Braves Eighth Inning Dominance Becomes MLB’s Most Dangerous Trend

It’s becoming the most dangerous stretch of baseball in the league—and it belongs to the Atlanta Braves.

Through the first 24 games of the 2025 season, Atlanta is putting up eye-popping numbers in the eighth inning. A staggering 26.1% of the team’s total runs (24 of 92) have come in that single frame. They’re not just squeaking runs across, either. The Braves are slashing an absurd .306/.373/.561 in the eighth inning alone, with seven home runs and 30 hits in just 98 at-bats.

The numbers are loud, but the outcomes are even louder. Atlanta has seven comeback wins already this season, including six of their eight home victories. Only the Dodgers (9), Diamondbacks (9), and Cubs (8) have more come-from-behind wins, but none of those clubs are matching the Braves’ eighth-inning production—especially not with the power surge Atlanta is unleashing late in games.

Much of this clutch production has come from the usual suspects, like Michael Harris II, who already has four game-tying or go-ahead RBIs in the seventh inning or later this season. Three of those came during the Braves’ most recent homestand, including an RBI single on Monday against St. Louis that evened the game. Then there’s Eli White, who came into Wednesday with just five career homers—but delivered a dramatic go-ahead three-run bomb in the eighth, lifting Atlanta past the Cardinals.