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Stat of the Night: Ryan Braun and Game-Changing Home Runs

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.