ON THIS DATE: AUGUST 4

1910: Jack Coombs of the A’s and Ed Walsh of the White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.

1953: New York’s Vic Raschi set a record for a pitcher by driving in seven runs in a 15-0 win over the Tigers.

1963: New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.

1979: Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning (fifth) and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2. 1982: Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single. 1985: Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day.

1985: Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.

2006: Chase Utley went 0-for-5 night in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.

2007: Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City.

2010: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays.

2021: Japan moves into the gold medal game in the Tokyo Olympics.