This Day In Baseball - The Daily Rewind

July 13, 1934 - Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run in a 4-2 victory over Tommy Bridges and the Detroit Tigers. Lou Gehrig left the game in the first with a severe case of lumbago, the most serious threat to his streak. He returned for one at-bat the next day and went on to win the triple crown that season.1943 - The first night game in All-Star history, at Philadelphia's Shibe Park, went to the American League, 5-3, despite a single, triple and home run by National League center fielder Vince DiMaggio of the Pirates. The big blow was a three-run homer by Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox, which gave the AL the lead for good. 1963 - Early Wynn registered his 300th and final victory, at age 43, pitching the first five innings of Cleveland's 7-4 win over the Kansas City A's. Wynn was a hard throwing, hard nosed pitcher. Vida Blue once said of him as a coach "If you hit a ball good off of him, he'd knock you down".1971 - The American League defeated the National League 6-4 in the All-Star Game played at Tigers stadium whi