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Associated Press
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Randy Johnson is the oldest pitcher in MLB history to throw a perfect game
May 18 1912 — Detroit players went on strike to protest Ty Cobb's suspension. To avoid a forfeit and fine, manager Hugh Jennings recruited college players and others; they lost to the Philadelphia A's 24-2. Joe Travers gave up all 24 runs on 26 hits. 1929 — The Brooklyn Dodgers outslugged the Philadelphia Phillies for a 20-16 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. Brooklyn's Babe Herman and Johnny Frederick each had five hits. Frederick scored five times to give him a major league record eight runs in two games. The Phillies won the second game 8-6. The teams combined for a record 50 runs in a doubleheader. 1933 — The first All-Star Game is announced for July 6th at Comiskey Park. It will be played as part of the Chicago World's Fair celebration. 1956 — Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the third time in his career, setting a major league record. 1957 — Dick Williams of the Orioles hit a ninth-inning, game-tying solo home run against Chicago's Paul LaPalme seconds before 10:20 p.m. — the curfew set so the White Sox could catch a train out of Baltimore. If Williams had done anything else, Chicago would have won. The game was later replayed from the beginning and Baltimore won. 1968 — Frank Howard hit his 10th home run in a six-game span to power the Washington Senators to an 8-4 victory over Detroit at Tiger Stadium. 1981 — Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Fernando Valenzuela finally loses a game, 4-0, to the Philadelphia Phillies. He is now 8-1 and his earned run average increases to 0.90. 1990 — Chicago Cubs Ryne Sandberg's errorless game streak at second base comes to an end after 123 games and 584 chances. Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds had held the previous record of 91 games. 1990 — The Baltimore Orioles tied an AL record with eight consecutive singles in a seven-run first inning against Bobby Witt to beat the Texas Rangers 13-1. The eight straight singles equaled a record set by the Washington Senators against Cleveland in 1951 and matched by the Oakland Athletics against Chicago in 1981. 1999 — Edgar Martinez hit three home runs — tying a major league record with five homers in two games — to give the Seattle Mariners a 10-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. He homered twice in the opener of the series. 2000 — Mark McGwire homered three times and had a career-high seven RBIs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2. 2003 — The Texas Rangers swept three games at Yankee Stadium for the first time in the franchise's 43-year existence, winning 5-3. 2004 — Randy Johnson, 40, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves 2-0. It was the 17th perfect game in major league history and the first since the New York Yankees' David Cone did it against Montreal on July 18, 1999. 2009 — Mark Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate and the New York Yankees finished a four-game sweep of Minnesota with a 7-6 victory. _____
Associated Press
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - The NY Yankees officially retire uniform #2 in honor of Derek Jeter
May 14 1913 — Washington's Walter Johnson gave up a run in the fourth inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings. The Senators won 10-5. 1914 — Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitched nine innings of no-hit ball against the Washington Senators, but lost 1-0 after giving up two hits in the 10th inning. 1920 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators recorded his 300th victory with a 9-8 win over the Detroit Tigers. 1927 — Chicago pitcher Guy Bush went the distance for the Cubs in a 7-2 18-inning win over Boston. Charlie Robertson of the Braves almost matched the feat, leaving with one out in the 18th. 1950 — Pittsburgh first baseman Johnny Hopp hit two home runs and four singles in six at-bats, leading the Pirates to a 16-9 victory over the Cubs in the second game of a doubleheader at Chicago. 1965 — Carl Yastrzemski of Boston hit for the cycle and added another home run for five RBIs in a 12-8 10-inning loss to the Detroit Tigers. 1966 — Roberto Clemente's sixth and final career home run off Sandy Koufax is another no-doubter. It comes during Koufax's final season, the net result being one less shutout for Sandy and one more moon shot for Clemente 1967 — Mickey Mantle's 500th home run, off Stu Miller, lifted the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. 1972 — In his first game with the New York Mets, Willie Mays hit a fifth inning home run off Don Carrithers for the difference in a 5-4 triumph over the San Francisco Giants. 1977 — Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals no-hit the Texas Rangers for a 6-0 victory. 1986 — California Angels slugger Reggie Jackson hits his 537th career home run to move past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list. Jackson delivers the milestone blast against Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox. 1988 — Jose Oquendo became the first non-pitcher in 20 seasons to get a decision, taking the loss in the 19th inning when Ken Griffey's two-out, two-run double led the Atlanta Braves over the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5. 1989 — Benny Distefano became the first left-handed catcher in a major league game in nine years when he caught the ninth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Mike Squires caught two games with the Chicago White Sox in 1980 and Dale Long caught two games for the Chicago Cubs in 1958. 1993 — Jay Gainer of the Colorado Rockies hit a home run on the first major league pitch he saw. The first baseman became the fifth National Leaguer and 12th major leaguer to accomplish this feat. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Rockies 13-5. 1996 — Dwight Gooden pitched a no-hitter as the New York Yankees beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0. Gooden struck out five and walked six. 2000 — Although Sammy Sosa collects five hits, Henry Rodriguez has seven RBI and Eric Young steals five bases, the Chicago Cubs still manage to lose to Montreal, 16-15. Young's five stolen bases are the most by a Cubs player since 1881 when George Gore stole seven. 2010 — After Twins manager Ron Gardenhire orders an intentional walk to Mark Teixeira and brings in righty Matt Guerrier to face Alex Rodriguez in the 7th, the Yankee third baseman blasts his 19th career grand slam to pass Frank Robinson for 7th on the all-time career home run list and give New York an 8-4 win. 2012 — Major League Baseball fires arbitrator Shyam Das after 13 years on the job. The Commissioner's office was incensed at Das for overturning Ryan Braun's suspension for PED use on a technicality on February 23rd, and the last straw comes when the same ruling is used today to justify ending Eliezer Alfonzo's 100-game suspension early. 2016 — In his final season, David Ortiz is still a master of the clutch hit. Today, he hits a two-out 9th-inning triple off Luke Gregerson to drive in Xander Bogaerts and tie the game for the Red Sox against the Astros, then hits a two-out double in the 11th off Michael Feliz that again drives in Bogaerts and gives the Sox a 6-5 win. The double is the 600th of his career, making him only the third player after Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds to hit 500 homers and 600 doubles; he had hit homer #513 in the 3rd inning. 2017 — The Yankees officially retire uniform number 2 in honor of Derek Jeter and unveil a plaque in his name in Monument Park at New Yankee Stadium between games of a doubleheader against the Astros. _____
Associated Press
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
This Date in Baseball - Zack Greinke became 5th pitcher in MLB history to K 1,000 different batters
May 13 1911 — Detroit's Ty Cobb hit his first grand slam. After six innings, the Tigers led the Red Sox, 10-1. Boston came back to win the game 13-11 in 10 innings. 1911 — The New York Giants scored a major league record 10 runs before the St. Louis Cardinals retired the first batter in the first inning. Fred Merkle drove in six of the Giants' 13 runs in the first en route to a 19-5 rout. 1923 — Joe Sewell of the Cleveland Indians struck out twice in one game for the first time in his career. Washington Senator rookie Wally Warmoth was the pitcher. In a 14-year career, Sewell had only one other multiple strikeout game. 1942 — Boston's Jim Tobin became the only pitcher in modern history to hit three home runs in one game. Tobin led the Braves to a 6-5 win over the Chicago Cubs. His fourth at-bat was a fly ball caught against the fence in left field. 1955 — At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle hits home runs from both sides of the plate for the first time in his major league career. 1958 — Teammates Willie Mays and Darryl Spencer each had four long hits as San Francisco beat the Dodgers in Los Angeles 16-9. Mays had two homers, two triples, a single and four RBIs, and Spencer had two homers, a triple, a double and six RBIs for a combined 28 total bases. 1958 — Stan Musial got his 3,000th hit with a pinch-double off Chicago's Moe Drabowsky at Wrigley Field. The Cardinals won 5-3. 1969 — Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs reaches the 1,500 runs batted in milestone with seven RBI in a 19-0 shellacking of the expansion San Diego Padres. 1976 — For the sixth consecutive game, George Brett of the Kansas City Royals collects at least three hits. 1980 — Ray Knight of Cincinnati hit two home runs in the fifth inning — including a grand slam — to lead the Reds to a 15-4 rout of the New York Mets. 7. 1982 — The Chicago Cubs won game No. 8,000 in their history with a 5-0 victory over Houston at the Astrodome. 1989 — Kirby Puckett of the Minnesota Twins tied a major league record with four doubles against the Blue Jays. He became the 35th player to hit four doubles in a game, the first since Toronto's Damaso Garcia in 1986. 1993 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hits his 300th career home run in the 6th inning of a 7-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Brett is only the 6th major league player with at least 3,000 hits and 300 home runs. 1994 — Tim Salmon of the California Angels went 5-for-5 against the Seattle Mariners to give him 13 hits over three consecutive games. 2000 — Todd Stottlemyre of Arizona earned his seventh victory of the season as the Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 6-2. It was Todd's 136th career win. He and father Mel Stottlemyre became the first father-son combination to record 300 wins. 2001 — Alex Rodriguez becomes the fifth-youngest big leaguer to hit his 200th career home run, at 25 years and 289 days. Mel Ott accomplished the feat in 1934 at the youngest age (25 years, 144 days). 2002 — 38 home runs shy of the exclusive 500 home run club, Jose Canseco retires at 37 age due to injuries sustained in recent years. 2007 — San Francisco rookie Fred Lewis hit for the cycle in a 15-2 win over Colorado, just four days after being called up from Triple-A Fresno. 2009 — Soon after Adam LaRoche became the first player to have a home run taken away following a video replay review, Ross Gload lost one the same way when umpires reversed their call. LaRoche wound up with a double for Pittsburgh at PNC Park. Gload's pinch-hit drive was finally called foul at Milwaukee and he eventually struck out. Both players had already rounded the bases when umps changed the original call. 2009 — Ryan Zimmerman's 30-game hitting streak ended when he went 0 for 3 with two walks in Washington's 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. 2012 — Joey Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his third home run of the game, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a rain-delayed 9-6 victory over the Washington Nationals. 2014 — Pinch-hitter Greg Garcia was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the 12th inning, sending the St. Louis Cardinals to 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. 2023 — By striking out Brice Turang and Joey Wiemer of the Brewers in the 5th inning, Zack Greinke becomes only the fifth pitcher in major league history to have struck out 1,000 different batters in his career. The veteran Royals hurler, who is in his 20th season, joins Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux and Roger Clemens in the exclusive club. 2024 — In a first, women are the lead television announcers for both teams in today's game between the Athletics and Astros. Jenny Cavnar was named the A's lead broadcaster before the start of the season, and for the occasion the Astros have announcer Todd Kalas and in-game reporter Julia Morales switch roles, with Morales, a long-time friend of Cavnar's, taking over in the broadcast booth. _____
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees' Aaron Judge has 4 hits in blowout win over A's, pushing batting average back above .400
Aaron Judge's dominant start to the season continued Sunday afternoon. The New York Yankees star pushed his batting average above .400 again while leading the team to a 12-2 win over the Athletics in Sacramento. Judge had four hits, which matched his career-high — though that's something he's done 13 times in his career now. He also raised his batting average to .409 on the season. That's the highest in the league by far, well above teammate Paul Goldschmidt's second-best .349. Judge now has the fourth-best batting average with at least 14 home runs through the first 40 games of the season in MLB history. Only Manny Ramirez, Jimmie Foxx and Mickey Mantle are ahead of him on that list. Highest batting average with 14+ home runs in team's first 40 games:1956 Mickey Mantle: .4301932 Jimmie Foxx: .4252001 Manny Ramirez: .4122025 Aaron Judge: .409 — Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) May 11, 2025 Judge's first hit of the afternoon came in the second, when he hit a two-RBI single to push the Yankees to a 5-0 lead. Cap knocks in ✌️ — New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 11, 2025 He hit a double in the fourth and then a single in the fifth, which eventually resulted in Goldschmidt driving him in to extend the Yankees' lead to 10. His fourth and final hit of the game came in the seventh, when he hit an easy single to left. It was his seventh game of the season with at least three hits. By that point, the Yankees simply cruised to the double-digit win, which marked their fourth win in their last five games. They now sit at 23-17 on the season. The Yankees will wrap up their West Coast road trip with a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners starting on Monday. Along with his batting average, Judge also has 39 RBI, 63 hits and 14 home runs — all of which lead the league. Even though the season is about six weeks old, Judge appears to be a lock to win the AL MVP award already. He was listed at -1100 to win the award on BetMGM on Friday, which gives him about a 92% chance of winning. Judge's batting average almost certainly isn't going to hold. Only eight players have finished a season above .400, most recently ed Williams in 1941. Tony Gwynn came the closest since in 1994, but he fell three hits shy of hitting the mark. Regardless, what Judge is doing so far is nothing short of historic. Whether he can sustain this level over the next several months and turn it into another deep postseason run for the Yankees, though, remains to be seen.
Fox News
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Yankees' Jasson Dominguez joins rare company, including Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray, after superb 3-HR game
Friday night was one to remember for Jasson Dominguez. Once dubbed the New York Yankees' top prospect, this is Dominguez's first full season, and we are now seeing why the Yankees have touted him so highly ever since he was 16 years old. At age 22, Dominguez made history as the youngest Yankee to ever hit three home runs in a game, doing so against the Athletics in Sacramento. However, there's quite a twist to this historic achievement: The switch-hitter actually hit home runs from both sides of the plate. Dominguez belted his first blast of the night from the left side in the third inning, going back-to-back with Paul Goldschmidt. In the seventh, this time from the right side, he went deep for a solo shot. But to cap it all off, he hit a grand slam in the eighth, back to the left side of the box. Dominguez joined Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray and only 13 other players to have a three-home run game with at least one coming from each side of the plate. It was just the 20th such occurrence in MLB history, and had not been done since 2018, when Aaron Hicks did it in a Yankee uniform. Other Yankees to accomplish the feat include Tom Tresh, Roy White and Mark Teixeira, who actually did it two other times with two other teams. The home run from the right side was surely a good sight for Yankee fans, considering the left side is undoubtedly Dominguez's strong suit. As a lefty, he's hitting .319 with a .943 OPS, but in the right-handed batter's box, he's hitting just .128. New York earned a 10-2 win over the Athletics, who are surprisingly hovering at .500 through 40 games. It was the Bronx Bombers' third win in a row, and they are back in action on Saturday against the A's in an effort to continue to build their lead in the AL East. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
