Dom Smith!
Homer on the 12th pitch!
That’s the 3rd-most pitches seen by a Braves player in a PA ending in a home run since pitch counts tracked (1988)
Sean Murphy & Jurickson Profar had 13-pitch HRs last year
Dominic Smith is the 6th Braves player in the divisional era (1969) with an over-the-wall HR AND either an inside-the-park or Little League HR (non-HR PA scored on) in the same game, joining:
7/27/93 Fred McGriff (ITP)
7/18/86 Andres Thomas
5/1/79 Gary Matthews Sr. (ITP)
6/26/77 Jeff Burroughs
6/18/74 Ivan Murrell
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A complete team like the Braves: pitching, defense, experience, everything they need…and then you have the bottom of the order doing that kind of damage? This team is set! @Braves
This organization was bad for ONE year in which they magically spawned the second coming of Mike Piazza and now they are back to their regularly scheduled devil work I will never experience happiness
Every starter for the Braves has at least 1 RBI tonight
This is the fourth time all 9 members of the Braves starting lineup have each had an RBI in a game since RBI official (1920), joining:
10/5/01
5/1/85
8/25/36
(Note: DH in the NL is still pretty new)