Today in Baseball History -- June 13 -- from Mary Landers ... By The Associated Press 1905 -- Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second no-hit game, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1-0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants got two hits in the ninth for the win. 1912 -- Christy Mathewson recorded his 300th career victory with a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. 1913 -- In the top of the ninth inning with no outs at New Yorks Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson strands a runner on third base to record his 300th victory when the Giants edge the Cubs, 3-2. During his 17-year major league career, Big Six will compile a 373-188 record. 1921 -- Babe Ruth pitches the first five innings and hits two home runs in the Yankees 11-8 victory over the Tigers at the Polo Grounds. The Bambino will break his own major league record this year, going deep 59 times, but this is the only time this season he will be the starting pitcher for the Bronx Bombers. 1924 -- After Bob Meusel is plunked on the back by Bert Cole, the Yankee outfielder hurls his bat at the Detroit southpaw and charges the mound. The resulting ninth-inning melee includes players, fans and the police, and when ump Billy Evans is unable to clear the field after nearly a thirty minute delay, he forfeits the game to New York, 10-6. 1930 -- For the first time baseball history, former batting champions are exchanged for one another when the Senators trade Goose Goslin to the Browns for Heinie Manush. Both Hall of Fame outfielders won their titles in the American League, with Manush hitting .387 playing for the Tigers in 1926, and Goslin leading the circuit two years later with a .378 batting average for Washington. 1938 -- The Reds acquire Bucky Walters from the Phillies in exchange for catcher Spud Davis, southpaw Al Hollingsworth and $50,000. Cincinnatis new right-hander will play a major role in the teams two consecutive National League pennants when he wins 27 games in 1939 and has another 22 victories in 1940. 1940 -- In the inaugural Hall of Fame game, the Red Sox beat the Cubs at Doubleday Field, 10-9. Future Hall of Famer Ted Williams hits two home runs during the six-inning rain-shortened exhibition. 1947 -- In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox score all their runs in the fifth inning to beat Chicago, 5-3. The contest is not the first major league game to played under the lights in Boston, with the cross town NL rivals having played an evening tilt last season against New York at Braves Field. 1948 -- With the crowd of 49,641 singing Auld Lang Syne to the Babe, the Yankees celebrate the silver anniversary of Yankee Stadium by holding Babe Ruth Day. With members of the 1923 team (the first team to play in the stadium) looking on, the dying superstars uniform number 3 is retired and sent to Cooperstown. 1957 -- Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams becomes the first American Leaguer to have two three-homer games in one season. The Splendid Splinter drives in five runs, helping Boston to defeat the Indians, 9-3. 1957 -- In a game which features the ejection of Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale, Clem Labine loses for the first time in ten months and 38 relief appearances when the Braves beat Brooklyn, 8-5. The Milwaukee shortstop charged the mound after getting drilled in the ribs by the Dodger right-hander, resulting in banishment for both players. 1957 -- At Comiskey Park, an ugly brawl, precipitated by an Art Ditmar pitch behind Larry Doby’s head, breaks out when the White Sox infielder takes exception to being the target of the bean ball and punches the Yankee hurler. Billy Martin, Walt Dropo, Bill Skowron and Enos Slaughter all actively participate in the melee. 1957 -- The Indians, in an effort to get more power from their outfield, send Jim Busby to the Orioles in exchange for 28-year old Dick Williams, who will play only 67 games with the Tribe before being dealt back to Baltimore. As a result of the trade, Roger Maris will move from left to become Clevelands full-time center fielder. 1965 -- At Shea Stadium, Ron Swoboda breaks the franchise record for home runs hit by a rookie when he goes deep off Dick Ellsworth in the first inning with a three run homer, a poke that will provide all of the runs the Mets will score in their 3-2 victory over Chicago. Jim Hickman had established the mark with 13 round-trippers in 1962, the clubs inaugural season. 1966 -- After demanding more playing time, Jerry Adair is traded by the Orioles, along with minor leaguer John Riddle, to the White Sox for right-hander Eddie Fisher. The former Baltimore infielder will miss an opportunity to play in the World Series this season with the Birds, but will participate in the Fall Classic with Boston in 1968. 1973 -- The Los Angeles Dodgers infield of Steve Garvey (first base), Davey Lopes (second base), Ron Cey (third base) and Bill Russell (shortstop) played together for the first time in a 16-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The quartet would set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years in the same infield. 1973 -- Dock Ellis walks a batter without ever throwing a pitch to him. After going 2-0 on the Atlanta left fielder Sonny Jackson, the Pirates right-hander is replaced by Ramon Hernandez, who throws two more balls to Dick Dietz, a pinch-hitter for Jackson, to complete the base-on-balls which is attributed to the Bucs starting pitcher. 1975 -- The Indians deal right-hander Gaylord Perry to the Rangers for three pitchers, Jim Bibby‚ Jackie Brown‚ and Rick Waits‚ along with approximately $100‚000. In his three-plus years with Texas, the future Hall of Famer compiles a 48-43 record, posting an ERA of 3.26. 1976 -- The Mets sweep the Giants in a twin bill at Candlestick Park, 4-2 and 4-1. The victories mark the first time in 17 tries that the team has won two games on the same day. 1994 -- At the age of 34, Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg suddenly retires, walking away from $16 million. Ryno will return to the Chicago line-up in 1996 to play for two more seasons before completing his 16-year Hall of Fame career. 1994 -- Don Mattingly surpasses fellow first baseman Wally Pipp for consecutive games played in a Yankees uniform. ‘Donnie Baseball’s 1,469th game is second to only to another Bronx Bomber first sacker named Lou Gehrig, who played in 2,130 straight contests. 1998 -- The first triple play ever completed at Dodger Stadium is turned by Darren Dreifort (p), Eric Young (2b), Jose Vizcaino (ss) and Bobby Bonilla (3b). With Colorado runners on first and second base, the 1-6-4 double play becomes a triple killing when Jamey Wright is thrown out at third base by the LA second baseman, who covered first base for the second out. 1998 -- For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back homers in consecutive innings. Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones accomplish the feat in the second and third frame of the Braves 9-7 victory over Montreal at Turner Field. 1998 -- The Angels stroke a franchise-record eight doubles in their 18-6 victory in Texas. Jim Edmonds leads the Halos attack with three two-baggers, with Gary Disarcina (2), Darin Erstad, Matt Walbeck, and Garret Anderson also contributing to the clubs new mark. 1999 -- With his Astros ahead 4-1 in the 8th inning, the game is suspended when Houston manager Larry Dierker cant speak, falls and begins shaking violently due to a gran mal seizure. 1999 -- Omar Olivares ties a major league record by hitting four Diamondbacks. The Angels hurler becomes the 19th pitcher to hit four batters in a game, but the second Anaheim moundsman in three weeks to tie the dubious mark as teammate Steve Sparks also plunked four batters on May 22. 2001 -- Texas Ruben Sierra homered from both sides of the plate for the sixth time in his career, but the Rangers lost 5-3 to the Dodgers. 2001 -- After losing to the Expos in 12 innings on Mark Smiths home run which was clearly foul when viewed with video replays, the Yankees restore the missing screen on the bottom three feet to the fair side of the left-field foul pole. The section was removed so fans sitting behind the pole would have an unobstructed view of the game. 2001 -- The Pittsburgh Pirates trade infielder Enrique Wilson (.186, 8, 1 in 46 games) to the Yankees in exchange for Double-A Norwich relief pitcher Damaso Marte (3-1, 3.50 in 23 appearances). 2001 -- Van Meter and St. Marys (Martensdale) tie a national high school record established in 1928 by hitting 16 home runs in one game. Twelve different players go deep, benefitted by the wind and a small ballpark. 2003 -- Roger Clemens reached 300 wins and became the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joined Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the 4,000-strikeout club. 2005 -- In a Fenway Park pre-game ceremony prior to the interleague series against the Reds, who have not played in Boston since the 1975 World Series, the Red Sox pay tribute to Carlton Fisk and his 12th-inning Game 6 walk-off homer by naming the bright yellow stanchion in left field, where the ball landed, the Fisk Foul Pole. The former hometown hero enjoys the festivities from the Monster Seats as the crowd cheers when the home run is replayed on the scoreboard to the tune of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus. 2006 -- The first wireless bullpen communication system in baseball history is used at Wrigley Field when a cell phone, which will be sent to the Hall of Fame, is used for the first time in major league history to call the bullpen. From the dugout, Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild calls the bullpen during the third inning to start warming up reliever Angel Guzman. 2008 -- Omar Vizquel becomes the first Giant to steal home in a quarter of a century. The infrequent swipe of the plate, last accomplished by Max Venable in 1983, comes in the second inning of a 5-1 inter-league loss to As. 2008 -- Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning of Philadelphias 20-2 rout of St. Louis. 2009 -- Torii Hunter of the Angels hit three consecutive solo homers in Los Angeles 9-1 win over San Diego. 2010 -- Jose Posada’s fifth-inning grand slam, his second in the past two games, proves to be the difference in the Yankees’ 9-5 victory over Houston at the Stadium. The Bronx Bomber backstop joins Bill Dickey (1937) and Babe Ruth (1927, 1929) as the only players in franchise history to hit home runs with the bases loaded in consecutive contests. 2010 -- With their first sweep at Dodger Stadium, the Angels complete their 14-game road trip with 11 victories, the most for the team on a single trip since 1962. In the 6-5 decision over their crosstown rivals, Halos hurler Jered Weaver strikes out his older brother, Jeff, who came into the game as long reliever in the third inning, for the first time since they were kids. 2010 -- In game against their cross-town rivals at Wrigley Field, the Cubs get out of a bases loaded jam in the final frame for a 1-0 victory over the White Sox. Juan Pierres leadoff single in the top of the ninth spoils Ted Lillys bid for a no-hitter, a feat that hasnt been accomplished at the Friendly Confines since Milt Pappas threw a no-no in 1972. 2012 -- Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0. Cains 125-pitch masterpiece featured a pair of great plays by his corner outfielders. Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyders one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track. Right fielder Gregor Blanco ran into right-center to make a diving catch on the warning track and rob Jordan Schafer for the first out of the seventh. 2012 -- R.A. Dickey allowed only an infield single during his second career one-hitter and broke the New York Mets record for consecutive scoreless innings in a 9-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. Dickey (10-1) became the first 10-game winner in the major leagues and ran his career-best shutout streak to 32 2/3 innings before yielding an unearned run in the ninth. 2012 -- Matt Cain tosses the fifth no-hitter and second perfect game of the season when he retires 27 consecutive batters in the Giants 10-0 rout of the Astros at AT&T Park. The San Francisco right-hander, with the help of two great defensive plays from outfielders Melky Cabrera and Gregor Blanco, becomes the first pitcher in the 129-year history of the franchise and the 22nd in major league history to accomplish the feat. 2012 -- Ted Barrett becomes the first major league ump to be behind the plate for two perfect games. In addition to calling ball and strikes for todays gem thrown by the Giants Matt Cain, the 18-year veteran arbitrator was also the home-plate umpire when David Cone threw his perfecto against the Expos at Yankee Stadium in 1999. Todays birthdays: Drew Smyly 25; Jonathan Lucroy 28; Pedro Strop 29.
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