Baseball Today

Sept. 29

1913: Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators finished the season with 36 victories by virtue of a 10 decision over the Philadelphia A's.

1915: The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first NL pennant, beating the Boston Braves, 50, behind Grover Alexander's onehitter.

1954: Willie Mays made his famous overtheshoulder catch of Vic Wertz's long drive to center field and pinchhitter Dusty Rhodes homered off Bob Lemon in the 10th inning to lead the New York Giants to a 52 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series.

1963: Stan Musial ended his career by going 2for3 for the St. Louis Cardinals, who defeated the Cincinnati Reds 32 in 14 innings at Busch Stadium.

1963: John Paciorek of the Houston Colt .45s, in his only major league appearance, went 3for3 with three RBIs and four runs scored against the New York Mets. A back injury ended his baseball career the next season.

1976: John Montefusco of the San Francisco Giants pitched a 90 nohitter over the Braves in Atlanta.

1983: Mike Warren of the Oakland A's pitched a nohitter to beat the Chicago White Sox, 30.

1986: Chicago Cubs rookie Greg Maddux defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 83 in the City of Brotherly Love. The losing pitcher was his brother, Mike, also a rookie. It was the first time brothers faced each other as rookie pitchers.

1996: Vinny Castilla of the Colorado Rockies hit his 40th homer in a 123 victory at San Francisco. He combined with teammates Andres Galarraga (47 homers) and Ellis Burks (40) to form the first 40homer trio on one team since the 1973 Atlanta Braves: Davey Johnson (43), Darrell Evans (41), Hank Aaron (40).

1998: Mo Vaughn homered twice and tied a record with seven RBIs as Boston ended a 13game postseason skid, beating Cleveland 113 in the AL Divisional Playoff series opener.

2004: Bobby Cox became the ninth manager in baseball history to win 2,000 games when Atlanta scored four runs in the seventh inning and beat the New York Mets 63.

2011: The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the AL wild card by overcoming a late sevenrun deficit and then beating the New York Yankees 87 on Evan Longoria's home run in the 12th inning. The Rays' win came four minutes after Boston blew a onerun lead in the ninth at Baltimore and lost 43. The Red Sox held a ninegame lead over the Rays in early September. Boston became the first team to miss the postseason after leading by as many as nine games for a playoff spot entering September.