ATLANTA — Spencer Strider wore a Ronald Acuña Jr. 30-60 T-shirt and said: “He’s going to negate the shirt pretty quickly.”
New T-shirts with 40-70 may be needed soon.
Acuña homered twice on his bobblehead night and stole his 67th base, leaving him one long ball shy of becoming the majors’ first 40-60 player, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-3 on Tuesday night to stop a four-game losing streak.
“I just thank God I’ve been able to stay healthy,” Acuña said through a translator. “I feel like if I am healthy I am able to do the things I’ve done.