This date in baseball

MAY 25

1906 Jesse Tannehill’s 3-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox snapped a 20-game losing streak — 19 at home — for the Boston Red Sox.

1935 Babe Ruth, winding up his career with the Boston Braves, hit three home runs and a single at Pittsburgh, but the Pirates won 11-7. Ruth connected once off Red Lucas and twice off Guy Bush.

1941 Boston’s Ted Williams raised his batting average over .400 for the first time during the season. Williams finished the season batting. 406.

1951 Willie Mays, a highly touted rookie for the Giants, went 0 for 5 in his debut against the Philadelphia Phillies.

1982 Ferguson Jenkins became the seventh pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in the Chicago Cubs’ 2-1 loss at San Diego. Jenkins reached the milestone by striking out Garry Templeton in the third inning.

2001 Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs allowed one hit and struck out 14 in a 1-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Wood took a no-hit bid into the seventh before giving up a leadoff single to Mark Loretta.

2001 Hideo Nomo of the Boston Red Sox tossed a one-hitter and struck out 14 in a 4-0 victory over Toronto. Nomo faced one batter over the minimum of 27, giving up a leadoff double in the fourth to Shannon Stewart.

2002 Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers homered twice in a 10-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, setting a major league record with seven home runs in his last three games.

2005 The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in 12 innings, as Manager Tony La Russa wins his 823rd game with the Cardinals, passing Whitey Herzog for second place on the franchise list. La Russa is 218 victories behind Cardinals leader Red Schoendienst.

2009 Jim Thome passes Mike Schmidt for 13th on the all-time home run list, as the Chicago White Sox thumped the Los Angeles Angels 17-3.

2009 Cleveland rallied from a 10-0 deficit in the fourth as Victor Martinez’s twoout, two-run single in the ninth capped a seven-run inning and lifted the Indians to an 11-10 victory over Tampa Bay. The Indians became the first team in the majors to win after trailing by 10 runs since the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 16-15 on May 8, 2004.

2011 Andruw Jones hit 2 two-run home runs, Mark Teixeira also hit a two-run shot and Mariano Rivera made a milestone appearance in New York’s 7-3 victory over Toronto. Rivera pitched the ninth inning in a non-save situation, the 1,000th game he’s played for the Yankees. The 11-time All-Star closer became the first player in major league history to reach the plateau for one team and the 15th to make it overall. Jones homered in the second inning and Teixeira in the third off Jo-Jo Reyes, who matched a major league record by making his 28th consecutive start without a win.