SAN FRANCISCO -- Ronald Acuña made a habit this week of going back to the wall slowly, timing his leap, and jumping to catch a deep fly ball as a Giant dropped his head and the crowd groaned. But the Braves superstar could do nothing but watch as Tyler Austin's blast flew over his head and landed a dozen feet beyond the wall on Thursday afternoon.
Austin has been doing that pretty regularly, and he looks to be carving out a nice role for himself in an organization eager to embrace platoon life. Austin's homer off promising young reliever Sean Newcomb was his third in 33 at-bats against left-handed pitchers.