This date in history
JULY 25
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 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1941: Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th and last game, beating the Cleveland Indians 10-6.
1956: Roberto Clemente hit an inside-the-park grand slam to give Pittsburgh a 9-8 win over the Chicago Cubs at Forbes Field.
1961: En route to his 61homer season, Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit four homers against the Chicago White Sox in a doubleheader to give him 40 for the year. The Yankees won 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 NL. His two-run home run, in a 5-2 loss to Los Angeles, gave him 1,862 RBIs, moving him past 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.
1996: Bruce Ruffin of the Colorado Rockies struck out four batters in one inning. It was only the 25th time in major league history four batters struck out in one half inning.
1998: Neifi Perez of the Rockies hit for the cycle against the Cardinals.
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 (27) in the majors of the 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 RBIs as Los Angeles moved within a half-game of NL West-leading San Francisco with an 8-1 win over the Giants. The Dodgers matched a club record with five triples, including three during a five-run fifth inning that chased Tim Lincecum. It was the most triples in a game for the franchise since 1921 and Puig had the most by a Dodgers player since Brooklyn’s Jimmy Sheckard had three in 1901.
2015: Cole Hamels became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter against the Cubs in 50 years while leading the Phillies to a 5-0 win.