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Braves Franchise History
1947: In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox score all their runs in the 5th inning to beat Chicago, 5-3. The contest is not the first major league game to be played under the lights in Boston, with the cross-town NL rivals the Braves having played an evening tilt last season against New York at Braves Field.
1957: In a game which features the ejection of Johnny Logan and Don Drysdale as a result of fighting, Clem Labine loses for the first time in ten months and 38 appearances in relief as the Milwaukee Braves defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 8-5. Logan charges the mound after getting drilled in the ribs by Drysdale resulting in banishment for both players.
1998: For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back home runs in consecutive innings as Javy López and Andruw Jones accomplish the feat for the Atlanta Braves
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1999: The Baltimore Orioles set a franchise record for runs scored, defeating the Atlanta Braves, 22-1, in interleague play. Cal Ripken, Jr. goes 6 for 6 for Baltimore, including two home runs, five runs and six RBI. His six hits in a nine-inning game tie the American League record and also set a franchise mark. Will Clark is 4 for 4 with five RBI. Mike Mussina earns the win as he allows one run on five hits in seven innings. He also joins in with two hits and three RBI. John Smoltz is the loser as he allows seven runs on seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. The team, as the St. Louis Browns, had set the previous mark on August 18, 1951, in a 20-9 rout over the Detroit Tigers.
MLB History
1980: Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies goes 4 for 5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431. Philadelphia starts the game with seven consecutive hits and beats the San Diego Padres, 9-6.
1998: The first triple play ever completed at Dodger Stadium is turned by Darren Dreifort, Eric Young, Jose Vizcaino and Bobby Bonilla.
2003: Roger Clemens reaches his 300th win and becomes the third pitcher in major league history with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-2, in interleague play. Edgar Renteria becomes his 4,000th victim in the 2nd inning. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allows two runs in 6 2/3 innings and strikes out ten, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joins Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the select 4,000-strikeout club.
2012: Matt Cain of the Giants throws the 22nd perfect game in major league history, a 10-0 win against the Houston Astros. Cain records 14 strikeouts, tying Sandy Koufax for the most in a perfect game. It is the second perfect game this season, following that of Philip Humber on April 21st.
2019: Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball as he pulls off the feat in a 5-3 Angels win over the Rays.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.