The Atlanta Braves, the top team in baseball, have gotten all they can handle from the sub-.500 Pirates two games into a four-game series in Pittsburgh
The Braves dropped the opener 7-6, then needed three runs in the ninth inning Tuesday for a comeback 8-6 win to snap a three-game losing streak
Atlanta got a scare Tuesday when leadoff hitter Ronald Acuna Jr. left the game after getting hit with a pitch on the left elbow. The team said X-rays showed no break
"We'll just see what he feels like in the morning," Braves manager Brian Snitker said
The Pirates, pushing to build for the future, had won three of four games before Tuesday, when they hit four homers but All-Star closer David Bednar blew a save in the ninth
"It's a hard lineup to navigate," Pittsburgh manager Derek Shelton said
It doesn't look to get easier for the Pirates on Wednesday given the pitching matchup
Atlanta left-hander Max Fried (3-1, 1.