Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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1918 Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitched a four-hitter in 15 innings to beat the St. Louis Browns 1-0. The only hit off him in the first 11 innings was a triple by George Sisler.

1930 The Philadelph­ia Athletics came up with a triple steal in the first inning and again in the fourth in a 14-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

1939 Atley Donald of the New York Yankees set a rookie pitching record in the American League when he registered his 12th consecutiv­e victory since May 9, with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Browns.

1941 Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6.

1949 Stan Musial of St. Louis hit for the cycle, going 4-5 and driving in 4 runs to lead the Cardinals to a 14-1 rout of the Broolyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

1956 Roberto Clemente hit a game-winning inside-the-park grand slam to give Pittsburgh a 9-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field.

1961 En route to his 61-home run season, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit four home runs against the Chicago White Sox in a doublehead­er to give him 40 for the year. The Yankees took both games, 5-1 and 12-0, and Maris moved 25 games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 1927 pace.

1962 Stan Musial of St. Louis became the all-time RBI leader in the National League. His two-run home run, in a 5-2 loss to Los Angeles, gave him 1,862 RBI, passing Mel Ott.

1978 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds singled to left off New York’s Craig Swan in the third inning to set a NL record of hitting safely in 38 consecutiv­e games. The Mets won the game 9-2.

1990 Kansas City’s George Brett hit for the cycle in the Royals 6-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

2000 Mike Lansing of Colorado hit for the cycle. The Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbac­ks, 19-2.

2011 Ian Kinsler homered and drove in four runs as the Texas Rangers pounded out the most runs and hits in the majors this season with a 20-6 rout of the Minnesota Twins.

2014 Yasiel Puig tied a franchise record with three triples and added a double and two RBI as Los Angeles moved within a half-game of NL West-leading San Francisco with an 8-1 victory over the Giants. 2015 Cole Hamels became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in 50 years while leading Philadelph­ia to a 5-0 victory. There was drama down to the final out, when rookie center fielder Odubel Herrera stumbled on the warning track, but managed to lean forward and catch Kris Bryant’s flyball to end the game. Hamels struck out 13 in the first no-hitter versus the Cubs since Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game in 1965.

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