Sept. 4 Baseball Roundup: Braves’ 2001 Montreal Crowd Low, 1928 Doubleheader Record, No-Hitter Redefinition

The Battery Power compilation revisits corroborated milestones using Baseball Reference plus other established histories.

Overview

In 2001 the first-place Braves beat the Expos 3–2 before 3,613 fans in Montreal, with Andruw Jones leading off the ninth with the decisive homer in the stadium’s smallest crowd in 17 years.
In 1928 the Boston Braves began a run of nine consecutive doubleheaders, a major league record for successive twinbills.
In 1962 Major League Baseball narrowed the definition of a no-hitter to games ending after at least nine innings without a hit, striking 50 prior entries including Harvey Haddix’s 12 perfect innings in 1959 and Jim Maloney’s 1965 effort.
In 2002 the Oakland Athletics set the American League record with their 20th straight win, a 12–11 walk-off over the Royals.
In 2017 J.D. Martinez became the 18th player to hit four home runs in a game, powering the Diamondbacks past the Dodgers.