This date in baseball
1910 The Cleveland Indians played their first game at League Park and lost to the Detroit Tigers 5-0 in front of 19,867.
1967 After 737 consecutive games, the Dodgers were rained out for the first time since moving to Los Angeles. The St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled.
1982 The Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 for their 13th consecutive victory.
1987 The Milwaukee Brewers’ 13-game winning streak from the start of the season ended with a 7-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Milwaukee shared the major league streak of 13 consecutive wins, set by the Atlanta Braves in 1982. 1994 Eddie Murray set a major league record with his 11th switch-hit home run game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Minnesota Twins 10-6. Murray hit a three-run home run batting left-handed in the first inning and hit a two-run home run from the right side in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.
1996 Brady Anderson led off the first inning with a home run for the fourth game in a row for Baltimore. The Texas Rangers overcame that homer, beating the Orioles 9-6.
1999 Houston’s Jeff Bagwell matched career bests with 3 home runs and 6 RBI, setting a franchise record for home runs as the Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 10-3. Bagwell ended the day with 225 home runs, two ahead of Jimmy Wynn.
2002 Atlanta’s Rafael Furcal tied a modern major league record and became the first Braves player in 46 years to hit three triples in a game, as Atlanta beat Florida 4-2. 2012 Phil Humber threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. It was baseball’s 21st perfect game and first since Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw one against the Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010. 2012 Nick Swisher hit a grand slam to help the New York Yankees erase a nine-run deficit, then he added a two-run double to give them the lead as they posted backto-back seven-run innings to beat Boston 15-9 at Fenway Park. 2015 Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier each hit two-out grand slams, powering the Cincinnati Reds past the Milwaukee Brewers 16-10. 2016 Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter in a span of 11 regular-season starts, shutting down the Cincinnati Reds in a 16-0 rout. Arrieta struck out 6, walked 4 and allowed only 6 balls hit out of the infield. 2018 Oakland’s left-hander Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in 25 years, with an overturned call preserving the gem in Oakland’s 3-0 win over the sizzling Red Sox. Manaea struck out 10, walked 2 and threw 108 pitches to finish off Oakland’s first no-no since Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game against Tampa Bay in 2010.