It happened on this day in:
1917: The National League president grants the Phillies' protest of the April 17 loss to Boston when a Phillie runner was improperly called out after mistakenly leaving second base. The game was ordered to be replayed, and the Phillies won the make-up by a 6-3 score on September 12.1921: Shortstop Ralph Miller and pitcher Lee Meadows both hit grand-slams as the Phils beat the Braves 11-6 at Baker Bowl. It's the first multi-slam game in team history.
1970: After pitching 1 1/3 innings, Dick Selma moves to 3rd base and Joe Hoerner records the final out in the Phils' 3-2 win over Los Angeles. Selma also played one out at third two weeks earlier.
1991: Tony Gwynn hit into the first triple play at the Vet. With runners on first and second, Tony Gwynn lined out to Randy Ready at second. Ready stepped on the bag for the second out, but instead of tagging the runner coming from first, he threw to Ricky Jordan who recorded the last out at the bag.
2015: Pitcher and Panama native Severino Gonzalez got the start, throwing to countryman Carlos Ruiz. They became the first all-Panamanian battery to start a game in the majors. Gonzalez didn't last long, though, getting rocked for 7 runs in less than 3 innings.
2017: Mark Leiter, Jr. makes his Phillies debut with a scoreless inning of relief against the Dodgers. Leiter's father, Mark Sr., also pitched for the Phillies, making them the first father-son pitching duo in team history.
Phillies Transactions on this Day
1940: Traded Roy Hughes to Brooklyn for cash1962: Traded Don Ferrarese to St. Louis for Bobby Locke and cash