THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

Sept. 8

1905 — The Pittsburgh Pirates stranded 18 runners in an 8-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds to set a National League record for men left on base. 1939 - With his 12-1 victory over the Browns in St. Louis, 20-year-old Bob Feller is the youngest modern-era player to win 20 games. 1940 — Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle in a 9-4 win over the Boston Red Sox. Gordon lead off the game with a home run, singled in the second inning, tripled to start the fourth and doubled in the fifth to complete the cycle. Gordon walked in the eighth and ninth innings. 1940 — Johnny Mize of St. Louis hit three homers and drove in six runs in a 16-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of a doubleheader. Mize became the first player to hit three homers in one game four times in a career. The Pirates won the second game 5-4 five-inning game. 1955 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Braves 10-2 to clinch the National League pennant with a 17-game lead. 1958 — Roberto Clemente tied a major league record by hitting three triples in a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. 1965 — Bert Campaneris of the Kansas City A’s played all nine positions but had to leave after a ninth-inning collision with Ed Kirkpatrick of the Angels. The Angels won 5-3 in 13 innings. 1972 — Ferguson Jenkins of the Cubs beats the Phillies, 4-3, for his 20th victory of the season. It was the sixth straight year Jenkins had won 20 or more games. 1985 — Cincinnati’s Pete Rose inserted himself into the lineup when the Cubs named righthander Reggie Patterson as the starting pitcher. Rose singled in the first inning and again in the fifth inning to tie Ty Cobb with 4,191 career hits. Rose was retired in his other at-bats and the game was called because of darkness after nine innings tied at 5-5. 1988 — NL President Bart Giamatti was unanimously elected to succeed Peter Ueberroth as the commissioner of baseball. 1993 — Darryl Kile pitched baseball’s second no-hitter in five days, leading the Houston Astros over the New York Mets 7-1. Kile struck out nine and walked one. Mets third baseman Butch Huskey became the third player in history to make his major league debut on the losing end of a no-hitter. Byron Browne and Don Young of the Chicago Cubs did so in Sandy Koufax’s perfect game in 1965. 1998 — Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris’ home run record, lining No. 62 just over the wall in left field with two outs in the fourth inning. McGwire’s shot off the Chicago Cubs’ Steve Trachsel set off a wild celebration in Busch Stadium. 2002 — The Braves won their 11th straight division title when Philadelphia lost to the Mets 6-4.