The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

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1901 — Cleveland pitcher Bock Baker gave up a record 23 singles as the Chicago White Sox beat the Indians 13-1.

1930 — The first night game in organized baseball was played in Independen­ce, Kan. In a Western Associatio­n game, Muskogee defeated Independen­ce 13-3.

1934 — Detroit’s Goose Goslin hit into four double plays, but the Tigers still beat Cleveland 4-1.

1945 — Chicago’s Hank Wyse pitched a one-hitter over Pittsburgh for a 6-0 win. The only Pirate hit was by Bill Salkeld in the eighth inning.

1956 — Cincinnati rookie Frank Robinson hit the first home run of his 586 lifetime homers in a 9-1 win over Chicago. Robinson’s homer came off Paul Minner in Crosley Field.

1961 — Warren Spahn, at the age of 40, no-hit the San Francisco Giants 1-0 at Milwaukee.

1966 — Cleveland’s Sonny Siebert defeated the Angels 2-1 as the Indians tie the modern major-league record with its 10th straight win since Opening Day.

1971 — Hank Aaron connected off Gaylord Perry for his 600th career home run in the Atlanta Braves’ 10inning, 6-5 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

1982 — Philadelph­ia’s Pete Rose went 5-for-5 to tie Max Carey for the NL record with nine career 5-hit games. The Phillies scored six runs in the top of the ninth to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3.

1988 — The winless Baltimore Orioles set an American League record by losing their 21st straight, falling to the Minnesota Twins 4-2.

1989 — Rickey Henderson of the New York Yankees set a major-league record when he led off a game with a home run for the 36th time in his career, breaking a tie with Bobby Bonds.

1989 — Toronto’s Nelson Liriano broke up a no-hitter in the ninth inning for the second time in six days ending Kirk McCaskill’s bid with a pinch-hit double. McCaskill settled for a one-hitter as California won 9-0.

1999 — Colorado’s Larry Walker hit three home runs and drove in eight runs to lead the Rockies to a 9-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

2011 — Ben Zobrist set a Tampa Bay record with eight RBIs, hitting a home run and two doubles as the Rays routed the Minnesota Twins 15-3 in the first game of a day-night doublehead­er.

Today’s birthdays: Matt Chapman, 25; David Freese, 35.

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