Braves History and Birthdays for June 5...
Mike Lattin
has now thrown 24 straight scoreless innings. The Boston lefty is 2-for-3 at
the plate.
1916 - At Boston, Chicago's Heinie Zimmerman swipes home in the 4th inning
for the only score as the Cubs top the Braves, 1-0. Lefty Gene Packard
prevails over Art Nehf and helps his own cause with seven assists and a put
out at home.
1920 - Citing the abolition of spitball as the reason for the dramatic
increase of HRs, A's veep Tom Shibe denies the baseballs are livelier this
season. Mr. Schibe is also a member of the company which makes the
baseballs.
1951 - The Pirates rookie knuckler Paul LaPalme hurls a 8-0 shutout against
the Boston Braves in his first major-league start.
1958 - The Giants again top the Braves in extra innings, 5-4. In the 12th,
Jim Finigan doubles after Mays singles, but Willie is thrown out at the
plate by Hank Aaron. Orlando Cepeda, with three hits already, then hits a
Gene Conley fastball for the game-winning home run. Cepeda also helps in the
field, nabbing Wes Covington in the 9th with a hidden ball trick.
1964 - At Crosley field, the Reds plate four runs in the 9th inning to edge
the Cards, 5-4. Deron Johnson drives home the tying and winning run with a
single.
1974 - The June draft produces just 725 picks, the fewest in history, and
only 300 of these are from the college ranks, with the low number blamed on
the introduction of aluminum bats this past season. The Padres, with their
3rd number-one free-agent pick in five years, select Brown University SS
Bill Almon, the TSN College Player of the Year. They had selected him three
years earlier out of high school, but he attended college instead. The
Rangers take P Tommy Boggs with the 2nd pick and the Phils follow with prep
OF Lonnie Smith. With the 5th pick, the Braves select Dale Murphy; the
Angels, picking 10th take the ill-fated Mike Miley, who quarterbacked LSU to
a win in the Orange Bowl. the Tigers take Lance Parrish with the 16th pick,
the Royals pick prep football star Willie Wilson with the 18th, and the Red
Sox, picking 20th, take SS Eddie Ford, son of Whitey Ford. Picking next, the
Dodgers get Rick Sutcliffe. The Orioles, with the 24th pick in round one
pick Rich Dauer, the top player for USC's championship team; four of their
other picks will end up in the NFL (QB's Andy Johnson, Steve Bartkowski, and
John Sciarra, and Anthony Davis). The Cards use a pick on the NFL Giants
Brad Van Pelt, the 5th time he's been selected. The Twins pick up prep C
Butch Wynegar, who will make the American League All-star team at age 20.
1985 - Rafael Ramirez has a two run double in the 3rd and a 2-run homer in
the 11th to drive in all the runs in Atlanta's 4-2 win over the Chicago
Cubs.
1989 - The Orioles select Louisiana State University pitcher Ben McDonald
(14-3) with the first pick in the annual amateur draft. He'll sign August 19
and debut September 6, missing by three days being the first in this draft
to debut. The Jays John Olerud, picked on the 3rd round, will debut
September 3, singling in his first at bat. The next three picks are high
schoolers: the Braves take Tyler Houston; the Mariners pick Roger Salkeld;
and the Phillies choose Jeff Jackson. The White Sox get Frank Thomas with
the 7th pick, while the Angels take Kyle Abbott with the 10th, and Chad
Curtis on the 45th round. The Dodgers use their 1st round pick on Jamie
McAndrew, son of former Mets P Jim McAndrew. Mo Vaughn goes to Boston on the
23rd pick and Chuck Knoblauch to the Twins on the 25th (he had been picked
on the 18th round by the Phils in 1986, but did not sign). On the 4th round,
the Twins select and sign P Scott Erickson, who was drafted but not signed
in the previous three drafts.
1999 - The Rockies defeat the Brewers, 12-11, as 3B Vinny Castilla hits
three home runs and drives home 5. Castilla also strokes a single in his
five trips to the plate.
1999 - The Braves score two runs in the top of the 9th inning to defeat the
Red Sox, 6-5. Boston P Tom Gordon blows the save opportunity, ending his
major league record consecutive save streak at 54 games.
2000 - In the 2000 amateur draft, the Marlins use the #1 pick on San Diego
prep 1B Adrian Gonzales, who will sign for $3 million. The Cubs, picking
3rd, take Miami HS shortstop Luis Montanez. In between the two preps, the
Twins take righty Adam Johnson from Cal State-Fullerton. he Expos pick
Stanford's Justin Wayne with the 5th, while the Devil Rays go the prep route
taking Rocco Baldelli with the 6th selection. The Rockies, picking 7th
select prep fireballer Matt Harrington. Picking 12th, the White Sox take
Stanford QB Joe Borchard, who will sign for $5.3 million, the highest bonus
in the draft, and give up football. The Expos sign Borchard's Stanford
teammate Justin Wayne, the #5 pick, for $2.5 million. The Giants take P Boof
Bonzer in the first round: Bonzer will tube this year go 13-3 in the minors
next year. Other picks on the low rounds are Anthony Gwynn, son of Tony
Gwynn, by the Braves and Virginia Tech star QB Michael Vick, by the Rockies.
2000 - The Braves send P John Rocker to the minors, a day after his latest
confrontation with a reporter from Sports Illustrated.
2001 - Greg Maddux outduels Javier Vazquez to give the Braves a 3-1 win over
the Expos. The lone Expo run comes in the 4th inning when Maddux throws two
wild pitches, the only time in his career he's thrown two in the same
inning. Maddux lost his last outing a week ago to Vazquez, but will go
undefeated in June and July.
2001 - At Coors Field, Mike Hampton (8-2) beats Houston, 9-4, and hits a
pair of homers. Hampton, who came into the season homerless, now has four
dingers: The Mets, Hampton's team last year, have a combined five homers
from their outfielders.
2001 - The Phillies trade P Paul Byrd to the Royals for P Jose Santiago.
2001 - By homering in his team's 57th game, Barry Bonds becomes the fastest
player ever to hit 30 home runs. In 1928, it took Babe Ruth 63 games to
reach the same mark.
Wade Lefler - 1896
Billy Urbanski - 1903
Owen Kahn - 1905
Eddie Joost - 1916
Dave Odom - 1918
Al Javery - 1918
Russ Ortiz - 1974
Other birthdays of note for June 5...
Jack Chesbro - 1874
Lou Brissie - 1924
Duke Sims - 1941
Bill Spiers - 1966
Ray Lankford - 1967
Jeremy Affeldt