Dan Uggla (see 2008)
photo by Tim Evearitt
1938 In the first of two consecutive no-hitters he will hurl, Johnny Vander Meer keeps the Bees hitless in Cincinnati's 3-0 victory at Crosley Field. The Reds' southpaw, in the first night game played in Brooklyn, continues his no-no mojo four days later by beating the Dodgers, 6-0, without giving up a hit in the Ebbets Field contest.
1957 The Dodgers' Roy Campanella surpasses former Cub and Giant backstop Gabby Hayes to establish a new National League mark when he hits his 237th career round-tripper as a catcher.
Campy's historic home run comes off Ray Crone in the seventh inning of Brooklyn's 7-2 loss to the Braves at Ebbets Field.
1961 In Game 1 of a twin bill at Tiger Stadium, Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit player to hit a fair ball over the right field roof. The first baseman's prodigious poke off Joe McClain is to no avail as the Tigers lose to the Senators, 7-4.
1968 The Reds trade Milt Pappas, along with Ted Davidson and Bob Johnson, to the Braves for Clay Carroll, Tony Cloninger and Woody Woodward. The 2-5 right-hander, who had been feuding with former teammate and now team broadcaster Joe Nuxhall, becomes expendable when he complains Cincinnati is violating the contract by not having their players fly first-class and is critical of the front office's refusal to cancel the game on the the day of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy's funeral.
1981 Attempting to break Stan Musial's National League record for hits, Pete Rose hits a wicked infield grounder which the official scorer rules an error rather than giving the Phillies first baseman his historic hit. Amidst the loud booing by the large vocal crowd at Veterans' Stadium, fireworks begin as an anxious stadium engineer ignites the planned celebration prematurely thinking he heard Bill Giles said 'go' into the walkie-talkie, when the Phillies president had really said 'no'.
1985 Von Hayes becomes the first player to hit two home runs in the first inning of a game. The outfielder's lead off homer and a grand slam in the Phillies' nine-run first frame contribute to Philadelphia's 26-7 rout of the Mets.
1990 At the age of 43, Ranger Nolan Ryan no-hits the A's, 5-0, becoming the oldest player to throw a no-hitter, extending his major league record to six. The 'Ryan Express' becomes the first player to throw one in three different decades and to accomplish the feat for three different teams.
2008 With the score knotted at two at Dolphin Stadium, Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla hits a walk-off grand slam to beat the first place Phillies, 6-2. It’s the second time in franchise history a game has ended with a bases loaded dinger, with Bobby Bonilla accomplishing the feat against the Rockies in 1997.