Ronald Acuna Jr Hits 2 Home Runs & 4 RBI’s – Atlanta Braves Highlights – August 14, 2018
At SunTrust Park – Final Score: Braves 10 Marlins 6
Ronald Acuna Jr Hits 2 Home Runs & 4 RBI’s Against The Miami Marlins On August 14, 2018!
Ronald Acuña Jr. has homered in five straight games, tying the franchise modern-era record for most consecutive games with a home run. Prior to Acuña Jr., the last Braves player to hit a home run in five straight was Brian McCann in 2006.
Acuña Jr. has homered in seven of eight, with eight total in this stretch.
The Braves other than Acuña Jr. and McCann to homer in five straight games are Rogers Hornsby (1928), Ozzie Virgil Jr. (1987), Eddie Miller (1940), Jeff Burroughs (1977), Joe Adcock (1956), Hank Aaron (1966), and Chipper Jones (2004).
Atlanta Braves Outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. has led off three consecutive games with a home run. He is the first player to do so since Baltimore’s Brady Anderson, who led off four straight games with a homer, April 18-21, to set the major league record.
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“Freddie (Freeman) and I are sitting there, he’s in the hole there, and we’re looking at each other like, ‘My God, are we really seeing this?'”
— @Braves manager Brian Snitker on Ronald Acuña Jr.’s ridiculous run pic.twitter.com/Afgwk6xVKb
— FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) August 15, 2018
“I was just thinking, ‘Man I gotta follow this up? This happened again?'”
Charlie Culberson followed up Ronald Acuña Jr.’s first-pitch homer with his own first-pitch homer to start the game.#Braves | #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/8YTrr1HXmU
— FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) August 15, 2018
Leading off 3 straight games with a dinger?
Yep, that’ll get @ronaldacunajr24 the Batcast™ treatment. pic.twitter.com/4TkDv1W3iS
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 15, 2018
Ronald Acuña Jr., Freddie Freeman and Charlie Culberson combined to smash four home runs as the @Braves increased their NL East lead.#Braves | #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/75oVXhxett
— FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) August 15, 2018
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