The Braves Are Owning the Eighth Inning — And It’s Flipping Games on Their Head
Atlanta isn’t just scoring late — they’re dominating. Through the first 24 games of the 2025 season, the Braves are turning the eighth inning into their personal playground, slashing an insane .306/.373/.561 in that frame alone. They’ve launched seven homers and piled up 30 hits in just 98 at-bats — and the impact on the scoreboard is massive. A jaw-dropping 26.1% of their total runs (24 of 92) have come in the eighth inning.
This isn’t just stat-padding — it’s winning baseball. Atlanta has already notched seven comeback victories, including six of their eight home wins. Only the Dodgers, Diamondbacks, and Cubs have more comeback Ws overall, but no one is packing the late-inning punch Atlanta is. That eighth-inning power surge is changing games — and turning heads.
A lot of the magic is coming from familiar faces. Michael Harris II has already delivered four clutch RBIs in the seventh inning or later, three of them coming in the most recent homestand. And Eli White? He came into the week with just five career home runs — then crushed a go-ahead three-run bomb in the eighth to lift the Braves over the Cardinals.
Atlanta’s 8-3 home record and red-hot 5-1 homestand speak volumes. In just six games, they scored 31 runs — and 13 of those came in the eighth inning. That late-game explosion has created a clear home-field edge, but even on the road, this team shows they can flip a switch when it matters most.
Whether it’s plate discipline, roster depth, or ice-cold nerves in the clutch, the Braves are rewriting the story in the late innings. And if history has taught us anything — teams that explode in the eighth don’t just win in spring.
They win when it counts. In October.
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