1928: the Phillies Take two from the Braves and win 10-6 and 4-0. Earl Caldwell, who reported to the Phillies yesterday, throws the shutout in his first Major League start.
1955: with a 10-2 victory over the Braves in Milwaukee’s County Stadium, the Dodgers Clinch the National League Pennant with a 17-game lead. It is the earliest date in history in which a team has set a flag.
1963: For the thirteenth and last time in his career, LEFTHANDER Warren has spahn from Braves a twenty-win season while beating the Phillies, 3-2.
1967: Despite a brilliant effort by Dick Kelley, the Braves lose a 4-1 decision in Philadelphia. Kelley connects the National League record for relievers with six consecutive strikeouts.
1969: The Braves acquire veteran pitchers Hoyt Wilhelm and Bob Priddy van de Angels in exchange for Minor League -front views Mickey Rivers and Clint Compton. Hoyt just keeps staying, because the Braves the Knuckleballer to the Cubs In September 1970.
1975: The Astros Destroy the Braves, 9-6, with Jose Sosa who picked up his only career gain. The loss goes to Frank Lacorte, who made his Major League debut.
1981: Cesar Cedeno in Houston is fined $ 5,000, but not suspended after attacking a fan during the 3-2 loss of Astros for the Braves. Witnesses said that three men in the box seats had been loud to sharpen Cedeno’s wife and to make comments about the incident in 1973 in which he was convicted for involuntary manslaughter for the accidental death of a young woman in the Dominican Republic.
2011: De Braves sweeping a Double Header of the Masony On Citi Field, raising their lead in the Wild Card Race to 7.5 games. A few Rookies picks up the victories, Mike Minor in the 6-5 defeat of New York in the opener, and Julio Tehran, with his first major League victory, while the Braves have the upper hand, 5-1, in the sleeping hat. All four starters are in fact Rookies (Chris Schwinden and Dillon Gee Start for the Mets), the first time that four Rookie -throwers have been the starters since 1965 in a double header.
1996: Todd Hundley joins Mickey Mantle as the only other Switch Hitter who touches 40 homers in a season. His 40th Thuis Run also breaks the Mets Club record of Darryl Strawberry for most homers in one season.
1996: A home run by Gary Sheffield 5th-Inning against Pedro Martinez of the Expos breaks the Major League Home Run record for a season; The previous record of 4,458 was set in 1987.
1998: Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris’ Single-Season Home Run Mark by briefly made Steve Trachsel in the 4th inning of the 6-3 victory of the Cardinals over the Cubs in St. Louis.
2008: Gary Sheffield hits a Grand Slam for the official 250,000th Homer in Major League History. The blow is Sheffield’s second homer of the day and his 13th career Grand Slam. Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Hessman also Homer as the Tigers who are the As, 14-8.
2019: The Astros destroy the Mariners 21-1. Gerrit Cole allows only 1 hit and no walks in eight innings while he hit 15. It is his third consecutive match of 14+ Strikeouts, somewhat achieved by only one other pitcher since 1908, by Pedro Martinez during his alien season 1999. Rookie Yordan Alvarez keeps stamping the ball and collects six RBI on four hits.
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