Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 4:05PM CST
On Sunday, the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves overcame the Pittsburgh Pirates with a final score of 5 to 1. The Braves secured their victory by scoring four runs in the eighth inning to break a tie. Earlier in the contest, Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his seventh leadoff home run of the season, and he went on to score the tiebreaking run during Atlanta's crucial rally in the eighth.
Date: Sunday, September 2nd, 2018
Time: 4:05PM CST
Stadium: Truist Park
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Attendance: 37,475
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATL |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - |
PIT |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Doubles: Acuña Jr. (22, Kingham)
Home Runs: Acuña Jr. (23, 1st inning off Kingham 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Acuña Jr. (50), Albies (63), Swanson (55)
2-out Runs Batted In: Swanson
Sacrifice Hit: Inciarte; Teherán
Team Left On Base: 6
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-9 (Swanson 1-1, Acuña Jr. 0-1, Inciarte 0-1, Duvall 0-1, F. Freeman 0-2, Albies 1-1, Camargo 1-1, Duda 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Acuña Jr. 1; Duvall 2; F. Freeman 1

First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Teherán 15/25; Winkler 3/3; Venters 0/2; Brach 2/3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Teherán 22-8-10-18; Winkler 1-1-2-3; Venters 1-2-0-2; Brach 2-0-0-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Teherán 11-5; Winkler 0-2; Venters 0-1; Brach 0-3
Game Scores: J Teheran 68

Double Plays: 2 (Albies-Swanson-F. Freeman 2)
Errors: Swanson (10, ground ball)

Stolen Bases: Albies (13, 2nd base off Neverauskas/Stallings)

Runs Batted In: Moran (49)
2-out Runs Batted In: Moran
Ground Into Double Play: Newman; Mercer
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-3 (Mercer 0-1, Polanco 0-1, Moran 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Mercer 1; Polanco 1

Wild Pitches: Neverauskas 2
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Kingham 7/19; Brault 10/14; Neverauskas 1/2
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Kingham 6-13-13-15; Brault 6-9-11-11; Neverauskas 0-4-0-1
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Kingham 4-7; Brault 3-2; Neverauskas 0-0
Game Scores: N Kingham 59

Errors: Mercer (10, ground ball); Newman (1, ground ball)

Stolen Bases: Polanco (11, 2nd base off Teherán/Flowers)
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