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Alan Roden hit his first career home run, Anthony Santander also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves ...
Two home runs? In this economy? The Blue Jays finally did it. Tuesday’s 6-3 win over the Braves at Rogers Centre was their first multihomer game in a season that’s been starved for power. This, ...
The Atlanta Braves needed a big night from one of their starting pitchers. Grant Holmes delivered. He took the mound in Toronto against the Blue Jays and pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowed three earned ...
2009 — Ichiro Suzuki makes history as collects the 3,086th hit of his pro career, breaking the Japanese record held for decades by Isao Harimoto. 2009 — Grady Sizemore hit a grand slam and Cleveland ...
Braves Franchise History 1947 - Jackie Robinson makes his major league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves. Robinson goes hitless, but scores the deciding run in a 5-3 win at ...
The decision to move the Braves to Milwaukee was announced the previous year. It was the first big league baseball in ...
Petersen was called up ahead of Sunday's series, finally. AJ Smith-Shawver was optioned to Triple-A as part of the move. He pitched two perfect innings and struck out one batter in his Braves debut in ...
1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league game for the Dodgers. He went 0-for-3, but scored the deciding run in a ...
Braves Franchise History 1931 - At Braves Field, Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Robins becomes the oldest pitcher to start an ...
1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. The ball was the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major ...
It takes a special type of athlete to be a successful closer in the big leagues. They observe the game from their perch in ...