Braves Franchise History

1922: Pittsburgh roughs up Boston starter Rube Marquard and beats the last-place Braves, 9-3.

1973: – Braves knuckleballer Phil Niekro no-hits the Padres, 9-00, and improves his record to 11-4. He walks three and strikes out four while recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta. Ralph Garr has three hits, three runs, and a steal, and Paul Casanova records an inside-the-park homer on a long fly ball missed by LF Gene Locklea.

1994: Atlanta 1B Fred McGriff hits a home run in the Braves’ 16 – 6 win over Cincinnati, making him only the 9th major leaguer in history to hit 30 or more homers in seven consecutive seasons.

1995: Atlanta’s Marquis Grissom gets five singles to lead the Braves to a 9 – 6 triumph over the Expos, increasing the team’s lead ove

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