1928 - Bob Meusel of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle for the third time in his career. The Yankees scored 11 runs in the top of the 12th to beat the Detroit Tigers, 12-1, in 12 innings.
1939 - The New York Yankees tied a major league record by scoring in every inning against the St. Louis Browns. Bill Dickey hit three home runs in the 14-1 win.
1962 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves set the National League record for home runs by a pitcher when he hit his 31st off New York’s Craig Anderson. Spahn dealt the Mets their 11th consecutive loss with a 6-1 victory.
1970 - Johnny Bench of the Cincinnati Reds hit three consecutive home runs off Steve Carlton of the St. Louis Cardinals. On the same day, Orlando Cepeda of the Atlanta Braves connected for three consecutive home runs in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
1984 - Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos tied Ty Cobb on the all-time career singles list, No. 3,052, with a base hit in the eighth inning in a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1991 - Montreal’s Mark Gardner became the first to pitch nine no-hit innings against a Dodger home team since Johnny Vander Meer beat Brooklyn at Ebbets Field on June 15, 1938. But the Dodgers won in the 10th on two singles off Gardner and Darryl Strawberry’s RBI single off Jeff Fassero.
1998 - Trevor Hoffman’s bid to set a major league record with 42 consecutive saves ended when the San Diego closer gave up a home run to Moises Alou on his first delivery in the ninth inning, tying the game. The Padres wound up beating Houston 5-4 in the 10th, but Hoffman blew his chance at history. 2005 - Greg Maddux recorded his 3,000th career strikeout against San Francisco, striking out Omar Vizquel in the third inning of a 3-2, 11-inning victory for the Giants.
2008 - Skip Schumaker went 6-for-7 to help St. Louis beat the New York Mets 10-8 in 14 innings. He became the first Cardinals player to have six hits in a game since Sept. 5, 1935, when Terry Moore did it against Boston.
2008 - Trevor Hoffman recorded his record 544th save, retiring the only batter he faced after Jose Bautista hit a home run with two outs in the ninth inning of San Diego’s 9-6 victory at Pittsburgh. It also gave Hoffman his 14th season with at least 20 saves, the most in major league history. Lee Smith previously was the only pitcher with at least 20 saves in 13 seasons.
2010 - Matt Garza pitched the first no-hitter in Tampa Bay Rays history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0. Garza faced the minimum 27 batters, allowing only a second-inning walk. The Rays had been held hitless three times since last July, including two perfect games that were thrown against them.
2011 - The Seattle Mariners flailed helplessly against CC Sabathia in their 17th consecutive loss, managing only one hit and striking out 18 times overall in a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Sabathia did not allow a baserunner until Brendan Ryan singled with one out in the seventh inning. He struck out 14 of the 25 batters he faced, seven in a row at one point.
2011 - Julio Lugo scored from third base on a contested play at the plate, giving the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 victory in 19 innings over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lugo took off on Scott Proctor’s grounder to third baseman Pedro Alvarez, whose throw to catcher Michael McKenry easily beat Lugo to the plate. Lugo tried to avoid McKenry’s tag with a pop-up slide. Replays indicated McKenry made the tag, but home plate umpire Jerry Meals called Lugo safe.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Mat Gamel 28; Brandon Morrow 29; Kevin Jepsen 29; Joaquin Benoit 36.
Sports, Pages 18 on 07/26/2013