This date in baseball

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1933: Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s became the first pitcher since Aug. 2, 1931 — a span of 308 games — to shut out the New York Yankees, winning 7-0.

1948: Cleveland’s Satchel Paige made his first majorleague start and went seven innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators.

1959: The second game of All-Star play this year was won by the AL 5-3 at Los Angeles’ Memorial Stadium.

1961: The Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 19-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals for the largest shutout score in an NL night game.

1969: Pinch-hitter Rich Reese hit a grand slam to power the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles and end Dave McNally’s 15-game winning streak. His two victories at the end of 1968 had given him 17 straight wins.

1977: Eddie Murray, a rookie first baseman for Baltimore, hit a home run from each side of the plate. The Orioles beat the A’s 8-6 in 10 innings.

1989: The Cincinnati Reds scored 14 runs in the first inning on a major-leaguerecord 16 hits and beat the Houston Astros 18-2. Seven Reds had two hits off starter Jim Clancy and reliever Bob Forsch in the first, breaking a century-old record.

1998: Mike Oquist allowed 14 earned runs — the most by a major-leaguer since 1977 — in five innings of the A’s 14-1 loss to the New York Yankees. 2015: Adrian Beltre became the first major-leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his third career cycle and the Texas Rangers picked up a wild 12-9 victory over Houston.