THIS DATE IN MLB

1923 — Walter Johnson recorded his first shutout of the season and the 100th of his major league record 113 career shutouts as the Washington Senators defeated the New York Yankees 3-0. Yankees shortstop Everett Scott received a medal from the American League for playing in his 1,000th consecutive game.

1939 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees did not play against the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium, ending at 2,130 his streak of consecutive games played. Gehrig never played again. Babe Dahlgren took his place at first base. The Yankees didn’t miss his bat, however, as they beat the Tigers 22-2.

1954 — Stan Musial hit five home runs in a doubleheader split with the New York Giants at St. Louis. The Cardinals won the first game 10-6 but lost the second 9-7.

2000 — Atlanta became the first NL team in 49 years to win 15 straight games by defeating Los Angeles 5-3.

2002 — Mike Cameron hit 4 homers and came close to a record-setting fifth in leading the Seattle Mariners to a 15-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox. He became the 13th player in major league history to homer 4 times in a game. Cameron connected in his first 4 at-bats, in just 5 innings. He joined Bret Boone as the first teammates to hit 2 home runs in the same inning. They connected back-to-back twice in a 10-run first.

2009 — Carl Crawford tied a modern major league record with six stolen bases to help Tampa Bay beat Boston 5-3. Crawford was 4-for-4 with an RBI and became the 4th player to swipe 6 bases in a game, joining Eddie Collins, Otis Nixon, and Eric Young.

2009 — The Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 2-1 in 10 innings to improve to 9-0 at home, and tie the franchise record set in 1946 in Brooklyn.

2012 — Jered Weaver pitched the second no-hitter in the majors in less than two weeks, completely overmatching Minnesota and leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-0 win over the Twins. The Twins never came close to getting a hit against Weaver, who struck out nine and walked one.