Baseball Historians

June 30, 1987 at Royals Stadium
Twins 3, Royals 1  (43-34)
The Twins didn’t get a lot offense in their game against they Royals but they didn’t need much because Bert Blyleven was on fire.  He gave up one unearned run on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings.  Jeff Reardon got […]

June 30, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 6 (38-38), Yankee 2
On June 6, the Angels were twelve games under .500.  Since then, they’ve gone 18-6 and they closed out the month of June right at the .500 mark after a truly magnificent run.  George Brunet picked up the win and he improved to 5-11 on the […]

June 30, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Red Sox 5 (37-34), Athletics 3
Tony Conigliario belted a huge three run homer in the top of the sixth inning to give the Red Sox the runs they needed in their win over the Athletics.  George Scott belted a solo homerun.
Gary Bell picked up the win with a nice start.  […]

June 30, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 7, Pirates 4  (41-29)
The Braves made it five straight as they won the first game of a doubleheader with the Pirates.  Hank Aaron hit homerun number 22 with a solo shot in the first inning.  Carl Sawatski also had a nice game and he went two for four with […]

June 30, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees 11, Blue Jays 5  (42-33)
The Yankees salvaged a split in their four game series with the Blue Jays behind the bit stick of Cliff Johnson.  He homered three times and drove in four runs to lead the way for the Yankees.  Thurman Munson homered and drove in four runs […]

Well, it had to happen eventually.  Justin Verlander had one of his worst starts of the season and he lost his first game in June as the Twins crushed the Tigers 11-1.  Verlander gave up two quick runs in the first inning before calming down until he gave up a grand slam to Joe Mauer […]

June 29, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Giants 12, Cardinals 4  (43-27)
After a decent enough start to this series, thing finished on a sour note as the Giants rattled off three straight wins with the last two being blowouts.  This time is was Bob Gibson who got shelled.  The Giants scored eleven of their twelve runs in […]

Jonah Nickerson was profiled by Jon Paul Morosi over at Baseball America.  There’s a nice personal touch with some details on Nickerson’s interest in this years College World Series.  He’s an Oregon State alum.

June 29, 1987 at Royals Stadium
Royals 3, Twins 2  (42-34)
The Twins lost a tough because they took a 2-0 lead into the fifth, Les Straker gave up three runs in the bottom half of the inning and then the game was called on account of rain.  The game winner was a solo homerun by Bo […]

June 29, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 4, White Sox 1  (42-27)
The White Sox had a tough day at the plate in their loss to the Orioles and they pushed just one run across the plate on five hits.  The lone run came on a solo homerun by Ken Berry in the second inning.
Jim O’Toole had […]

June 29, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 5, Tigers 3  (37-33)
The Tigers dropped their fifth straight series and blew a late two run lead to the Cleveland Indians.  Up 3-1, the Indians scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to bust the game open.
Denny McLain was cruising along until that eighth inning.  He […]

Man, this season continues to look like it’s going to be crazy one.  It is the 40th anniversary of the 1967 AL Pennant Race so I guess it’s kind of fitting.  Anyway, with three wins in their four game series with the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers sit in a virtual tie with the Padres.  In the […]

Craig Biggio finally did it and what a game it was.  He went five for six and it was just his second five hit game of his career.  It couldn’t have come at a better time because that third hit was the 3,000 of his career.  That game alone boosted his season batting average from […]

June 29, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 13, Pirates 6  (40-29)
Just about every Braves hitter made a contribution their fourth straight win but Hank Aaron was a notch above the rest as the Braves blewout the Pirates in their series opener.  Aaron went two for four with his 21st homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Eddie […]

First off, congratulations to both Frank Thomas for hitting 500 homeruns and Craig Biggio for racking up 3,000 hits.  Both are significant milestones and I’ve always been a fan of both players so it’s nice seeing them get their due.
Kenny Rogers had another nice outing in the Tigers series finale against the Rangers.  He picked […]

June 9, 1977 at County Stadium
Yankees 10, Brewers 1  (32-24)
The Yankees made short work of the Brewers and Don Gullett coasted to an easy win in the blowout.  Gullett improved to 5-2 and he gave up one run on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts in seven innings.
Bucky Dent went three for five […]

What sloppy mess of a game tonight in Philly as the Reds lost in extra innings against the Phillies.   The Reds come home now after another marathon road trip.  It’s just been impossible for Cincinnati to string any wins together this year.  They also lost another 1-run game; the Reds are 10-13 this year in 1-run games.
One […]

June 28, 1967 at Busch Stadium
Giants 9, Cardinals 1  (43-26)
While the score was ugly enough, this one could have been even worse because the Giants tagged Cardinals pitching for nineteen hits with Willie Mays going deep twice for the Giants.  Dick Hughe was hit hard and he dropped to 7-3 on the season.  He gave […]

It hasn’t been a good week for the Red Sox.  Unless of course you’re looking at the Yankees’ box score every day, then I’m sure you’re getting a chuckle.  The Red Sox went into Seattle and left with three straight losses and they’ve now lost four of their last five.
The good news is, nobody else […]

Frank Thomas did it.  You know, when the White Sox gave up on him, it never looked he’d get to 500.  The he resurrected his career in Oakland last year and then the Jays picked him this year.  He’s still only .242 but he belted his 13th homeruns to give him 500 in his career.  […]

June 28, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium
Blue Jays 8, Yankees 5  (40-33)
Rookie Ken Clay had a tough time against the Blue Jays and he dropped to 0-2 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
George Zeber belted […]

June 28, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 4, Dodgers 2  (39-29)
Warren Spahn bounced back from a tough start his last time out to hold the Dodgers in check for the Braves third straight win.  He gave up two runs on five hits and one walk with six strikeouts in the complete game win.  The solid outing […]

Carlos Guillen just drove in a run in his eleventh straight game, eclipsing Willie Horton’s previous mark of ten straight games (at least since 1957).  I’m not sure if this is the all time Tiger record or not.

June 28, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 4 (37-38), Senators 2
The Angels once again pushed themselves to within a game of the .500 mark with a come from behind win against the Senators.  Down 2-1, the Angels rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take the lead and pick up the […]

June 28, 1967 at Memorial Stadium
White Sox 3 (42-26), Orioles 2
The White Sox won their league leading 42nd game of the season and their third straight in a tight game over the Orioles.  The big hit came off the bat of Wayne Causey.  He picked a good time to hit his homerun because he drove […]

June 28, 1967 at Metropolitan Stadium
Twins 3 (36-34), Red Sox 2 (36-34)
The Twins won the rubber game in their three game series with the Red Sox behind a strong outing by Dave Boswell.  He improved to 5-5 and he gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with thirteen strikeouts in the complete game.  […]

June 28, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7 (37-32), Indians 4 
The Tigers snapped a four game losing streak with a nice team effort by the offense.  All eight hits and all seven runs came from different Tigers.  Don Wert, Willie Horton and Norm Cash all drove in two runs.
Joe Sparma improved to 8-1.  He gave up […]

June has been a nice month to be a Mariners fan.  After a sweep over the Red Sox, the Mariners have now had two seperate five game winning streaks and then a four game winning streak to make them 16-9 in June.  I know that six game losing streak was tough but the Mariners now […]

The Athletics ended their five game losing streak last night with a nice offensive performance over the Indians.  The score was 9-0 by the second inning and Jack Cust belted his thirteenth homerun and he drove in five in the win.   Six players had multihit games and all nine regulars got at least one hit […]

June 28, 1967 at Arlington Stadium
Rangers 6, Twins 3  (42-33)
The Twins were glad to get out of Texas as they lost their fourth straight game after getting swept by the Rangers.  Mike Smithson had a rough start and he fell to 4-4 on the season.  He gave up six runs on six hits and three […]