shutout loss was 15-0 at home against the Chicago White Sox on May 4, . Cleveland sets a team record for largest shutout win, topping its 19-0 rout of the Boston Red Sox on May 18, . September September 6 – Keith Ramsey of the Kinston Indians in the Carolina League tosses a perfect game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. September 9 – Joe Randa becomes the first player in AL history to have six hits and six runs in the same nine-inning game in the Kansas City Royals' 26-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader. September 17 – The San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds becomes just the third player in major league history to hit 700 career home runs. Bonds joins the select company of Hall of Famers Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714) when he connects on an 0-1 slider from San Diego Padres hurler Jake Peavy in the third inning. September 17 – At Safeco Field, the Seattle Mariners defeat the Oakland Athletics 6-3. Rookie Greg Dobbs' three-run pinch-hit double starts Seattle's five-run seventh inning. Meanwhile, Edgar Martínez gets his 1,000th career RBI as a designated hitter – a record for RBI at the position – and Ichiro Suzuki breaks the major league record with his 199th single of the season in the seventh. He betters the mark of 198 set by Lloyd Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates in . September 18 – The St. Louis Cardinals become the first major league team to clinch a playoff spot this season, winning the NL Central Division for the third time in five seasons. A few hours after the Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-0, the playoff berth is clinched when the San Francisco Giants lose to the San Diego Padres 5-1. When the Chicago Cubs lose 6-5 at the Cincinnati Reds, the division title is assured. September 18 to September 19 – The players from Nippon Professional Baseball launch the first strike in NPB history after an unsuccessful negotiation centering on the proposed merger of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave, which is considered a steppingstone to merging the Pacific League and Central League. The strike lasts for two days, during which all professional and minor teams' games are suspended. September 20 – The Minnesota Twins clinch the AL Central Division with an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White