MIAMI — When Justin Upton hit five home runs in the Braves' first five games this season, he became the first player in major league history to do that in his first five games with a new team. He also set a franchise record for most homers in the first five games.
The Braves got Upton and corner infielder Chris Johnson in a seven-player January trade that sent Martin Prado, Randall Delgado and three minors leaguers to Arizona.
On Saturday, Justin and older brother B.J. Upton became the first brothers to hit a tying homer (B.J.) and a game-ending homer (Justin) in the ninth inning of a game.
Justin Upton was 7-for-22 (.318) in six games before Monday with a National League-leading five homers, and was the major league leader in game-winning RBIs (three) and slugging percentage (1.045).
Uniform change: The Braves wore new pants in Monday's game. They are nearly identical to their regular grey road pants, but have only blue piping down the pant legs instead of blue and red. They will wear them with their alternate navy road jerseys, and continue to wear the other pants with the regular grey road jersey.
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