Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr. scored three runs and Curacao’s Ozzie Albies another and produced two to support the Dominican Reynaldo López, in the Braves’ 6-5 victory over the New York Mets this Tuesday.
López (1-0), who pitched before his home crowd at Truist Park in Atlanta, completed six scoreless innings, in which he was hit three times, walked three and struck out six to earn his first victory in the uniform. of the Braves.
Coaches Brian Snitker also had an RBI from the Dominican Marcell Ozuna, who with his hit extended his hitting streak to nine games.
The combination of Albies and Acuña Jr. began to make itself felt in the same first inning, when the second baseman from Curacao hit a double to right field, with which he dragged the Venezuelan, and current Most Valuable Player of the National League, to the register.
The Atlanta team returned to the attack in the third, when Austin Riley fired an indisputable hit to center field, which Acuña Jr. took advantage of to add the second run for the home team.
The Braves continued to attack and added one more score by hitting the right field, taking Albies to the buzzer.
The third score of that third inning came from an unstoppable hit by Ozuna into the left field, driving in Riley.
Acuña Jr. scored his third run in the fifth inning, with a hit to the center of the field by Riley, putting the Braves ahead by five runs (5-0).
The sixth was driven by Albies in the sixth inning, with a grounder to the second baseman, causing Travis d’Arnaud to step on the rubber.
The Mets’ response came in the eighth inning, when they scored three runs on a home run by Pete Alonso, who found Venezuelan Omar Narváez and Brandon Nimmo on the bases.
In the ninth, Narváez hit a two-base hit to right field, driving in a run, and then scored on a ground ball to Dominican second baseman Starling Marte.
The save for the Braves went to Cuban Raisel Iglesias (2), who despite being attacked with two runs was able to maintain the advantage for the winners.
The loss went to starter Adrian Houser (0-1), after allowing five runs in five innings for the Mets.
For the Braves, Acuña Jr. had three runs scored, Albies had one and two RBIs, and Ozuna had one RBI. For the Mets, Narváez stepped on the plate twice and drove in a run.
2024-04-10 19:27:03
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