The Atlanta Braves are front-running atop the MLB standings, and their lineup’s formidable energy is a giant motive why.
The facility surge continued for the Braves on Friday night time towards the Tampa Bay Rays, serving to them set a formidable MLB mark. With an extended ball off the bat of catcher Sean Murphy within the fourth inning, the Braves surpassed the 2019 Minnesota Twins for essentially the most house runs (167) by a staff forward of the All-Star break, per ESPN Stats and Data.
For Murphy, he is having a profession 12 months within the house run division in his first season behind the dish for the Braves. Murphy’s shot on Friday was his sixteenth of the season, solely two away from his profession excessive (18), set final season with the Oakland A’s.
As a staff, the Braves have seven gamers with 10 or extra house runs, together with Eddie Rosario (14), Austin Riley (16), Murphy, Marcel Ozuna (17), Ronald Acuna Jr. (21), Ozzie Albies (22) and Matt Olson (29). In the meantime, a number of gamers like Travis d’Arnaud (7), Orlando Aria (7) and Michael Harris II (9) are on the cusp of breaking double digits.
Energy is not all the pieces, and the Braves have proved they’re greater than that on the plate, main the NL in hits (809), RBI (470), batting common (.274) and on-base share (.342). That, paired with the bottom ERA within the NL too, and the Braves are unsurprisingly within the driver’s seat heading towards the Midsummer Traditional.
Coming into play on Friday, the Braves held one of the best file in MLB (58-28), main the NL East by 8.5 video games over the second-place Miami Marlins.
