Acuña continues pursuit to affix 40-40 membership in Atlanta’s win

ATLANTA — Somewhere within the midst of the Braves’ newest homer fest, Ronald Acuña Jr. created purpose to consider he may certainly be a part of the unique 40-40 membership and change into its most unusual member.  

Acuña accounted for 2 of the 5 homers the Braves drilled whereas snapping a three-game skid in an 8-5 win over the Cardinals on Thursday night time at Truist Park. His third multihomer recreation of the season left him six house runs shy of recording the fifth 40-homer, 40-steal season in AL/NL historical past.

Matt Olson elevated his MLB-leading house run complete to 47 to again Max Fried’s six innings. Michael Harris II and Travis d’Arnaud additionally went deep for the Braves. Atlanta’s five-homer night time is the tenth time Atlanta has finished so this yr — an MLB-best. The Astros rank second with seven such video games.