Acuna’s rare feat fuels Braves’ wins

ATLANTA — Ronald Acuna Jr. pulled off one of the rarest feats in baseball history, hitting leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader to lead the first-place Atlanta Braves to a sweep of the Miami Marlins on Monday.

The 20-year-old rookie appeared to be only the fourth player in baseball history to hit a pair of leadoff homers in a doubleheader, helping the Braves win 9-1 and 6-1. Two of the others to pull off the feat, Rickey Henderson and Harry Hooper, are in the Hall of Fame.

ATHLETICS 7, MARINERS 6: Jed Lowrie had four RBIs, and Oakland held off a rally from Seattle to pull within two games of the first-place Astros in the AL West.

CARDINALS 7, NATIONALS 6: Paul DeJong handed Washington its second straight walkoff loss, capping a back-and-forth finish with a game-ending solo homer in the ninth inning of St. Louis’ victory.

RANGERS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Bartolo Colon won his first start since setting the record for victories by a Latin American pitcher, going five innings to help Texas defeat visiting Arizona.

TIGERS 9, WHITE SOX 5: Nicholas Castellanos had a career-high five hits, including a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning, and drove in five runs as Detroit defeated visiting Chicago.

METS 8, YANKEES 5: Jacob deGrom struck out 12, and the Mets backed him in a big way, hitting five home runs while battering the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.

ROYALS 3, BLUE JAYS 1: Ryan O’Hearn homered and drove in a career-high three runs, Brad Keller threw seven innings, and host Kansas City beat Toronto.

INDIANS 10, REDS 3: Jose Ramirez connected for his 35th homer and finished with three RBIs, helping Cleveland pull away for a victory at Cincinnati.

ANGELS 6, PADRES 3: Kole Calhoun hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the 10th inning, and Los Angeles went on to defeat host San Diego.

GIANTS 5, DODGERS 2: Nick Hundley hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth inning, and San Francisco rallied for a victory at Los Angeles.