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Atlanta Braves Clippings Thursday, September 10, 2020 Braves.com Braves set NL standard with 29-run outburst Atlanta breaks Modern Era record in National League (since 1900) By Mark Bowman ATLANTA -- Adam Duvall produced his second three-homer game within an eight-day span to help the Braves roll to a record-setting 29-9 win over the Marlins on Wednesday night at Truist Park. Duvall became the first player to record two three-homer games while wearing a Braves uniform, and his efforts helped Atlanta set a National League record for runs in a game in the modern era (since 1900). “That was pretty amazing to be a part of,” Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman said. “I’ve never seen an offense click like that.” The Braves fell just one run short of tying the modern record for runs scored in a game, set when the Rangers defeated the Orioles, 30-3, in the first game of a doubleheader on Aug. 22, 2007, at Camden Yards. Dating back to 1900, no NL club had scored more than 28 runs in a game. The Braves’ franchise record was 23, a mark tallied during the second game of a doubleheader against the Cubs on Sept. 2, 1957. Ronald Acuña Jr. contributed to his three-hit night with a three-run home run to cap a six-run fifth. But it was his bases-loaded double in the sixth inning that gave the Braves a new franchise record for runs in a single game, opening a 25-8 lead. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Atlanta became the first MLB team to score at least 22 runs through the first five innings since the Blue Jays (24 runs) in a win over the Orioles on June 26, 1978. “It’s one of those weird nights where you just get rolling,” manager Brian Snitker said. Travis d’Arnaud, Duvall and Ozzie Albies all homered in the Braves' 11-run second inning, the first such inning in the Majors this year; the team also tallied 10 runs in the second inning of an Aug. 30 win in Philadelphia. Adding to the significance of this eruption was the fact it prevented the Braves from being swept by the Marlins, who had claimed a shutout win on Tuesday. Snitker responded to his team being blanked by moving Freeman back to the second spot of the order on Tuesday. • 29-9 is first new score in 21 years “You never know what can happen when you juggle some pieces around,” Duvall said. “Baseball is a funny game. You can be off one night and the next night have the best night of your life. That is baseball.” Here’s a breakdown of this record-setting performance that kept the Braves' lead in the National League East at two games over the Phillies: • Duvall capped his memorable night with a seventh-inning grand slam. This three-homer game was produced exactly one week after he powered his first at Fenway Park. He now has eight home runs within his past 29 at-bats. • According to STATS, Duvall is the first player in history to homer with one man on, two men on and the bases loaded, in that order, in a game. He is also just the second player in NL history to have two three-homer games within 10 days of each other, joining the Cardinals' Johnny Mize who accomplished the feat on July 13 and 20, 1938. Duvall is also the first player in the Majors to ever have two such games in the same September. His 13 home runs match Marcell Ozuna for the team lead. • Freeman drove in a career-high six runs and reached the 1,500-hit milestone with a two-run homer in the third inning off Marlins reliever Jordan Yamamoto, who was charged with 13 runs over 2 2/3 innings. • Albies accounted for another of Atlanta’s seven homers with a solo shot in the second inning. This was his first game played since being placed on the injured list with a right wrist bone bruise on Aug. 5. • Wednesday night marked the fifth time in franchise history the Braves hit at least seven home runs in a game. • The Braves have scored at least 10 runs in an inning in two of the three starts Tommy Milone has made since being acquired from the Orioles on Aug. 30. Milone lasted just 2 1/3 innings after being given a 10-0 second-inning lead in Philadelphia on the day of the trade. He was charged with eight runs over 3 1/3 innings on Wednesday. DYK? Facts from Braves' historic eruption By Sarah Langs, Manny Randhawa and Andrew Simon @SlangsOnSports and @MannyOnMLB and @AndrewSimonMLB The bottom of the first inning seemed normal enough on Wednesday night in Atlanta. After Braves leadoff man Ronald Acuña Jr. drew a walk, Marlins starter Pablo López retired the next three batters, and the game went to the second inning in a scoreless tie. But after that, it quickly became a historically high-scoring night. The Braves broke out with an 11-run second, their first inning with at least that many runs scored since they plated 11 on April 7, 2004, against the Mets. That would have been enough, but it didn’t stop there -- not by a long shot. By the time it was all over, the Braves had battered their way to a 29-9 victory over Miami, making a spirited run at the modern MLB record for runs scored in a game. The National League East leaders came up one run short, settling for the NL record, but here are all of the mind-blowing facts you need to know about their rocket-fueled performance. Making a run at the Rangers 1) The Braves fell just one run short of tying the modern record (since 1900) for runs scored in a game, set when the Rangers defeated the Orioles, 30-3, in the first game of a doubleheader on Aug. 22, 2007, at Camden Yards. Amazingly, there are at least two direct links from that game to Wednesday’s. Atlanta third-base coach Ron Washington was managing the Rangers back in 2007, while Atlanta outfielder Nick Markakis -- who was on the bench Wednesday -- was the Orioles’ starting right fielder in the record-setting contest. 2) The Braves set a modern record (since 1900) for an NL team, passing the 1929 Cardinals, who beat the Phillies, 28-6, on July 6, 1929. The all-time NL (and MLB) record was set on June 29, 1897, when the Chicago Colts (now the Cubs) blew out the Louisville Colonels, 36-7. 3) The Braves’ 29 runs were a franchise record for the Modern Era, but the Braves have been playing baseball a lot longer than that. Overall, 29 runs is tied for the second-most by the Braves franchise in a game. In 1883, as the Boston Beaneaters, they scored 30 runs on June 9, then scored 29 on June 20. 4) The 29 runs were the most for Atlanta since it defeated the Marlins, 20-3, on Oct. 5, 2001, in a game that had been rescheduled from Sept. 14 of that year due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Overall, the Braves have scored 20 or more runs in a game seven times in the Modern Era. 5) There’s a common saying that any baseball game can bring something nobody has ever seen before -- even after well over 100 years of MLB history. This game was a good example. It was the first game to finish with a score of 29-9 -- MLB’s first never-before-seen score in more than two decades. Duvall drives homer explosion 1) Atlanta left fielder Adam Duvall contributed in a big way, smashing three home runs -- for the second time in seven days. He became the first player in Braves franchise history with multiple three-homer games. That’s in a career in a Braves uniform, not just a single season. 2) Duvall’s first three-homer game came on Sept. 2, giving him two such performances in both eight-day and eight-game spans. He’s the second player in the last 35 seasons with two three-homer games in an eight-game span, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, along with Nelson Cruz last year. But Cruz’s eight games were over a longer span of days than Duvall’s. The only player in Major League history with two three-homer games in a shorter span of days than Duvall is Doug DeCinces, who did so for the Angels on Aug. 3 and Aug. 8, 1982. 3) Duvall drove in nine runs on those three big flies, becoming the first player since the Nationals’ Mark Reynolds on July 7, 2018, to have a nine-RBI game. It also tied a Braves single-game record. Amazingly, that record was held by a pitcher, Tony Cloninger, who belted two grand slams and an RBI single while also throwing a complete game to beat the Giants on July 3, 1966. 4) Duvall became the first player in MLB history to hit a two-run homer, three-run homer and a grand slam in a game in that order. 5) Including Duvall’s three homers, the Braves launched seven on the night, accomplishing the feat for the fifth time in franchise history, and the first time since smashing a franchise-record-tying eight on May 26, 2008, in a 13-12 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.