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Ozzie Albies sets Braves’ extra-base hits record for April

Here's a look back at the amazing month of April (and three games from the end of March) for Braves shortstop Ozzie Albies. Albies finished his month with nine home runs and 34 hits, both tied for the most in the National League. Albies' 12 doubles tied the franchise record for most by the end of April. Albies finished his month with 75 total bases and 29 runs scored - the best in the National League in both categories. Albies finished his month with 22 extra-base hits, the most in the National League and
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April 26, 2018

Ozzie Albies made Braves history in the season’s first month.

His fifth-inning home run Thursday in Cincinnati was his 18th extra-base hit of April, setting a franchise record.

The second baseman homered to left field on the first pitch of the fifth inning Wednesday to tie the record.

Dale Murphy (1985), Chipper Jones (1998) and Justin Upton (2013) also accomplished the feat. Albies will have four more games to set the record.

The MLB record is 23, set by the Royals’ Jermaine Dye in 2000.

Albies, 21, is emerging as one of the more promising young talents in the game. He already has seven homers and a .606 slugging percentage, fourth highest in the National League.

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Gabriel Burns is a general assignment reporter and features writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. After four years on the Braves beat, he's expanded his horizons and covers all sports. You'll find him writing about MLB, NFL, NBA, college football and other Atlanta-centric happenings.

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