Today in sports history, August 21
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1883: The Providence Grays routed the Philadelphia Quakers 28-0 behind Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn, establishing the largest shutout margin in major league history.
1899: Malcolm Whitman captured the U.S. National Championship men’s singles title at Newport, winning the second of three consecutive national championships.
1914: Walter Hagen defeated amateur Chick Evans by one stroke at Midlothian Country Club to win the U.S. Open and the first of his 11 major championships.
1926: Chicago White Sox ace Ted Lyons threw a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, winning 6-0 despite issuing a leadoff walk.
1931: Babe Ruth hit his 600th career home run off St. Louis Browns pitcher George Blaeholder, becoming the first major leaguer to reach the milestone.
1932: Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell became the first pitcher of the modern era to win at least 20 games in each of his first four full seasons.
1947: The first Little League World Series opened in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
1973: Bob Foster defended his light heavyweight championship for a record 12th time, defeating Pierre Fourie by unanimous decision.
1975: Chicago Cubs pitchers Rick and Paul Reuschel became the first brothers in the modern era to combine for a shutout, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0.
1982: Milwaukee Brewers closer Rollie Fingers became the first major league pitcher to record 300 career saves.
1990: Cincinnati Reds manager Lou Piniella was ejected and famously uprooted and threw first base during an argument with an umpire.
2004: Michael Phelps closed the Athens Olympics with a gold medal in the 4x100-meter medley relay, finishing the games with six gold medals and eight total medals. Phelps had not swum in the final but earned the medal by competing in a preliminary heat.
2004: Nicolás Massú and Fernando González won the Olympic men’s doubles tennis championship in Athens, earning Chile its first Olympic gold medal.
2007: Garret Anderson set an Angels record with 10 RBIs, collecting two doubles and two home runs—including a grand slam—in an 18-9 victory over the New York Yankees.
2008: Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings defeated China’s Tian Jia and Wang Jie to repeat as Olympic beach-volleyball champions without losing a set during the Beijing tournament.
2008: Japan defeated the United States 3-1 to win its first Olympic softball championship, ending the Americans’ 22-game Olympic winning streak.
2008: Carli Lloyd scored in extra time as the United States defeated Brazil 1-0 to win its second consecutive Olympic women’s soccer championship.
2013: Ichiro Suzuki singled for his 4,000th combined hit in Japan’s top professional league and Major League Baseball, becoming the third professional player to reach that total.
2016: Kevin Durant scored 30 points as the United States routed Serbia 96-66 to win its third consecutive Olympic men’s basketball championship.
2020: Scottie Scheffler shot a 12-under-par 59 during the second round of The Northern Trust, becoming one of the youngest players to break 60 on the PGA Tour.
2023: Sha’Carri Richardson won her first global 100-meter title, running a World Championships record 10.65 seconds from Lane 9 in Budapest.
2023: Grant Holloway became the second man to win three consecutive world championships in the 110-meter hurdles.
2024: Tina Charles passed Tina Thompson for second place on the WNBA’s all-time scoring list.
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