Braves Franchise History
1914 – The Braves pound another 11 hits off Jeff Tesreau, and the Braves beat the Giants, 7 – 3. Bill James is the winner with help from Joe Connolly, who belts a homer, double and single.
1929 – The Pirates reduce the idle Cubs’ lead by a game by defeating the Braves, 1 – 0, behind lefty Jesse Petty. Percy Jones allows just three hits and the Pirates score without the aid of a hit.
1971 – The Braves purchase infielder Tony LaRussa from the Oakland A’s.
1972 – In Atlanta, Johnny Bench drives in five
runs on a home run, double and single, to lead the Reds to a 12 – 2 win over the Braves.
1992 – Atlanta’s Tom Glavine (18-3) leaves after seven innings and Randy St. Claire and Mike Stanton mop up a 15 – 0 whitewash over Pittsburgh. Lonnie Smith has five hits and Brian Hunter and Otis Nixon four apiece for the Braves. St. Claire, in his second year with Atlanta, along with his father Ebba, is the first father-son pair to play for the Braves. Starter Zane Smith allows four runs in a third of an inning to lose.
1996 – The Braves bring up Andruw Jones. He is believed to be the first player since Phils pitcher Pat Combs in 1989 to start a season in A ball, then play in AA, Triple-A, and the majors in the same season.
1997 – The Twins trade 1B Greg Colbrunn to the Braves in exchange for a player to be named later.
2017 – In his first game back since undergoing treatment for testicular cancer, Chad Bettis pitches seven scoreless innings as the Rockies defeat the Braves, 3 – 0. The win is credited to reliever Rex Brothers, however, as the game is still scoreless when Bettis, who has not pitched all season, exits the mound.
MLB History
1961- In a 9 – 2 defeat to the Cubs’ Dick Ellsworth, the Phillies drop their 17th consecutive game and for the 11th straight time the opposing pitcher throws a complete game against the team.
1968 – Montreal officially becomes a member of the National League when new owner Charles Bronfman meets all of the expansion club’s outstanding financial obligations.
1987 – Oakland’s Mark McGwire slugs his 39th home run of the season, off Don Sutton in the 6th inning, in a 12-inning, 7 – 6, win over California, breaking the major-league record for rookies shared by Wally Berger and Frank Robinson. McGwire will finish the season with a whopping 49 homers.
2008- Andy LaRoche and Adam LaRoche appear together for the Pirates in a 3 – 1 loss to the Reds, going 1 for 6 with a walk between them. They become the eighth pair of brothers to play together in franchise history but the first in 50 years.
2009 – The Orioles’ Felix Pie hits for the cycle and Baltimore sets team records for extra-base hits (12) and doubles (9) in a 16 – 6 drubbing of the Angels.
2019 – With his 3,167th hit, Albert Pujols passes countryman Adrian Beltre for most by a player from the Dominican Republic, and by any player born outside the United States.
2021 – In his first major league start, Tyler Gilbert of the Diamondbacks tosses a no-hitter defeating the Padres, 7 – 0. The last pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first start had been Bobo Holloman back in 1953, and today’s is the eighth of the season, matching the all-time single season record set in 1884.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
