Acuna powers Braves past Phillies with late rally
PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Ronald Acuña Jr. homered and drove in four runs as the Atlanta Braves rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday.
Acuña’s three-run homer in the eighth inning tied the score 4-4, and Austin Riley followed with an RBI triple in the ninth to score Ozzie Albies. Acuña also had a sacrifice fly in the sixth. The Braves improved to 85-58.
Philadelphia led 2-0 after the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Luis Arraez and an RBI double by Alec Bohm. Derek Hill and Kyle Schwarber hit solo homers in the seventh to make it 4-1.
Tyler Mahle allowed no earned runs over six innings for Atlanta. Dylan Lee (6-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win, and Raisel Iglesias recorded his 31st save. Jhoan Duran (2-5) took the loss. Aaron Nola allowed one earned run in seven innings for the Phillies, who dropped to 80-63.
Attendance was 42,793, and the game lasted 2:42.