How They Got There: Braves

April 1: No Fools Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson hit the Braves’ first 2 HRs in back-to-back fashion in the season’s 2nd game

April 6: Clutch Orlando Arcia sparks his All-Star season with a 2-out walk-off single in the home opener

April 10: Welcome, Murphy Sean Murphy begins the bottom of the 10th with a 1st-pitch, 2-run homer to beat the Reds

April 24: Dominance Spencer Strider strikes out 13 and allows 2 hits over 8 scoreless innings against the Marlins

May 7: What a battle! Michael Harris II follows an IBB to Marcell Ozuna with a game-ending double in the 12th

May 29: Soroka returns Michael Soroka beats the odds by returning to the Majors nearly 3 years after tearing his right Achilles for the first of 2 times

June 30: Double shy Matt Olson hits two homers and finishes a double shy of the cycle as he tallies 12 total bases in a win over the Marlins

Aug. 4: Max returns Max Fried throws 6 scoreless in his 1st start since May 5

Aug. 31: 30-60 Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes the 1st player to ever hit 30 homers and tally 60 stolen bases in the same season

Sept. 2: Are-See-Ya Later Orlando Arcia’s 10th-inning home run allows the Braves to win a 4-game series at Dodger Stadium

Sept. 13: Clinch night The Braves claim a 6th straight NL East crown with the assistance of Austin Riley’s 2-run homer in the 1st

Sept. 16: 52 Matt Olson breaks Andruw Jones’ franchise record with his 52nd homer of the season

Sept. 17: 35-plus Marcell Ozuna’s homer made the Braves the first team to have four players hit 35-plus homers in the same season