THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

September 14

1901 — Cy Young reaches the 30-win plateau for the fourth time in his career, leading the Boston Somersets past the Washington Nationals 12-1.

1903 — New York Giants pitcher Red Ames makes his major-league debut a memorable one, tossing a weather-abbreviated, five-inning nohitter in a 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

1923 — Boston infielder George Burns completes an unassisted triple play as the Red Sox prevail 4-3 over the Cleveland Indians.

1936 — Pittsburgh Pirates legend Paul Waner reaches 200 hits for the seventh consecutive season, equaling Rogers Hornsby’s National league record.

1942 — Tiny Bonham records his 20th victory of the season as the New York Yankees clinch the American League pennant with an 8-3 triumph over the Cleveland Indians.

1955 — Herb Score of the Cleveland Indians records nine strikeouts in a 3-2 loss to the Washington Senators, giving him a rookie-record 245 for the season.

1968 — Denny McLain becomes the major leagues’ first 30-game winner in 34 years, earning the historic decision in the Detroit Tigers’ 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

1978 — The California Angels set a majorleague record by scoring 13 unearned runs in the ninth inning of a 16-1 thumping of the Texas Rangers.

1980 — Lee Mazzilli’s seventh-inning blast ends New York’s homerless drought at 175 2/3 innings as the Mets go on to beat the Chicago Cubs 10-7. The Mets hadn’t gone deep since August 26.

1986 — Bo Jackson’s first career major-league homer - a 475-foot shot believed to be the longest ever hit at Royals Stadium - lifts Kansas City past the Seattle Mariners 10-3.

1987 — The Toronto Blue Jays set a still-standing major-league mark with 10 home runs in an 18-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles.

1990 — Ken Griffey Sr. and Jr. become the first father-son tandem to homer in the same game, going back-to-back for the Seattle Mariners in a 7-5 loss to the California Angels.

1994 — Commissioner Bud Selig officially cancels the rest of the strike-shortened season, resulting in the scrapping of the World Series for the first time in 90 years.

2003 — The Detroit Tigers drop a 7-2 decision to the Kansas City Royals for their 110th loss of the season, establishing a new franchise mark for futility.

2008 — Carlos Zambrano pitches a no-hitter as the Cubs beat the Astros 5-0 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. It’s the first neutral-site no-hitter in history after the game was shifted from Houston due to Hurricane Ike.