THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

AUG. 10

1901: Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an AL record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths. 1944: Charles “Red” Barrett of the Boston Braves threw only 58 pitches to beat the Cincinnati Reds 2- 0 in a nineinning game.

1957: Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center- field hedge at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when his 460- foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6- 3.

1969: Cesar Tovar of Minnesota broke up the second no- hit bid against the Twins by a Baltimore pitcher. Tovar singled with no out in the ninth off Mike Cuellar. Earlier in the year, Tovar singled with one out in the ninth to spoil Dave McNally’s bid.

1971: Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th home run in the first inning off Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar to become the 10th player to hit 500 or more in a career. Killebrew also hit No. 501 off Cuellar but the Orioles won 4- 3.

1981: Major league baseball resumed play after a two- month strike. In the St. Louis Cards- Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning. 1987: Philadelphia’s Kevin Gross was ejected in the fifth inning after umpires discovered a strip of sandpaper glued to the heel of his glove to scuff balls. The Phillies had a 4- 2 lead over the Chicago Cubs. Gross would be suspended for 10 games the next day.

1995: Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.