THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

JULY 13

1896: Philadelphia’s Ed Delahanty hit four home runs in a losing effort, a 9- 8 loss to Chicago.

1934: Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run in a 4- 2 victory over Tommy Bridges and the Detroit Tigers. Lou Gehrig left in the first with a severe case of lumbago, the most serious threat to his streak. He returned for one at bat the next day.

1943: The first night game in All- Star history, at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, went to the AL, 5- 3, despite a single, triple and home run by NL center fielder Vince DiMaggio of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The big blow was a three- run homer by Bobby Doerr of the Boston Red Sox, which gave the AL the lead for good.

1945: Chicago’s Pat Seerey hit three home runs, a triple and drove in eight runs to lead the White Sox in a 16- 4 win over New York at Yankee Stadium. 1954: Pitcher Dean Stone did not retire a batter but received credit for the AL’s 11- 9 All- Star victory at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. Red Schoendienst tried to steal a run for the NL after Stone was summoned in the eighth inning, but the pitcher’s throw to the plate nailed the runner for the third out.

1963: Cleveland Indians pitcher Early Wynn finally notched his 300th win, beating the Kansas City Athletics 7- 4. Wynn needed seven outings to get No. 300. His 299th win came on Sept. 8, 1962, but he came up empty his last three starts of the season. It was the final victory of Wynn’s career as he posted a 300- 244 record with a 3.54 ERA.

1965: The NL took the lead over the AL for the first time since the All- Star series began, winning 6- 5 at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minn.

1971: Reggie Jackson’s mammoth home run off the power generator on the rightfield roof at Tiger Stadium highlighted a barrage of six homers three by each team as the AL beat the NL 6- 4 in the All- Star game.

1982: The NL registered its 11th consecutive All- Star victory over the AL with a 4- 1 victory at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, the first All- Star game played outside the United States. Dave Concepcion’s two- run homer off Dennis Eckersley in the second inning was the deciding hit.

1993: Minnesota’s Kirby Puckett homered and doubled to win the MVP award in the AL’s 9- 3 victory in the All- Star game at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

1999: Boston’s Pedro Martinez pitched himself into the All- Star game record book, becoming the first to strike out the first four hitters in an All- Star game, fanning Barry Larkin, Larry Walker and Sammy Sosa in the first inning, and Mark McGwire to start the second. Martinez struck out five in the first two innings tying an American League record to lead the AL to a 4- 1 victory over the National League. 2012: Chicago’s Alfonso Soriano homered twice, doubled twice and had five RBIs to lead the Cubs to an 8- 1 win over Arizona.

2013: Tim Lincecum threw the second no- hitter in 11 days, a gem saved by a spectacular diving catch by right fielder Hunter Pence in the San Francisco Giants’ 9- 0 win against the last- place San Diego Padres.

2014: Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher in 48 years to hit two grand slams in a season, and Buster Posey also hit a slam that boosted San Francisco to an 8- 4 win over Arizona. Posey and Bumgarner became the first batterymates in major league history to hit grand slams in the same game.