Ronald Acuña Jr. had himself a stellar night against the New York Yankees, capped off by one of the best defensive gems of the season – if not the best.
It happened when New York Yankees baserunner Jorbit Vivas was trying to tag up from second base from Cody Bellinger’s deep flyball in the corner in right in the third inning.
But Acuña was positioned perfectly for a flat-footed throw for the ages to third baseman Nacho Alvarez Jr. that surprised Vivas – as well as everyone at Truist Park – to complete the spectacular sequence.
“That was like a Roberto Clemente throw,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said about the highlight-reel throw, referencing the Pirates legend for his incredible arm.
Braves’ Ronald Acuña makes incredible throw to tag out Yankees’ runner at third base.
It was the best moment of the Braves’ win over the Yankees 7-3 on Friday night as both teams resumed action after the All-Star break.
Spencer Strider (4-7) threw six shutout innings, striking out eight and allowing three hits and three walks. Acuña was 2 for 3 with a double and a triple.
“I just always try to anticipate those plays,” Acuña said through a translator after the game. “I was just trying to kind of get ready and thankfully I have a good arm.”
“[Vivas] Found, “Yankis’ manager Aaron Boon said.” This cannot happen now. I did all my career on a third basis, just a kind of game dumb, dead dead. And what’s this [Vivas] Reading. Alverez’s body language, just immersed it. He knew that it was a deep fly ball, so it caught him. ,
Ian Hamilton (1–1) suffered losses after leading a bullet game for Yankis for three runs in the first innings. Rico Garcia left his three-rran homer in the third, making her debut with Yennaiis.
The New York Star Aaron Judge was 1 for 4 with three strikes three days after playing in his seventh all-star game in the same park.
Jiancarlo Stantton doubled a pinch-hit two runs for Yankis in the seventh innings.
In addition, on Friday, Yankis right-handed Luis Gill started his second rehabilitation for the double-e-somcet, played 3 1/3 innings and gave two hits and two runs. He is recovering from a stressful right lat from spring training.
Yenkis cut it 7-3 in the seventh and judged two outsiders with men in the first and third place, but Dialyn Lee hit Slogger at the entire count.
Six shutouts for Sturder completed the line in the second season for the second time that matched an outing against Colorado on 14 June.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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