July 30
1917 - Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Ossie Vitt all went 5-for-5 in Detroit’s 16-4 win over Washington.
1933 - Dizzy Dean struck out 17 Cubs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat Chicago 8-2.
1947 - The New York Giants defeated Ewell Blackwell and the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 in 10 innings, ending Blackwell’s 16-game winning streak.
1959 - Willie McCovey had four hits in four at-bats in his major league debut, with the San Francisco Giants. His hits included two triples in a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1968 - Washington shortstop Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play in the Cleveland Indians’ 10-1 victory.
1973 - Jim Bibby of the Texas Rangers pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s.
1980 - Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome and underwent surgery to remove a blood clot behind his right collarbone.
1982 - The Atlanta Braves returned Chief Noc-A-Homa and his teepee to left field after losing 19 of 21 games and blowing a 10 1/2-game lead. The teepee was removed for more seats. The team recovered to regain first place.
1990 - George Steinbrenner was forced to resign as general partner of the New York Yankees by Commissioner Fay Vincent.
2003 - Chicago White Sox shortstop Jose Valentin hit three home runs by the fifth inning in a 15-4 win over Kansas City. It was the second three-homer game of his career and the third time he has homered from both sides of the plate.
2005 - Jonny Gomes had the first three-homer game in Tampa Bay franchise history in a 7-3 victory over Kansas City.
2006 - New York Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran tied a major league record with his third grand slam in a month in a 9-6 victory over Atlanta. Beltran became the ninth player in major league history to hit three grand slams in a calendar month.
2008 - Kelly Shoppach of Cleveland tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer in the ninth, but Detroit beat the Indians 14-12 in 13 innings. Shoppach had two homers and three doubles.
2010 - Carlos Gonzalez, Ian Stewart and Dexter Fowler homered, and Colorado had a record 12-run eighth inning in a 17-2 rout of the Chicago Cubs. The Rockies set a major league record with 11 straight hits in the inning and batted around twice.
2012 - Kendrys Morales homered from both sides of the plate during a nine-run sixth inning, capping the burst with a grand slam that sent the Los Angeles Angels past Texas Rangers 15-8. Morales became the third switch-hitter in the majors to homer as a lefty and righty in the same inning.
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