Braves Franchise History
2021: The Braves defeat the Astros 2-0 in Game 3 of the World Series to lead the series 2-1. Before being lifted with a 1-0 lead after five scoreless innings pitched by Ian Anderson, pinch-hitter Aledmys Diaz gives the Astros their first hit of the game with a single against Braves fourth pitcher Tyler Matzek in the eighth inning. But the Astros fail to score, managing only two hits in the entire game. In the third inning, Travis d’Arnaud adds a solo home run to give Atlanta the lead, and the scoring is completed by Austin Riley in the bottom of the eighth.
MLB History: 1942 saw the resignation of Vice President Branch Rickey, the man responsible for creating the minor league system for the St. Louis Cardinals. The future Hall of Famer will lead the Brooklyn Dodgers as president.
1945: Happy Chandler, who had remained a senator after being appointed, steps down from his political position. He intends to relocate the commissioner’s office to Cincinnati.
1969: Tom Seaver wins the National League Cy Young Award, having led the Mets to a World Series Championship and winning 25 games.
1975: After hitting.331 for the Red Sox with 21 home runs and 105 RBI, Fred Lynn is named American League Rookie of the Year.
1991 saw Buck Showalter take over as the New York Yankees’ manager in place of Stump Merrill. Showalter becomes the youngest major league manager currently in active duty at the age of 35. Through the end of the 1995 season, he will serve as manager of the Yankees.
2001: Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announces that the league may drop two franchises by the beginning of the next season. The Minnesota Twins and the Florida Marlins as well as the Montreal Expos would be included in the contraction.
1975: After hitting.331 for the Red Sox with 21 home runs and 105 RBI, Fred Lynn is named American League Rookie of the Year.
1991 saw Buck Showalter take over as the New York Yankees’ manager in place of Stump Merrill. Showalter becomes the youngest major league manager currently in active duty at the age of 35. Through the end of the 1995 season, he will serve as manager of the Yankees.
2001: Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announces that the league may drop two franchises by the beginning of the next season. The Minnesota Twins and the Florida Marlins as well as the Montreal Expos would be included in the contraction.
2019 – Washington overcomes Houston 7-2 to force a Game 7 of the World Series, with the visiting club winning for the record sixth time in a row. Stephen Strasburg pitches into the ninth inning after allowing two runs in the first inning, and Anthony Rendon adds five more runs. Two of them occur in the crucial seventh inning on a home run that comes after home plate umpire Sam Holbrook’s contentious interference call, which goes against Washington and prompts manager Dave Martinez to be ejected. In his seven World Series starts, Justin Verlander has now gone 0–6 for Houston, a sad reflection on an otherwise outstanding career.
