This date in baseball

JUNE 4

1940: The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field.

1940: The St. Louis Cardinals played their first night game at Sportsman's Park, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-1.

1951: Pittsburgh's Gus Bell hit for the cycle to lead the Pirates to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies at Philadelphia.

1964: Sandy Koufax pitched his third no-hitter, striking out 12, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 in Philadelphia.

1968: Don Drysdale of the Dodgers blanked the Pirates 5-0 for his sixth consecutive shutout en route to a record 58⅔ scoreless innings.

1972: A major league-record eight shutouts were pitched in 16 major league games — five in the American League, three in the National League. The Oakland Athletics swept a pair from the Baltimore Orioles by identical 2-0 scores.

1989: Toronto beat Boston 13-11 in 12 innings after trailing 10-0 after six innings. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson threw six scoreless innings before leaving in the seventh because of a foot blister. The Jays then scored two in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth and two more in the 11th on Junior Felix's home run. It was the biggest lead the Red Sox have blown and their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.

1990: Ramon Martinez struck out 18 and pitched a three-hitter, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Atlanta Braves 6-0.

1996: Pamela Davis pitched one inning of scoreless relief and got the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system. The 21-year-old righthander pitched for the Jacksonville Suns, a Class AA affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team.

2005: Rafael Palmeiro and Melvin Mora each hit grand slams to help Baltimore rally for a 14-7 win over Detroit.

2007: Mark Ellis hit for the cycle and Eric Chavez had a two-out homer in the 11th inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 win over Boston.