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This Day in Braves History: Atlanta hits three consecutive homers in win over Twins

1957 - The Braves move to within a half game of the division leading Redlegs with a 7-2 win over the Dodgers. Roy Campanella hits his 237th career home run and passes Gabby Hartnett and Yogi Berra on the all-time list.

1977 - The Braves fall to the Phillies 13-10 as Greg Luzinski drives in seven.

1999 - Atlanta falls to the Orioles 6-2, but Albert Belle’s streak of 392 games ends when he is benched by manager Ray Miller for not running out a ground ball.

2002 - Andruw Jones, Vinny Castilla and Matt Franco hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the fifth inning to help the Braves to an 11-0 win over the Twins.