CINCINNATI — An odd Thursday night time sport between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds immediately became an historic thriller within the eighth inning, when the Braves broke a 3-3 tie by exploding for eight runs, solely to permit the Reds to storm again with eight of their very own within the backside of the body.
It was simply the third time in main league historical past that each groups scored eight or extra runs in the identical inning, in line with Elias Sports activities Bureau. It was additionally the third time within the Growth Period (since 1961) that two groups mixed for 16 or extra hits in the identical inning, with every staff posting eight.
The Braves would go on to win 12-11 in 10 innings.
“I’ve by no means seen something like that,” the Braves’ Marcell Ozuna mentioned of the wild eighth inning. “I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.'”
Ozuna drove in Matt Olson with a sacrifice fly within the tenth inning to offer on Thursday night time in a sport that featured a complete of 12 pitchers and 30 hits mixed.
Ozzie Albies had 4 hits, scored two runs and drove in two to tempo the Braves. Pierce Johnson (2-3) pitched 1⅓ innings and Raisel Iglesias bought his thirteenth save.
Cincinnati’s Emilio Pagán (2-4) retired all three batters he confronted however took the loss.
The Braves opened the eighth with three infield hits, together with a bunt single by Michael Harris II. Atlanta scored eight runs off 4 Reds pitchers within the inning.
The Reds’ first eight batters had hits to start out the underside of the inning, together with three-run residence runs by Ke’Bryan Hayes and Spencer Steer, to tie the rating 11-all.
Mixed, there have been 5 pitchers, 25 batters and 16 hits within the eighth.
“It hurts. We fell brief,” Steer mentioned. “It is only a loss. That one stings, however we have got a fast turnaround tomorrow, so we have got to flush it and discover a strategy to win tomorrow.”
Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run residence run to stake the Reds to a lead early.
The Related Press contributed to this report.