BB On this Date ~ Events & Birthdays #2

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.

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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.

 

979 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.

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, including 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 over 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.

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.

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.

1996 With his 6-for-8 performance in an 11-6 extra-inning victory over the Orioles at Camden Yards, Gerald Williams becomes 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.
1997 Randy Myers gets the last two outs of the ninth inning in the Orioles' 3-2 win over the Twins in the Metrodome. Baltimore's southpaw closer has recorded eleven consecutive saves to start the season.
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.
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.
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 The Angels snap Johan Santana's 17-game winning streak, beating the Twins at Metrodome, 2-1. 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.
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.
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.
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 surprises 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 ends. The team's new ownership group, fronted by Magic Johnson and incoming club president Stan Kasten, includes Mark Walter, the CEO of Guggenheim Financial, who arranged the financing and holds a controlling interest in the franchise.
(Ed. Note: The sale of the team makes NBA superstar Magic Johnson the first black owner in MLB history. - LP)

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.
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.


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 The Mets credit Donnie Stevenson, the team's hitting/approach coach, for their 5-4 victory against the Phillies thanks to Michael Conforto's go-ahead ninth-inning home run. In a pregame meeting, New York's mysterious new guru, actually slugging first baseman Pete Alonso in disguise, encouraged the slumping club to stop overthinking things and let it rip.

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 before starting at RingCentral Coliseum.


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MAY 2 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS
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(1887-1951) Eddie Collins Hall of Fame infielder (World Series 1910, 11, 13, 17, 29, 30; AL MVP 1914; 4 x AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia A's, Chicago White Sox), born in Millerton, New York


1939 Gates Brown MLB outfielder (Detroit Tigers: 1963-75)


1941 Clay Carroll


1975 Mark Johnson pitcher (Olympic bronze 1996)


1977 Luke Hudson pitcher, 2002-07 (Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals)


1985 Jarrod Saltalamacchia


1993 Sarah Langs baseball journalist (MLB.com; ESPN),

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This Day in Baseball History
May 2nd​

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 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

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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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1930 In Des Moines, Iowa, a Western League contest against Wichita becomes the first baseball game played at night under permanent lights. The unique event draws 12,000 fans instead of the usual 600 patrons, beginning a concept that will spread quickly through the minors and spare many organizations from the onslaught of the Great Depression.

1930 Joe Sewell's consecutive streak ends at 1,103 games when he doesn't appear in a game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park due to having a fever of 102 degrees. The Indians shortstop, who hasn't missed a game since 1922, is only 204 games shy of the major league record of 1,307 games set in 1925 by Yankee shortstop Everett Scott.

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1939 Before a game with the Tigers in Detroit, Lou Gehrig tells his manager, Joe McCarthy, that he is benching himself "for the good of the team." The Yankee legend's record streak, which began in 1925, ends at 2,130 consecutive games.

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1944 The Marine Corps commissions 25-year-old Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams, who received his pilot wings as a second lieutenant. The future Hall of Famer, fighting in WW II and the Korean War, misses five years of his major league career serving his country.


1946 Boston GM Eddie Collins announces the club will install lights at Fenway Park before the 1947 season. The Red Sox will be the 14th club out of 16 major league teams to play night games in their home park, leaving Wrigley Field (Cubs) and Briggs Stadium (Tigers) in the dark.

1951 As a pinch-hitter, Lou Limmer goes deep off Tigers' right-hander Saul Rogovin in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 3-3 in the A's eventual 5-3 extra-inning loss at Briggs Stadium. The at-bat marks the first time in major league history that a Jewish batter faces a Jewish pitcher with a Jewish catcher (Joe Ginsberg) behind the plate.

1954 In a twin bill at Sportsman's Park, eight-year-old Nate Colbert watches the Cardinals' Stan Musial become the first big league player to hit five home runs in a doubleheader. In 1972, as a 26-year-old Padres' first baseman, he becomes the only other major leaguer to repeat this feat.

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1956 During a game where 48 players see action, Chicago's third baseman Don Hoak strikes out a record six times against six different New York pitchers. The Giants outlast the Cubs in the 17-inning Wrigley Field marathon, 6-5.

 

1958 George Weiss warns the National League there will be consequences, interpreted by some as a nationwide Yankees network, if teams continue to flood the market with games, trying to fill the void created when the Dodgers and Giants left the Big Apple. The Phillies have already committed to broadcast 78 of its games in NYC, with the Cardinals and Pirates planning to show their home games in the Big Apple when they play against the West Coast teams.

1964 At Memorial Stadium, the Orioles host "Safety Patrol Day" to honor students who helped their schoolmates travel to and from school safely by giving free admission to 20,000 children from around the state of Maryland to the team's game against Cleveland. An escalator accident causes the death of a teenager and injuries to 46 other children when a people channeler restricts the flow of kids in the wrong direction, causing riders to fall back onto one another when they could not exit at the same pace as people getting onto the moving steps.

1964 At Municipal Stadium, the Twins become the third team in major league history to hit four consecutive home runs in an inning when Tony Oliva, Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall, and Harmon Killebrew all go deep in the top of the 11th frame of the team's 7-3 victory over the A's. Kansas City will surrender 220 round-trippers, breaking the big league mark of 199 established by the team's pitching staff last season.

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1968 Mets hitter Bud Harrelson becomes the first batter in baseball history to gain a 3-0 ball-strike count advantage from the on-deck circle when umpire Ed Vargo penalizes Phillies reliever John Boozer for going to his mouth inside the 18-foot circle of the mound. Philadelphia manager Gene Mauch, incensed about the ball one call, orders his pitcher to do it again for ball two and then again for ball three, which promptly gets his right-hander and himself thrown out of the game, a 3-0 loss at Shea Stadium.

 

1972 Coming off a Cy Young Award season (24-8, 1.82), Vida Blue ends his holdout when he agrees to sign for $63,000, a raise of only $14,750. The A's 22-year-old southpaw will post a 6-10 record, failing to make Oakland's postseason starting rotation.

1983 Jose Oquendo makes his major league debut, grounding into a force out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of a 3-2 loss to Houston. The 19-year-old rookie shortstop, born on July 4, 1963, becomes the first person to play for the Mets, younger than the franchise that started in 1962.

1984 Don Mattingly's seventh-inning single breaks up LaMarr Hoyt's perfect game bid. The lone hit, an opposite-field blooper, is followed up by a double play, and the White Sox hurler faces the minimum 27 batters, defeating the Yankees, 3-0.

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1988 One out away from immortality, Reds' right-hander Ron Robinson gives up a single to pinch-hitter Wallace Johnson and a Tim Raines home run to end his bid for a perfect game. Cincinnati holds on to beat the visiting Expos at Riverfront Stadium, 3-2.


1988 Furious about Dave Pallone's delayed call yesterday allowing the eventual winning run, Pete Rose becomes the first manager suspended for an on-field incident when National League president Bart Giamatti issues a 30-day suspension for his shoving of the first base ump. The ugly argument resulted in the fans throwing trash onto the field, temporarily delaying the game and making it necessary for the arbitrator to be removed from the game to calm tempers.


1988 At Memorial Stadium, 50,402 fans and Baltimore owner Edward Bennett Williams, attending his last Oriole game due to his losing battle with cancer, welcome their 1-23 team back from a road trip. Governor William Donald Schaefer announces that the team and the Maryland Stadium Authority have agreed upon a long-term lease for a new downtown ballpark for the start of the 1992 season.

 

1993 Jeff Bronkey picks up a save in his big league debut, tossing three scoreless innings against the Brewers in the 9-7 Texas victory. The 27-year-old Rangers reliever becomes the first person born in Afghanistan (Kabul) to play in the major leagues.

1994 Changing their jersey color from white to blue to snap a losing skid doesn't work when the Cubs lose their record eleventh consecutive game. Chicago limited to two hits by John Smiley in the Reds' rout atWrigley Field, 9-0.

1995 Hideo Nomo becomes the first Japanese native to play in the majors since Masanori Murakami appeared with the Giants in 1964. The 26-year-old right-hander from Osaka pitches five scoreless innings of one-hit ball but doesn't win when the Dodgers blow a 3-0 lead, bowing to San Francisco at Candlestick Park, 4-3.

1995 Mo Vaughn and John Valentin hit grand slams in consecutive innings, accounting for all the runs in the Red Sox' 8-0 victory over the Yankees at the Stadium. The sluggers were teammates on the Seton Hall University baseball team.

1998 At Kauffman Stadium, Darryl Strawberry blasts pinch-hit ninth-inning grand slam when he goes deep off Scott Service to extend the Yankees' lead over the Royals to 12-6. Straw's round-tripper is the first of his two pinch-hit bases-loaded homers this season, making him only the fifth player to accomplish the feat.

1999 Nike's 'Chicks Dig the Long Ball' commercial, starring Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux, airs for the first time. The television ad depicts the Braves hurlers, both multiple Cy Young Awards recipients, as pitchers who want to become worshipped home run heroes after becoming frustrated by the attention being shown to Cardinal slugger Mark McGwire by Heather Locklear and a friend.

1999 Rafael Palmeiro reaches the 2,000 career-hit milestone with a fourth-inning double in the Rangers' defeat 8-6 victory over the Indians at The Ballpark in Arlington. The 34-year-old designated hitter will join Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Eddie Murray as the only players to compile 3,000 hits and 500 home runs during their major league careers.

 

2000 Kerry Wood throws in a game for the first time in nearly 19 months, giving up one run and three hits in six innings in the Cubs' 11-1 rout of Houston. The outing is the first test of the right-hander's reconstructed elbow.

2000 En route to the team's ninth division title in ten years, the Braves win their fifteenth consecutive game when they beat L.A. at Chavez Ravine, 5-3. The winning streak, which began on April 16, ties an Atlanta record.

2001 At the Metrodome, Paul O'Neill singles in the ninth inning off Minnesota reliever LaTroy Hawkins, becoming the 215th player to collect 2,000 hits. The Yankee right fielder will retire at the end of the season, recording another 105 safeties before ending his 17-year major league career.

2001 The game at the Metrodome, delayed for 12 minutes when the umps need to pull the opposing players off the field, comes close to being forfeited by the Twins when unruly spectators pummel Chuck Knoblauch with coins, plastic beer bottles, and golf balls in left field. Minnesota skipper Tom Kelly appeals to the crowd, including over 40 ejected fans, to be calm as the home team defeats their former second baseman and the Yankees, 4-2.

2002 In the Mariners' 15-4 victory over the White Sox, Mike Cameron becomes the 13th major leaguer to hit four homers in one game. The Seattle outfielder's first two dingers are followed by round-trippers by second baseman Bret Boone, making it the first time the same two teammates have hit back-to-back homers twice in one inning.

2003 The players' association agrees to a two-year experiment in which the winning league of the All-Star Game will have the home-field advantage during the World Series. Other changes include a roster increase of 2 to 32 players and a separate ballot for managers, coaches, and players naming the additional nine position players and eight pitchers for each team.

2005 In front of 15,641 fans, the smallest attendance in the 14-year history of Camden Yards, the Orioles' eight-game winning streak ends when Toronto beat the Birds in 12 innings, 6-5. With the second-best record in the majors, Baltimore has experienced reduced crowds due to the Montreal Expos being relocated to nearby Washington to play as the Nationals.

2005 The Cardinals, trailing 9-3 after eight innings, mount their most remarkable ninth-inning comeback in franchise history, defeating the Reds at the Great American Ball Park. A three-run homer by Jim Edmonds and a two-run round-tripper by John Mabry fuels the seven-run rally in Cincinnati.

2007 Jarrod Saltalamacchia, on his 22nd birthday, makes his major league debut. With 14 letters in his last name, the Braves backstop has the longest surname in baseball history, besting 15 other major leaguers who played with 13 letters in their family name.

2007 Thanks to a winning rally that starts with an infield single in play after hitting the second-highest "B" ring at Tropicana Field, the Rays beat Minnesota, 4-3, in 10 innings. In tomorrow's contest, a mannequin wearing a Twins uniform will mark the spot where Carlos Pena's fortunate hit struck the roof.

2008 The Diamondbacks throw Jose Reyes out at home plate in an unusual attempt to complete the cycle with an inside-the-park homer. The shortstop's four hits pace the Mets' 7-2 win over Arizona, the club's 14th victory in the last 15 games played against Arizona at Chase Field.

2019 Noah Syndergaard homers en route to blanking the Reds at Citi Field, making it the seventh time in major league history that a pitcher's round-tripper accounts for the game's only run in a 1-0 shutout. 'Thor' becomes the first Met to accomplish the feat and the first since Dodger right-hander Bob Welch went deep for the only run in his complete-game victory in 1983.

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MAY 3 BASEBALL BIRTHDAYS
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1857 George Gore player


1890 Alex Pompez HOF executive (owner NgL Cuban Stars [East] 1923-28; NY Cubans 1935-51)


(1904-1986) Red Ruffing HOF pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1932, 36–39, 41; NY Yankees


1938 Chris Cannizzaro Mets Backstop


1977 Ryan Dempster Cubs Pitcher

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This Day in Baseball History
May 3rd​

1936 After being sidelined at the start of the season because of a foot injury, Joe DiMaggio makes his much anticipated major league debut. The 21-year-old rookie outfielder lives up to the hype, collecting three hits, including a triple, and scoring three runs in the Yankees' 14-5 victory over the Browns in New York.

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1941 In his first major league start, Cardinal rookie Henry Gornicki throws a one-hitter, beating Philadelphia at Shibe Park, 6-1. The 30-year-old right-hander, who will win only fifteen games in his career, gives up the lone hit to rookie outfielder Stanley Benjamin.

1947 The Cardinals trade center fielder Harry Walker and right-hander Freddy Schmidt to the Phillies for right fielder Ron Northey. 'Harry the Hat' will finish the season .363 batting average, tops in the National League.

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1947 The Pirates deal five-foot, six-inch reserve outfielder Al Gionfriddo to the Dodgers for five players and a hundred thousand dollars in cash, delivered by the diminutive flycatcher when he arrives in Brooklyn. The Bucs received Hank Behrman, Dixie Howell, Gene Mauch, Cal McLish, and

Al Gionfriddo​

Kirby Higbe, a former 20-game winner from South Carolina, made expendable due to his comments about playing with his new teammate Jackie Robinson, the first black to play in the major leagues this century.