A huge eighth-inning rally for the Braves ended up being the difference in their series-opening game against the Phillies. Five runs for the Braves in the penultimate inning of this contest ended up being enough to give Atlanta a comfortable 9-5 victory over Philadelphia.
Things got off to a good start for the Braves from the jump. While we didn’t get the Ronald Acuña Jr. Leadoff Homer Special, we did get Austin Riley plating Ozzie Albies when the latter took a walk and the former brought him in with a double. While he didn’t go deep with his first at-bat of the night, it didn’t take Acuña long to achieve liftoff in this one.