Braves Franchise History
1914: In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8-4 and 10-4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into seventh place with yesterday’s win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap.
1935: Lloyd Waner has a still-standing major-league record 18 putouts in CF in a doubleheader as the Pirates take a pair from the Braves at Boston. The Buccaneers win, 2-1 and 5 – 1, behind Joe Bush and Bill Swift.
1956: Robin Roberts and the Phillies hand the Braves a 4-2 loss. It is the first loss for the Braves after 11 wins under new manager Fred Haney.
1958: The Braves fall to the Dodgers, 4-1, and cut their lead over St. Louis to 1 1/2 games.
1966: Sandy Koufax (13-2) matches his National League record of seven consecutive strikeouts in consecutive nine-inning appearances on his way to a 2-1 win in Atlanta.
MLB History
1980: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voids the Yankees’ drafting of highly-touted high school shortstop Billy Cannon, Jr. Four teams had complained that Billy Cannon, Sr., college football’s Heisman Trophy winner in 1959, misled them with telegrams saying that his son would go to college, in the hopes that he would then be drafted by the Yankees. In a special draft, the Indians will pick Cannon but he chooses to attend Texas A & M instead. The young Cannon will be drafted in the first round by the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys in 1984.
2003: Edgar Martinez, who already holds the Mariners’ all-time records for games played, at-bats, hits, doubles, total bases, extra-base hits, walks and runs scored, passes Ken Griffey Jr.’s mark for team career RBIs. His two-run homer in the Mariners’ 10-6 victory over the Angels gives the All-Star designated hitter 1,153 RBIs – one more than Junior.
2003: Giving his team a short-lived 3-0 lead (ultimately coughed up in a 5-3 come-from-behind win by the visiting Brewers), Chicago’s Sammy Sosa comes to the plate with one out and one on in the 5th and launches a GPS-measured 536-foot homer onto Kenmore Avenue, believed to be the longest home run in Wrigley Field history.
2011: The Nationals confirm the hiring of Davey Johnson as their new manager, three days after the sudden resignation of Jim Riggleman. Johnson, who last managed in 2000 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, will take over tomorrow against the Angels. Meanwhile, interim manager John McLaren goes out a winner, as the Nats beat the White Sox, 2-1, to give him a 2-1 record during his stint as skipper; he is offered a job as a scout within the organization. Rookie 2B Danny Espinosa hits the key homer in the 7th inning while Livan Hernandez is the winner.
2021: The Diamondbacks finally end their record streak of 24 consecutive road losses by beating the Padres, 10-1. Merrill Kelly is the beneficiary of the rare offensive outburst, including a 4-for-5 game and five RBIs by Eduardo Escobar.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.