Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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1904 The Philadelph­ia Phillies snapped the New York Giants’ 18-game winning streak with a 6-5 10-inning victory.

1935 Tony Cuccinello of the Dodgers and his brother Al for the Giants each hit home runs in the same game to mark the first time in major league history that brothers on opposing teams connected for homers. Brooklyn beat New York 14-4.

1937 Frank DeMaree of Chicago went 6-for-7 in the first game of a doublehead­er, in which the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 13-12 in 14 innings. DeMaree had three doubles and three singles. The Cubs won the second game 9-7 and DeMaree had two more singles.

1947 Larry Doby became the first black to play in the American League. He struck out as a pinch-hitter as Cleveland lost 6-5 to the White Sox.

1987 Mark McGwire became the first rookie to hit 30 homers before the All- Star break and Jose Canseco homered twice, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 6-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

1991 The Colorado Rockies and the Florida Marlins were given final approval by baseball owners with a unanimous vote to join the NL in 1993.

1993 Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics opened both games of a doublehead­er with a homer to become the second player to accomplish the feat. Harry Hooper of the Boston Red Sox homered to start both games against Washington on May 30, 1913.

1998 Toronto’s Roger Clemens became the 11th pitcher in baseball history to notch 3,000 strikeouts during a 2- 1 win over Tampa Bay. Clemens needed five strikeouts to reach the mark. He struck out Quinton McCracken and Wade Boggs in the first inning and then got Mike DiFelice, Miguel Cairo and Randy Winn in the third to reach the milestone.

1998 Juan Gonzalez became the second player to top 100 RBIs before the All- Star break, homering in the first and seventh innings off Seattle’s Randy Johnson to improve his major league- leading total to 101. Gonzalez ended with the second-most RBIs before the All-Star break in major league history. Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers had 103 in 1935 en route to 170.

1998 San Diego’s Andy Ashby threw only 75 pitches for a 7-2 complete game victory over the Colorado Rockies. Ashby, who also had an RBI double, pitched a five-hitter, faced 30 batters, struck out two and walked none.

2000 Luis Gonzalez became the first player in franchise history to hit for the cycle as Arizona beat Houston 12-9.

2004 Eric Gagne’s streak of 84 consecutiv­e saves ended when he blew a two-run lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who came back to beat the Arizona Diamondbac­ks 6-5 in 10 innings. 2005 Boston’s Manny Ramirez hit his 20th grand slam in a 7-4 win over Texas, passing Eddie Murray for sole possession of second place on the career list. Lou Gehrig hit 23.

2016 The Chicago Cubs became the first team since the 1976 Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine to have five players voted as All-Star Game starters when their entire infield earned the honor along with center fielder Dexter Fowler. First baseman Anthony Rizzo, second baseman Ben Zobrist, shortstop Addison Russell and third baseman Kris Bryant also were elected. The only other team to start four infielders was the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. 2019 The Minnesota Twins set an MLB record of 165 home runs hit before the All-Star Game.

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