1914 — Erskine Mayer of the Philadelphia Phillies allows two hits and smacks a double in a 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Game summary

1919 — Al Schacht pitches a two-hitter as the Rochester Skeeters shut out the Newark Bears in the International League.

1933 — Jim Levey’s RBI double in the top of the 12th inning gives the St. Louis Browns a 10-9 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Among his three hits, Levey also has an RBI single in the top of the 10th. Hank Greenberg hits a two-run homer in the sixth which begins the Tigers’ rally from a 7-0 deficit. Game summary

1938 — Hank Greenberg hits home runs in his first two times up, giving him consecutive homers in four at-bats over two days. Detroit beats the Washington Senators 9-4. Game summary

1938 — Joe Berkowitz hits a walk-off RBI triple as the San Diego Padres defeat the Hollywood Stars 1-0 in the Pacific Coast League.

1944 — The Philadelphia Phillies claim pitcher Harry Shuman off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1944 — Joe Futernick drives in the winning run with an infield single in the bottom of the ninth as the San Francisco Seals defeat the Los Angeles Angels 4-3 in the Pacific Coast League.

1948 — Playing for the Kansas City Blues of the American Association, Al Rosen completes hitting five consecutive home runs over a two-day period at Lexington Park in St. Paul, Minn.

1957 — In the first home game ever televised by the Memphis Chicks, only 809 fans pay to see Hy Cohen pitch a six-hitter in a 7-1 victory over the Atlanta Crackers in the Southern Association.

1966 — For the third time in his career, Sandy Koufax strikes out 16 Philadelphia Phillies, pitching 11 innings in Los Angeles’ 2-1, 16-inning victory. Jim Bunning of the Phillies strikes out 12 Dodgers. It is the first matchup in major-league history of pitchers who had tossed perfect games. Game summary

1995 — The California Angels trade Andrew Lorraine and three other players to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Abbott and Tim Fortugno.

2004 — Jason Marquis allows three hits in seven innings and smacks a two-run double — his major league-leading 13th hit of the season among pitchers — as the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Cincinnati Reds 6-0. The victory is Marquis’ eighth straight. Game summary

2005 — Scott Feldman pitches the final inning as he and his Frisco RoughRiders teammates A.J. Murray and Steve Karsay combine for a perfect game in a 3-0 victory over the Corpus Christi Hooks.

2008 — Former Pittsburgh Pirates owner Barney Dreyfuss is officially inducted into the Hall of Fame.

2010 — A day after going 4-for-4, Danny Valencia goes 4-for-5 with three RBIs in the Minnesota Twins’ 11-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Game summary

2001 — Shawn Green hits a three-run homer in the first inning to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Game summary 

2019 — Simon Rosenbaum hits a two-run homer and finishes with five RBIs as Israel defeats Lithuania 15-0 in five innings to sweep the Pool B best-of-three playoff to determine the 12th and final European Championship spot. Winning pitcher Gabe Cramer allows just one hit. 

2022 — Rowdy Tellez hits a pair of three-run homers in the Milwaukee Brewers’ 10-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Game summary

Birthday

Harry Kane, 1883 — Born Harry Cohen, he pitched three no-hitters in the minor leagues. Beginning in 1902, he appeared in 15 major-league games over four seasons with the Browns, Tigers and Phillies, compiling a 2-7 record and 4.81 ERA.

Final MLB games

Lou Brower, 1931 — Enters game at second base in fifth inning and goes 0-for-2 in Tigers’ 13-4 loss to Red Sox. Moves to shortstop in seventh inning.

Izzy Goldstein, 1932 — Pitches two-thirds of an inning in relief in the sixth, yielding two hits, two walks and two runs in Tigers’ 13-8 loss to A’s.

Sherwin Swartz, 1947 — Allows one hit, four walks and two runs pitching the eighth inning of the Browns’ 11-2 loss to the Red Sox.

Lloyd Allen, 1975 — Starting pitcher lasts just two-thirds of an inning, taking the loss after allowing four hits — including a two-run homer by Reggie Jackson — and three runs in White Sox’s 7-1 loss to A’s.

Mark Gilbert, 1985 — Center fielder goes 2-for-4 with RBI single as leadoff hitter in White Sox’s 9-1 loss to Orioles.