Jun 10
June 10 1901 – The Nats score 8 in the bottom of the 8th to knot the Pale Hose at 10-10. The tilt goes to extra innings, when Chicago’s Fred Hartman decks a 3-run home run in the top of the 10th. Clark Griffith of Chicago gets the 13-10 win in relief. 1910 – June …
Jun 09
1918 – A harmless single by Ossie Vitt is Detroit’s only hit, as Walter Johnson shutouts the Tigers, 2-0 at Navin
Field.
Jun 08
1965 – In the inaugural major league draft, the Senators use their first ever selection on P Joe Coleman. The Sens
sign one of the great characters of baseball, P Ryne Duren, as a free agent. Washington will be Duren’s final destination of his career.
Jun 07
June 7 1933 – Cleveland GM Billy Evans hires former Senator legend Walter Johnson as manager. Johnson succeeds another former Nat and former teammate, 1925 AL MVP Roger Peckinpaugh. Meanwhile, the future AL pennant winners are engaging in a slugfest at Shibe Park. The A’s and Nats battle to a 13-13 tie in 10 innings. …
Jun 06
1966 – Interrupting a 16 game road trip, the Sens return home to play a make-up game against Baltimore. Phil Ortega survives 2 home runs by Frank Robinson to defeat the Birds, 5-3. Ortega is the beneficiary of a 2-run homer by Frank Howard in the 3rd and a solo home run from Ed Brinkman in the 7th.
Jun 05
1967 – Mike Epstein makes his Senators debut at Yankee Stadium. In the 4th, Epstein gives the Sens a 2-0 lead when he hits a 2-run inside the park home run off the Yank’s Thad Tillotson. However, the 6th place Yanks score 2 in the bottom of the 8th off Darold Knowles to take home the victory, 4-2.
Jun 04
June 4 1904 – Snapping a 10 game losing streak, the Nats score a rare shutout, 2-0, at Chicago. 1906 – The Tigers erupt for 9 runs in the last two innings to trounce Washington 13-4 in Detroit. Bill Coughlin of the Bengals steals second, third and home in the 7th inning. 1912 – It’s …
Jun 03
1938 – Brothers and battery mates Rick and Wes Ferrell each collect RBI doubles as the Senators douse the visiting Pale Hose, 5-1. Pitcher Wes collects the win.
Jun 02
1965 – It’s a happy homecoming for two former Dodgers, Frank Howard and Ken McMullen. The Senators rout the Angels in a doubleheader at Dodger Stadium, 13-0 and 7-1. Howard is 3-for-5, with 2 homers and 4 RBI, while Joe Cunningham goes 3 for 4 with a homer and 5 RBI in the opener. Phil Ortega tosses a 5 hit complete game to collect the easy win. McMullen is the star of the nitecap with 3 hits, 2 RBI and a home run. Bennie Daniels earns his 4th win, with Ron Kline getting his 13th save.
Jun 01
June 1 1916 – Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth lock up in a pitching duel at Fenway. Ruth allows 3 hits and the Red Sox beat Johnson and the Nats, 1-0. 1925 – Ruth makes his first appearance of the year, returning from his infamous “Bellyache Heard Around The World”, and is 0-for-2 before departing …
