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Dale Murphy reaches a grand milestone in his illustrious career. Braves Franchise History
1974: The Reds sweep a pair from the Braves and the two teams combine for a major-league record three grand slams. Cesar Geronimo hits one in the 2nd inning of the first game, as does the Braves’ Darrell Evans. The Braves hang on for a 9-6 win, then take the second game by a 6-2 score. Johnny Bench hits the third grand slam of the day and drives in all six of the Reds’ runs in that game. He will finish the year with 129 RBIs to top the National League, and his 315 total bases will also lead the league. He is the only catcher in major league history to lead a league in total bases (Bench caught 137 games, played 3B in 36 games and 1B in 5).
1988: Atlanta’s Dale Murphy drives in his 1,000th career run in a 5-4 loss to Los Angeles.
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1996: Rockies OF Ellis Burks steals his 30th base of the season, making him the 19th player in history to join the 30-30 club. He hits his 37th homer of the season and drives in five runs in Colorado’s 16-8 win over Atlanta.
2010: The Phillies take the lead in the NL East on Roy Oswalt’s four-hit complete game shutout of the Mets, 3-0. Oswalt is now 6-1, 1.98, since being acquired from Houston at the trading deadline. Meanwhile, the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols bangs two homers against Tim Hudson as the Braves lose, 7-3, to fall one game back of the Phils.
MLB History
1907: In a 2-0 win against the Highlanders at Hilltop Park, Washington’s Walter Johnson strikes out five batters, though it will be recorded as four K’s. Researchers in the 1990s will find the extra K, resulting in Johnson’s lifetime total of 3,509. The issue crops up again on Opening Day, 2001, when Roger Clemens ties (or beats) the mark.
1979: Carl Yastrzemski reaches the 3000 hits milestone when he singles off Yankee Jim Beattie.
1998: Cubs OF Sammy Sosa becomes the fourth player in history to reach the 60-home run mark for a season when he slugs number 60 off Valerio de los Santos of the Brewers in the 7th inning of the 15-12 Chicago win.
1998: Mark McGwire draws his 152nd walk of the season, to break the National League mark set by Barry Bonds, as the Astros defeat the Cardinals, 3-2.
2002: A jury, and not a judge or umpires, will decide whether Alex Popov actually controlled Barry Bonds’s record-setting 73rd home run ball in his glove. Popov, who lost possession the ball valued at approximately $1 million after being mobbed by fans, claims it should belong to him and not Patrick Hayashi, who ended up with the historic souvenir.
2015: David Ortiz of the Red Sox becomes the 27th member of the 500 home run club by going deep twice, both times off Matt Moore, in a 10-4 win over the Rays.
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Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images
Dale Murphy reaches a grand milestone in his illustrious career. Braves Franchise History
1974: The Reds sweep a pair from the Braves and the two teams combine for a major-league record three grand slams. Cesar Geronimo hits one in the 2nd inning of the first game, as does the Braves’ Darrell Evans. The Braves hang on for a 9-6 win, then take the second game by a 6-2 score. Johnny Bench hits the third grand slam of the day and drives in all six of the Reds’ runs in that game. He will finish the year with 129 RBIs to top the National League, and his 315 total bases will also lead the league. He is the only catcher in major league history to lead a league in total bases (Bench caught 137 games, played 3B in 36 games and 1B in 5).
1988: Atlanta’s Dale Murphy drives in his 1,000th career run in a 5-4 loss to Los Angeles.
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1996: Rockies OF Ellis Burks steals his 30th base of the season, making him the 19th player in history to join the 30-30 club. He hits his 37th homer of the season and drives in five runs in Colorado’s 16-8 win over Atlanta.
2010: The Phillies take the lead in the NL East on Roy Oswalt’s four-hit complete game shutout of the Mets, 3-0. Oswalt is now 6-1, 1.98, since being acquired from Houston at the trading deadline. Meanwhile, the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols bangs two homers against Tim Hudson as the Braves lose, 7-3, to fall one game back of the Phils.
MLB History
1907: In a 2-0 win against the Highlanders at Hilltop Park, Washington’s Walter Johnson strikes out five batters, though it will be recorded as four K’s. Researchers in the 1990s will find the extra K, resulting in Johnson’s lifetime total of 3,509. The issue crops up again on Opening Day, 2001, when Roger Clemens ties (or beats) the mark.
1979: Carl Yastrzemski reaches the 3000 hits milestone when he singles off Yankee Jim Beattie.
1998: Cubs OF Sammy Sosa becomes the fourth player in history to reach the 60-home run mark for a season when he slugs number 60 off Valerio de los Santos of the Brewers in the 7th inning of the 15-12 Chicago win.
1998: Mark McGwire draws his 152nd walk of the season, to break the National League mark set by Barry Bonds, as the Astros defeat the Cardinals, 3-2.
2002: A jury, and not a judge or umpires, will decide whether Alex Popov actually controlled Barry Bonds’s record-setting 73rd home run ball in his glove. Popov, who lost possession the ball valued at approximately $1 million after being mobbed by fans, claims it should belong to him and not Patrick Hayashi, who ended up with the historic souvenir.
2015: David Ortiz of the Red Sox becomes the 27th member of the 500 home run club by going deep twice, both times off Matt Moore, in a 10-4 win over the Rays.
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