THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

Aug. 9

1916: The Philadelphia A’s ended their 20- game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7- 1.

1939: Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs.

1960: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott for fourth place on the all- time list.

1975: Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2- 0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey’s 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24.

1981: Baseball returned following the strike with the All- Star game in Cleveland before a crowd of 72,086. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos hit two home runs to give the NL a 5- 4 triumph over the AL. Vida Blue became the first pitcher to win an All- Star game in both leagues. His AL victory came in 1971 at Detroit.

1988: The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6- 4.

1998: Dennis Martinez became the winningest Latin pitcher in baseball history, breaking Juan Marichal’s record of 243 victories. Martinez pitched a perfect eighth inning and got the victory when Chipper Jones hit a tiebreaking, two- run single in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for the win.

2001: Mike Hampton tied the NL record for pitchers with his seventh homer as the Rockies beat the Cubs 14- 5. Hampton’s seventh homer matched the NL mark shared by Don Drysdale ( 1958, 1965) and Don Newcombe ( 1955). The major league record is nine by Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell in 1931.

2002: Barry Bonds hit his 600th homer, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the mark. With a 421- foot, solo shot off Pittsburgh’s Kip Wells, the San Francisco Giants slugger joined Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays in the exclusive club.