Acuña hits a house run the place!? Higher deck, child

NEW YORK — Ronald Acuña Jr. astonished his teammates and rewarded one well-positioned fan with the monstrous house run he hit within the first recreation of the Braves’ doubleheader vs. the Mets at Citi Field on Monday afternoon.

Acuña’s second-inning solo homer off John Curtiss sailed into the third deck, excessive above the left-center-field wall.  Television cameras briefly misplaced the ball in flight, then confirmed it being held by a person who had caught it within the higher deck.

Acuña’s house run had a Statcast-projected 114.5 mph exit velocity and went a projected 448 ft.  It was the sixth-hardest-hit homer and the 14th-longest homer of the Braves outfielder’s profession.