THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

MAY 5

1904: Cy Young of the Red Sox pitched a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics, beating Rube Waddell 3-0. Having pitched nine hitless innings in two previous efforts, he ran his string of hitless innings to 18.

1917: Ernie Koob of the St. Louis Browns pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox for a 1-0 win in St. Louis.

1925: Manager Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers hit three homers, a double and two singles against the St. Louis Browns.

1925: Shortstop Everett Scott of the New York Yankees was benched, ending his streak of 1,307 consecutive games played that started while playing for the Boston Red Sox. Scott had the longest playing streak before Lou Gehrig.

1933: Pepper Martin of the St. Louis Cardinals hit for the cycle and scored four runs in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

1938: The Chicago Cubs, behind Joe Marty's four hits, four runs, and four RBIs, beat Philadelphia 21-2. Hal Kelleher of the Phillies faced 16 batters in the sixth inning as Chicago scored 12 runs. Both marks are National League records off one pitcher in a single inning.

1939: Sam Chapman of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle in a 10-5 win over the St. Louis Browns.

1962: Bo Belinsky of the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-0 with a no-hitter at Dodger Stadium. Belinsky struck out nine and walked four.

1978: Pete Rose became the 14th player with 3,000 hits when he singled against Montreal's Steve Rogers at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium.

1980: National League president Chub Feeney suspended Pittsburgh's Bill Madlock for 15 days and fined him $5,000 for shoving his glove in the face of home plate umpire Gerry Crawford.