Saturday's Braves Report: Teheran struggles; Hank speaks out on speaking out; Acuna return closer

Teheran struggles early in loss to Orioles

                   A week after a solid performance against San Diego, Julio Teheran took a step back with his worst start of the season in a 7-5 home loss to Baltimore.

                   It started with a first-inning grand slam to Mark Trumbo.

                   Atlanta mounted a comeback down 7-1, behind Ozzie Albies and Nick Markakis.

Hank Aaron supports athletes who speak out

Acuna on his rehab assignment

Vicaino still battling shoulder issue

From beat writers David O'Brien and Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter

Teheran has allowed 15 earned runs and five homers in the first inning of his 15 starts, while the fourth inning (10 runs) is the only other in which he’s allowed more than five runs./DOB

Bundy allowed 7 ER without recording an out vs. KC on 5/8, but his first-inning ERA (8.40) is still lower than the one posted by Teheran (9.00), who has allowed a first-inning run in 7 of his 15 starts./MB

Teheran has allowed 3 walks in each of his past 7 starts, has a 6.05 ERA in that span with 31 hits, 26 earned runs, 9 homers, 21 walks, 31 K in 38 2/3 innings/DOB

Vizcaino received a c/Mortisone injection earlier this week. His shoulder has bothered him all year and forced him to take occasional breaks. It looks like he’ll be available today.

Tucker is clearing out his locker. The Braves need a roster spot for a pitcher. Once Santana came up yesterday, Tucker became the likely candidate to be sent down when Acuna returns. So whichever pitcher gets called up might just stick around a couple days until Acuna returns./MB

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