The lefty has given up six homers in his last four outings. Gore was charged with four hits and five runs in five innings and hasn’t won since April 26 at the Mets, a stretch of eight starts. The most important thing for me is to stay healthy.” “Sure, I think I could be playing better, but that’s not my primary focus. “I would say I’ve probably played my best baseball that I have throughout my big league career,” said Acuña, who leads the NL in stolen bases (28) and ranks second in batting average. It marked his fifth career game with at least three extra-base hits and first since last Aug. The 2018 NL Rookie of the Year went 3 for 4 and is batting. Just not very good.”Īcuña added an RBI double in the seventh to pad the lead at 6-3 and led off the first with a double, scoring on Austin Riley’s sacrifice fly to make it 1-all. I've got to do a better job of keeping the ball in the ballpark. “I got in some good counts and threw some bad pitches. It marked the first time in his last 11 homers that Acuña didn't reach 420 feet. Ozuna's 13th homer of the season sailed 426 feet to left and Acuña's 13th homer went 413 feet to right-center. Gore (3-5) made 39 pitches in the second as Atlanta went up 5-1. They hang together very well as a team and individually.” “They don't let last night affect what they're going to do today. “I always say they're so consistent in their work,” manager Brian Snitker said. “So it's important to win these games and win as many as you can early.”Īcuña and Marcell Ozuna each hit a two-run homer in the second inning off MacKenzie Gore and the Braves won their seventh consecutive game, 6-4 over Washington on Saturday.Īfter reeling off five straight comeback victories, the Braves avoided any suspense by taking an early lead in this one to improve to a National League-best 40-24 as they seek a sixth straight division title. “You never know, one of these games could cost you a playoff run,” Acuña said through an interpreter. The Atlanta Braves' three-time All-Star says he gets just as excited playing a last-place team as he does against a contender. has every intention of taking the Washington Nationals seriously.
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