Sunday's Braves Report: Teheran sharp, Acuna homers ASAP again; and more
Teheran tough, Acuna a leadoff rerun
Julio Teheran’s sluggish start was short-lived, and damage-free, as he went seven innings in Atlanta’s 5-1 win over Pittsburgh.
Ronald Acuna set a team record with his seventh leadoff homer, and he’s up to 16 homers since the break.
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Monday, 1:05 p.m., vs. Boston, ESPN/FSSE
Tuesday, 7:35 p.m., vs. Boston, FSSE
Wednesday, 12:10 p.m., vs. Boston, FSSE
Thursday, 9:40 p.m., at Arizona, FSSE
Friday, 9:40 p.m., at Arizona, FSSE
From beat writers Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mark Bowman/MLB.com, and David O’Brien/The Athletic on Twitter (and others when notable)
Ronald Acuna Jr. is something else, man. Crushed a leadoff homer, his seventh of the season, off Nick Kingham. 1-1./Adam Berry, mlb.com
Acuña received a high-and-inside pitch. He homered the next one. His 23rd. 1-1./GB
Acuña has 12 homers, 7 doubles, 22 RBIs, 5 steals and a .374 BA in 99 at-bats over his past 26 games./DOB
Ronald Acuña Jr. has hit 10 home runs since Aug. 11. The Pirates have hit eight home runs since Aug. 11./AB
Braves reacquired OF Preston Tucker from the Reds for cash considerations./GB
Teheran has recorded 19 outs in past 20 batters beginning with final out of 1st inning. Gave up leadoff single in 7th but then induced a GIDP from next batter, Mercer. Head to bottom of 7th with score 1-1./DOB
Routine grounder by Freeman with one out, but Newman booted it and Acuna scored from second. E4. 2-1, Braves./AB
That'll do it. Pirates lose, 5-1. They are 66-71. They lost all three series on this 10-day road trip./AB
Braves beat Pirates 5-1 with 4-run 8th inning, win series and open a 4-game lead over the second-place Phillies in NL East./DOB