This date in baseball
1933 Joe Sewell of the New York Yankees struck out for the first time this season during a 3-0 win over Cleveland. Sewell would strike out only three more times in 524 at-bats.
1942 Ted Williams is sworn into the U.S. Navy, but will remain with the Boston Red Sox until he is called for active duty. 1957 The Boston Red Sox hit four home runs in the sixth inning of an 11-0 win over Cleveland. Gene Mauch, Ted Williams, Dick Gernert and Frank Malzone connected. All the homers came on the first 16 pitches from Cal McLish.
1958 Ted Williams hits his 16th career grand slam to provide the Red Sox with the margin in an 8-5 win over the A’s. Williams’ fourth-inning blast, off Jack Urban, tied him with Babe Ruth for second place on the career slam list.
1959 Baltimore’s Hoyt Wilhelm pitched a one-hitter against the New York Yankees for a 5-0 win. Jerry Lumpe’s single in the eighth spoiled the no-hit bid.
1963 Mickey Mantle hit a pitch from Kansas City’s Bill Fischer off the right-field facade at Yankee Stadium in an 8-7 victory over the A’s.
1968 Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit three home runs, a double and a single in a 13-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Stargell’s double just missed going out, as it bounced off the railing of the left-field bleachers.
1976 St. Louis’ Reggie Smith hit three home runs two right-handed and one left-handed and drove in five runs in a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Smith’s third homer came with two outs in the ninth and broke a 6-6 tie.
1977 Boston and Milwaukee hit a combined 11 home runs in a 14-10 Red Sox victory at Fenway Park, tying a major league record. The Red Sox connected for six and the Brewers hit five in the first game of a doubleheader.
1983 Cliff Johnson of the Toronto Blue Jays hit his 18th career pinch homer. The homer off Baltimore’s Tippy Martinez tied Johnson with Jerry Lynch on the career pinch home run list.
1990 Andre Dawson set a major-league record when he was intentionally walked five times during a 16-inning, 2-1 Cubs win over the Reds.
1998 The Mets acquire catcher Mike Piazza from the Marlins in exchange for outfielder Preston Wilson, pitcher Ed Yarnall and a player to be named. Piazza barely spent a week with Florida, following a trade from the Dodgers.
1998 Brian Cox went 6-for-6, including a grand slam in a 10-run third inning, as Florida State rolled past Delaware 27-6 in the NCAA Atlantic II Regional. Freshman Matt Diaz hit three home runs for the Seminoles.
2000 Milwaukee beat Houston in the first game of a doubleheader, 10-9, coming back from a 9-2 deficit to tie the score with seven runs in the bottom half of the ninth inning. The Brewers won the game in the 10th on a home run by Jose Hernandez.
2001 The Twins scored eight runs in the 3rd inning to give Brad Radke an 8-0 lead, then held on to edge the Mariners, 12-11 The Mariners used the momentum to win their next 15 and set a franchise record.
2008 Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 200th home run as a member of the Cincinnati Reds. He became the fourth player in major league history to hit 300 for one team and 200 with another. Preceding him were Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro and Jimmie Foxx.
2008 Boston’s J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell hit grand slams to help Daisuke Matsuzaka remain unbeaten as the Red Sox posted an 11-8 win over the Kansas City Royals.
2009 Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle and matched his career high with five RBI as Minnesota defeated Milwaukee 11-3. Cuddyer hit a three-run homer in the first inning, doubled in the third and singled in the fourth before completing the cycle by tripling on a broken-bat liner into the left-field corner in the sixth.
2012 C.J. Wilson and Ernesto Frieri combined on a one-hitter to give the Los Angeles Angels a 4-0 win over Oakland. Cliff Pennington had the only hit a one-out single in the fifth for Oakland.