This date in baseball

LITTLE ROCK — 1907 Twelve Washington baserunners stole bases against catcher Branch Rickey as the Senators defeated the New York Yankees 16-5.

1910 Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs became the first major leaguer to steal home twice in the same game, an 11-1 victory over Cincinnati.

1919 Carl Mays of Boston pitched two complete games against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox won the first game 2-0 and lost the nightcap 4-1.

1949 Joe DiMaggio played his first series of the year after a bone spur operation and hit .455, with 4 home runs and 9 RBI, as the New York Yankees swept Boston at Fenway Park.

1970 Pittsburgh swept the Chicago Cubs 3-2 and 4-1 in the Pirates’ final games at Forbes Field.

1984 Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox completed the cycle with a threerun, 11th-inning home run to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6.

1986 Phil Niekro of the Cleveland Indians and Don Sutton of the California Angels became the first 300-game winners to start against each other in the 20th century. Neither Niekro nor Sutton got a decision as the Angels scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to win 9-3.