ON THIS DATE

1971 — Philadelphia Phillies righthander Rick Wise hit two home runs to help himself to a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

1977 — Los Angeles first baseman Steve Garvey hit three doubles and two home runs in five at-bats, leading the Dodgers to an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. One of Garvey’s homers was a grand slam.

1977 — California right-hander Nolan Ryan had 11 strikeouts in the Angels’ 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles to pass 300 strikeouts in a season for the fifth time.

1987 — Philadelphia third baseman Mike Schmidt hit his 522nd home run in the Phillies’ 8-1 win over the San Diego Padres to pass Ted Williams and Willie Mccovey on the career homer list.

1990 — Chicago second baseman Ryne Sandberg became the majors’ first second baseman to have consecutive 30-homer seasons, leading the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros.

1992 — The Milwaukee Brewers set an American League record with 31 hits and 26 singles in a 22-2 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays.

2003 — Los Angeles closer Eric Gagne set a major league record with his 44th straight save this season as the Dodgers beat the Houston Astros 6-3. The right-hander eclipsed Tom Gordon’s 1998 record of 43 in a row to begin a season.

2008 — Nationals shortstop Cristian Guzman became the second player to hit for the cycle since the franchise moved to Washington, driving in three runs in an 11-2 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2014 — San Francisco right-hander Yusmeiro Petit set a major league record when he retired his 46th batter in a row as the Giants beat Colorado 3-1. Petit retired the first eight Rockies hitters, establishing the mark by striking out Charlie Culberson. That broke left-hander Mark Buehrle’s record of 45 straight with the Chicago White Sox in 2009. Petit’s streak covered eight games, six of them in relief.

2016 — Ryan Harlost led Endwell, New York, to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. Endwell gave New York its first championship since 1964.

2021 — Los Angeles pitcher/ designated hitter Shohei Ohtani stole second base in the Angels’ 10-2 win over the San Diego Padres to become the first player in team history to have 40 home runs and 20 stolen bases in one season.