Acuña Jr. Exits Braves-Rockies Game with Hamstring Tightness

Atlanta Braves star right fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. exited Saturday night's game against the Colorado Rockies in the top of the second inning after sustaining left hamstring tightness while running out a ground ball to first base.

The injury occurred at Coors Field in Denver, with the Braves leading 2-0. Acuña, who had opened the game with a leadoff single in the top of the first and scored on teammate Drake Baldwin's two-run homer, hit a groundout in the second that advanced a runner. He pulled up lame about halfway down the basepath, grabbed his left hamstring and was examined by team medical staff before walking gingerly to the dugout. Eli White replaced him in right field, and no immediate update on Acuña's condition was available.

The 28-year-old Acuña, a five-time All-Star and the 2023 National League MVP, has appeared in all 34 of Atlanta's games this season after a torn ACL in May 2024 sidelined him for much of the past two years, limiting him to a combined 144 games. He entered Saturday batting .252 with two home runs, nine RBIs, 17 runs scored and a team-leading seven stolen bases. Earlier reports noted a slash line of .248/.360/.376 and a 23-game on-base streak,...