The good news is that the Braves proved they can create an offensive outbreak without being carried by Ronald Acuna Jr. The bad news is that they may have to.
Freddie Freeman, Travis d’Arnaud, Ehire Adrianza, and Guillermo Heredia all homered off Kyle Hendricks in the top of a 6 run 1st inning, and Heredia added a second homer, a grand slam in a 6 run 6th. However, Acuna left the game after walking and scoring in the 4th, with “pain in his lower abdominal muscles.