On July 6, 1986, Bob Horner of the Atlanta Braves ties a major league record by hitting four home runs in a game against the Montreal Expos. Horner hits three solo blasts and a three-run shot, but the Braves lose the game, 11-8. Horner homered in the 2nd, 4th and 5th off Expos started Andy…
On June 4, 1989, Barry Bonds of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits his first major league home run in a 12-3 shellacking of the Atlanta Braves. The home run is one of four hits that Bonds collects in five at-bats.
1986 – Alan Ashby homers off Atlanta’s Duane Ward in the ninth for a 3-2 triumph. Charley Kerfeld, wearing his lucky Jetsons tee-shirt under his jersey, is the winning pitcher.
12/10/85 On December 12, 1985 The Atlanta Braves trade Steve Bedrosian and Milt Thompson to the Phillies for Pete Smith and Ozzie Virgil. Bedrosian will save 103 games in 3+ seasons in Philly and wins a Cy Young in 1987. Virgil hits 51 homeruns over 3 seasons in Atlanta and makes the 1987 All Star…
July 4 1985 – The New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 16-13 In 19 Innings at Atlanta. The game went until Just before 4 a.m. on July 5. and was followed by a fireworks display for the 1,000 still left In the stands, causing local residents to think the city is under attack. Keith…
1985 – Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves has two RBI in the 8 – 4 win over the Cincinnati Reds to tie Ron Cey’s 1977 major league record for 29 RBI in April.
1985 – Joe Niekro and Frank DiPino combine on a two-hitter for an 8-1 victory over Atlanta. Jose Cruz drives in four while Brave-killer Craig Reynolds has two hits, including a homer.
In one of the ugliest brawl-filled games in major league history‚ the Braves beat the Padres, 5 – 3, in Atlanta. The trouble begins when Atlanta’s Pascual Perez hits Alan Wiggins in the back with the first pitch of the game‚ and escalates as the Padres pitchers retaliate by throwing at Perez all four times he comes to the plate. All in all‚ the game features two bench-clearing brawls‚ the second of which includes several fans‚ and 19 ejections‚ including both managers and both replacement managers. Padres manager Dick Williams will be suspended for 10 days and fined $10‚000‚ while Braves manager Joe Torre and 5 players will each receive three-game suspensions. But the brawl in Atlanta‚ as Dave Campbell later observes‚ “woke the Padres up out of their doldrums.”
It’s a day for hitting pitchers. Good-hitting Tim Lollar leads the way by collecting all four RBIs for his team, but his Padres lose, 6 – 4. The Cards win, 9 – 1, over the Braves as Joaquin Andujar, a poor hitter, hits a grand slam. Just before his blast, Andujar looks into the Cards’ dugout, then gestures to the RF stands.
Umpire Joe West ejects two television cameramen from Shea Stadium when they allow the Mets to view replays of a controversial play at the plate in which Hubie Brooks is called out. The Mets beat Atlanta, 3 – 1, with Ron Darling getting the win.
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