1953 Southpaws Whitey Ford and Bob Kuzava both blank the White Sox, 1-0 and 3-0 respectively, for a Yankee doubleheader sweep. Kuzava gives up his only hit in the ninth.
1954 Gil Hodges gets to bat three times in one inning as the Dodgers score 13 runs in the eighth and defeat the Reds, 20-7.
1957 Club President Walter O'Malley makes it official announcing the Dodgers will play in Los Angeles next season.
1988 In the first scheduled night game ever at Wrigley Field the Cubs play host to the Phillies. The game does not become official as the contest is rained out in the third inning.
1997 At Busch Stadium, recently acquired first baseman Mark McGwire hits his 365th career home run which is also his first National League homer off Phillies' pitcher Mark Leiter.
1998 At the age of 41, Twins' Paul Molitor becomes fifth player in major league history to have at least 3,000 hits and 500 steals. His 5-for-5 performance and the theft of his 500th base allows him to join Ty Cobb (4,191 hits, 892 steals), Honus Wagner (3,415, 722), Eddie Collins (3,315, 744) and Lou Brock (3,023, 938) as the only players to accomplish this milestone.
2000 In the top of the ninth, A's closer Jason Isringhausen throws just two pitches and the Yankees go from losing 3-2 to winning 4-3 thanks to back-to-back home runs by Bernie Williams and David Justice.
2000 Cubs' hurler Phil Norton becomes the 18th pitcher in major league history to give up four homers in one inning as the Dodgers win the game, 7-5.
2002 Closer John Smoltz records his 40th save in the 114th game of the Braves' schedule making it the earliest point in a season a relief pitcher has reached that mark. Lee Smith of the Cardinals accomplished the feat in his 117th game in 1993, and White Sox Bobby Thigpen turned the trick in 118 games en route to setting the major league record with 57 saves in 1990.
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