Sid slid in ‘92 and then hit a massive grand slam in ‘93
Braves Franchise History
1912: First baseman Heinie Zimmerman has a homer, triple and double to lead Chicago to a 9-8 win over the Braves in Boston.
1925: Every National League city will have a Golden Jubilee Day. The first, between two of the original teams left from the 1876 season, at Boston, sees former Boston players from 1876 on hand. The Braves beat Chicago, 5-2.
1963: The Braves acquire Chico Fernandez from the Tigers for Lou Johnson and cash, then turn around and swap him to the Mets for Larry Foss.
1993: At Denver, the Rockies blow a 6-0 lead in the 8th inning and lose to the Atlanta Braves, 8-7, on Sid Bream’s pinch-hit, opposite field, pop fly grand slam.
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1998: Andres Galarraga clubs his 300th home run in the Braves’ 3-2 loss to the Padres. Tony Gwynn homers off Tom Glavine.
2001: The Padres steal eight bases en route to a 7-1 win over the Braves.
MLB History
1878: Providence Grays centerfielder Paul Hines catches a fly ball by Jack Burdock and starts a triple play, racing in to touch third base before Jack Manning can return, then throwing to second to nab Ezra Sutton. Some eyewitnesses contend that Sutton had passed third and was out when Hines touched the base, making it the only unassisted triple play by an outfielder. This contradicts the version by Manning, Jim O’Rourke and others present, which has been accepted generally as the correct account.
2010: Hideki Matsui collects the 1500th RBI of his professional career, between Nippon Pro Baseball and Major League Baseball, in the 10th inning. to give the Angels a 4-3 victory over the Mariners.
2014: In the 6th inning of today’s game between the Orioles and Rays, Brad Boxberger is called in relief of David Price with nobody out and the bases full of baserunners. Nine pitches later, Boxberger has struck out the side, in what is an unprecedented feat, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Orioles are still winners, 3-1.
2018: James Paxton of the Mariners becomes only the second-ever Canadian-born pitcher to throw a no-hitter, after Dick Fowler in 1945, turning the trick against the Blue Jays in a 5-0 win. The three no-hitters pitched so far this season have been accomplished in three different countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada, and no Canadian pitcher had ever pitched one on Canadian soil before Paxton.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.