Drake Baldwin joins rare Braves company with five-hit, two-homer day

An injured list stint in the middle of May appeared to have put Atlanta Braves catcher Drake Baldwin into a bit of a funk.

Baldwin struggled mightily during his first month back off the injured but for the last two weeks, Baldwin has once again found his swing and joined an exclusive franchise list with a stellar game on Sunday.

Drake Baldwin collects five hits, smashes two home runs

After collecting five hits and driving in six runs in the first two games of Atlanta's series against the Texas Rangers, Baldwin decided to match that hit total in Sunday's series finale.

Baldwin went 5-for-5 with two home runs and two RBI in Sunday's 8-5 win against the Rangers. In doing so, Baldwin became the first Braves player since Ozzie Albies in 2021 to homer twice during a five-hit performance.

According to Braves beat writer Mark Bowman, the only other Atlanta players to accomplish that feat this century were Andruw Jones (2006) and Gary Sheffield (2003).