THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

April 301946 -- Cleveland's Bob Feller struck out 11 New York Yankees en route to his second of three career no-hitters, a 1-0 victory at Yankee Stadium.

1961 -- Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit four home runs in a 14-4 victory over the Braves in Milwaukee.

1969 -- Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds struck out 13 Houston batters en route to a 10-0 no-hitter over the Astros, the third of his career.

1988 -- New York and Cincinnati hooked up in a wild game at Riverfront Stadium that the Mets pulled out 6-5 on a delayed call by first base umpire Dave Pallone. The call resulted in a $10,000 fine and 30-day suspension of Reds manager Pete Rose when Pallone accidentally poked Rose in the cheek and Rose shoved Pallone twice.

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1999 -- About 3,000 fans wearing T-shirts that said, "$hare the wealth" protested baseball economics at the Yankees-Royals game. The protesters turned their backs when the Yankees batted, then walked out of Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium during the fourth inning. The Yankees began the season with baseball's top payroll at $85.05 million, and the Royals were 25th at $23.8 million.

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