Acuña scores 3 times in return as Braves surge past Marlins
MIAMI (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled, walked twice and scored three times in his return and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 8-4 on Tuesday. It was Acuña’s first game since being sidelined May 2 because of a left hamstring strain.
He batted leadoff as the designated hitter. Mauricio Dubón had three hits, including a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning. Matt Olson walked twice, had two hits and drove in three runs, while Michael Harris II homered and singled for the NL East-leading Braves.
Dubón reached on a two-out infield single to put Atlanta ahead 5-4 after Marlins reliever Calvin Faucher (4-3) walked Mike Yastrzemski, Ha-Seong Kim and Acuña to load the bases. Olson followed with a two-run single to make it 7-4. Kim added an RBI single in the ninth.
Dylan Lee (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief for the win. Braves starter Martín Perez allowed four runs and five hits and struck out a career-high 10 in five innings. GUARDIANS 4, TIGERS 3 DETROIT (AP) — Travis Bazzana hit a two-run homer, Cade Smith pitched out of a jam in the ninth inning, and Cleveland held off Detroit for their fourth straight victory.
Brayan Rocchio drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning with a groundout that allowed Steven Kwan to score. Smith got into trouble in the ninth when Matt Vierling and Kevin McGonigle hit one-out singles to put runners on first and second. But Smith struck out Jahmal Jones looking and Dillon Dingler swinging for his 15th save in 17 opportunities, handing the Tigers a fourth straight loss.
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