ATLANTA (CBSMiami/AP) — It was a long day in Georgia for the struggling Miami Marlins.
Ronald Acuna Jr. pulled off one of the rarest feats in baseball history, hitting leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader to lead the first-place Atlanta Braves to a sweep of the Marlins on Monday.
The 20-year-old rookie hit an opposite-field drive into the Braves’ bullpen in Game 1 , powering Atlanta to a 9-1 victory. Haitian-American Touki Toussaint pitched six strong innings to claim the win in his major league debut.
It was more of the same from Acuna in the nightcap.