{"id":857469,"date":"2026-09-23T06:28:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857469\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T06:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:28:42","slug":"braves-star-acuna-day-to-day-after-fouling-ball-off-left-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/857469\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves’ star Acu\u00f1a day-to-day after fouling ball off left leg"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA — Braves outfielder Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. left Atlanta’s game against Cincinnati in the third inning after fouling a ball<\/a> off his left leg Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Acu\u00f1a was listed as day-to-day with a contusion after X-rays and a CT scan showed no serious damage. He was able to walk slowly off the field under his own power after hobbling away from the battling circle and dropping to his knees in clear pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood news with Ronald,\u201d manager Walt Weiss said after the Braves lost to the Reds 4-0<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The injury comes with the playoffs just a week away for Atlanta, which clinched its seventh NL East title in the past nine years. The Braves are likely to open the playoffs hosting a best-of-three series against the lowest-seeded wild-card team.<\/p>\n

Asked if he had any worries about Acu\u00f1a being ready for the postseason, Weiss replied, \u201cNot as I sit here today, unless things change. But no, as I sit here today, no concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acu\u00f1a was tended to for several minutes by the Braves trainer, with Weiss looking on intently, before heading straight to the home clubhouse. <\/p>\n

\u201cVery concerned at the time,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cHe hits the ball so hard. His foul balls off the feet and legs are not the same as the average Joe. The ball comes off his bat so hot, so I was concerned at first.\u201d <\/p>\n

Acu\u00f1a went down on a 3-1 pitch from Brandon Williamson with the Reds up 1-0. The slugging outfielder took a big swing, sending the ball off his left shin, below the knee and just above a protective guard. He dropped to the dirt with a big grimace, pulled himself up and limped a few feet away from the box before going to the ground again.<\/p>\n

The 2023 NL MVP has been one of Atlanta’s hottest hitters down the stretch, hitting seven homers in his last 18 games \u2014 including a grand slam in a sweep of the Astros last weekend. He is batting .259 with 20 homers, 55 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ll see how he feels tomorrow,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cHe’s going to be sore. Obviously, we’ll err on the side of caution at this time of years. But all things considered, it’s good news.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Braves have five games left in the regular season. Brewer Hicklen took over the leadoff spot and right field after Acu\u00f1a left the game. <\/p>\n

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See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here<\/a><\/p>\n

On a 3-1 pitch, <\/p>\n

Acuna foul ball off left leg, just above a protective pad. Acuna went down in a heap, hobbled out of the batting circle and dropped to his knees again while attended to by manager Walt Weiss and the trainer. Acuna eventually left the game, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA — Braves outfielder Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. left Atlanta’s game against Cincinnati in the third inning after fouling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[1558,18318,363,2008,30997,99],"class_list":["post-857469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-medical-diagnostic-technology","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}