Braves turn power into a statement, with Harris, Albies and Olson combining for four homers vs. Mets

The Braves have made multi-homer games a familiar part of their recent identity, going back to the late-2010s run that began with their first of seven consecutive trips to the postseason. On Friday night at Truist Park, Atlanta leaned into that strength again, posting a 5-3 victory over the Mets powered by four home runs from Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson.

Harris was central to the sequencing of the night, adding a two-out single in the ninth that was Atlanta’s fifth hit and the only one that did not leave the yard. The Braves’ total of four homers on just five hits is a rare manufacturing of offense, marking the first time they have ever done it while tallying five hits or less, a feat that otherwise had not been repeated by any other MLB team this season. In practical terms, it was not a volume night of singles and doubles followed by late noise, it was concentrated damage.

Olson’s impact underscored that the Braves’ power output was not simply random variance. His two-homer performance was his second multihomer game of the year, and it helped frame the broader arc of Atlanta’s season-long power. The club logged its sixth four-homer game of the season, and, just as importantly, it ended a stretch in which they had not managed a three-homer game since May 30.

What made the display stand out even more to the Braves’ staff and players, according to the reporting, was how the production fit into a relatively quiet window. Atlanta had gone more than a week without another multihomer game within a wider span, and this latest outburst represented the first multihomer game within a run of 11 games going back to June 21. Before the recent surge across late June into early July, the Braves had not delivered a 10-plus game stretch with at least one multihomer performance in the way they are doing now.

There is also a longer historical context to Atlanta’s current rhythm. The report notes that the Braves’ ability to reach 10-plus games without a multihomer game has been uncommon, tying it to specific windows from recent seasons. It referenced instances such as the late-2018 period after Atlanta clinched the NL East and the earlier part of last year when the team missed the playoffs after a six-division-title run ended in 2024. The Braves’ takeaway, manager Walt Weiss said, was that home runs are a capability they expect to show when they get the right swings.

After a night like this, the question is whether Atlanta can turn one concentrated power output into a steadier pattern, not just isolated fireworks. With three core bats delivering in the same game, it also raises how consistent their lineup can be at manufacturing extra-base damage across different pitching styles. The immediate watch is whether the Braves can build on the momentum of this multihomer stretch, particularly given how rare it has been for them to have gone so long without at least one multihomer game recently before finding it again.