This date in baseball

1912 Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory to tie Walter Johnson’s record as he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1.

1938 Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner hit back-to-back home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates off Cliff Melton of the New York Giants. This was the only time brothers hit successive home runs in a major league game. It was Lloyd’s last homer.

1946 The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings when the game was called because of gnats. The insects became such a problem for the players, umpires and fans that the game had to be stopped.

1963 All three Alou brothers Felipe, Matty and Jesus played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1969 St. Louis left-hander Steve Carlton struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record. New York won the game 4-3 on 2 tworun home runs by Ron Swoboda. 1971 Houston pitcher Larry Yount, the older brother of Hall of Famer Robin Yount, was credited with his only major league appearance and didn’t throw a pitch. Yount took the mound in the ninth inning of a 4-2 loss to Atlanta and after a few warmup tosses had to leave with elbow pain. He never appeared in another major league game. 1979 Bob Watson of the Red Sox became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues as he led Boston to a 10-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros against San Francisco on June 24, 1977.

1990 Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning and became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 7-4.

1997 Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 51st and 52nd home runs in Seattle’s victory over Toronto to become the sixth major league player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. Griffey hit 49 home runs last season.

1998 Ken Griffey Jr. hit his American League-leading 52nd home run and drove in five runs to become the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBI, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota Twins 12-7.