1921 - The Reds and the Braves tie a major league record as their infields combine for 28 chances. The Reds won the game 7-3. 1997 - Andruw Jones hits the Braves' 10th grand slam of the season to set a new National League record. 2001 - The Braves acquire Julio Franco from the Mexico City Tigers. Franco was leading the Mexican League with a .437 average and hadn't played in the majors since 1997.
SAN FRANCISCO - Randy Moffitt, a longtime Giants reliever and an inaugural member of the team's Wall of Fame in 2008, has died, the team announced on Friday afternoon. He was 76. Moffitt, the brother of tennis icon Billie Jean King, spent the first 10 years of his major-league career with the Giants after being selected by the franchise in the first round of the 1970 MLB draft. He would also pitch a season each with the Houston Astros (1982) and Toronto Blue Jays (1983).
It was back in 2021 that actor Kevin Costner famously emerged from the cornstalks at a specially constructed diamond at the "Field of Dreams" movie site and led the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees into the stadium for what turned out to be one of Major League Baseball's most memorable events. A year later, the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs visited Dyersville for another MLB matchup near the iconic field where the 1989 movie was filmed.
Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an AL record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths, showcasing an extraordinary failure to capitalize on scoring opportunities.
Bryce Eldridge, the Giants' 20-year-old power-hitting top prospect, could reach the major league team before the end of the season. He is batting .281 with eight home runs and 26 RBIs over his last 17 games.
"I'm taking starters out of the game, trying to get this game over with and get this kid a couple innings," Roberts said following the rivalry game in June. "And so that's why, I felt, I took that personal. Because I understand the game, and I understand that it doesn't feel good to get hit."