base unassisted when he pinch-hits in the eighth inning of the Mets' 9-2 loss to the Reds at Crosley Field. The former Yankees icon, who became a player-coach for the crosstown rivals after being fired as the Bronx Bombers' manager last fall, will play in four National League contests, collecting two hits in nine at-bats before retiring as a player.

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1965 Tommy Davis, trying to break up a double play, dislocates and breaks his ankle when he slides into second base in the fourth inning of the team's 4-2 victory over the Giants at Dodger Stadium. The two-time National League batting champ will not play again this year until he appears as a pinch-hitter in the season finale.

1965 After a 6-4 victory in the first game of the Astrodome twin bill, Dave Giusti and the Astros beat the Cubs again in the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader, 6-1, to extend the first-place team's winning streak to double digits. The ten consecutive victories will remain a club record until 1999.

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1966 Indian right-hander Sam McDowell, yielding only a third-inning double to Don Buford, hurls his second consecutive one-hitter when he blanks Chicago, 1-0, at Cleveland Stadium. In his previous start, 'Sudden Sam' also limited his opponents to one hit, a sixth-inning single by Kansas City outfielder Jose Tartabull.

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1969 After being crushed for six runs in Cincinnati's 14-0 rout of the Astros a week ago, Don Wilson no-hits the Reds at Crosley Field, 4-0. The performance by the 24-year-old right-hander, who also authored a hitless game as a rookie, comes on the heels of Jim Maloney's no-no against Houston yesterday.

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1972 Philadelphia starter Dick Selma goes the distance, three-hitting the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, 2-1. The victory is the fifth consecutive complete game thrown by a Phillies starter, with Steve Carlton, Woody Fryman, Barry Lersch, and Bill Champion finishing their game without help from the bullpen.

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1973 The Giants, one out from defeat, score seven runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to stun the Pirates at Candlestick Park, 8-7. Chris Arnold pinch-hits a two-out grand slam, and three batters later, Bobby Bonds delivers a walk-off three-run double to left field to complete San Francisco's incredible come-from-behind victory.

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1974 Pirates starter Dock Ellis, upset with his opponent's swagger, hits the first three Reds batters he faces with the first five pitches he throws. After plunking Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Dan Driessen, the pitcher deliberately throws two pitches behind Tony Perez's head before walking the clean-up hitter and then goes 0-2 on Johnny Bench before Pittsburgh pilot Danny Murtaugh removes him.

1974 The commissioner's office suspends 16 Dodger players and three coaches for going into the stands during the Wrigley Field scuffle with fans on May 16. The suspensions totaling 60 games for players and 24 games for coaches is the harshest penalty ever handed down by major league baseball.

1979 In the bottom of the 11th inning, pinch-hitter Roger Freed blasts a two-out walk-off ultimate grand slam, giving the Cardinals an incredible 7-6 comeback victory over Houston. In the top of the frame, the Astros had scored three runs to take a 6-3 lead before the 34-year-old reserve player dramatically ended the game.

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1980 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn fines the Mets due to disparaging remarks made against the Yankees by Jerry Della Femina, the president of the team's advertising agency. The high-powered ad man's campaign, in which the club paid $400,000 to bolster the sagging attendance at Shea Stadium, included sarcastic comments concerning Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent and was quoted as saying their Bronx ballpark was in an unsafe neighborhood.

1980 Mets starter Pete Falcone sets a franchise record when he strikes out the first six batters he faces, a group that includes Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt among the half dozen batters, in the team's 2-1 loss to the Phillies at Shea Stadium. The southpaw's mark remains intact for 34 years until Jacob DeGrom, who will become the National League's Rookie of the Year, fans eight Miami batters from the start of a 2014 game to tie Jim Deshaies’ major league record.

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1984 Dwight Gooden becomes the first teenager to strike out at least ten players since Bert Blyleven accomplished the feat in 1970. The Mets' 19-year-old phenom, who will break Herb Score's rookie record with 276 Ks this season, will have 15 double-digit strikeout games this year.

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1985 Jimmy Key becomes the first left-handed starter in more than four years to win a game for the Blue Jays when the team beats California, 6-3. Paul Mirabella, who beat Boston on the season's final day in 1980, was the last southpaw starter during the past 614 games to get a victory for Toronto.

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1991 Rangers right-hander Nolan Ryan pitches the seventh no-hitter of his career when he defeats the Blue Jays at Arlington Stadium, 3-0. The 44-year-old Texan fireballer, who strikes out 16 batters, becomes the oldest major leaguer ever to throw a no-hit game.

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1991 Rickey Henderson passes Lou Brock to become baseball's all-time stolen base leader with his 939th career steal. The A's outfielder, who will finish his 25-year career with 1,406, establishes the new major league mark when he swipes third base in the team's 7-4 victory over New York at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

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1996 With his 6-for-8 performance in an 11-6 extra-inning victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards, Gerald Williams becomes only the second Yankee in franchise history to collect six hits in a game. Myril Hoag had accomplished the feat for the Bronx Bombers in 1934 in a contest played at Fenway Park.

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1997 Randy Myers gets the last two outs of the ninth inning in the Orioles' 3-2 win over the Twins in the Metrodome. The southpaw Baltimore closer has recorded eleven consecutive saves to start the season.

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2000 San Francisco's left fielder Barry Bonds becomes the first player to hit a ball into San Francisco Bay, aka McCovey's Cove. The first 'splashdown' home run at Pacific Bell Park helps the Giants to beat the Mets, 10-3.

2000 Thanks to Quilvio Veras' third-inning homer, the Braves establish a modern franchise record with the team's 14th straight victory, beating the Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, 2-1. In 1891, the Boston Beaneaters won 18 consecutive contests, setting the all-time club mark.

2001 The ulna bone in Mike Fyhrie's left arm breaks due to being struck by the flying barrel of a broken bat. The Cubs' righty reliever used his arm to protect himself when the Padres' Santiago Perez's broken bat exploded in the direction of the mound.

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2002 Trevor Hoffman, recording his 321st save for San Diego, establishes a new big-league record for the most saves for one team, surpassing Dennis Eckersley's mark of 320 with Oakland. The long-time Padres closer, now eighth on the all-time list, was traded as a rookie pitcher by the Marlins as part of the Gary Sheffield deal in 1993.

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2004 In the Giants' 6-3 victory over Florida at Pac Bell Park, Barry Bonds sets a major league record by being walked four times intentionally in a nine-inning game. In 1990, Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson was given five intentional passes in a 16-inning contest against the Reds.

2004 In the nightcap of a twin bill at US Cellular Field, Frank Catalanotto becomes the first Blue Jay in franchise history to collect six hits in one game. The left fielder's double and five singles contribute to Toronto's 10-6 victory over the White Sox.

2005 Johan Santana's 17-game winning streak is snapped when the Twins drop a 2-1 decision to the Angels. The American League's reigning Cy Young Award winner allows just two hits over eight innings, but they are solo home runs by Vladimir Guerrero and Jose Molina.

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2006 With a police escort from the airport, Doug Mirabelli, changing into his uniform in the car, arrives at Fenway Park 13 minutes before the game starts. The Red Sox reacquired the fan-favorite backstop from the Padres earlier in the day to continue his familiar role as a personal catcher to knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, tonight's starting pitcher against the Yankees.

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2009 Joe Mauer makes his delayed season debut memorable by hitting a home run in his first at-bat during the Twins' 7-5 victory over the Royals at the Metrodome. The two-time batting champion, who missed spring training and the first 22 games while recovering from an inflammation in his lower back, gets his fourth standing ovation of the night when Sidney Ponson's first-inning fastball sails into the left-field stands.

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2009 With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Duaner Sanchez walks Russell Martin, who checks his swing on a full count with the bases loaded, bringing home the winning run in L.A.'s 1-0 triumph over the Padres. The win keeps the Dodgers undefeated at home, extending their record at Chavez Ravine to 8-0 with their 'walk-off' victory.

 

2011 The Phillies fans attending the ESPN Sunday Night Game against the Mets start chanting "USA, USA" when word spreads of the death of Osama Bin Laden. The sellout crowd's reaction comes as a surprise to the players on the field, unaware of the historic event.

2012 With the final payment received on the record $2.15-billion purchase price, Frank McCourt's turbulent era of the Dodger ownership comes to an end. The team's new ownership group, fronted by Magic Johnson and incoming club president Stan Kasten, includes Mark Walter, the CEO of the Guggenheim Financial, who arranged the financing and holds a controlling interest in the franchise.

2012 Twenty years after getting his first win managing New York at the old Yankee Stadium, Buck Showalter records his 1,000th career managerial victory when Baltimore beats his former team at the new Bronx ballpark. The 55-year-old detail-driven skipper has compiled a 1,000-958 record during his stints with the Yankees, Diamondbacks, Rangers, and Orioles.

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2015 "Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on his 660th home run. Milestones in baseball are meant to be broken and I wish him continued success throughout his career” - WILLIE MAYS, congratulating A-Rod on tying him for fourth on the all-time home run list. Amidst very audible boos at Fenway Park, Alex Rodriguez blasts a 3-0 fastball over the Green Monster for his 660th career home run, tying Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time home run list. The eighth-inning round-tripper, the first pinch-hit homer of A-Rod's career, proves to be the difference in the Yankees’ 3-2 victory over the Red Sox.

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2020 Major League Baseball suspends Emmanuel Clase, the Indians' biggest offseason acquisition, for 80 games after he tested positive for Boldenone, a banned anabolic steroid developed for veterinary use, primarily for the treatment of horses. Cleveland traded two-time Cy Young Award recipient Corey Kluber to obtain the 24-year-old hard-throwing right-handed reliever from the Rangers.

2021 Before pitching three innings and taking the loss against the Orioles, A's southpaw Jesus Luzardo broke the pinkie finger on his pitching hand while playing a video game. The 23-year-old Parkland (FL) native will be put on the 10-day injured list tomorrow when an x-ray reveals he sustained a hairline fracture thumping on a table while gaming four hours prior to starting at RingCentral Coliseum.
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• • 1899 - The 1899 Cleveland Spiders win their first home game of the season over the Louisville Colonels. In the nightcap, they suffer defeat 2-1, when Louisville's Malachi Kittridge scores from second base on a single. Not so unusual, except.... Kittredge bypasses third base altogether, as the umpire is occupied with the play in the outfield. Despite vigorous shouting from the Cleveland nine, the Colonels get away with the game.
    
  • 1901 - Herm McFarland and Dummy Hoy homered in the Chicago White Sox's 19-9 rout of the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers committed an American League record twelve errors, ten by the infield, in the loss.
    
  • 1906 - Johnny Lush of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter at Brooklyn, beating the Dodgers 6-0.
    
  • 1920 - Babe Ruth hits his first home run as a Yankee as New York beat Boston 6-0 at the Polo Grounds.
    
  • 1920 - In Boston, Brooklyn's Leon Cadore and the Braves' Joe Oeschger duel 26 innings to a 1-1 tie in the longest game ever played in the major leagues. Oeschger shuts out the Dodgers for the last 21 innings, topping Art Nehf's 20 scoreless frames in a row on August 1, 1918. He gives up nine hits and Cadore allows 12.
    
  • 1924 - Chicago White Sox's Bill Barrett stole home twice, in the first and ninth innings, against the Cleveland Indians.
    
  • 1925 - The A's introduce another future Hall of Famer, 17-year-old catcher Jimmie Foxx, who pinch-hits and singles against Washington.
    
  • 1926 - Satchel Paige, 19 years old, makes his debut in the Negro Southern League, pitching Chattanooga to a 5-4 win over Birmingham.
    
  • 1944 - George Myatt of Washington went 6-for-6 as the Senators beat the Boston Braves 11-4.
    
  • 1947 - For the first time, Cleveland will play all its games at Municipal Stadium. The Tribe abandons League Park, where most weekday games have been played. New owner Bill Veeck installs an inner fence to cut power alleys from 435 to 365 feet at Municipal Stadium.
    
  • 1949 - Elmer Valo is the first A.L. player to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game, leading the A's to a 15-9 win in the first game of a doubleheader. Valo has a third bases-loaded triple during the season to tie the league mark set by Shano Collins in 1918.
    
  • 1951 - The Yankees' new phenom, Mickey Mantle, connects for his first major league home run off Randy Gumpert of the White Sox. Minnie Minoso becomes the first black to play for the White Sox. He plays third base and, facing Vic Raschi in his first major league at bat, rips a home run to center field. The Yankees win 8-3.
    
  • 1959 - Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox pitched a one-hitter, struck out 14, and hit a double and home run for a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox at the age of 39.
    
  • 1968 - Phillies pitcher John Boozer is ejected by umpire Ed Vargo at Shea Stadium for throwing spitballs during his warmup pitches. He is only the second major league pitcher to be ejected from a game for throwing spitballs.
    
  • 1969 - Houston, no-hit the day before by Cincinnati, answers back as Don Wilson pitches a 4-0 no-hitter (with 13 strikeouts) over the Reds. Houston ties an N.L. record with just one assist. In Wilson's previous start against Cincinnati, he gave up six runs in five innings in a 14-0 loss.
    
  • 1975 - Hank Aaron has four hits and drives in two runs in the Brewers' 17-3 win over Detroit. This brings his career RBI total to 2,211, breaking Babe Ruth's published record of 2,209. On February 3, 1976, the Records Committee will revise Ruth's total to 2,204. In actuality, Aaron set the record April 18, 1975.
    
  • 1980 - Pittsburgh's Bill Mad Dog Madlock is fined $5,000 and suspended 15 games by N.L. president Chub Feeney for poking umpire Jerry Crawford in the face with his glove after being called out on strikes with the bases loaded. Madlock appeals and remains in uniform, but finally withdraws the appeal and begins serving the suspension on June 6 � after disgruntled N.L. umpires threaten to eject him from every game he tries to play in.
    
  • 1987 - Free-agents Ron Guidry (Yankees), Rich Gedman (Red Sox), Bob Boone (Angels), and Tim Raines (Expos) all re-sign with their former clubs on the first day they are allowed to do so. Doyle Alexander will re-sign with the Braves on May 5.
    
  • 1991 - In Texas, 44-year-old Rangers right-hander Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 Blue Jays en route to his seventh career no-hitter, a 3-0 win at Arlington Stadium.
    
  • 1991 - Rickey Henderson surpassed Lou Brock as baseball's career stolen base leader with his 939th steal as the Oakland Athletics beat the New York Yankees 7-4.
    
  • 1992 - Rickey Henderson starts his own club with his 1,000th career steal. He already holds the major league stolen base record.
    
  • 2002 - San Diego's Trevor Hoffman set the major league record for the most saves with one team, 321. He broke Dennis Eckersley's record of 320 with Oakland.

Baseball Birthdays on May 1...

• • 1859 - Forster, Tom
  • 1860 - White, Bill
  • 1863 - Foreman, Frank
  • 1865 - Reynolds, Charlie
  • 1868 - Allen, Pete
  • 1878 - Battam, Larry
  • 1885 - McQuillan, George
  • 1886 - Kelly, Billy
  • 1889 - Thompson, Fuller
  • 1889 - Howard, Dave
  • 1894 - Carter, Paul
  • 1896 - Meine, Heinie
  • 1896 - Newkirk, Joel
  • 1903 - Knothe, Fritz
  • 1909 - Dunlap, Bill
  • 1917 - Harris, Bob
  • 1917 - Nelson, Tommy
  • 1917 - Berardino, Johnny
  • 1919 - Zarilla, Al
  • 1930 - Palys, Stan
  • 1932 - Torres, Felix
  • 1948 - Joshua, Von
  • 1950 - Troedson, Rich
  • 1951 - Meoli, Rudy
  • 1952 - Allietta, Bob
  • 1954 - Jackson, Roy Lee
  • 1955 - Lubratich, Steve
  • 1955 - Searage, Ray
  • 1957 - Ramirez, Allan
  • 1960 - O'Brien, Charlie
  • 1964 - Gakeler, Dan
  • 1964 - Lind, Jose
  • 1966 - Reynoso, Armando
  • 1969 - Hiatt, Phil
  • 1972 - Chouinard, Bobby
  • 1972 - Cruz, Fausto
  • 1973 - Butler, Rich

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5/2 Birthdays
1919 Al Zarilla outfielder (MLB All Star 1948; St. Louis Browns), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)


1961 Charlie O'Brien catcher (pioneered hockey style catcher's mask; World Series 1995 Atlanta Braves), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma


1966 Armando Reynoso Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico


1972 Bobby Chouinard pitcher (first Filipino to play MLB), born in Manilla, Philippines


1991 Marcus Stroman pitcher (MLB All Star 2019; Gold Glove 2017; Cubs,Toronto Blue Jays, NY Mets), born in Medford, New York

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1876 At Cincinnati's Avenue Grounds, Chicago's Ross Barnes hits the first home run in the history of the National League. In addition to his inside-the-park homer, the former National Association superstar also hits a single and a triple, steals two bases, and scores four runs in the White Stocking's 19-5 victory over the Reds.

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1901 After the Tigers take the lead in the top of the ninth inning at Chicago's South Side Park, the White Sox, hoping for rain to wash out the five runs, scored in the top of the ninth, slowing down the pace of the game. Umpire Tom Connolly is not impressed and forfeits the game, the first in American League history, giving Detroit a 7-5 victory.

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1901 The Chicago Orphans purchase future Hall of Fame hurler Rube Waddell from the Pirates for a stogie. The strange transaction for the 24-year-old eccentric and inconsistent southpaw resulted from Pittsburgh manager Fred Clarke's telling team owner Barney Dreyfuss, "Sell him; release him, drop him off the Monongahela Bridge. Do anything you like, so long as you get him the hell off my ball team!"

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1909 Pirates' infielder Honus Wagner steals his way around the bases in the nightcap of a twin bill at Chicago's West Side Grounds. The Flying Dutchman's trio of thefts, three additional stolen bases, two walks, a batter hit by a pitch, two errors, and two hits add up to a five-run first frame in the Bucs' eventual 6-0 victory and a sweep of the twin bill.

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1912 At South End Grounds, the hometown Braves score ten runs in the first two innings and hold on to defeat the Superbas, 11-7. Brooklyn scores four runs in the bottom of the third to knock out Boston's starter Buster Brown.

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1917 At Weeghman Park, southpaw Hippo Vaughn of Chicago and Reds righty Fred Toney throw no-hitters against one another through the first nine innings. The deadlock is broken in the top of the tenth with a one-out single by Larry Kopf, an error, and an infield hit by Jim Thorpe, and Toney then sets the Cubs down to preserve his extra-inning gem.

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1920 Dropping their 13th consecutive decision, the Tigers still do not have a victory this season when the team loses to Cleveland, 5-2. The club's futile 0-13 start matches the major league mark of the 1904 Washington Senators.

1920 The first game of the National Negro Baseball League is played in Indianapolis when the hometown ABCs beat the Chicago Giants at Washington Park, 4-2. Schorling's Park, the home field of the Giants, will be unavailable for another month due to the occupation of the National Guard, stationed there as a result of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, prompting the delay of the inaugural season in the Windy City, a big disappointment for the newly-formed league.

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1923 Senator right-hander Walter Johnson tosses his 100th career shutout when he blanks the Yankees at Griffith Stadium, 3-0. During his 21-year career, the 'Big Train' will establish a major league record, whitewashing the opponents 110 times.

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1928 With the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning, Giants' manager John McGraw orders that Dodger rookie Del Bissonette be intentionally walked with the bases loaded by Larry Benton, forcing home a run. The strategy works when Harry Riconda strikes out, giving New York a 2-1 victory in the Polo Grounds contest.

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