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2010 Wade McGilberry wins a million dollars playing the video game Major League Baseball 2K10. The 23-year-old Mobile, Alabamian becomes the first gamer to pitch a perfect game in the Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.'s product, accomplishing the feat in just an hour and a half.
2010 From 7 a.m. till past midnight, more than 10,000 Tigers fans, some who wait more than eight hours in line at Comerica Park, pay their respect to the beloved broadcaster Ernie Harwell. The open casket is placed near the ballpark's life-sized statue of the Hall of Famer, depicting the announcer with a microphone in his hand, along with the inscription, "The Tigers' broadcasting legend and masterful storyteller for 42 seasons."

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2011 The Royals sell ten thousand walk-up tickets on the day Royals' rookie Eric Hosmer makes his much-anticipated major league debut at Kauffman Stadium. The 21-year-old first baseman, who received the largest signing bonus in franchise history, goes hitless in his two official at-bats in a 3-2 loss to the A's, but he is walked twice and steals a base.
2011 Jordan Zimmerman becomes the 30th National League hurler to throw an immaculate inning, needing only nine pitches to strike out the side in the second frame of the Nationals' 3-2 victory over the Marlins. The Washington right-hander, facing the 5-6-7 batters in the Sun Life Stadium contest, fans Giancarlo Stanton and Greg Dobbs swinging and then quickly gets the third out when John Buck looks at a third strike.

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2012 For the first time since 1902, two position players get a decision in the same game with Chris Davis, who pitches two scoreless frames, getting the win in the Orioles' 9-6 victory over the Red Sox. Boston outfielder Darnell McDonald is tagged with the loss when Adam Jones takes him deep for a three-run homer over the left-field wall for the eventual winning runs in the 17-inning contest at Fenway Park.
2012 A performance of the Harvard baseball team lip-synching with choreographed dance moves to Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen's hit song "Call Me Maybe" is posted on YouTube. The video, made for their own entertainment to fight the boredom during road trips, will quickly go viral in few days, bringing national attention to the players of the Crimson squad.
2012 After being drilled deliberately by Cole Hamels, Bryce Harper, gets even by swiping home plate when the Phillies starter makes a casual pick-throw to first base. Baseball suspends the left-hander, who admits his intention to hit the 19-year-old National rookie sensation, for five games for the incident with Washington's general manager Mike Rizzo fined for his incendiary comment when he labels Hamels as "gutless" for throwing at his player.

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2012 Omar Vizquel becomes the oldest player to play shortstop in major league history when he starts in the Blue Jays' 4-3 loss to LA in Anaheim. The 45-year-old infielder surpasses Bobby Wallace, who played in a dozen games with the Cardinals at 44 in 1918.

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2014 The Pirates win the first instant-replay walk-off game in history when a replay review reverses umpire Quinn Wolcott's out call of Starling Marte trying to score, that, if correct, would have sent the game into extra innings. The PNC Park crowd enthusiastically cheers the Replay Operations Center's decision that gives the Bucs a dramatic 2-1 victory.
2015 "People who are listening to the ballgame, I know what you're thinking. He's ready for the home. He's cooked. It's finally happened. He's seeing ladders and doors without handles." - BOB UECKER, explaining being trapped for several innings by a broken lock on the radio broadcast booth’s door. Bob Uecker, along with fellow broadcasters Joe Block and Jeff Levering, longtime engineer Kent Sommerfeld, and his assistant, Mary Burns, become trapped for several innings due to a broken lock on the Miller Park's radio broadcast booth door. A crew of workmen, using a ladder positioned on the loge level, climbed into the booth to remove the door from its hinges while the announcers' play-by-play continued to detail the action of Brewers and Dodgers game on the field.
2015 Bryce Harper becomes the youngest player (22 years, 202 days) to hit three homers in one game in 45 years when he goes deep three times in Washington's 7-5 win over the Marlins at Nationals Park. In 1969, Red Sox right fielder Joe Lahoud accomplished the feat at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium, being 149 days younger than the Nats' slugger.

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2019 At Great American Ball Park, Giants relievers Pat Venditte and Sam Dyson tie a major league record when they combine to hit four batters in the sixth inning of the team's 12-4 loss to the Reds. San Francisco becomes the first team to hit four batters in the same inning since the Pirates accomplished the feat against the Boston Braves on Aug. 19, 1893.
2021 The Angels designated Albert Pujols, hitting .198 with five homers and 12 RBIs in 86 at-bats, for assignment, releasing the aging superstar after he clears waivers. The reigning World Champion Dodgers will sign the 41-year-old future first-ballot Hall of Famer to a one-year deal for the prorated share of the $570,500 league minimum, with the $30-million remaining in his 10-year, $240-million contract the responsibility of the Halos.
2021 In the sixth inning, three Barons relievers issue 13 base on balls, including at least one to each hitter in the visiting Biloxi Shuckers lineup, hit a batter, and throw two wild pitches, allowing 12 runs to score on just one hit. The Chicago White Sox farm team threw 87 pitches in the frame, 24 for strikes, in their 14-6 loss to the Double-A of the Brewers at Regions Field in Birmingham (AL).
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On May 6 in Baseball History...

• • 1915 - As a pitcher for Boston, Babe Ruth had three hits, including his first major league home run when he connected off Jack Warhop of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds.
  • 1917 - Bob Groom of the Browns duplicated teammate Ernie Koob's feat of the previous day by pitching a 3-0 no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox in the second game of a doubleheader in St. Louis.
  • 1925 - Shortstop Everett Scott of the New York Yankees ended his streak of 1,307 consecutive games that he started while playing for the Boston Red Sox. Scott, who had owned the longest playing streak before Lou Gehrig, gave way to Pee-Wee Wanninger.
  • 1953 - Bobo Holloman of the St. Louis Browns pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics in his first major league start. He never pitched another complete game in the majors.
  • 1982 - Gaylord Perry of the Seattle Mariners became the 15th major league pitcher with 300 victories when he defeated the New York Yankees 7-3 at the Kingdome.
  • 1994 - Anthony Young won as a starter for the first time in more than two years as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1. The win ended Young's 29-game losing streak as a starter.

Baseball Birthdays on May 6...

• • 1840 - Abercrombie, Dave
  • 1846 - Deane, Harry
  • 1864 - McDermott, Mike
  • 1865 - Stemmeyer, Bill
  • 1865 - Clarke, Artie
  • 1875 - Duff, Pat
  • 1877 - Lovett, John
  • 1883 - Karger, Ed
  • 1890 - Boone, Lute
  • 1890 - Cruise, Walton
  • 1893 - Griffin, Pat
  • 1898 - Metivier, Dewey
  • 1898 - Wingo, Al
  • 1901 - Brucker, Earle
  • 1905 - Porter, Ned
  • 1907 - Andrews, Ivy
  • 1908 - Owens, Jack
  • 1915 - Webber, Les
  • 1917 - McCormick, Mike
  • 1921 - Chesnes, Bob
  • 1921 - Wakefield, Dick
  • 1923 - Turner, Earl
  • 1926 - Cole, Dick
  • 1931 - Mays, Willie
  • 1932 - Rabe, Charlie
  • 1934 - Baker, Tom
  • 1934 - Burke, Leo
  • 1939 - Gibson, Russ
  • 1940 - Hands, Bill
  • 1944 - Murakami, Masanori
  • 1948 - Libran, Frankie
  • 1951 - Staggs, Steve
  • 1953 - Andersen, Larry
  • 1954 - Williams, Albert
  • 1956 - Lois, Alberto
  • 1957 - Seaman, Kim
  • 1958 - Cato, Keefe
  • 1962 - Bolton, Tom
  • 1968 - Clark, Phil
  • 1973 - Alcantara, Israel
  • 1973 - Kinkade, Mike
  • 1977 - Baez, Benito

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1929 Dick Williams, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (Brooklyn Dodgers) and manager (World Series 1972, 73; Oakland A's), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2011)

1937 Claude Raymond, Quebec baseball player, born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

1940 Mike Gillespie, American college baseball coach (College World Series 1998, Collegiate Coach of the Year 1998, USC), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)

1970 Mark Smith, American outfielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Pasadena, California
1984 James Loney, American baseball player

 

FROM MLB's This Day in Baseball History+​

1903 In the first game of what will become one of baseball's fiercest rivalries, the Pilgrims beat the Highlanders at Boston's Huntington Avenue Grounds, 6-2. The teams will change their names, but the intense competition between the Red Sox and Yankees will become legendary.

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1917 Red Sox left-hander Babe Ruth outduels Walter Johnson in the team's 1-0 victory over the Senators at Griffith Stadium. The game's lone run scores on an eighth-inning sacrifice fly hit by the Boston southpaw, who will turn out to be a fairly good hitter.

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1922 Walter Mueller becomes the first player to drive in five runs in his major league debut. The 27-year-old rookie outfielder's offensive output, which includes a double and home run, helps the Pirates beat Chicago at Cubs Park, 11-5.
1925 Pirates' shortstop Glenn Wright catches Jim Bottomley's line drive, doubles up Jimmy Cooney at second, and tags Rogers Hornsby coming from first to complete an unassisted triple play in a 10-9 loss to the Cardinals.

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1933 The Cardinals trade Paul Derringer, Sparky Adams, and Allyn Stout to the Reds in exchange for shortstop Leo Durocher, Dutch Henry, and Jack Ogden. The deal, necessitated by Charlie Gelbert's hunting accident, will be viewed as one of Branch Rickey's biggest mistakes as Derringer will become a four-time 20-game winner for Cincinnati.

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1941 Pirates' outfielder Lloyd Waner, known as Little Poison, is traded to the Braves for pitcher Nick Strincevich. Boston will trade the future Hall Fame outfielder to the Reds on June 12th for right-hander Johnny Hutchings.

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1957 Vic Power becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit both a leadoff and walk-off home run in the same game. The A's first baseman, who went deep off Hal Brown leading off the contest, ends the tilt in the 10th frame with a round-tripper off the right-hander, giving Kansas City a 3-2 victory over Baltimore.

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1957 After dropping their eighth straight decision, the Senators name Cookie Lavagetto to replace Chuck Dressen, who compiled a meager 116-212 (.354) record during his two-plus seasons as the team's manager. Washington's new skipper will not fare much better, finishing the year in last place, 43 games behind the first-place Yankees.
1957 Indians' hurler Herb Score suffers a season-ending injury when he's struck in the face by Yankee Gil McDougald's line drive. The 1955 Rookie of the Year, who won 20 games in his sophomore season last year, never regains his winning form, although the southpaw will blame a torn tendon in his pitching arm and not the horrific accident on the mound for his lack of achievement.

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1958 Detroit third baseman Reno Bertoia's first-inning grand slam, the first-ever hit by an Italian-born player, proves to be the difference in the Tigers' 5-1 victory over Washington at Griffith Stadium. The San Vito al Tagliamento native's feat will not be equaled by a fellow countryman for another 54 years when Sanremo's Alex Liddi goes deep with the bases loaded in the Mariners' 5-3 win over Texas in 2012.
1959 In an exhibition game played at the Los Angeles Coliseum to benefit Roy Campanella, paralyzed in an auto accident before the team moved to the West Coast in 1958, the Yankees defeat the Dodgers, 6-2. The game, which draws the largest crowd ever for a baseball game, begins when 93,103 fans witness Pee Wee Reese pushing the wheel-chair bound catcher into the darkened stadium filled with light by fans holding candles or matches to start the emotional ceremony.

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1960 The Sherry boys become the tenth pair of siblings to appear as batterymates in a major league game when Norm replaces John Roseboro behind the plate in the top of the eighth to catch Larry, who is starting his first inning in relief. The backstop will hit a two-out home run in the bottom of the 11th inning, assuring his brother of a victory in the Dodgers' 3-2 walk-off win over Philadelphia.

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1966 Twenty games into his second year as the Yankee skipper, Johnny Keane is fired by general manager Ralph Houk, who will return to the dugout to manage the team. After only four victories in the first 20 games, New York wins 13 of its next 17 games after the managerial change.
1969 Willie Davis, furious with the Wrigley Field Bleacher Bums because of their continual verbal abuse of him, tells his Dodgers teammates that he wants to hit a home run in the middle of the group, accomplishing the feat in the sixth inning to tie the score. The LA center fielder exacts a bit more revenge on the heckling horde when his 12th-inning two-run round-tripper proves to be the difference in the 4-2 defeat of the Cubs.

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1970 Wes Parker hits a two-run tenth-inning triple off Jim McAndrew in the LA's eventual 7-4 victory over the Mets at Shea Stadium. The first baseman's three-bagger completes the eighth cycle in franchise history and marks the first time a Dodger has accomplished the feat since Gil Hodges in 1949.

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1991 Darryl Strawberry returns to New York as a Dodger with mixed results. A crowd of 49,118, mostly booing fans, watches him hit a two-run homer, and they cheer when he makes the last out of the game with the potential tying and winning runs on base in the 6-5 Mets victory.

1996 The Devil Rays announce the team will play their exhibition games in St. Petersburg, the city vacated by the Cardinals, who have trained there since 1946. The American League expansion team becomes the first club in the 'modern era' to host spring training games in their major league home city.
1998 The Mariners tie a major league record set by the 1994 Cardinals when they leave 16 men stranded on the bases without scoring. The Blue Jays take advantage of their opponent's lack of timely hitting and beat Seattle at the Kingdome, 6-0.
1999 Carlos Lee becomes the first White Sox player in the 98-year history of the franchise to homer in his first major league at-bat. The 22-year-old rookie's historic round-tripper comes off Tom Candiotti in a 7-1 victory over Oakland at Comiskey Park.

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1999 In the biggest comeback in Jacobs Field history, the Indians score 18 runs in the final three innings to overcome a 9-1 deficit to beat the Devil Rays, 20-11. Tampa Bay's first baseman Fred McGriff sets a major league record by homering in his 34th park.
1999 Bruce Aven hits the first pinch-hit grand slam in Marlin history. The 27-year-old rookie's seventh-inning four-run round-tripper off Alan Mills proves to be the difference when Florida beats LA at ChavezRavine, 6-3.

1999 Yankees right-hander Hideki Irabu opposes Mariner Mac Suzuki, also a righty, in the first matchup of Japanese starters in major league history. The Bronx Bomber hurler bests his fellow countryman, giving up four hits and a run in New York's 10-1 victory over Seattle.
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1999 The Rockies tie a National League record established by the 1894 Pirates and 1949 Giants when they extend their scoring streak to 14 consecutive innings, three shy of the major league mark of 17 set by the 1903 Red Sox. Before Larry Walker hit a two-out solo homer in the first inning of today's 8-1 loss to Philadelphia at Coors Field, the team had crossed the plate in every inning in their previous game, after tallying in the last four frames the game before.

 

2000 On 'Bob Sheppard Day,' the Yankees pay tribute to "The Voice of Yankee Stadium," honoring his 50-years of service with a plaque in Monument Park. With former Yankees on hand for the ceremony, former CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite reads the inscription, which refers to the legendary P.A. announcer's clear, concise, and correct vocal style that has announced players, 'both unfamiliar and legendary - with equal divine reverence".

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2003 Seventy-nine-year-old Wayne Terwilliger, the Central Baseball League's Fort Worth Cats skipper, becomes the oldest manager in minor-league history. Only Connie Mack is ahead of 'Twig" in being the most elderly dugout leader ever in professional baseball.
2003 The police apprehend a man wanted on drug and parole violations at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The 24-year-old Westwood man's freedom ends when his parole officer sees him kissing his girlfriend on the stadium's scoreboard during Kiss Cam.
2004 The Rangers announce a 30-year deal reported to be worth about $75 million with one of the country's leading wholesale lenders to rename their ballpark in Arlington as Ameriquest Field. The agreement will be short-lived when a crisis in the subprime mortgage industry causes Ameriquest to relinquished its naming rights in 2007.
2005 At the age of 46 years and 257 days old, Julio Franco of the Atlanta Braves becomes the second-oldest player in big-league history to homer. Jack Quinn, a pitcher who accomplished the feat when he was 100 days older, hit a home run for the A's on June 27, 1930.

2006 With an 8-5 victory over the Rangers, Joe Torre joins Joe McCarthy (1,460), Casey Stengel (1,149), and Miller Huggins (1,067) as the fourth Yankee manager to win 1000 games. The Bronx Bomber skipper has compiled a 1,000-645 record during his 11-year tenure with the team.

2006 When Barry Bonds takes his position in left field, the Phillies fans in the stands behind him unfurl a section-long banner, leaving no doubt about their sentiments concerning the Giants' outfielder's pursuit of the Babe. During the first inning, the briefly-displayed message informs the unpopular superstar, "Ruth did it on hot dogs & Beer - Aaron did it with class."
2006 At Princeton's Hunnicutt Field, rain delays the semifinals of the WVIAC baseball tournament game between Ohio Valley and West Virginia State. Due to the final contest of the tourney having to start before midnight, with the winner of this game facing Concord for the title, players, fans, and media waited eight hours and 54 minutes for the contest to resume.
2006 Bob Wickman, obtained by Cleveland in a seven-player trade that sent Richie Sexson to Milwaukee, becomes the Indians' all-time franchise leader in saves when he notches his 130th by tossing a scoreless ninth inning in the Tribe's 2-0 victory over Seattle at Safeco Field. The right-hander surpasses the record previously established by Doug Jones, extending the mark to 139 saves before being dealt to the Braves next season.

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2008 Carlos Gomez becomes the eighth Twins' player to complete the cycle and the first since Kirby Puckett accomplished the feat in 1986 when he beats out an infield single in the team's six-run ninth inning of their 13-1 rout of the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. The Minnesota outfielder's rare feat was only the ninth reverse natural cycle, collecting hits in reverse order of total bases: home run, then triple, then double, then a single.

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2008 In the Reds' 9-0 victory over the Cubs at Great American Ball Park, Jon Lieber joins Phil Norton (2000) in becoming only the second hurler in franchise history to allow four homers in one inning. Joey Votto, who will hit three round-trippers during the game, Adam Dunn, Paul Bako, and Jerry Hairston all take the Chicago starter deep in the second inning.
2008 In a matchup of undefeated pitchers, Cleveland's Cliff Lee (5-0) bests Chien-Ming Wang (6-0) and the Yankees, 3-0. The Indians southpaw, who tosses seven shutout innings, lowers his ERA to a minuscule 0.81, best in major leagues.

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2009 The Dodgers fail to extend their 13-game home winning streak to open the season, after surpassing the 1911 Tigers previously to set a new major league mark. The 11-9 loss to Washington comes on the same day the team learns about Manny Ramirez, the club's most productive hitter, being suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance. The 36-year-old Dodgers outfielder, who will not be eligible to return to the team until July 3, apologizes to the fans, explaining he did not take steroids but used a medication prescribed by a doctor.
2009 Ryan Zimmerman joins Sam Rice (1920, 1924, 1930), Heinie Manush (twice in 1933), and Goose Goslin (1928) in becoming only the fourth player in Washington D.C. baseball history to have a hit in 25 consecutive games. The 24-year-old third baseman kept his streak intact with a first-inning single off Randy Wolf in the Nationals' 11-9 victory over LA at Chavez Ravine.

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2009 The Diamondbacks dismiss Bob Melvin and will name A.J. Hinch, their current vice president for player development, as the team's new skipper. The 2007 NL Manager of the Year, who had one year left on his contract, compiled a 337-340 record during his four-plus years in the Arizona dugout.