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1928 - Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees collected 14 Bases with two Triples and two Home Run s in a 15–7 victory over the Chicago White Sox .

, Ty Cobb , Eddie Collins , Walter Johnson , Nap Lajoie , Connie Mack , Babe Ruth , George Sisler , Tris Speaker , Honus Wagner and Cy Young .

1954 - Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson pitched the year's only No-hitter , blanking the Philadelphia Phillies 2–0.

1950 - Major League Baseball names Connie Mack as the Honorary American League Manager of the All-Star Game .

1957 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals plays in his 823rd game for a new National League consecutive-game streak. This beats Gus Suhr 's old record. Cardinals hurler Larry Jackson beats the Philadelphia Phillies , 4–0, to improve his record to 8-2. He has now beaten every National League team this season.

1970 - Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Dock Ellis No-hits the San Diego Padres , 2–0. Ellis gets all his support on two home runs by Willie Stargell .

1975 - Oakland Athletics Outfielder Billy Williams hits his 400th career Home Run .

1981 - Major League Baseball 's first strike which begins after the start of a season cancels thirteen regular-season games.

1983 - Hall Of Famers Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg have their uniform numbers retired by the Detroit Tigers in a ballpark ceremony. The digits 2 and 5, respectively, will join Al Kaline 's #6 ( 1980 ) as the only numbers retired by the Tigers.

1990 - Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 1,308th consecutive game moving into second-place on the all-time list ahead of former Yankees and Red Sox Shortstop Everett Scott ( 1918 - 25 ).

1997 - After 126 years of major league play, the first Interleague Games in history are played as the San Francisco Giants defeat the host Texas Rangers , 4–3. Glenallen Hill becomes the National League 's first regular season Designated Hitter .

1999 - In a 22–1 Inter-league rout of the Atlanta Braves , Cal Ripken, Jr. becomes the first Baltimore Orioles player to hit 6-for-6 as Baltimore score the most runs in their franchise history. The team, as the St. Louis Browns , had set the previous mark on August 18, 1951 tallying twenty times.

2001 - Gary Sheffield of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first player in major-league history to win three 1–0 games in a season with a Home Run , when he solos to beat Atlanta , 1–0. Sheffield also supplied the only scoring by homering against Milwaukee (April2) and Florida (May 7).

2004 - In an Orioles - Giants Inter-league game, Barry Bonds drills a Home Run , the 675th of his career, and Rafael Palmeiro hit his 536th and 537th homers to move past Mickey Mantle into 11th place on the career list. It was only the third time in baseball history that two players with 500 homers connected in the same game. Willie Mays and Ernie Banks did it in 1970 , and Mays and Hank Aaron both homered on May 8, 1971 .

2005 - Tony Armas, Jr. pitched five scoreless innings and Junior Spivey hit a two-run Home Run as the Washington Nationals tied a franchise record with their 10th consecutive win, a 3–2 victory over the Seattle Mariners . Before relocating to the nation's capital this season, the Nationals were known as the Montreal Expos , who won 10 straight games three previous times in 1979 , 1980 and 1997 .

BIRTHS

1904 - Bill Foster , Hall of Fame Negro Leaguer (d. 1978 )

1968 - Scott Aldred , pitcher

1970 - Damon Buford , outfielder

1971 - Ryan Klesko , All-Star outfielder/first baseman

1974 - Hideki Matsui , All-Star outfielder

DEATHS

1960 - Art Wilson , catcher (b. 1885 )

1992 - Randy Moore , outfielder (b. 1937 )