July 13 in Tigers and mlb history:
1911 - In the 9th against the A's, Ty Cobb breaks a 7 - 7 tie by scoring from first on Jim Delahanty's single. Cobb runs through coach Hughie Jennings' frantic signal to hold up and, using a fadeaway slide, eludes the tag of catcher Ira Thomas. Detroit wins 8 - 7, to stay in first place.
1916 - Detroit's Bill James strikes out seven straight batters in the Tigers' 3 - 1 win over Washington.
1934 - In front of 20,000 fans during the third inning at Navin Field in Detroit, Babe Ruth wallops a Tommy Bridges 3-2 pitch far over the right field wall for his 700th career home run. The 4 - 2 victory over the Tigers puts the Bronx Bombers back into first place, but Lou Gehrig is helped off the field in the first inning with a severe bout of lumbago.
1944 - A .300 hitter as a rookie for the Tigers in 1943, Dick Wakefield finishes Navy air training and then is released from the service pending assignment. He rejoins the Tigers and will hit .355 the rest of the season, pushing Detroit near the flag despite the loss of 12 of its first 13 home games. In the first week after the All-Star Game, Wakefield homers twice, and goes 9 for 24.
1948 - At Sportsman's Park, the American League defeats the National League for the 11th time in 15 All-Star contests, 5 - 2. Vic Raschi pitches three scoreless innings to pick up the win and hits a two-run single as well. Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, George Kell and Hal Newhouser miss places in the lineup due to injuries.
1954 - At Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, Senators hurler Dean Stone does not retire a batter, but gets the win in the American League's 11 - 9 All-Star Game victory as he throws out Red Schoendienst trying to steal home in the 8th inning for the third out before retiring a batter. The AL breaks the National League's 4-game winning streak. Larry Doby's pinch home run in the bottom of the 8th, followed by Nellie Fox's 2-run single, ends the highest-scoring All-Star Game in history. The two teams combine for 31 hits, with the AL amassing 17. The Indians' Al Rosen has two homers and 5 RBIs
1965 - For the first time in All-Star history, the National League takes the lead in games won over the American League as the Senior Circuit edges the junior loop, 6 - 5 at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. Willie Mays homers, walks twice and scores twice. Game MVP Juan Marichal throws three scoreless innings.
1971 - In a game which features six home runs, including Reggie Jackson's crushing a Dock Ellis 4th-inning pitch off the power generator located on the Tiger Stadium right-field roof 520 feet from home plate, the American League beats the National League, 6 - 4, in All-Star action. All the players who homer - Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew as well as Reggie - will become members of the Hall of Fame. It is the only AL All-Star victory between 1962 and 1983.
1976 - Three Tigers start in the annual All-Star Game, played in Philadelphia. Rookie pitcher Mark Fidrych is on the mound, Ron LeFlore leads off and plays center field, and Rusty Staub plays right field. The National League wins the contest 7-1.
1984: At Minnesota, Detroit tops the Twins 5 - 3, when Lou Whitaker bloops an inside-the-park homer to win it. Detroit sends it to extra innings when RF Kirk Gibson throws out Tim Teufel at home with two out in the 9th. Willie Hernandez (5-0) is the winner.
1993 - Players Association chief Donald Fehr says that if serious negotiations between the players and the owners don't begin soon, the players could go out on strike in September, threatening the postseason.
2002 - The Tigers defeat the White Sox twice, 5 - 3 and 3 - 1, to mark their first sweep of a doubleheader in almost nine years.
2004 - Having earned the All-Star MVP award as a 23-year-old for pitching three perfect innings at the Astrodome in 1986, the 41-year old Roger Clemens gives up six runs in the 1st inning in the 75th Midsummer Classic played at Houston's Minute Maid Park. The eventual 9 - 4 American League victory is halted in the top of the 5th inning as the much chagrined "Rocket" receives the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award from Bud Selig in recognition of his outstanding 21-year career.
2010: The National League wins the 2010 All-Star Game, played at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, 3 - 1, for its first win since 1996. MVP Brian McCann drives in all three runs with a bases-loaded double off Matt Thornton in the 7th. In a year in which pitchers have grabbed most of the headlines, the game is true to form, as pitchers dominate. The American League's only score comes on a sacrifice fly by Robinson Cano.
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