This day in the history of Braves: Otis Nixon is suspended for 60 days for violating the drug policy of baseball

1960: At the age of 39, Warren Spahn raises a no-hitter that the Phillies4-0. De Sluwe Lefty sets a record of all time with 15 strikeouts.

1969: Juan Marichal passes the Braves 2-0, while the Giants regain the first place.

1991: Atlanta -outfielder Otis Nixon is suspended for 60 days for violating the drug policy of baseball. Nixon, who was arrested in 1987 for accusation of cocaine ownership, currently leads the National League with 72 stolen bases. He will miss the NL -Play -offs because of the suspension.

1996: in their 5-2 loss for the Braves, Masony Outfielder Lance Johnson touches his 20th Triple. He is the first National League to reach that plateau since Willie Mays in 1957.

1997: For the second consecutive day, the Giants lose on a home run, while the Braves win, 6-4. Eddie Perez’s Grand Slam In the sixth, De Braves gives a Major League Record-Typing 11 SLAMS for the year.

2007: The Braves start three players with the same last name – 3B chipper Jones, LF Brandon Jones and CF Andraw Jones. The last time a team that had done were the 1999 Pirates with Emil Brown, Adrian Brown and Brant Brown. The 2001 Pirates did not use the chance when they had Enrique Wilson, Jack Wilson and Craig Wilson.

2009: Peter Moylan throws his 75th game of the season and still has not allowed a home run; This is a new record for most consecutive homeless trips to start a season, with the two -year -old Mark of Chad Bradford broken.

1948: Joe Dimaggio touches his 300th career at home and joins Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornby, Chuck Klein and Hank Greenberg as the only great leaders reaching this milestone.

1988: Tom Browning from the Reds shows a perfect match against the DodgersEight hits and lets only eight balls be hit out of the infield in his 1-0 win. More than three starts including the perfect game that he retires 40 consecutive batters – a shy of a Major League record.

2002: Giants passed the Field Player Barry Bonds three times and break his own record for bases on balls in a season with 178. About a third of the free passes given to the San Francisco Slugger are deliberately (60 of the 178).

2007: Jim Thome hits his 500th home run, a two-run walk-off shot by Dustin Moseley that the White A 9-7 victory over the angels. Thome is the third player to reach the milestone in 2007, after Frank Thomas and Alex Rodriguez.