THIS DATE IN HISTORY

July 20

1906: Malcolm Eason of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched a no-hitter, beating the Cardinals 2-0 in St. Louis.

1925: Brooklyn’s Dazzy Vance struck out 17 batters as the Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in 10 innings.

1933: Babe Herman hit three home runs, including a grand slam, to pace the Cubs in a 10-1 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field.

1941: The Yankees’ Joe DiMaggio had three doubles and a homer in New York’s 12-6, 17-inning victory over the Tigers in Detroit.

1958: Jim Bunning of the Tigers threw a no-hitter, beating the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader.

1970: Bill Singer of the Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies for a 5-0 victory in front of 12,454 at Los Angeles.

1973: Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox lost both ends of a doubleheader to the Yankees, 12-2 and 7-0.

1976: Hank Aaron hit the 755th and final home run of his career to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 win over the California Angels.

2008: Francisco Rodriguez became the fastest pitcher to 40 saves in big-league history when he closed out the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-3 victory over Boston. Rodriguez, who struck out the side in the ninth inning, reached 40 saves in 98 games — 10 faster than John Smoltz did five years previously.

2009: Matt Holliday homered twice, including a tying grand slam in the seventh inning, and Jack Cust followed with another shot, helping the A’s rally from a 10-run deficit — the largest comeback in Oakland history — and beat the Minnesota Twins 14-13.

Stephen Lam / The Chronicle 2009 Matt Holliday (right) shares a high-five with third-base coach Mike Gallego after tying the game with a grand slam during the eighth inning of the A’s record-setting win over the Twins in 2009.