Today in the Basseball History July 12

• 2010 - Veteran slugger David Ortiz wins the All-Star Game's Home Run Derby with a dazzling performance, lining ball after ball into the right field stands at Angel Stadium, for a total of 32 long balls - 11 of them in the final round, where he defeats fellow Dominican Hanley Ramirez. He dedicates his performance to his friend, pitcher Jose Lima, who passed away suddenly a few weeks earlier.
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• 2000:
• The Phillies trade hurler Andy Ashby, 33, to the Braves for pitchers Bruce Chen and Jimmy Osting. Chen, who made 22 appearances for the Braves this year, all in relief, will make 15 appearances for the Phils - all starts.
• In a six-player deal, the Reds trade Denny Neagle (8-2, 3.52) and outfielder Mike Frank to the Yankees for minor league third baseman Drew Henson, outfielder Jackson Melian and pitchers Brian Reith and Ed Yarnall. None of the four top prospects acquired by the Reds will pan out.
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• 1989 - Ron Guidry retires from baseball. During his 14-year career with the New York Yankees, "Louisiana Lightning" compiled a 170-91 record with a 3.29 ERA.

• 1966 - St. Louis hosts a hot midsummer All-Star classic. Maury Wills' 10th-inning single scores Tim McCarver, as theNational League wins, 2 - 1, in 105-degree heat. Brooks Robinson's stellar game (3 hits, eight chances) earns him the game MVP. Asked about the new ballpark, Casey Stengel remarks, "it holds the heat well." On-field temperature is 113 degrees.
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1959:

• Roberto Clemente's walk-off wall-banger makes it 19 straight for Elroy Face. At Forbes Field, the Pirates reliever blows a four-out save against St. Louis, thanks to Bill White's RBI single, but gets out of trouble and settles down long enough to reap the benefits of the Bucs' bats. "The Pirates won their 12th of 13 extra-inning games," reports the Associated Press, "when Roberto Clemente smashed a hit off the right-field wall with the bases filled in the 10th." Face's record goes to 14-0 with the win; his streak will extend to 22 before he takes his first and only loss of the year, en route to an unprecedented 18-1 season.

1934:

• Chuck Klein is out of the Cubs lineup because of injuries as they beat the Braves, 7 - 4. He is batting .331 with 19 homers and 65 RBI, but will miss much of the second half and never again will return to the high level of performance previously shown.

1911:

• In the first inning of a 9 - 0 win over the Athletics at Detroit, Ty Cobbwalks, then on consecutive pitches steals second base, third base, and home off lefty Harry Krause. Twice he beats perfect throws by CIra Thomas. After Cobb reaches on a fielder's choice in the 3rd, Sam Crawford homers. In the 7th, Cobb walks, is bunted to second, and scores on a sacrifice fly, knocking the ball out of the hands of the new catcher, Paddy Livingston.