Baseball Historians

April 30, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 2 (9-6), Orioles 1 
This game was about as strange as they come.  Earl Wilson threw a gem.  in the eighth inning, Wilson walked the bases loaded before Luis Aparicio hit a sac. fly to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead without getting a single hit in the inning.
Entering the […]

The Tigers got it done at the plate today and they racked up eight runs on just six hits but they drew eight walks in the 8-4 win over the Orioles.  Gary Sheffield had a nice game and he went one for two with two walks, a two run homer and three runs.  He even […]

April 30, 1927 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 3, Yankees 2  (9-5)
Urban Shocker was crusing along and had a nice 2-0 lead heading into the ninth before things fell apart.  Three runs later and the Yankees and Shocker had lost the game.  He gave up three runs on eight hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Bob […]

April 30, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 7, Twins 3  (5-9)
Mudcat Grant dropped to 0-3 on the season as he was shelled by the Senators.  He gave up six runs on six hits and five walks in only 4 2/3 innings of work.
The Twins didn’t score their first run until they were already down 6-0.  Earl […]

April 30, 1957 at the Polo Grounds
Giants 4, Braves 0  (9-2)
The Braves went out on a losing note to end the month of April but it was still a very impressive start for the team.  They stood at 9-2 and they were a game ahead of the National League champs, the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Braves managed […]

April 30, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 7, Mariners 2  (11-9)
After a horrible first half of April, the Yankees closed out the month with nine wins in the last ten games.  This time it was the offense that got it going.  Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson each hit their third homeruns of the season and Willie […]

April 30, 1967 at Comiskey Park
Indians 2, White Sox 1  (8-7)
A solid start by Bruce Howard went to waste in the White Sox 2-1 loss to the Indians.  Howard gave up a single run on only two hits and two walks with five strikeouts in eight innings.  Bob Locker gave up a key run as […]

April 30, 1907 at the Palace of the Fans
Cubs 4, Reds 3  (13-2)
The Cubs won their sixth straight game today as they drew 12 walks in what should have been a more lopsided affair.  The game was still only decided by a single run though with Jimmy Sheckard and Newt Randall leading the way with […]

April 30, 1937 at Griffith Stadium
Senators 4, Yankees 1  (5-2)
The Yankees five gave winning streak came to end in a game that saw only five Yankee hits.  George Selkirk drove home Lou Gehrig in the sixth inning for the team’s only run of the game and Gehrig finished the game with two hits.
Kemp Wicker was […]

April 30, 1967 at Fenway Park
Athletics 1, Red Sox 0 (8-6)
The Red Sox were held to just five hits in a tough loss to the A’s.  Bucky Brandon took the loss despite givie up only one run on five hits in eight innings of work.
Reggie Smith singled twice and that was the extent of the […]

April 30, 1947 at Sportsman’s Park
Browns 15, Yankees 5  (7-5)
The Browns took it to the Yankees and starter Allie Reynolds today in a blow out loss.  It was the Yankees third loss in four games.  Reynolds was tagged for seven runs on seven hits and unfortunately, the pen didn’t fare much better. 
George McQuinn had a […]

April 30, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Angels 1  (7-9)
The Yankees handed the Angels their fourth straight loss in a ten inning game.  Both teams scored a run in the second and then neither team scored until Mickey Mantle hit a three run walk off homerun in the tenth inning to put the game away.
Buck […]

After two wins in a row where they’ve scored 17 runs and had 25 hits, perhaps Cincinnati is getting their offensive production on track.  Edwin Encarnacion had five hits over those two days - it’s like a light bulb is on for him now.  Curiously, only two of those 25 hits were home runs.  I think that’s […]

April 29, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4 (8-6), Orioles 2 
Mickey Lolich improved to 2-1 with another complete game.  He gave up two runs on six hits and five walks with eight strikeouts.
Gates Brown had the big hit of the game.  His two run single gave the Tigers a 3-0 lead and while the Orioles would […]

You have to love baseball.  A few more hits and this very could have been a Nationals sweep.  Instead, it’s a series loss and it it weren’t for a three run homer in the first inning of Friday’s game by Austin Kearns, this could have definitely been three straight losses.
Matt Chico had a very nice start […]

This was pretty ugly, and you wonder why Fossum was left in there for so long.  His already high ERA is even higher after giving up nine runs on nine hits and three walks in five innings.  The pen didn’t fare much better as Ruddy Lugo was hammered for three run in two innings of […]

The Padres came back from a 4-1 deficit to tie it in the seventh only to be shut down the rest of the game and lose it in seventeen innings.  David Wells was hit hard early and he lasted only five frames after giving up the four runs.  Justin Hampson took the loss.  He pitched […]

April 29, 1927 at Fenway Park
Yankees 9, Red Sox 0  (9-4)
Babe Ruth had a big day at the plate and Dutch Ruether threw a six hit shutout as the Yankees topped the Red Sox.  Ruth went three for four with his fourth homerun and three runs. 
Ruether kept the Red Sox in check and held them […]

The Devil Rays took their series against the A’s and they did it behind a great start by Scott Kazmir.  He gave up just two runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout in seven innings.  The win pushed him to 2-1 on the season.
The Devil Rays scored all of their runs via […]

The Dodgers played almost two games today as they topped the Padres 5-4 in seventeen innings.  Derek Lowe was knocked around for four runs in 6 1/3 innings.  Fortunately, six relievers combined for 10 2/3 shutout innings of one-hit ball in a complete shut down from the seventh inning on.  Chad Billingsley picked up the […]

Two runs and four hits usually isn’t going to cut it considering Mark Buehrle didn’t throw his second no hitter of the season.  Darin Erstad hit a two run homer in the bottom of the third and that was all the White Sox got in the game.  And it’s not like the White Sox stranded […]

Jamie Moyer was extremely sharp in his third win of the season.  He gave up just two hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 7 1/3 shutout innings.  Bret Myers struck out the only two batters he faced and Antonio Alfonseca gave up the only run of the game in the ninth.
Jimmy Rollins went […]

The Yanks lost the rubber game in their three game series with the Red Sox 7-4 and it was Chien-Ming Wang who dropped his second straight start of the season.  He gave up four runs on six hits and three walks with strikeout in six innings.  Scott Proctor gave up a run as well and […]

The Mets won their rubber game with the Nationals and they needed a gem from John Maine.  He threw seven shutout innings and he gave up just three hits and three walks and he struck out eight.  Billy Wagner closed it out and he picked up his fourth save of the season.
The only run of […]

April 29, 1967 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 9, Twins 6  (5-8)
After being down 4-1, the Twins rallied in the fifth inning with five five runs to take a 6-5.  Then the wheels fell of the wagon in the seventh as three different relievers gave up five runs as the Senators came back to beat the Twins.  […]

April 29, 1957 at Crosley Field
Braves 3, Reds 2  (9-1)
The Braves won for the ninth time in their first ten games despite a rough start by Taylor Phillips.  He walked six and gave up three hits in 3 2/3 innings but he only gave up a single run.  Red Murff then picked him and gave […]

April 29, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 3, Mariners 0  (10-9)
Ron Guidry got his first start of the season and he pitched a gem.  He threw 8 1/3 shutout innings and he struck out eight Mariners.  Sparky Lyle got the final two batters out and he picked up his fifth save of the season.
Thurman Munson accounted […]

April 29, 1907 at the Palace of the Fans
Cubs 1, Reds 0  (12-2)
For the second straight game, the Cubs got some great pitching and walked away with a 1-0 win.   This time, it was Mordecai Brown who threw the gem.  He gave up just four hits and a walk.
The Cubs didn’t score their run until the […]

April 29, 1937 at Griffith Stadium
Yankees 4, Senators 2  (5-1)
The Yankees doubled up the Senators today and the offense was primarily provided by Red Rolfe and Roy Johnson.  Rolfe finished the game with two hits, two RBIs and a run while Johnson had a single hit and two RBIs.  George Selkirk also had a nice […]

April 29, 1917 at Comiskey Park
Tigers 3, White Sox 0  (10-6)
The White Sox lost for the fourth time in five games and it was the second time in four games that they’d been shutout.  Joe Jackson finished with two of the White Sox five hits in the 3-0 loss.
Red Faber took the loss and he […]