Braves make 11-player baseball history not done since 1979 Montreal Expos
Atlanta had quite the night at the office.
Braves make 11-player baseball history not done since 1979 Montreal Expos originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Atlanta Braves had an absurd night at the plate Thursday in Arizona against the Diamondbacks.
The 17-2 final score only begins to tell the story. The Braves did it in one of the most well-rounded showings you'll see. They had 11 different players record a hit and an RBI.
That's the most in a single game since the Montreal Expos did it in 1979, according to OptaStats . Clearly, considering that each team only starts nine players in a game, that's a really hard thing to achieve just by logistics, let alone by the fact that getting both a hit and an RBI out of every spot in the lineup in a game is incredibly unlikely. The Braves actually could've had 12, but reserve Eli White was 0-for-1 in his only at bat.
MORE: Terrance Gore's son honors dad with perfect first pitch The other 11 players who hit came through, though. Ronald Acuna was 1-for-4 with an RBI Drake Baldwin was 1-for-6 with an RBI and three runs. Matt Olson was 3-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and three runs.