Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
This date in baseball
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1876 In the first National League game, Joseph Borden of Boston beat the hometown Philadelphia team 6-5.
1898 Theodore Breitenstein of the Cincinnati Reds and James Hughes of Baltimore each pitched no-hit ball games. Breitenstein no-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0 and Hughes no-hit the Boston Braves 8-0.
1903 The New York Highlanders lost their first game at Washington 3-1 before 11,950 fans.
1934 Chicago’s Lon Warneke (Mount Ida) pitched his second consecutive one-hitter, beating St. Louis and Dizzy Dean (Lucas) 15-2.
1959 The Chicago White Sox scored 11 runs with only one hit in the seventh inning of a 20-6 victory over the Kansas City A’s. Johnny Callison had the hit — a single. In the inning, Chicago was the recipient of 10 walks — 5 with the bases loaded — 3 Kansas City errors and 1 hit batsman.
1962 The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Mets 4-3 in a game in which two National League records were tied. Bill Mazeroski tripled in a run in the eighth to give the Pirates a 10-0 record, which matched the record for most consecutive wins since the start of the season set by the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. The Mets lost their ninth consecutive to match the mark set by Brooklyn in 1918 and tied by the Boston Braves in 1920.
1970 Tom Seaver of the Mets struck out the last 10 Padres he faced for a 2-1 victory over San Diego. He gave up two hits and finished with a total of 19 strikeouts, tying Steve Carlton’s major league record.
1976 Montreal’s Tim Foli hit for the cycle in a 12-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs. 1978 Andre Thornton of the Cleveland Indians hit for the cycle in a 13-4 victory against the Boston Red Sox.
1980 Ivan DeJesus of the Chicago Cubs hit for the cycle in 16-12 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.
1982 The Atlanta Braves’ major league record for the fastest start was stopped at 13 consecutive victories when they lost 2-1 to the Cincinnati Reds.
1991 San Francisco’s Robby Thompson hit for the cycle in a 7-5 loss to the San Diego Padres.
1993 Chris Bosio pitched a no-hitter to give the Seattle Mariners a 7-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
2007 The Boston Red Sox hit four consecutive home runs against the New York Yankees, tying a major league record. Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek connected in a span of 10 pitches during the third inning against Chase Wright, who was making his second major league start for New York. Boston won 7-6.
2008 Atlanta’s John Smoltz became the 16th pitcher in major league history to reach the 3,000-strikeout plateau in the Braves’ 6-0 loss to the Washington Nationals.
2014 Albert Pujols became the first major leaguer to hit his 499th and 500th home runs in the same game, driving in five runs to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Washington Nationals 7-2.