Acuna’s four hits help Braves win 6th straight

Ronald Acuna Jr. went 4 for 5, had two RBIs and scored the tiebreaking run in the fourth inning to help the NL Eastleading Braves win their season-best sixth straight game with a 10-5 victory over Washington on Friday in Atlanta.

The Braves stayed 7 games ahead of second-place Philadelphia. Any combination of nine Atlanta victories or Phillies’ losses will give the Braves their first division title since 2013.

Nationals ace Max Scherzer (17-7) endured his shortest outing of the year, four innings, while allowing six runs.

Juan Soto, Washington’s 19-year-old left fielder, homered in his fourth straight game and ran a long way to catch a liner in the third. Soto’s 20th homer gave him the third-most homers by a teenager in MLB history; Soto trails only teammate Bryce Harper (22) and Tony Conigliaro (24). METS 8, RED SOX 0 >> Noah Syndergaard (12-3) pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and New York hit four homers to snap host Boston’s four-game winning streak.

TIGERS 5, INDIANS 4 >> Andrew Miller gave up two RBI doubles in the seventh as host Cleveland’s march to the AL Central title was slowed by Detroit. The Indians’ magic number is at one. DODGERS 3, CARDINALS 0 >> Rookie Walker Buehler (7-5) allowed two hits in eight innings, Yasiel Puig homered twice, and visiting Los Angeles drew even with St. Louis in the NL wildcard race.

NOTES >> Aaron Judge took another step in his return from a broken right wrist when the Yankees activated him from the disabled list but said he is limited for now to playing in the outfield and pinch running. He played right field for two innings Friday . ... Cubs reliever Pedro Strop will miss the rest of the regular season with a left hamstring strain.