1908 At Cleveland's League Park, Bob Rhoads tosses a no-hitter against beating the Red Sox, 2-1. The Indian hurler out duels Frank Arellanes, who is the only Mexican-American playing in the majors.
1930 The Yankees edge the Browns ,7-6, in 10 innings as pitcher Red Ruffing hits two home runs in the winning effort.
1954 With 3-2 victory over the Tigers, the Indians clinch the American League pennant.
1960 Braves' hurler Lew Burdette faces the minimum 27 batters as he no-hits the Phillies, 1-0. Tony Gonzalez, who is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning, is erased on a double play.
1967 At Tiger Stadium, the Red Sox rally to move into a first place tie with Detroit (85-66). The late-inning heroics begins with Carl Yastrzemski's home run in ninth inning which ties the game at 5-to-5, and ends with third baseman Dalton Jones's solo homer in the tenth which leads to an eventual 6-5 Bosox victory.
1968 After being no-hit yesterday by Giants' hurler Gaylord Perry, the Cardinal hurler Ray Washburn returns the favor by no-hitting San Francisco, 2-0.
1976 In his last major league at-bat, future Hall of Fame Cleveland manager Frank Robinson strokes a pinch-hit single against the Orioles.
1977 In front of sell-out crowd of 51,798 at Memorial Stadium on 'Thanks Brooks (Robinson) Day', Red Sox designated hitter Ted Cox goes 4-for-4 in his major league debut tying the big league mark for most hits in a first game along with Casey Stengel, Willie McCovey, Mack Jones, and Forest Jacobs. The performance is also the start of a historic two-game hitting streak as the rookie designated-hitter will start tomorrow's game with two hits becoming the only player to start his career with six consecutive hits.
1992 Barry Bonds connects his 30th home run of the season off Terry Mulholland. The homer run gives the Pirates outfielder his second 30/30 season, a feat only equaled by Bobby Bonds (his father), Willie Mays (his godfather) , Howard Johnson, and Ron Gant.
1993 Trailing by two runs with two outs in the bottom of ninth, Mike Stanley hits a pop fly to left for the apparent third out, but time had been called just as the pitch was delivered due to a fan running out onto the Yankee Stadium field . Given a second chance, the Yankee catcher singles which is followed by a Wade Boggs's hit, a walk to Dion James, and a Don Mattingly's single driving in two runs to beat the Red Sox, 4-3.
1999 Slammin' Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history to hit 60 homers twice. The Cub outfielder hits his milestone round-tripper off of Brewer hurler Jason Bere.
2000 Pitching a one-hitter against the Yankees, Indian hurler Bertran Colon nearly ends the longest streak in major league history of a team being held hitless by its opponents. The Bronx Bombers have not been denied a hit in a game since Hoyt Wilhelm did it on September 9,1958 spanning total of 6,637 contests.
2002 Not too fleet-of-foot Greg Colbrunn hits an improbable triple in his last turn at bat to complete the cycle. The Diamondback infielder had five hits which included two two-run homers in the 10-3 victory over the Padres.
2006 Having done it with the Indians and Philles, Jim Thome becomes only the second big leaguer in baseball history to hit 40 home runs with three different teams. Alex Rodriguez also accomplished the milestone with the Mariners, Rangers and Yankees.
2006 The Dodgers, who are last in the National League in homers, hit four consecutive home runs (J. Kent, J.D. Drew, R. Martin and M. Anderson) in the bottom of the ninth to tie the the Padres at the nine. The improbable feat, which had only been accomplished by the 1964 Twins, 1963 Indians and the 1961 Braves, leads to Nomar Garciaparra’s walk-off two-run homer in the tenth and sole possession of first place as the Los Angeles beat the Friars 11-10.
2006 In front of an enthusiastic crowd of 46,729 at Shea Stadium, the Mets capture NL East title for first time since 1988 by beating the Marlins, 4-0. It was the team' fifth attempt to clinch the division, but a road lose in Florida and being swept in Pittsburgh brought the champagne celebration home to New York.
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