With his foot on the gas and looking at the 100 home runs, the Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr. showed it on Tuesday by blowing up the fence for the second day in a row and being only two hits from his first hundred.
The one from La Sabana once again punished the Nationals pitching, although this time I cannot prevent the capital from winning 11-6 over their Braves.
Acuña threw it in the fifth inning against reliever Austin Voth to drive in two lines and bring Atlanta closer on the scoreboard (6-3). The hit, which is the Creole’s 17th this season, traveled 432 feet.
The Nats took off in the seventh with a three-dash cluster and put the icing on the cake in the eighth with a two-run homer from ace Juan Soto.
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Atlanta discounted dribbles in the seventh and ninth, but was never close to coming back.
In the end the victory went to Austin Voth (2-0), although he allowed Acuña’s home run, and the backhand was aimed at Max Fried (2-3)
“The abuser” he finished the engagement 4-3 with a walk, a pair of RBIs and three runs scored to bring his average to .294.
