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The Legend of Ronald Acuna Grows After Heroic Grand Slam to Save Braves' Season

The Atlanta Braves' season is on the brink.

They're one loss away from oblivion. Or, at least one loss away from watching the remainder of the 2018 postseason from their couches.

Thanks to the fence-clearing exploits of budding 20-year-old superstar Ronald Acuna Jr., the Braves live to fight another day.

Oblivion can wait. Acuna can't.

After failing to score in the first two games of their National League Division Series matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta looked like a young team that had overachieved and was now in over its head against a more experienced postseason foe.