This date in baseball

JUNE 5

1911: Boston's Smoky Joe Wood struck out three Chicago White Sox pinch hitters in the ninth to preserve a 5-4 win.

1915: Philadelphia's Grover Cleveland Alexander lost his no-hitter when Artie Butler singled with two outs in the ninth. Alexander struck out Bob Bescher for the final out to beat St. Louis 3-0. Alexander went on to pitch three more one-hitters during the season.

1929: The Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in the sixth inning en route to a 21-4 win over the Chicago Cubs.

1935: Chicago White Sox rookie pitcher John Whitehead lost to St. Louis 2-0. It was his first loss after winning his first eight starts, an AL record for the start of a career.

1943: New York's Carl Hubbell snapped the Giants' seven-game losing streak by pitching a one-hitter against the Pittsburgh for a 5-1 win. The only hit for Pittsburgh was a solo homer by first baseman Elbie Fletcher.

1949: Commissioner Happy Chandler lifted the ban on all players who jumped to Mexico, starting in 1946.

1959: Pittsburgh's Dick Stuart hit the longest home run at Forbes Field. Stuart hit a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie.

1966: Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. Cardenas hit two home runs in each game as Cincinnati won the opener 8-3 but lost the second game 9-5.

1974: Cleveland had nine baserunners against Texas and all nine scored in a 9-3 victory. It was the last time this happened in the 20th century.

1986: San Diego's Steve Garvey was ejected for the first time in his career when he argued a play at home plate. Garvey, the on-deck hitter, protested the last out of a triple play by the Atlanta Braves. Television replays showed that Bip Roberts was indeed safe. The Padres lost 4-2.

1997: Alex Rodriguez of the Mariners became the first Seattle player to hit for the cycle in a nine-inning game. He completed the cycle with a double in the ninth of a 14-6 win at Detroit.

2008: Atlanta's Chipper Jones became the third switch-hitter in major league history to hit 400 career home runs. Jones' homer off Ricky Nolasco was one of his four hits in the 7-5 comeback win over Florida. Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray were the first two to reach the milestone.

2011: Albert Pujols hit a game-ending homer in extra innings for the second consecutive day, beating the Chicago Cubs with a leadoff shot in the 10th inning of the St. Louis Cardinals' 3-2 victory.

2013: The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners played the first game in major league history where each team scored five or more runs in the game when it was scoreless through the ninth. Alejandro De Aza and Alex Rios each had an RBI single in the 16th inning, and Chicago posted a 7-5 victory. Chicago scored five times in the top of the 14th, only to have Seattle complete an improbable rally on Kyle Seager's tying grand slam off Addison Reed with two out. Seager was the first player to hit a tying grand slam in extra innings, and no team had ever scored five or more runs in the 14th inning or later to tie a game.