Cardinals tie playoff record with 10 runs in first
Fans were barely in their seats before the Cardinals made history, scoring 10 runs in the first inning of their decisive…
ATLANTA — Fans were barely in their seats for the decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series before the St. Louis Cardinals made history, becoming the first team to score 10 runs in the first inning of a postseason game
The double-digit output against the Braves is also a record for the most runs scored in an inning in a division series or in any winner-take-all game, and it equals the most runs scored in any inning in any playoff game.
Of the four times that teams have scored 10 runs in a postseason inning, the Cardinals are the first to do so without hitting any home runs.
Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz lasted just one-third of an inning while giving up seven runs on three hits and three walks, after he did not allow a run on three hits over seven innings in Game 2.
Reliever Max Fried didn’t fare much better, being charged the final three runs of the inning on two hits and a walk.
Dexter Fowler, Kolten Wong and Tommy Edman each had two RBI apiece while starting pitcher Jack Flaherty drew a bases loaded walk after the Braves gave an intentional pass to No. 8 hitter Paul DeJong.
The Braves had a chance to get out of the inning after allowing just one run, but Freddie Freeman could not field a hard-hit ball that the first baseman could have turned into an inning-ending double play.
When it looked like the Braves finally had the third out on Marcell Ozuna‘s strikeout, the ball got away from catcher Brian McCann, who fell down trying to retrieve it, allowing Ozuna to reach and the 10th run to come home.
The Cardinals had just five hits in the inning marking the first time a team scored at least 10 runs with five or fewer hits since June, 2011. It’s the second time this season a team scored 10 runs without hitting a home run.
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