THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

Sept. 28

1919: In the shortest nine-inning game in major league history, 51 minutes, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1.

1920: A grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox Scandal.”

1938: Gabby Hartnett hit his famous “Homer in the Gloamin’” in the ninth inning against Mace Brow ntog ive the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their ninth straight, at Wrigley Field. It was a key triumph en route to the Cubs’ NL pennant.

1941: Ted Williams went 6-for-8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A’s to finish the season with a .406 average. No player has batted .400 since.

1951: Allie Reynolds pitched his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox,

8-0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinched the AL pennant with an 11-3 victory in the nightcap. 1960: Ted Williams homered in his final

major league p lateap pearance, against Baltimore’s Jack Fisher. Williams did

not takeac urtain call, but he trotted out to left field in the ninth and was replaced immediately by Carroll Hardy and retired to a standing ovation. It was Williams’ 521st career home run. The Red Sox rallied for two runs in the ninth for a 5-4 victory.

1974: Nolan Ryan pitched his third of seven career no-hitters, striking out 15 batters and beati ngth e Minnesota Twins, 4-0, at Anaheim Stadium.

1975: Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers of the Oakland A’s combined to no-hit the California Angels, 5-0, on the final day of the season.

1995: Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos became the first pitcher in major league history to pitch with both hands. Harris faced four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9-7 loss to Cincinnati.

1997: San Diego’s Tony Gwynn tied

Honus Wagner’s record by winning his eighth NL batting title. Gwynn finished at .372, becoming the first player to

win four consecutive NL batting titles since Rogers Hornsby won six straight from 1920-25.

2001: Alex Rodriguez of Texas hit his

50th homer in an 11-2 victory over Anaheim and became the 20th player to hit 50 homers in a season. 2006: James Loney tied a franchise

record with nine RBIs, including a grand slam and a two-run homer, to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 19-11 victory at Colorado. 2012: Homer Bailey of the Cincinnati

Reds threw the season’s seventh nohitter, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0. The seven no-hitters matched the

modern record (since 1900) for one season, tying 1990 and 1991. Pittsburgh (76-81) assured itself of a 20th consecutive non-winning season with

the loss, extending its major North American professional sports record.

Today’s birthdays: Manuel Margot, 23; Eddie Rosario, 26; Cameron Rupp, 29;

Ryan Zimmerman, 33.