This is pretty crazy.
The Atlanta Braves put together one of the wildest wins in MLB history on Thursday night.
In fact, by certain parameters, it was a victory the likes of which hadn't been seen since 1933.
The Braves took an 11-3 lead into the eighth.
The Reds tied the game up with an eight-run inning.
Then the Braves still won, and they didn't hit a single homer.
The last time that happened with those parameters was July 12, 1933, with the victorious Pittsburgh Pirates actually defeating the Braves that day, per OptaStats.
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Even more interestingly, the Reds actually scored the first three runs of this game.
An Elly De La Cruz homer sent the game to the fourth inning with the Reds up 3-0.
The Braves got just one back in the fourth on a Michael Harris RBI single.
In the sixth, the Braves got two more thanks to an error.
Then in the top of the eighth, the Braves scored eight runs.
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In the bottom of the eighth, the Reds answered with eight in return, including three-run homers by Ke'Bryan Hayes and Spencer Steer.
The Braves were the only team to score in extras, with Marcell Ozuna delivering a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.
It's really a crazy combination of circumstances. There are probably a bunch of different facts that could be pulled together to create ways of summing up such craziness.
But in the end, it's simply quite fun. Baseball rarely disappoints, and this matchup between the Reds and Braves certainly didn't.
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