Thursday’s series finale in San Francisco was a marathon sparked by none other than rookie Austin Riley, in the 8th inning of the game, with the Giants leading 4-2 and Vanderbilt-product Dansby Swanson on first base, Austin Riley came to the plate with what seemed like a boulder on his shoulders and what did he do? He took Tony Watson’s 93 mile-per-hour fastball deep into the San Francisco afternoon. His fifth homer in his ninth career game, that traveled out of the ballpark at 104 mph off of his bat. He also secured the Braves’ win Thursday with a single that brought home the go-ahead runner. Riley has now homered in 18 of his last 27 at bats, going to back to his time at Gwinnett where he had 13 round trippers. He is scorching hot. The 8th-inning shot put him in the history books. Making him the first Braves player in 111 years to have 5 homers in his first 9 at-bats at the big league level. He’s with a team that has seen its fair share of sluggers like: Hank Aaron, Chipper Jones,, Eddie Matthews and Dale Murphy but I’m not sure we’ve ever seen anything like him. He’s just the second Major-Leaguer in history, age 22-or younger to accomplish the feat joining Carlos Delgado (1993-1994). He’s nine games into his career and he’s already etched his name into not only Atlanta’s history books but also the Major League Baseball history books. He’s putting up video game numbers in real-life. It’s honestly breathtaking. What can’t he do? He saved the game from ending in regulation by making a sliding grab in left field in the ninth inning to go along with the blast. I don’t know how to describe this kid. It’s truly a treat to watch him play the game. What can we expect from him tomorrow?