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1926: Ted Lyons of the White Sox no-hit the Red Sox, 6-0, in 1 hour, 7 minutes.

1931: Babe Ruth hit his 600th home run as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 11-7.

1947: The first Little League World Series was at Williamsport, Pa. The Maynard Midgets of Williamsport won the series.

1972: Steve Carlton of Philadelphia had his 15-game winning streak snapped when Phil Niekro and the Atlanta Braves beat the Phillies 2-1 in 11 innings.

1975: Brothers Rick and Paul Reuschel of the Cubs combined shut out the Dodgers 7-0. Rick went 6 1-3 innings and Paul finished first shutout ever by two brothers.

1982: Milwaukee pitcher Rollie Fingers became the first player to achieve 300 career saves as the Brewers beat the Mariners 3-2.

1986: Spike Owens had four hits and became the first major league player in 40 years to score six runs in a game as the Boston Red Sox routed the Cleveland Indians 24-5 with a 24-hit attack.

1999: Sammy Sosa hit league-leading 50th and 51st homers in Cubs 8-6 win over Rockies. Sosa (66 HRs in 1998) became 4th player to post consecutive 50-HR seasons.

2005: Mike Jacobs of the Mets homered in his first major league at-bat during a 7-4 loss to Washington. Jacobs was the 90th player to homer in his first major league at-bat.

2007: Garret Anderson of the Angels drove in a team-record 10 runs in an 18-9 rout of the Yankees. Anderson hit a grand slam, a three-run homer, a two-run double and an RBI double to become the 12th player in major league history to have 10 RBIs in a game.