Acuña accounts for all 4 runs as Braves hold off Phillies

Published September 17, 2022 8:46 pm

By GEORGE HENRY
AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. homered and drove in four runs off Aaron Nola and flashed some fancy defense in right field, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The victory was dampened because of a broken right pinky finger sustained by second baseman Ozzie Albies, who was injured sliding head-first safely into second base in the fourth inning. Acuña went deep for the second straight game, making it 2-0 in the third and tagging Nola for a two-run double in the fourth. He ran forward and stretched out to strand the bases loaded by robbing Bryce Harper of extra bases in the fifth with Atlanta leading 4-0.

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