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ESPN News Services
Aug 1, 2025, 01:10 AM ET
CINCINNATI -- An mean Thursday nighttime crippled betwixt the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds abruptly turned into an historical thriller successful the eighth inning, erstwhile the Braves broke a 3-3 necktie by exploding for 8 runs, lone to let the Reds to tempest backmost with 8 of their ain successful the bottommost of the frame.
It was conscionable the 3rd clip successful large league past that some teams scored 8 oregon much runs successful the aforesaid inning, according to Elias Sports Bureau. It was besides the 3rd clip successful the Expansion Era (since 1961) that 2 teams combined for 16 oregon much hits successful the aforesaid inning, with each squad posting eight.
The Braves would spell connected to triumph 12-11 successful 10 innings.
"I've ne'er seen thing similar that," the Braves' Marcell Ozuna said of the chaotic eighth inning. "I was like, 'Oh my God.'"
Ozuna drove successful Matt Olson with a sacrifice alert successful the 10th inning to springiness connected Thursday nighttime successful a crippled that featured a full of 12 pitchers and 30 hits combined.
Ozzie Albies had 4 hits, scored 2 runs and drove successful 2 to gait the Braves. Pierce Johnson (2-3) pitched 1⅓ innings and Raisel Iglesias got his 13th save.
Cincinnati's Emilio Pagán (2-4) retired each 3 batters helium faced but took the loss.
The Braves opened the eighth with 3 infield hits, including a bunt azygous by Michael Harris II. Atlanta scored 8 runs disconnected 4 Reds pitchers successful the inning.
The Reds archetypal 8 batters had hits to commencement the bottommost of the inning, including three-run location runs by Ke'Bryan Hayes and Spencer Steer, to necktie the people 11-all.
Combined, determination were 5 pitchers, 25 batters and 16 hits successful the eighth.
"It hurts. We fell short," Steer said. "It's conscionable a loss. That 1 stings, but we've got a speedy turnaround tomorrow, truthful we've got to flush it and find a mode to triumph tomorrow."
Elly De La Cruz deed a two-run location tally to involvement the Reds to a pb early.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
