1991 – The Braves fall 4-3 in 11 innings to the Twins as Kirby Puckett does it all for Minnesota. Puckett prevented two runs with a leaping catch against the plexiglass in left-center in the third. He then gave the Twins the lead with a sacrifice fly in the fifth. The Braves tie the game again, but Puckett ends it when he homers off Charlie Leibrandt on the first pitch of the 11th to send the series to a Game 7.
1995 – Atlanta falls in Game 5 as Cleveland hangs on for a 5-4 win. Orel Hershiser allowed two runs in eight innings. Ryan Klesko hit a two-run home run in the ninth off Jose Mesa to cut the deficit to within one.
1996 – The Braves lose 3-2 to the Yankees in Game 6 as New York wins their 23rd World Series championship.
2021 – Jorge Soler homers on the first pitch of Game 1 and the Braves cruise to a 6-2 victory over the Astros. Adam Duvall adds a two-run shot in the third as Atlanta takes a 5-0 lead.
1935 – The Red Sox acquire shortstop Joe Cronin from the Senators in exchange for Lyn Lary and cash. Cronin drove in 95 runs in 1935 and spent the next 11 seasons with the Red Sox.
1940 – Hank Greenberg is named American League MVP after hitting .340 with 41 home runs and 150 RBI. Bob Feller of Cleveland finishes second.
1950 – Phil Rizzuto is named MVP of the American League.
1950 – Walter O’Malley succeeds Branch Rickey as president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1982 – Steve Carlton becomes the first pitcher to win four Cy Young Awards. Carlton, who is 37 years old, led the NL in wins (23), innings pitched (295.2), strikeouts (286) and shutouts (6).
1998 – Mike Piazza signs a seven-year, $91 million contract with the Mets.
2017 – The Yankees announce that Joe Girardi will not return as manager in 2018, despite being one win away from reaching the World Series.
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