Baseball Today

Aug. 6

1908: John Lush threw a sixinning nohitter as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 20. It was Lush's second nohitter against the Dodgers.

1952: Satchel Paige, 46, became the oldest pitcher in majorleague history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers 10 in 12 innings.

1972: Atlanta's Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth's record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Braves a 43 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.

1981: As a result of a sevenweek strike, major league baseball players approved a splitseason format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the firsthalf champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.

1985: The Major League Baseball Players' Association went on strike.

1986: The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 1311 in a recordsetting battle of grand slams. Texas' Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore's ninerun fourth.

1988: Oakland Athletics outfielder Jose Canseco became the 11th player in major league history to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in a season. Canseco, with 31 homers, stole second base with one out in the ninth inning for his 30th as the A's edged the Seattle Mariners 54.

1988: Rich Gossage registered his 300th career save as the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 74.

1999: Tony Gwynn went 4for5, singling in his first atbat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 1210.

2001: Boston's Scott Hatteberg performed the ultimate baseball opposite. Hatteberg hit a grand slam one atbat after lining into a triple play as the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 107. Hatteberg lined into a triple play in the fourth inning and in the sixth he hit his second career grand slam to move Boston ahead for good.

2002: At 32, Robb Nen became the youngest player to record 300 saves, as San Francisco beat the Chicago Cubs 1110. Nen became the 16th member of the 300save club.

2007: St. Louis tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 105 victory over San Diego.

Today's birthday: Jake McGee, 28.