1920 Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators recorded his 300 th victory with a 9-8 win over the Detroit Tigers. 1927 Chicago pitcher Guy Bush went the distance for the Cubs in a 7-2 18-inning win over Boston. Charlie Robertson of the Braves almost matched the feat, leaving with one out in the 18 th. 1950 Pittsburgh first baseman Johnny Hopp hit two home runs and four singles in six at-bats, leading the Pirates to a 16-9 victory over the Cubs in the second game of a doubleheader at Chicago. 1965 Carl Yastrzemski of Boston hit for the cycle and added another home run for five RBIs in a 12-8 10-inning loss to the Detroit Tigers. 1967 Mickey Mantle’s 500 th home run, off Stu Miller, lifted the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. 1972 In his first game with the New York Mets, Willie Mays hit a fifth inning home run off Don Carrithers for the difference in a 5-4 triumph over the San Francisco Giants. 1977 Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals no-hit the Texas Rangers for a 6-0 victory. 1988 Jose Oquendo became the first non-pitcher in 20 seasons to get a decision, taking the loss in the 19 th inning when Ken Griffey’s two-out, two-run double led the Atlanta Braves over the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5. 1989 Benny Distefano became the first left-handed catcher in a major league game in nine years when he caught the ninth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates ’ 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Mike Squires caught two games with the Chicago White Sox in 1980 and Dale Long caught two games for the Chicago Cubs in 1958. 1993 Jay Gainer of the Colorado Rockies hit a home run on the first major league pitch he saw. The first baseman became the fifth National Leaguer and 12 th major leaguer to accomplish this feat. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Rockies 13-5.
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