ON THIS DATE

1934: Pitcher John Broaca tied a major league record by striking out five consecutive times but pitched the Yankees to an 11-2 victory over the White Sox. 1950: Hank Sauer hit two home runs and two doubles to pace the Cubs to an 11-8 victory over the Phillies. 2015: The Giants hit four triples in a game for the first time in 55 years, including a pair by Brandon Belt in a 13-8 win over the Padres. Brandon Crawford and Matt Duffy also tripled for San Francisco, which had not tripled four times in a game since Sept. 15, 1960, when Willie Mays hit three of them and Eddie Bressoud had one at Philadelphia’s Connie Mack Stadium.