New York Daily News

ON THIS DATE: JUNE 29

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1916: The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds played a nine-inning game with just one baseball.

1923: Brooklyn’s Jacques Fournier went 6-for-6 with a home run, two doubles and three singles as the Dodgers beat the Philadelph­ia Phillies 14-5.

1937: Chicago Cubs first baseman Rip Collins played an entire game without a putout or an assist.

1941: In a doublehead­er against the Washington Senators, New York’s Joe DiMaggio tied and then broke the American League record of hitting safely in 41 consecutiv­e games. DiMaggio doubled in four at-bats in the opener and singled in five at-bats in the nightcap to break the record set by George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns in 1922.

1968: Detroit’s Jim Northrup hit his third grand slam in a week as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2.

1990: Dave Stewart of the Oakland A’s pitched the first of two no-hitters on this day, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 at the SkyDome. Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers duplicated Stewart’s feat by throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals. It was the first time in major league history that two no-hitters were pitched in both leagues on the same day. 2003: Eric Byrnes hit for the cycle and matched a franchise record with five hits as Oakland beat San Francisco 5-2.

2004: Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbac­ks became the fourth pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts when he struck out San Diego’s Jeff Cirillo in the eighth inning of the Padres’ 3-2 win.

2007: Barry Bonds hit his 750th career home run in San Francisco’s 4-3, 10-inning loss to Arizona . ... Aubrey Huff hit for the cycle in Baltimore’s 9-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

2010: Whit Merrifield’s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave South Carolina its first baseball national championsh­ip with a 2-1 victory over UCLA in the College World Series. The Gamecocks won the last championsh­ip played at Omaha’s Rosenblatt Stadium, the CWS’ home since 1950.

2012: Aaron Hill hit for the cycle for the second time in 12 days, leading the Diamondbac­ks to a 9-3 victory over the Brewers. The Arizona Diamondbac­ks’ second baseman cycled on June 18 against Seattle. Brooklyn’s Babe Herman was the only other major leaguer to hit for two cycles in one season since 1900. He accomplish­ed the feat in 1931.

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