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Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his seventh leadoff homer of the season and scored the tiebreaking run in a four-run eighth inning to help the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Sunday. The 20-year-old Acuna singled off Steven Brault to begin the eighth, advanced on a bunt and scored from second on a headfirst slide after second baseman Kevin Newman errantly let Freddie Freeman's hard grounder bounce between his legs and roll into shallow right field. Acuna's first-inning shot was his 23rd overall and tied the franchise record for leadoff homers that Marquis Grissom set in 1996. Continue to Article

September 02, 2018 8:19:pm EST

Julio Teheran has had a so-so season for Atlanta, but he may be the perfect pitcher to have on the mound Sunday as the Braves continue to try to hold first place in the National League East. Teheran is 4-1 with a 2.51 ERA in 10 career games (nine starts) against Pittsburgh and has allowed only one earned run in his past 27 1/3 innings against the Pirates. The Braves (75-60) snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-3 comeback victory over the Pirates on Saturday night and lead the Phillies, who lost to the Chicago Cubs 7-1 in Philadelphia, by three games. Continue to Article

September 01, 2018 11:02:pm EST

Eddie Pepperell will likely require a captain's pick to make the European Ryder Cup ... and he's going all out with the biennial competition around the corner. But not only did the 27-year-old get the opportunity to audition in person for captain Thomas Continue to Article

September 01, 2018 4:05:pm EST

The Red Sox added no players before the Friday waiver deadline but have called up five players from Triple-A Pawtucket and activated three off the disabled list now that MLB rosters have expanded for the final month of the season.Prior to tonight's game Continue to Article

September 01, 2018 12:36:pm EST

Josh Donaldson is heading to the Cleveland Indians after he was acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays traded 2015 American League MVP and three-time MLB All-Star Donaldson to the Indians for a player to be named later. Donaldson – who also attracted interest from the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St Louis Cardinals – was on a rehab assignment with the Single-A Dunedin Blue Jays on Friday. Continue to Article

September 01, 2018 12:04:am EST

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