On the same night the NFL kicked off its annual Hall of Fame Game, the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds made MLB history by scoring in a way that more closely resembled the Falcons and Bengals. As part of the Braves’ 12-11 win in extra innings, both teams used their bats to put together an historically great inning. In the eighth, both teams scored eight runs a piece. And according to Elias Sports, this is only the third time in MLB history that both teams scored at least eight runs in the same inning. The only other prior occurrences happened this century as well, as Thursday now joins the second inning of a White Sox-Yankees game on Aug. 2, 2007 and the fifth inning of a Tigers-Rangers game on May 8, 2004. With the game tied at 3-3, the Braves were first to start pouring on runs. Atlanta scored all eight of its runs in the top of the frame, and 12 overall, without hitting any home runs. The Braves put together five straight hits and six straight baserunners after a Jurickson Profar strikeout opened tRead More
Braves’ wild win over Reds sees historic eighth inning
