The Braves of Atlanta were crushed in their first series of series against athletics, but eclipse the beat was the absence of a right field player Star Ronald Acuna Jr.
Acuna spent the match on Tuesday with a lower stiffness, and the brave hope that the former MVP of the National League to return to alignment on Wednesday evening when they face athletics in West Sacramento, California.
Acuna was scratched about 50 minutes before the start of the 10-1 defeat against the A, which hit five circuits when the three games were opened.
The quintuple All-Star said he felt a pinch a few hours before the first throw when he trained.
“The first day of each series is the day of the gymnasium for me,” said Acuna through a translator after the competition. “I was in there and I made a movement and I somehow felt that it is tightening on me.”
The pain prevented Acuna from taking shot practices and led to its subsequent withdrawal of the programming.
“They treated him the whole match,” said Atlanta manager Brian Snitker. “We will see how it is (Wednesday).”
The time for the injury is not ideal.
The star match will take place next Tuesday in Atlanta, and Acuna is a starter for the National League. He should also participate in the Home Run Derby on Monday.
However, Acuna didn’t want to look too far.
“I think we have to take it day by day and see what I feel,” said Acuna. “My first priority is to be able to join the team and help the guys on the field.”
Braves could certainly use the help. The defeat on Monday was their fifth consecutive and 10th in 12 games when they came across a first match of the season below 0.500.
The A have their own concerns for injuries while the American league starting the All-Star Jacob Wilson Cop-Court stop suffered a left contusion when it was struck by a land at the end of the first round and had to go out.
The radiographs were negative and Wilson will be reassessed on Wednesday.
Lawrence Butler struck two circuits and Nick Kurtz struck his first big slam in a career while athletics sprout in an advance of 9-0 after two rounds. All-Star Brent Rooker and Max Muncy also went deep.
The first butler circuit was a parker inside – the first of the head of the head of the head from Elmer Valo transformed the trick on June 25, 1943 for the Philadelphia A. The route of Butler struck the wall in the right center and ricoché on the right.
“When I hit him, I didn’t think I had it so well,” said Butler. “But I looked at the good defender and he looked at the central field player as if he didn’t know where the ball was. Then I looked at the central field player and he didn’t even move, so I said to myself a bit like” maybe it’s a home run “.
“Then I saw the ball hit the ground and bounce back and I am like” I have to score “. It was a crazy game.”
Bryce Elder (2-6, 5.92 ERA) of the Braves and his right-handed colleague Mitch Spence (2-4, 4.06) of A will be beginners on Wednesday.
The elder lost against the Los Angeles Angels last Thursday when he abandoned four points and eight sure in five rounds in a possible 5-1 victory. Elder has a career start to the A, launching seven rounds and abandoning a point in a possible 2-1 defeat on May 30, 2023. He made a decision without a decision.
Spence served three circuits as he lost against the Rays of Tampa Bay 6-5 on July 2. He granted four points and seven strokes in five rounds.
Spence never faced the brave.
– field level media
