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    1987 At Fenway Park, Indian right-hander Phil Niekro goes the distance, losing to Roger Clemens and the Red Sox, 1-0, thanks to Bill Buckner’s fifth-inning sac fly scoring Jim Rice. Joining Cy Young and Don Sutton, the future Hall of Fame hurler becomes the third player in history to make 700 career starts.
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    1987 Davey Johnson surpasses Gil Hodges as the winningest manager in Mets history with his 340th win, a 4-3 triumph over the Giants at Candlestick Park. The New York skipper, who has averaged 98 victories during his first three seasons, will compile a 595-417 record (.588) during his six-plus years.
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    1990 Giants' hurler Rick Reuschel joins Frank Tanana, becoming one of two pitchers to give up round-trippers to the future all-time major league home run leaders Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds, who takes him deep in the team's 5-2 loss to the Pirates. In 1973, while pitching for the Cubs in his sophomore season, the right-hander served up the 691st of 755 career round-trippers blasted by Bad Henry.

    1992 The last-place Braves beat the Phillies at Veterans Stadium, 9-3. The victory starts a 78-37 run, which will propel Atlanta to its second straight West Division title, finishing eight games in front of the Reds.

    1993 After hitting just .143 in 26 games for the Rockies, former Brave superstar Dale Murphy retires from baseball. The two-time National League MVP leaves the game with a career average of .265, 398 home runs, and 1,266 RBIs.
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    1995 In a complete-game effort, Steve Ontiveros limits the Yankees to one hit in the A's 3-0 victory at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A two-out sixth-inning single spoils the 34-year-old right-hander's bid for a no-hitter by Luis Polonia.
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    1997 At the Metrodome, Ken Griffey Jr. breaks his major league mark for home runs hit through May when he goes deep for his 23rd round-tripper of the season in an 11-10 loss to Minnesota. The Mariners outfielder had established the record in 1994.
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    2000 The Cardinals pay tribute to Hall of Fame hurler Dizzy Dean by dedicating a statue created by sculptor Harry Weber outside of Busch Stadium. The colorful character joins Enos Slaughter, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Stan Musial, and Red Schoendienst to be honored in such a manner by the Redbirds.
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    2000 The recently elected Hall of Fame first baseman Tony Perez (24) joins manager Fred Hutchinson (1), Johnny Bench (5), Joe Morgan (8), Ted Kluszewski (18), and Frank Robinson (20) to become the sixth person to have his uniform number retired by the Reds. After being acquired by the Reds in the offseason, Ken Griffey Jr. agrees to switch his uniform number from 24 to 30, the number his father wore as a member of the Big Red Machine.
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    2003 In Atlanta, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a decision that prevents the Florida attorney general from investigating the 2001 attempt by MLB to eliminate two teams. The 11th circuit decision of Judges Gerald B. Tjoflat, Susan H. Black, and Richard W. Goldberg, a significant victory by the commissioner's office, is based on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and state law rather than the sport's antitrust exemption.

    2004 At Kauffman Stadium, the visiting Tigers tie a club record by collecting 27 hits, including Carlos Pena's 6-for-6 performance, in a 17-7 rout of the Royals. The first time Detroit banged out that many safeties in a game occurred against the Yankees at the end of the 1928 season at Navin Field.
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    2004 After beating the Oakland A's, Curt Schilling calls the cops on his cell phone to report an erratic driver on his way home from Fenway. The Westwood Police Department apprehended the driver and pulled him over.

    2006 Curt Schilling and the Red Sox beat the Devil Rays, 6-4, making the right-handed hurler the 104th player to amass 200 victories. Pitching a perfect ninth inning, Jonathan Papelbon establishes a rookie record by recording his 18th save in 18 tries.

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    2008 After Jamie Carroll gets caught in run down off first base, the runner on third, David Dellucci, breaks for home, scoring on the first baseman's throw in the dirt, which allows Carroll to get to second and Grady Sizemore, the runner on second, to move to third. Chuck Murr, the official scorer of the Indians' 8-2 victory over the White Sox, credits all three runners with stolen bases, making it the first triple steal to be accomplished since 1987 when Atlanta pulled it off against Houston.

    2008 With a 44-0 record and needing just one more win to become the first undefeated team in N.C.A.A. baseball history, Connecticut's Trinity College loses to Johns Hopkins 4-3. The loss sets up a winner-take-all in the Division III World Series in which the Hartford-based school scores a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth to win the game, 5-4, and the national championship.
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    2009 Gerry Rodriguez completes his cycle with a tenth inning walk-off home run. The minor leaguer's four hits help pace the Rome Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Greenville Drive in the South Atlantic League contest.
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    2009 Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka and two relievers combine to throw six wild pitches, marking only the fifth occurrence of the dubious feat since 1900. Dice K ties an 80-year franchise record with four errant throws to catcher George Kottaras, with relievers Manny Delcarmen and Justin Masterson each uncorking one.

    2012 A sign showing Mike Piazza connecting for his decisive eighth-inning homer in the Mets' 3-2 victory against the Braves in New York's first professional sports event following the 9/11 terrorist attacks proves to be the winner in the revival of Banner Day, a tradition started in 1963 that lasted until 1996. The artwork, created by cousins Olivia Nuzzo and Stephanie Giangrande, include a section of NYC's former skyline, with the WTC towers silhouetted above Piazza's heroic homer in mid-swing above the words, "The home run that helped heal N.Y. God Bless America. Let's Go Mets."

    2017 "We are honored to pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of Homer at the Bat.The Simpsons has left an impressive imprint on our culture as the longest-running American sitcom, and ‘Homer at the Bat’ remains as popular today as when the episode aired in 1992." - Hall of Fame President JEFF IDELSON, commenting about the Cooperstown celebration of the animated series. The Baseball Hall of Fame inducts the fictional cartoon character Homer Simpson as part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Simpsons episode 'Homer at the Bat.' A discussion of the much-beloved episode includes comments by real Hall of Famers Wade Boggs and Ozzie Smith, who played themselves on the animated show, as well as executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, director Jim Reardon, and executive story editor Jeff Martin.

    2019 In the eighth inning of the team's 6-2 victory over the Rangers, Mallex Smith steals home, the first Mariner to accomplish the feat since Dustin Ackley in 2012, to complete the rare stolen base cycle. The center fielder swipes four bases in the T-Mobile Park contest, trying a franchise mark shared by seven Mariners.
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    Jim Thorpe (1887-1953)
    Giants all-round athlete (Olympic gold decathlon, pentathlon 1912; College & Pro Football Hall of Fame), born in Indian Territory, Oklahoma
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    1896 Warren Giles,HOF executive (President National League 1951-69; GM Cincinnati Reds 1937–51), born in Tiskilwa, Illinois (d. 1979)

    1946 Skip Jutze player
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    1957 Kirk Gibson outfield (Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP)
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    1981 Daniel Cabrera
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    1982 Jhonny Peralta shortstop, 2003-17, 3X All-Star (Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals), born in Santiago, Dominican Republic

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    1983 Humberto Sanchez
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    FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+
    1918 Bullet Joe Bush hurls a one-hitter against the White Sox and drives in the lone run in the Red Sox' victory at Fenway Park. Happy Felsch, throwing his bat at the ball on a hit-and-run play, accounts for the only Chicago hit off the Boston right-hander.
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    1930 Phillies right-hander Grover Cleveland Alexander ends his 20-year career with a relief appearance in the team's 5-1 loss in Boston. 'Old Pete' finishes his two decades in the major leagues with a 373-208 (.642) record, which includes winning 30 or more games in three consecutive seasons beginning in 1915, along with a 2.56 lifetime ERA.
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    1939 Over two consecutive games, George Selkirk hits four homers in four at-bats against the same pitcher. Yesterday, the Yankee outfielder victimized A's starter Robert Joyce with two homers and continued the assault against him today with two more round-trippers when the right-hander comes into the game in relief.
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    1941 Before the first major league game played at night in Washington, D.C., Senator legend Walter Johnson throws a strike through a beam of light, triggering a switch that illuminates Griffith Stadium. On the field, things are not as bright for the home team when it suffers its tenth consecutive setback, a 6-5 loss to the Yankees.
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    1946 General Electric president Charles E. Wilson throws out the ceremonial first pitch in the first night game played at Yankee Stadium. In front of 49,917 fans, Washington beats the Bronx Bombers, 2-1, when Dutch Leonard goes the distance, throwing a six-hitter to improve his spotless record to 5-0.
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    1951 After starting his career 0-for-12, Giants rookie Willie Mays gets his first hit, a 450-foot homer off Braves left-hander Warren Spahn. Ironically, the home run is the first of the 18 the 'Say Hey Kid' will hit off the future Hall of Fame hurler, the most he will hit off any pitcher.
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    1956 Going deep in the fourth inning off Carl Erskine in the team's 3-2 victory over the Dodgers at Forbes Field, Pirates first baseman Dale Long establishes a major league record by hitting his eighth home run in eight games. Yankee first baseman Don Mattingly (1987) and Mariner outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. (1993) will also match the accomplishment.
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    1957 The National League gives Walter O'Malley and Horace Stoneham permission to negotiate deals with cities on the West Coast, with the proviso that the future location of their respective clubs, the Dodgers and the Giants, be known by October 1st. The Brooklyn and New York owners deny there is any significance to the unanimous vote other than an opportunity to explore all the available options for the possible relocation of their clubs.

    1960 The Pirates trade minor leaguer Julian Javier, along with right-hander Ed Bauta, to the Cardinals for infielder Dick Gray and Vinegar Bend Mizell, a southpaw who will post a 13-5 record in the Bucs' eventual world championship season. The Redbirds' rookie acquisition will immediately become the club's starting second baseman, which the 23-year-old Dominican will play for a dozen campaigns.
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    1968 The American League approves playing 156 games, dividing itself into two divisions. The Junior Circuit will reconsider, playing a full complement of 162 contests and keeping divisional play for next season.

    1969 The day after becoming a father, Randy Hundley hits a grand slam and a double, driving in five runs in the Cubs' 9-8 victory over the Giants at Candlestick Park. The Chicago backstop's eight-pound, four-ounce baby boy named Todd will follow in his footsteps, becoming a major league catcher, receiving for the Mets, Dodgers, and the Cubs.
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    1969 In a game that Jerry Koosman sets a franchise mark by striking out 15 batters, Bud Harrelson's 11th-inning single plates Cleon Jones, giving Tug McGraw and the Mets a 1-0 triumph over Padres at Shea Stadium. The contest marks the first victory of the team's record 11-game winning streak, including three walk-off wins.
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    1971 The Braves sever ties with infielder Clete Boyer, who asked the team to release him after a dispute with owner Paul Richards and manager Lum Harris over alleged team rules and mismanagement. Ken and Cloyd's brother ends his career by hitting safely in his last nine games, a streak that includes five home runs and nine RBIs.
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    1973 Wilbur Wood, completing a suspended game from two nights ago, allows only two hits in five innings to earn the win in the 21-inning contest when Chicago beats the Indians at White Sox Park, 4-1. The 31-year-old knuckleballer, who will lose both ends of a doubleheader later in the season, then pitches a four-hit complete-game shutout in the regularly scheduled game to earn two victories tonight.
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    1976 Ron LeFlore's 31-game hitting streak ends when Ed Figueroa and Tippy Martinez hold him hitless in four at-bats in Detroit's 9-5 loss to the Yankees. The Tiger outfielder's span of consecutive games with at least one hit, the longest American League hitting streak in 27 years, began on the final day of last season.
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    1979 George Brett hits for the cycle in the Royals' 5-4 victory over the Orioles, collecting a third-inning triple, homering in the eighth, singling in the tenth, and completing the feat with a double in the 14th frame. The third baseman's second home run gives Kansas City the walk-off victory in the bottom of the 16th inning.
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    1980 Lotte Orions' outfielder Isao Harimoto, who began his career in 1959 with the Toei Flyers, is the first player to collect three thousand hits in Japan when he homers to right field in a game against the Hankyu Braves at Tokyo's Kawasaki Stadium. Using power and speed, the former Pacific League Rookie of the Year will compile 3,085 hits during his 23-year career to establish a Nippon Professional Baseball record.
    1982 During an argument with the umpires, Durham Bulls skipper Bobby Dews throws second base into the stands and then takes off his jersey and powders under his arms with the rosin bag before kicking it into the air.
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    1986 Joe Cowley sets a major league record when he strikes out the first seven Rangers he faces in the White Sox's 6-3 loss to Texas. The 27-year-old Chicago right-hander lasts only 4 2-3 innings in the Arlington Stadium contest.
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    1987 Mike Young becomes only the fifth major leaguer to hit two extra-inning home runs in the same game when he goes deep in the 10th and 12th frames. The Orioles DH's second overtime round-tripper gives the Birds an 8-7 walk-off victory over the Halos at Memorial Stadium.
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    1989 With runners on second and third, no outs, and the Mets and Dodgers tied at 3-3 in the 12th inning, home plate umpire Bob Davidson calls a balk against Roger McDowell. Dave Anderson scores the winning run in the Chavez Ravine contest when the New York reliever fails to pause and make a discernible stop.
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    1995 The White Sox and Tigers combine to establish a major league record, blasting 12 home runs in Chicago's 14-12 victory in Detroit. The two teams also set an American League record by blasting 21 extra-base hits during the Motor City slugfest.

    1996 In the Orioles' 12-8 win over Seattle at the Kingdome, Cal Ripken blasts a grand slam and two two-run round-trippers, giving him a career-high eight RBIs. The Baltimore shortstop's younger brother, Billy, goes deep for the Birds, marking the second time the siblings have both homered in the same game.
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    1998 In the bottom of the ninth, with the bases loaded and his team ahead by two runs, Diamondbacks' manager Buck Showalter orders that Barry Bonds be intentionally walked with the bases loaded by reliever Gregg Olson. The free pass works when the next batter, Brett Mayne, lines outs to deep center field, giving Arizona an 8-7 victory at Candlestick Park.
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    2000 Milwaukee stops the Diamondbacks' team-record 11-game home winning streak when Marquis Grissom's 11th-inning single proves to be the difference in the team's 4-3 loss at Bank One Ballpark. Arizona winning ways started on May 5th with the team sweeping consecutive three-game series from their division rivals, the Padres and Dodgers, and continues after the team returns to Arizona after a 3-6 road trip, with three victories against the Pirates and two from the Brewers.
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    2000 The Astros set a team record by homering in their 15th straight game. Ken Caminiti and Lance Berkman go deep off Rudy Seanez in the bottom of the eighth inning, making the difference in the team's 4-3 victory over Atlanta at Enron Field.
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    2000 For the first time in franchise history, the Angels hit four homers in one inning. Darin Erstad, Mo Vaughn, Tim Salmon, and Garret Anderson go yard in the fifth frame of the Halos' 11-4 victory.

    2001 The Marlins fire skipper John Boles (22-26, 8.5 GB) a day after reliever Dan Miceli blasts the skipper and his coaching staff for their lack of major league playing experience. Hall of Famer Tony Perez takes over the team on an interim basis.

    2001 In an 11-inning slugfest with Colorado, LA catcher Paul Lo Duca goes 6-for-6 in the 11-10 victory at Dodger Stadium. The backstop's five singles and a three-run homer tie a National League record for hits in an extra-inning game.
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    2003 When Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa, and Gary Sheffield all go deep off Reds' starter Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first inning, the Braves become only the second team in big-league history to begin a game with three consecutive home runs. In San Diego's home opener in 1987, the Padres wasted no time making up a two-run first inning deficit when Marvell Wynn, Tony Gwynn, and John Kruk all went yard leading off in the bottom of the first inning off Giant starter Roger Mason.

    2004 Saving the Yankees' 7-5 win over the Devil Rays in Tampa Bay, Mariano Rivera notches his 300th career save. The Panama City native becomes the first Yankee and 17th reliever in major league history to reach the milestone.
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    2004 Matt Clement becomes the twenty-first big league pitcher and the first Cubs hurler to hit three batters in one inning in over a century. The right-hander ties a major league record when he plunks Bobby Hill, Jason Kendall, and Craig Wilson in the fifth inning of a 5-4 loss in the opener of a twin bill against Pittsburgh at PNC Park.
     

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    2005 In the eighth inning of the Red Sox' 17-1 rout over the Yankees in New York, the largest margin of victory the team has ever enjoyed against their rivals, the stadium scoreboard goes blank for a few moments when the operator cannot keep up with the Boston barrage. The team's 27 hits, which is one shy of a Bronx Bomber record for safeties allowed, are the most collected by the club since tying the franchise record of 28 in June of 2003, ironically in a game also started by Carl Pavano as the opposing pitcher, but in a Marlin uniform.

    2005 At Great American Ball Park, the number 10 joins 5 (Bench), 8 (Morgan), 24 (Perez), 20 (F. Robinson), 1 (Hutchinson), and 18 (Kluszewski) on the facade of the press box, when the Reds retire Sparky Anderson's uniform number. As the skipper of the 'Big Red Machine,' George Lee Anderson became the franchise's winningest manager (863-586) and captured four NL pennants (1970, 1972, 1975-76) and two World Championships (1975-76).
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    2005 With three remaining games in May, the Padres surpass the previous club record for the most wins for any month. The 5-3 win over the Giants marked the team's 19th victory since May Day. San Diego wins its next three contests, compiling a 22-6 (.786) record in the fifth month of the season

    2006 The Braves establish a new club record by hitting eight homers in a 13-12 win over the Cubs. Marcus Giles, Andruw Jones, Ryan Langerhans, Adam LaRoche (2), Brayan Pena, and Edgar Renteria (2) go deep for Atlanta in the 11-inning slugfest at Wrigley Field.
     
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    2006 At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list, taking sole possession of second place when he hits the 715th homer of his 21-year big league career. The historic homer, which comes off a 90-mph fastball thrown by Byung-Hyun Kim of the Rockies, makes the Giants outfielder the most prolific left-handed slugger in baseball history.
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    2007 Adrian Beltre strokes four extra-base hits to tie a franchise record in the Mariners' 12-5 rout of Anaheim. The Seattle third baseman collects 12 total bases with a pair of doubles and two home runs.
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    2010 Matt Cain throws his second career one-hitter, giving up only a two-out double to Mark Reynolds in the second inning of the Giants' 5-0 victory over Arizona. In a 2006 contest, the 25-year-old right-hander also limited Oakland to one hit, a seventh-inning two-bagger to Jay Payton.
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    2011 During a game against Florida, fans vacate a section of upper deck seats at Dodger Stadium due to a small fire in a nearby storage area. With plumes of smoke visible coming from the top level of the ballpark on the first base side, the public address announcer informs the crowd that evacuation of the entire stadium will not be necessary.
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