Aug. 1
1906 - Harry McIntire of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched 10 2-3 innings of no-hit ball before Claude Ritchey of Pittsburgh singled. McIntire weakened in the 13th and lost 1-0 to the Pirates on an unearned run, finishing with a four-hitter.
1937 - Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle in a 14-5 rout of the St. Louis Browns. It was the second cycle of Gehrig’s career.
1941 - New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez walked 11 St. Louis batters in a 9-0 victory to set a major league record for walks in a shutout.
1962 - Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox 1-0 at Chicago.
1970 - Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.
1972 - Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader with five home runs and two singles. San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves in both games, by scores of 9-0 and 11-7.
1977 - Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit two home runs, including his 18th career grand slam, a total that still leads the National League.
1978 - Pete Rose went 0-for-4 against Atlanta pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber to end his 44-game hitting streak. The Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 16-4.
1986 - Bert Blyleven threw a two-hitter and struck out 15 to become the 10th pitcher with 3,000 strikeouts, and Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland A’s. It was the first cycle at the Metrodome.
1994 - Baltimore’s Cal Ripken became the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games when the Orioles beat Minnesota 1-0.
1998 - Switch-hitter Tony Clark set an AL record by homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this year, and the Detroit Tigers defeated Tampa Bay 8-0.
2005 - Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days following a positive test for steroids, less than five months after the Baltimore Orioles first baseman emphatically told Congress: “I have never used steroids. Period.”
2006 - Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle in Detroit’s 10-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
2009 - Andrew McCutchen homered three times and had a career-high six RBIs to help Pittsburgh rout Washington 11-6.
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