Without a lot leisure supplied by the house staff on the diamond, some knucklehead followers determined to take issues into their very own arms on Monday night time at Coors Field in Denver.
Braves celebrity Ronald Acuna Jr. was approached on the sphere by two spectators in the course of the seventh inning throughout Atlanta’s 14-4 victory over the Rockies. The first fan ran in the direction of Acuna Jr. wrapping his arms round him and the opposite knocked the outfielder to the bottom as safety tried to pry them off of him.
“I was a little scared at first,” Acuña mentioned after the incident. “I think the fans were out there and asking for pictures. I really couldn’t say anything because at that point, security was already there and we were already kind of tangled up, but security was able to get there and everything’s OK. We’re all OK and I hope they’re OK.”
Outfielders Michael Harris III and Kevin Pillar ran to the correct fielder to ensure their MVP frontrunner was not in harms manner.
“Thankfully, they weren’t there to do any harm, but you just never know during those situations,” mentioned Pillar. “They were extreme fans and wanted to get a picture, put their hands on him. But in no way is it appropriate for people to leave the stands, even more to put their hands on someone else.”
Acuna tied profession highs with 4 hits and 5 RBIs, hitting a homer and stealing two bases to extend his main league-leading complete to 61 on Monday. He turned the fourth participant with 25 or extra homers and 60 or extra steals, becoming a member of Hall of Famers Joe Morgan (1973, ‘76) and Rickey Henderson (1986, ‘90), together with Eric Davis (1986).
The celebrity has put collectively an unimaginable season as he fends off a late push from Dodgers celebrity Mookie Betts for the NL MVP. The 25-year-old is slashing .335/.418/.572 with 29 homers and 79 RBI.
He is one homer shy of turning into the primary 30/60 participant because the Venezuelan native leads the league in stolen bases (61) is in prime place to take house his first profession MVP award.
“He’s a special, special player, a gifted young man,” Braves supervisor Brian Snitker mentioned. “Anything he’s going to do in this game is not going to surprise me. I just think he’s that talented.”
— With News Wire Services
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