On this date
June 7
1885: The American Association allowed pitchers to throw overhand.
1906: The Chicago Cubs scored 11 runs in the first inning off New York Giants aces Christy Mathewson and Joe McGinnity and went on to a 19-0 victory.
1931: The Philadelphia Athletics left 18 base runners on base and still beat the Detroit Tigers, 12-2.
1936: The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians played 16 innings without recording a strikeout. The Yankees won 5-4.
2007: Joe Torre became the 10th manager in major league history to get 2,000 victories as the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-3.
2008: Johnny Damon went 6-for-6 with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning, rallying the New York Yankees to a wild 12-11 victory over Kansas City.
2015: Chris Archer became the first pitcher in more than 100 years to reach 2017: Trey Mancini tied the game with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, then hit a three-run drive in the 11th to give the Baltimore Orioles a 9-6 comeback victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
2022: After losing 12 straight games, negating a good start, the Angels fire manager Joe Maddon and replace him with coach Phil Nevin. Maddon is the second World Series-winning manager to be fired in less than a week, following Joe Girardi who was let go by the Phillies. The Angels lose again tonight, 6-5, to the Red Sox to tie the franchise record for consecutive losses at 13.