This date in baseball

1916 Tom Hughes of the Boston Braves pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. 1938 Jimmie Foxx didn’t get a chance to hit as the St. Louis Browns walked him six consecutive times. The Boston Red Sox won anyway 12-8.

1953 The St. Louis Browns beat New York 3-1 to break the Yankees’ 18-game winning streak and end their 14-game losing streak.

1957 Relief pitcher Dixie Howell hit two home runs in the 32/3 innings he pitched to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 8-6 victory in the second game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators.

1971 The Oakland Athletics hit five solo home runs in a 5-1 victory over the Washington Senators. Mike Epstein and Joe Rudi had a pair of home runs and Dave Duncan one. Epstein’s came in his first two at-bats to give him home runs in four consecutive at-bats over two games.

1978 After three ninth-inning near misses, Tom Seaver threw the first no-hitter of his 12-year career as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0.

1991 Otis Nixon of Atlanta stole six bases against Montreal to set a modern National League record and tie the major league record set by Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia A’s in 1912. Montreal won the game 7-6.

1992 Boston’s Mark Reardon became baseball’s all-time save leader when he closed out a 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees. Reardon logged his 342nd save to pass Rollie Fingers.

2001 John Olerud went 4 for 5 and hit for the cycle as Seattle beat the San Diego Padres 9-2. He hit a home run in the ninth to complete the cycle.

2009 The San Diego Padres set a major league record with their 12th consecutive loss in interleague play when they fell 5-0 to Seattle.

2015 Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out to a 9-4 victory over Atlanta.

2015 Manny Machado and Chris Parmelee each hit two of an Orioles-record eight home runs, and Baltimore pounded woeful Philadelphia 19-3. The eight home runs were the most by the Orioles since their move from St. Louis in 1954.