This Day in Braves History: Atlanta acquires Fred McGriff from Padres

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This Day in Braves History: July 18

1961 - Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock and Joe Torre pull off a triple steal in the sixth inning of a 12-8 win over the Reds. It was Aaron’s first career steal of home.

1993 - The Braves acquire first baseman Fred McGriff from the San Diego Padres in exchange for Melvin Nieves, Vince Moore and Donnie Elliott. McGriff would debut two days later and homer in his first game to lead the Braves to a win over the Cardinals in a game that was delayed due to a fire in the press box at Fulton County Stadium.

On the night that the Braves acquired McGriff, Steve Avery and two relievers shut out the Pirates 2-0 despite allowing 13 hits.

2006 - The Braves would slug their way to a 14-5 win over the Cardinals to become the first team since the 1930 Yankees to score ten or more runs in five consecutive games. Atlanta scored 65 runs during the streak including two 15-run performances.

2012 - The Braves and Giants head to extra innings tied 1-1. San Francisco scored twice in the 10th but Brian McCann hit a two-out, two-run home run off of Santiago Casilla to tie things back up. The Giants would blow it open with six runs in the 11th on three-run shots by Brandon Crawford and Gregor Blanco. Atlanta would plate one in the bottom half of the inning but would fall 9-4.