Acuna singles, scores in debut, helps Braves beat Reds

CINCINNATI » Prized prospect Ronald Acuna Jr. looked like a polished veteran.

The 20-year-old Acuna singled and scored the tying run in the eighth inning of his big league debut, and the Atlanta Braves went on to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Wednesday night.

Acuna became the youngest player in the majors when he was called up from TripleA before the game. He went 1 for 5 and played left field.

“As soon as I hit the field, I felt at home,” Acuna said through a translator. “I felt comfortable.”

Acuna asked for jersey No. 13, following fellow Venezuelans Dave Concepcion, Ozzie Guillen and Omar Vizquel. The newcomer twice flied out deep, and struck out twice. YANKEES 7, TWINS 4 » Didi Gregorius homered for the fourth straight game and added two RBIs to his major league-leading total, sending New York past Minnesota in a hazy fog for the Yankees’ fifth consecutive victory. RED SOX 4, BLUE JAYS 3 » Mookie Betts homered twice and drove in three runs as Boston snapped its seasonhigh three-game losing streak with a win over Toronto. INDIANS 4, CUBS 1 » Francisco Lindor and Edwin Encarnacion hit sixth-inning home runs and Cleveland beat Chicago despite losing relief ace Andrew Miller to a left hamstring injury.

Miller grabbed the back of his leg after throwing two pitches to Anthony Rizzo in the seventh inning. The team announced he had left hamstring tightness. BREWERS 6, ROYALS 2 » Jhoulys Chacin efficiently mowed through the Kansas City lineup, Milwaukee manufactured four runs in the fourth inning and the Brewers went on to beat the Royals for their eighth consecutive victory. CARDINALS 9, METS 1 » Marcell Ozuna hit a tiebreaking two-run single and Michael Wacha won his fourth straight start as St. Louis Cardinals beat New York. ASTROS 5, ANGELS 2 » Justin Verlander pitched seven sharp innings, AL MVP Jose Altuve hit his first home run of the season and Houston beat Los Angeles. NATIONALS 15, GIANTS 2 » Trea Turner got five hits, Matt Adams homered and drove in six runs, and Washington broke out of an offensive funk in a big way. TIGERS 13, PIRATES 10» Nicholas Castellanos had four hits and a key home run and Detroit used 20 hits to outslug Pittsburgh in the opener of a doubleheader. MARINERS 4, WHITE SOX 3 » Mike Zunino homered and scored twice to back Seattle starter Felix Hernandez. ROCKIES 5, PADRES 2» Jon Gray struck out 11 in six dominant innings and David Dahl lined a two-run triple, lifting Colorado past San Diego.