Before the heartbreak of the late loss, there was a big home run for the Brewers. In the eighth inning, Ryan Braun came up and hit a big home run to tie the game at 3. By WPA, it was the fourth biggest home run he has ever hit. He's hit some clutch home runs in his career. Here is the list of every home run he has hit that has had a WPA of .300 or better:
Date | Opponent | Inn | # of Outs | Score | # of RBI | WPA | Result Win Expectancy |
8/11/2007 | Astros | Top 9th | 2 | Behind 3-4 | 3 | +.765 | 91% |
7/24/2008 | Cardinals | Top 9th | 1 | Behind 2-3 | 2 | +.648 | 82% |
6/3/2011 | Marlins | Top 9th | 0 | Behind 4-5 | 2 | +.578 | 85% |
5/21/2012 | Giants | Bottom 8th | 2 | Behind 1-3 | 2 | +.412 | 53% |
5/8/2009 | Cubs | Bottom 8th | 0 | Behind 1-2 | 2 | +.398 | 87% |
9/28/2008 | Cubs | Bottom 8th | 2 | Tied 1-1 | 2 | +.379 | 93% |
6/14/2010 | Angels | Top 3rd | 2 | Behind 1-2 | 4 | +.371 | 78% |
9/13/2011 | Rockies | Bottom 11th | 0 | Tied 1-1 | 1 | +.369 | 100% |
8/17/2008 | Dodgers | Top 9th | 2 | Behind 3-5 | 2 | +.359 | 40% |
7/26/2008 | Astros | Bottom 7th | 2 | Behind 2-4 | 2 | +.348 | 52% |
9/25/2008 | Pirates | Bottom 10th | 2 | Tied 1-1 | 4 | +.342 | 100% |
9/23/2011 | Marlins | Bottom 8th | 1 | Tied 1-1 | 3 | +.305 | 97% |
7/13/2007 | Rockies | Bottom 3rd | 2 | Behind 0-2 | 3 | +.302 | 63% |
Hopefully Braun is ok after his groin tightened today. The Brewers need to keep his bat in the lineup.