It’s the birthdate of former major leaguer Lew Drill, born in Browerville, Minnesota in 1877. Drill graduated from Hamline in 1897, and received a law degree from Georgetown, from where the catcher was signed by the Washington Senators in 1902. Drill played 293 major league games over four seasons for the Senators, Orioles, and Tigers. He would later serve as United States district attorney for Minnesota in the late 1920s and early ‘30s. Lew Drill passed away on July 4, 1969 in St. Paul. He was 92 years old.

Lenny Green and Vic Power hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the bottom of the first in Bloomington versus Cleveland pitcher and future-Twin Jim Perry. Cleveland came back to win the game 9-4. Back-to-back home runs to begin a game tied the major league record at the time. Three teams have since begun a game with three consecutive homers: the Padres (bottom of the first on April 13, 1987), the Braves (bottom of the first on May 28, 2003), and the Brewers (top of the first on September 9, 2007).

Frank Quilici was born on this day in 1939 in Chicago. He played for the Twins in 1965 and 1967-’70, including the ‘65 World Series and 1970 American League Championship Series. He spent the ‘66 season at Triple-A Denver. He retired as a player after the 1970 season but was brought back as a coach in 1971. In July of ‘72 he replaced Bill Rigney as manager, a position which he held through the end of the 1975 season. He was succeeded by Gene Mauch. Quilici, who turns 78 today, makes his home in Burnsville, MN.

It’s the birthday of 1989 Park High School (Cottage Grove, MN), and 2000 University of Minnesota graduate Kerry Ligtenberg, born in Rapid City, South Dakota in 1971. Ligtenberg made 386 relief appearances over eight seasons (1997-2005) for the Braves, Orioles, Blue Jays, and Diamondbacks

Dean Chance pitched a complete game, one-hit shutout versus the Kansas City Athletics at home in Bloomington. Chance struck out eight and walked six in the 8-0 Twins win. Chance would get his no-hitter on August 25 of that season.

21-year-old Catfish Hunter, already in his third season, started for the Athletics, allowing all eight Twins runs on seven hits and six walks in just five innings. He would pitch a perfect game against the Twins 363 days later.

The Twins traded Doug Corbett and Rob Wilfong to the California Angels for Tom Brunansky, pitcher Mike Walters, and $400,000 cash. Brunansky, a southern California native, was drafted by the Angels in the first round out of high school in 1978. He had played 11 games with the Angels in 1981, and was at Triple-A Spokane at the time of the trade. Brunansky was, of course, an integral part of the Twins’ 1987 championship season when he hit 32 home runs, drove in 85 and scored 83 runs. He played for the Twins until an ill-advised April ‘88 trade to St. Louis for clubhouse cancer Tommy Herr. Brunansky’s 163 home runs in a Twins uniform are ninth most in team history. He hit a total of 271 home runs over his fourteen year major league career. Bruno has served as the Twins’ hitting coach from 2013-2016.

Pitcher Eli Grba homered in the top of the fifth to give the Angels a 3-2 lead. Twins pitcher Pedro Ramos led off the bottom of the fifth with a home run of his own, tying the game. Ramos added a two-run single the following inning and the Twins held on to win 5-4, with Ramos driving in the Twins’ final three runs.

Just one day after trading two bonafide big leaguers for a minor league pitcher and the unproven Tom Brunansky, the Twins traded pitcher Roger Erickson and standout catcher Butch Wynegar to the Yankees for not a whole lot. Wynegar was an All-Star in his first two seasons and finished second to Detroit’s Mark Fidrych in 1976 American League Rookie of the Year balloting. Despite the Brunansky deal working out very well in retrospect, both trades were seen at the time as cheap cost-cutting measures by Twins ownership.

1995 Hill-Murray graduate, 3x Golden Gophers MVP, and 1999 tenth-round Angels draft pick Robb Quinlan went 5-for-5 with two home runs and eight RBI for Triple-A Salt Lake vs. Edmonton. Quinlan would go on to hit .333 with 31 doubles, 13 triples, 20 home runs, and a league-leading 112 RBI en route to being named the Angels’ Minor League Player of the Year. The major league team, meanwhile, would win the 2002 World Series. Quinlan would not make his major league debut until July 25, 2003.

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