ON THIS DATE

July 15

1901: Christy Mathewson of the N.Y. Giants pitched his first of two career no-hitters, beating the Cardinals 5-0.

1960: Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson goes 5-for-5, hitting for the cycle and driving in three runs to lead the Orioles past the White Sox 5-2.

1969: Cincinnati’s Lee May hit four home runs in a doubleheader split with the Atlanta Braves. May had two home runs and drove in five runs in both games. The Reds lost the opener 9-8 but won the second game 10-4.

1969: Rod Carew stole home off Chicago’s Gerry Nyman in the Twins’ 6-2 victory. It was Carew’s seventh steal of home for the year and tied Pete Reiser’s 1946 major league mark.

1973: Nolan Ryan of the Angels struck out 17 batters and threw his 2nd no-hitter of the year, beating Detroit 6-0.

1980: Johnny Bench broke Yogi Berra’s record for home runs by a catcher, and the Reds beat the Expos 12-7. Bench hit his 314th homer as a catcher off David Palmer. Bench had 33 home runs while playing other positions.

1997: The Giants scored 13 runs to set a modern NL record for runs in a seventh inning en route to a 16-2 rout of the Padres. The Giants set the NL record for the most runs in a seventh inning since 1900.

1999: After 22½ years in the dreary Kingdome, Seattle finally played a home game outdoors, moving into a $517.6 million ballpark with a retractable roof. Jose Mesa wasted a ninth-inning lead by walking four batters and the Mariners lost 3-2 to the San Diego Padres in Safeco Field’s opener.

2003: Anaheim’s Garret Anderson went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double, powering the American League past the National League 7-6 in the All-Star Game.

2021: Tampa Bay catcher Travis d’Arnaud becomes first player in MLB history to hit 3 homers while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays’ 5-4 win over the NY Yankees.