1890 A National League record is set as New York and Pittsburgh combine to steal seventeen bases in a single game.

1901 Scoring nine runs with two outs in the ninth, the Indians defeat the Senators, 14-13.

1910 In the top of the ninth inning in a game against Boston, Cincinnati’s outfielder Dode Paskert steals second base, third base as well as home plate. The thievery proves to be the margin of victory as the Reds edge the Doves, 6-5.

1935 The first-ever scheduled major league night game is rained out in Cincinnati.

1945 The Cardinals trade three time 20-game winner Mort Cooper to the Braves for pitcher Red Barrett. The Atherton, Missouri native was dissatisfied with his salary in St. Louis and had threaten to leave.

1948 Yankees’ slugger Joe DiMaggio hits three consecutive home runs (first two off Bob Feller) to help the Yankees defeat Indians, 6-5.

1962 Yankees’ first baseman Joe Pepitone hits two home runs in one inning helping the Bronx Bombers defeat the Kansas City A’s, 13-7.

1965 Mets’ outfielder Ron Swoboda takes up his position wearing a batting helmet - on his foot. After kicking the protective head gear it got stuck on his spikes, and manager Casey Stengel ordered the young player to go out to the field.

1970 After a 17-16, 15-inning loss to Padres, Giants’ manager Clyde King is fired and replaced by Charlie Fox. San Francisco is 4 games under .500, 19 -23, at the time of the dismissal.

1984 Tying an American League record, the Tigers win their 16th consecutive road game defeating the Angels, 4-2.

1991 In only his 15th major league start, Phillies’ hurler Tommy Greene no-hits the Expos, 2-0.

1998 Carl Pavano, making his major-league debut for the Expos, allows two runs one earned on three hits and strikes out six in the 3-2 win over the Phillies. The Southington, Connecticut native was acquired by Montreal in the Pedro Martinez trade with the Red Sox.

1999 Brady Anderson gets hit twice by a pitch in the same inning to set an American League record. The Oriole leadoff man, the third major leaguer to accomplished the feat, scores each time as the Birds tally ten runs in first inning routing the Rangers at Camden Yards, 16-5.

2000 Joining Babe Ruth and Ted Williams, Seattle’s Rickey Henderson draws his 2,000th career walk becoming only the third player in baseball history to reach the milestone.

2002 Becoming the 14th player in major league history and the second player this month, Shawn Green hits four homers in a game. The Dodger right fielder’s 6-for-6 performance in Milwaukee’s Miller Park, which also includes a single and double, breaks Joe Adcock’s 1954 major league mark for total bases by one with a total of 19.

2004 Surpassing Tommy Agee’s 1969 team record, Kaz Matsui sets a franchise mark with his fifth lead-off home run of the season and becomes the first Met to hit lead-off homers in consecutive games. The Japanese shortshop is also the first big league player to have his first five round trippers of his career be hit batting first in the first innings of a game.

2004 The River City Rascals, a member of the independent Frontier League announce a ‘Sports Criminals Night’ which will turned T.R. Hughes Ballpark into a giant cell block, with fans being thrown into a ‘dugout jail’ during the June 2 game against the Rockford Riverhawks. Although the promotion is intended to humorously poke fun at the media’s coverage of athletes in trouble, the team will cancel the event the next day after protests from the community.