LITTLE ROCK — 1917 Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Boston Braves became the first major league player to enter military service in World War I.

1939 The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played a 23-inning, 2- tie. Whit Wyatt pitched the first 16 innings for the Dodgers. Both clubs played a 26-inning tie in 1920, also at Braves Field.

1958 Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox retired 26 consecutive Washington batters before pinch-hitter Ed Fitzgerald hit a double just inside the right-field line for the only hit. Pierce then struck out Albie Pearson on three pitches and beat the Senators 3-0.

1973 Texas Rangers pitcher David Clyde, 18, pitched 5 innings, struck out 8 and allowed 1 hit in his first major league start. Texas beat the Minnesota Twins -3 before 35,698 fans - the Rangers’ first home sellout at Arlington Stadium.

1980 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jerry Reuss pitched a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in an 8-0 victory at Candlestick Park.

1986 San Francisco rookie Robby Thompson set a major league record when he was caught stealing four times in the Giants’ 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Catcher Bo Diaz threw out Thompson in the fourth, sixth, ninth and 11th innings.

1993 Anthony Young of the New York Mets set a major league record by losing his 24th consecutive decision, 5-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals.

1999 Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 27th home run and robbed Juan Gonzalez of a three-run shot with a spectacular overthe-fence catch as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the final game at the Kingdome.

2003 Boston set a major league record by scoring 10 runs before the first out.

The 50-minute, 91-pitch first inning came during a 25-8 victory over Florida. The Red Sox also tied an American League record with 14 first-inning runs.

2007 Ryan Howard hit his 100th career home run in his 325th game, becoming the fastest player to reach that total.

Howard’s three-run shot off Cincinnati’s Aaron Harang gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning. The 505-foot drive was the longest in the four-year history of Citizens Bank Park.

2008 Carlos Delgado of the New York Mets homered twice, including a grand slam, and set a franchise record with nine RBI in a 15-6 rout of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the opener of the teams’ two-ballpark doubleheader.

The Yankees beat the Mets 9-0 at Shea Stadium in the night game.

2009 A.J. Burnett (Central Arkansas Christian) pitched a one-hitter to give the New York Yankees a 5-0 victory over the New York Mets.

2010 Jamie Moyer surrendered his record-breaking 506th home run but was sharp otherwise, and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of Toronto’s troubles to beat the Blue Jays 11-2.

Sports, Pages 22 on 06/27/2012