THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

Sept. 15

1912: Jo eWo od of th e Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory to

tie Walter Johnson’s record as he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1.

1938: Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner hit back-to-back homers for the Pittsburgh

Pirates off Cliff Melton of the New York Giants. This was the only time brothers hit successive home runs in a major league game. It was Lloyd’s last homer.

1946: The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings when the game was called because of gnats. The insects became such a problem for the players, umpires and fans that the game had to be stopped.

1963: All three Alou brothers — Felipe, Matty and Jesus — played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1969: St. Louis left-hander Steve Carlton struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record. New York won the game 4-3 on two, two-run homers by Ron Swoboda.

1971: Houston pitcher Larry Yount, the older brother of Hall of Famer Robin Yount, was credited with his only major league appearance an d didn’t throw a pitch. Yount took the mound in the ninth inning of a 4-2 loss to Atlanta and after af ew warmup tosses had to leave

with elbow pain. He never appeared in another major league game.

1979: Bob Watson of the Red Sox became the first player to hit for the cycle in

both leagues as he led Boston to a 10-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros

against San Francisco on June 24, 1977. 1990: Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning and became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 7-4.

1996: The Baltimore Orioles set baseball’s season home run record with five against Detroit, including Mark Parent’s record breaking shot in the third inning and Brady Anderson’s 10th leadoff homer of the year. The homers gave the Orioles 243, three more than the 1961 New York Yankees.

1997: Baltimore outfi elderEricDavis played five innings in the opening game of a day-night doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians, his first game since co lon cancer surgery in June.

1997: Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 51st and 52nd homers in Seattle’s win over Toronto to become the sixth major league player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. Griffey hit 49 homers last season.

1998: Ke nGr iffey Jr. hit h is AL-leading 52nd homer and drove in five runs to

become the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBIs, leading the Seattle Mariners ov er the Minnesota Twins 12-7.

2002: Arizona’s Curt Schilling struck out eight to reach 300 for the season, joining Randy Johnson as the first teammates in baseball history to each strike out 300 in the same season. The Diamondbacks beat Milwaukee 6-5 in 13 innings.

2003: Texas designated hitter Rafael Palmeiro hit his 35th home run, joining Jimmie F oxxastheonlyplayers with at least 35 homers and 100 RBIs in nine straight seasons. Palmeiro’s 525th career homer, a solo shot, came in the fourth inning of the Rangers’ 6-4 victory over Seattle.