This date in baseball

1912 Rube Marquard of the New York Giants raised his season record to 19-0 with a 2-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. His winning streak ended five days later against the Chicago Cubs.

1939 Cleveland’s Ben Chapman ties the modern major-league record with three triples in a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

1939 Johnny Mize of St. Louis hit two home runs, a triple and a double, leading the Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Mize drove in three runs and scored three times.

1947 The Cleveland Indians purchased Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League, making him the first black player in the American League.

1966 Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger became the first National League player to hit two grand slams in one game. He added a single for nine RBI in a 17-3 triumph over San Francisco.

1968 Cleveland’s Luis Tiant struck out 19, walked none in a six-hit 1-0, 10-inning triumph over Minnesota.

1970 California’s Clyde Wright used only 98 pitches to no-hit the Oakland A’s 4-0 at Anaheim Stadium.

1973 Jim Perry of the Detroit Tigers and brother Gaylord of the Cleveland Indians faced each other for the only time as opposing pitchers. Neither finished the game. Gaylord took the loss, 5-4.

2002 Cleveland Indians slugger Jim Thome homered in his seventh consecutive game, leaving him one shy of the major league record. Thome hit a solo shot off David Wells of the New York Yankees.

2006 Manager Felipe Alou picked up his 1,000th career victory in San Francisco’s 9-6 victory over Colorado.

2013 Max Scherzer worked into the seventh inning to become the first pitcher in 27 years to get off to a 13-0 start, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Scherzer became the first pitcher to begin the season with 13 victories and no losses since Roger Clemens won his first 14 decisions for the Boston Red Sox in 1986.

2013 CC Sabathia of the New York Yankees earned his 200th career victory and stretched his winning streak over Minnesota to nearly six years. Sabathia upped his record to 11-0 with a 2.01 ERA in his last 12 starts against the Twins. He threw a season-high 121 pitches in the 3-2 win.

2016 Wilmer Flores went 6 for 6 with two of New York’s five home runs, and the Mets romped to a 14-3 victory and a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs. Jon Lester gave up eight runs and nine hits in 11/3 innings, the shortest of his 301 career starts over 11 major league seasons. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Tommy Hunter 32; Edinson Volquez 35.