August 9, 1916 - The Philadelphia A's ended their 20-game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1.
August 9, 1918 - Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix games, and suspends him for indifferent play. Chase will be reinstated and play for the Giants in 1919.
August 9, 1939 - Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs.
August 9, 1946 - All Major League baseball games (four in the American League and four in the National League) are played at night for the first time in Major League history.
August 9, 1960 - Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott for fourth place on the all-time list.
August 9, 1963 - Roger Craig's National League record-tying 18-game losing streak ends thanks to Jim Hickman's ninth-inning grand slam off Lindy McDaniel. New York beats the Cubs, 7-3.
August 9, 1975 - Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey's 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24.
August 9, 1976 - John Candelaria became the first Pirate pitcher in 69 years to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh by blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0. Nick Maddox pitched the first Pirate no-hitter at Pittsburgh in 1907. Candelaria's no-hitter came at Three Rivers Stadium. No Pirate ever threw a no-hitter at Forbes Field.
August 9, 1979 - Longtime Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley dies at age 75.
August 9, 1981 - Baseball returned following the strike with the All-Star game in Cleveland before a crowd of 72,086. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos hit two home runs to give the National League a 5-4 triumph over the American League. Vida Blue became the first pitcher to win an All-Star game in both leagues. His American League victory came in 1971 at Detroit.
1988 - The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6-4.
August 9, 1997 - Twins pitcher Brad Radke's winning streak ends at 12 consecutive starts when Luis Sojo doubles home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to send the Yankees to a 4-1 win before a crowd of 42,151, the second-largest gathering of the season at the Metrodome. Radke (16-6) remains tied with Scott Erickson (1991) for most consecutive wins by a Twin.
August 9, 1998 - Dennis Martinez of the Braves records his 244th career victory, surpassing Juan Marichal as the winningest Latin American pitcher. Ironically, Martinez's 7-5 win comes against the Giants, Marichal's former team. Martinez had retired in 1997 two wins shy of Marichal's mark, but he returned in 1998 as a spot starter and occasional stopper in the Atlanta bullpen.
August 9, 1999- For the first time in major league history, five grand slams are hit in a single day. Cardinal Fernando Tatis, Expo Jose Vidro, Marlin Mike Lowell, Yankee Bernie Williams and Mariner Jay Buhner all connect to set the record.
August 9, 2002- Barry Bonds joins Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron as the only players ever to hit 600 career home runs in the major leagues. The 38-year-old Giant left fielder hit the milestone homer in the sixth inning by lining 2-1 pitch thrown by Pirates starter Kip Wells over the center field wall at Pacific Bell Park.
August 9, 2002- At the age of 26 years and 182 days, Vladimir Guerrero hits his 200th career home run tying the Expos right fielder with Ken Griffey, Jr. as the second-youngest player to reach 200 homer plateau. Alex Rodriguez is the youngest major leaguer to reach the 200 homer mark reaching the milestone in 25 years 290 days.
August 9, 2005- An arbitrator rules Kenny Rogers, who has missed 13 games, should be reinstated. The decision states the punishment for shoving two cameramen handed down by Bud Selig went too far in suspending the Ranger pitcher for 20 games and in levying an excessive $50,000 fine.
August 9, 2006- Former hometown hero, Mike Piazza, hits two home runs off Mets ace Pedro Martinez and nearly hits a third one in eighth inning in a 4-3 Padres loss in New York. The Big Apple fans give their ex-catcher an uncommon road curtain call after the round tripper, but aren't so kind the second time the backstop goes deep as he is greeted with boos and catcalls.
August 9, 2009- As part of the 50th anniversary celebration commemorating the Giants move to San Francisco, the team honors its greatest outfielders. Barry Bonds, speculated by most not to be in attendance for the event, receives a standing ovation accompanied by loud approval from the surprised fans when the slugger's name is announced and takes part in the ceremony telling the crowd, “It feels awful to me not to be in uniform and the Dodgers are right here”.
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