This Day in Atlanta Braves History: Dan Uggla leads Braves in 2011 Civil Rights Game

Braves Franchise Historical past

1923: At Boston, the Playing cards trim the Braves, 10-5. The Birds are led by Jim Bottomley’s three triples.

1944: A day after the Reds pitch a one-hitter, Reds reliever Clyde Shoun, making his first begin of the season, throws a no-hitter to nip the Boston Braves, 1-0. Only one,014 see the 32-year-old lefty high Jim Tobin, who had thrown a no-hitter of his personal again in April. Reds reserve 3B Chuck Aleno accounts for the only run along with his solely house run of the season.

1949: The Braves begin Al Lakeman at 1B rather than Earl Torgeson, who separated his shoulder yesterday when he tried to dam Jackie Robinson on a double play. Torgeson can be operated on tomorrow and can be sidelined a number of months.

1951: At Crosley Area, Braves P Vern Bickford pitches a two-hitter, however Ewell Blackwell bests him by permitting one hit, because the Reds win, 1-0. Connie Ryan’s Sixth-inning hit is the primary off Bickford, and Johnny Pramesa’s homer within the seventh is the opposite. The one Boston hit is a Fifth-inning double by Bob Elliott. The Reds tie the Nationwide League file (set in 1911) for 9 innings by going to bat simply 24 occasions.

1955: After the Braves win the lidlifter with the Phils, 6-5, Philadelphia comes again within the nightcap to win, 9-1, and break their 13-game shedding streak. Robin Roberts is the victor. Billy Bruton’s leadoff house run is the one run off Roberts.

1984: The Playing cards win, 9-1, over the Atlanta Braves as Joaquin Andujar, a poor hitter, hits a grand slam. Simply earlier than his blast, Andujar appears to be like into the Playing cards’ dugout, then gestures to the precise subject stands.

1996: Denny Neagle, permitting 4 hits in seven innings, wins his fifth straight recreation to offer Pittsburgh a 3-0 win over the Braves. The Braves have now been shut out 5 occasions, yet one more than all of final 12 months. The Braves lose greater than the sport when OF David Justice dislocates his proper shoulder swinging at a pitch within the 2nd inning. The shoulder has by no means healed from an harm final 12 months, and Justice will bear surgical procedure that can sideline him for the 12 months.

2011: The Braves defeat the Phillies, 3-2, within the annual Civil Rights Sport at Turner Area. Each Phillies runs are the results of John Mayberry, Jr.’s Sixth-inning homer, however Dan Uggla scores all three Atlanta runs, the game-winner approaching a solo homer off Roy Halladay within the eighth inning.

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MLB Historical past

1911: Ring Lardner writes, “They’re utilizing a brand new ball this 12 months. It’s livelier and meaning extra hitting, and extra hitting means longer video games, and that’s the satan. It seems to be unimaginable to complete a recreation in lower than two hours.”

1973: California’s Nolan Ryan strikes out 12, together with the aspect within the 1st, and hurls his first profession no-hitter in beating Kansas Metropolis, 3-0. For C Jeff Torborg, it’s his third no-hitter. SS Rudy Meoli preserves the no-no with a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch within the eighth. It’s the first of a file seven no-hitters the “Ryan Specific” will throw throughout his profession, together with one other one in two months.

2005: For the primary time this season, the White Sox don’t lead in a recreation as they’re overwhelmed by the Orioles, 6-2. The streak of being forward in 37 straight video games establishes a serious league file from the start of a season and ties the 1934 Yankees and the 1942 Cardinals for the third-longest span in main league historical past

2018: Two days after being sidelined by a damaged bone in his hand, 2B Robinson Cano of the Mariners is suspended for 80 days for testing optimistic for a banned substance in violation of Main League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Therapy Program.

Data for this text was discovered via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.