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ATLANTA -- Ronald Acuña Jr. created historical past but once more as he recorded his fortieth steal for the Braves of their sequence opener towards the Guardians at Progressive Field on Monday evening.

Acuña’s third-inning stolen base made him the primary participant in AL/NL historical past to file 40-plus stolen bases, hit 20-plus homers and file 50-plus RBIs earlier than the All-Star break.

Given the All-Star break doesn’t at all times start on the identical actual level of each season, it could be much more spectacular to level out that he's additionally the primary participant to ever hit not less than 20 homers, steal not less than 40 bases and drive in not less than 50 runs by his staff’s first 84 video games of the season.

In reality, the one different gamers to file 40-plus stolen bases and file a double-digit homer complete by their staff’s first 84 video games had been Rickey Henderson (1985, 1986 and 1990), Eric Davis (1986) and Kenny Lofton (1994).

Acuña joins Rickey Henderson, Eric Davis & Kenny Lofton as solely gamers w/ 40+ SB & 10+ HR via staff's first 84 G. He's the one w/ 40+SB & 20+ HR

2023 Acuña 21 HR, 40 SB1990 Henderson 17, 41 1986 Henderson 15, 49 1986 Davis 12, 421985 Henderson 11, 411994 Lofton, 10, 45

— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) July 4, 2023

Along with creating historical past with the stolen base, Acuña additionally created some concern when he appeared to tweak his proper shoulder along with his head-first slide into second base. He stayed within the sport after a dialog with members of the medical employees after which once more satisfied them he was OK after scoring on an Ozzie Albies single.

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