The Braves and Marlins have some dangerous blood, particularly regarding Ronald Acuña Jr. Round this time final yr, José Ureña deliberately threw at Acuña within the first at-bat of a recreation, resulting in a benches-clearing incident. Acuña was hit on the elbow and exited the sport however was in the end positive. Acuña’s crime? Simply being good at baseball. On the time, he had homered in 5 consecutive video games, together with three video games in opposition to the Marlins.
In 2019, the first-place Braves and last-place Marlins have principally minded their very own enterprise. The Marlins, nonetheless, can actually hold a grudge it seems. Together with his first pitch within the backside of the primary inning Tuesday evening in Atlanta, Marlins starter Elieser Hernández hit Acuña within the hip.
Residence plate umpire Alan Porter issued warnings to each dugouts. Braves supervisor Brian Snitker wasn’t comfortable about his aspect having obtained a warning for no cause, and was ejected by first base umpire Mark Wegner. Hernández would hit Adeiny Hechavarría with a pitch within the fourth inning — seemingly unintentionally — and was not ejected. Apart from that, there have been no extra incidents and cooler heads prevailed.
Acuña completed 1-for-Four within the Braves’ 5-1 win. Freddie Freeman hit two home runs and knocked in four runs.