Braves’ Acuna leaves game in sixth with bone bruise in thumb

MIAMI — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.. was eliminated in the sixth inning of Thursday’s 9-3 win over the Miami Marlins due to ache in his left thumb.

Manager Walt Weiss stated after the game that Acuna has a bone bruise in his thumb, however added he thinks the star proper fielder will probably be nice.

“I feel good,” Acuna stated in Spanish afterward, including that he felt tightness in his thumb in the course of the game. “It’s the first time something like that has happened.”

Acuna was experiencing ache and had his thumb examined in the course of the fifth earlier than exiting with the Braves up 6-2. Eli White changed him at proper discipline.

“He was trying to talk his way into the lineup tomorrow as soon as the game was over, so I think he’s going to be all right,” Weiss stated.

It was Acuna’s third game again after being sidelined with a left hamstring pressure since May 2.

He had two hits on Thursday, together with an RBI single that put the Braves forward 5-2 in the fifth.

Acuna left in the second inning in opposition to the Rockies on May 2 with hamstring tightness earlier than an MRI revealed the pressure. He was trying to expire a grounder earlier than he pulled up about midway down the road and grabbed at his hamstring.

The five-time All-Star and 2023 NL MVP is batting .252 with two homers and a team-high seven steals. He had performed in the primary 34 video games this yr after a torn ACL he suffered in May 2024 restricted him to a mixed 144 video games over the previous two seasons.

The Braves took three of 4 at Miami for his or her 14th win in 16 collection and returned dwelling for a three-game collection in opposition to Washington.