This Date in Baseball

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Sept. 15

1912  Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox pitched his 16th consecutive victory to tie Walter Johnsons record as he beat the St. Louis Browns 2-1.

1938  Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner hit back-to-back homers for the Pittsburgh Pirates off Cliff Melton of the New York Giants. This was the only time brothers hit successive home runs in a major league game. It was Lloyds last homer.

1946  The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in five innings when the game was called because of gnats. The insects became such a problem for the players, umpires and fans that the game had to be stopped.

1963  All three Alou brothers  Felipe, Matty and Jesus  played in the outfield at the same time for the San Francisco Giants in a 13-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1969  St. Louis left-hander Steve Carlton struck out 19 Mets for a nine-inning game record. New York won the game 4-3 on two, two-run homers by Ron Swoboda.

1979  Bob Watson of the Red Sox became the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues as he led Boston to a 10-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. He hit for the cycle with the Houston Astros against San Francisco on June 24, 1977.

1990  Bobby Thigpen pitched one inning and became the first relief pitcher with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago White Sox beat the Red Sox 7-4.

1996  The Baltimore Orioles set baseballs season home run record with five against Detroit, including Mark Parents record breaking shot in the third inning and Brady Andersons 10th leadoff homer of the year. The homers gave the Orioles 243, three more than the 1961 New York Yankees.

1997  Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 51st and 52nd homers in Seattles win over Toronto to become the sixth major league player to hit 100 or more home runs over two consecutive seasons. Griffey hit 49 homers last season.

1998  Ken Griffey Jr. hit his AL-leading 52nd homer and drove in five runs to become the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 RBI, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Minnesota Twins 12-7.

2002  Arizonas Curt Schilling struck out eight to reach 300 for the season, joining Randy Johnson as the first teammates in baseball history to each strike out 300 in the same season. The Diamondbacks beat Milwaukee 6-5 in 13 innings.

2008  In an unprecedented move, the Milwaukee Brewers fired manager Ned Yost. It marked the first time in major league history  except the strike-split 1981 season  that a manager was fired in August or later with his team in playoff position. The Brewers, 83-67, lost seven of eight and fallen into a tie with Philadelphia for the NL wild-card lead.

2009  David Ortiz hit his record-breaking 270th homer as a designated hitter and had an RBI single in Bostons 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Frank Thomas had held the mark with 269.

2011  Pablo Sandoval tripled in the sixth inning to complete the first cycle of his career and San Francisco beat Colorado 8-5. 2017  The Cleveland had its AL record run stopped at 22 straight games as the Indians were beaten 4-3 by the Kansas City Royals, who became the first team to conquer the defending league champions since Aug. 23.. The Indians came within four of matching the overall record held by the 1916 New York Giants.

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