1973 — Hank Aaron of Atlanta hit his 700th home run in the third inning of an 8-4 Braves loss to Philadelphia. Aaron connected on a 1-1 fastball off Phillies pitcher Ken Brett.

We are in the final stages of the continental baseball tour, and before we get to the ballpark grand finale in Seattle, we will focus next week on National Parks in the northwest. This week we will ...

PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Aaron Civale (1-6, 5.30 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Pirates: Andrew Heaney (4-8, 4.59 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 73 strikeouts) ...