This Date in Baseball, August 4 - Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player to hit 600 Home Runs
1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin.
1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became the third player to drive in six runs in an inning as the Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during the Red Sox’s 12-run fourth inning. 1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
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