the record for the longest major league game by time for a 9-inning game (4 hours and 45 minutes). The record for longest doubleheader consisting of two 9-inning games of 7 hours and thirty-nine minutes was not considered to be broken because separate admission was required to each of the day's two games. August 22 – Carlos Delgado of the Mets hits two home runs against the Cardinals. The second, a grand slam, is the 400th of his career. The Mets came back from 7–1 to win 8–7, thanks to a Carlos Beltrán walk-off home run. August 23 – The Kansas City Royals sprint out to a 10–1 lead in the first inning, but cannot hold the big lead and lose 15–13 to the Cleveland Indians in 10 innings. August 29 – Mariners relief pitcher Rafael Soriano receives a concussion after being struck by a line drive hit by Vladimir Guerrero of the Angels. There is no fracture, however, and the injury is not serious. The ball caroms off Soriano's head behind his left ear, and goes into the Mariners dugout. It is ruled a base hit because it touched a player before going foul. The Mariners win the game 6–4. August 30 – Curt Schilling of the Red Sox becomes the 14th pitcher to record 3000 strikeouts with a first-inning strikeout of Oakland's Nick Swisher. He is only the third pitcher to record his 3,000th strikeout with fewer than 1,000 walks. August 31 – Ryan Howard hits his 49th home run of the season in the Philadelphia Phillies' 6–5 10-inning loss at Washington, breaking Mike Schmidt's team record. September September 2 – At Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Kevin Kouzmanoff of the Cleveland Indians becomes the first player to hit a grand slam on the first pitch he sees. The shot comes off Edinson Vólquez of the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a 6–5 Indians victory. September 4 – Ramón Ortiz of the Nationals pitches 8 no-hit innings and hits his first career home run before an Aaron Miles hit breaks up the no-hit bid in the ninth inning. Washington tops St. Louis 4–1. September 6 Rookie Aníbal Sánchez of the Marlins pitches the first no-hitter since May 18, 2004. He beats the Diamondbacks 2–0, ending one of the longest streaks without a no-hitter since the World War II era. The Americas Olympic Qualifying tournament concludes. The USA