"1928 - At the Polo Grounds, the Giants take two games from the Braves, 11 - 6 and 7 - 6. Freddie Lindstrom goes 8 for 10 to pull New York into second place, two and a half games behind St. Louis. The Giants will continue to feast on Braves pitching, winning doubleheaders from Boston on the 13th and the 14th to tie the National League record for twinbills won on consecutive days."
"1964 - In a pitching duel between the Braves' Denny Lemaster and the Reds' Jim Maloney, Milwaukee scores a run in the 8th to win, 1 - 0. Gene Oliver doubles, the second hit of the game off Maloney, and scores after a double steal and fly out. Leo Cardenas has the only hit off Lemaster. 1966 - Braves pitcher Pat Jarvis becomes the first of Nolan Ryan's 5,714 career strikeout victims."
From 1928 through 2002, numerous notable National League games occurred involving the Braves and rival clubs. Freddie Lindstrom went 8-for-10 in 1928 as the Giants won doubleheaders and tied a league twinbill record. The Cubs routed Boston in 1935 and the Reds scored nine in the fourth inning at Crosley Field in 1963. In 1964 Milwaukee edged Cincinnati 1-0 in a pitching duel. Pat Jarvis became Nolan Ryan's first career strikeout victim in 1966. Atlanta executed a triple steal in 1977. Atlanta pitchers combined for a 1991 no-hitter. The Marlins lost 100 games in 1998, and John Smoltz set a National League season saves record in 2002.
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