Braves’ Acuna Jr. out for the year
MIAMI — Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. will undergo season-ending surgery after suffering a complete tear of the ACL in his right knee during Atlanta’s 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday.
An MRI showed the severity of the injury and the Braves made the announcement late Saturday night.
Acuna had been slated to start in the outfield for the NL All-Star team in Tuesday’s game, his third appearance. He was carted off the field after landing awkwardly after jumping on the warning track in right field to try to catch a drive from Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the fifth inning.
ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 4 (11): Jed Lowrie hit a tie-breaking RBI single in the 11th inning after an earlier home run and Oakland defeated Texas at Arlington.
DODGERS 22, DIAMONDBACKS 1: Mookie Betts and Justin Turner hit grand slams, A.J. Pollock and Albert Pujols hit two home runs each and host Los Angeles finished with eight home runs in a blowout of Arizona.
RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 2: Brandon Lowe homered twice and Mike Zunino also connected, helping host Tampa Bay defeat Toronto for the Ray’s sixth consecutive win.
PHILLIES 11, RED SOX 2: Jean Segura and Alec Bohm homered, and Philadelphia snapped Boston’s nine-game home winning streak.
ROCKIES 3, PADRES 0: German Marquez allowed three hits and struck out nine in seven scoreless innings and Charlie Blackmon drove in two runs as Colorado won at San Diego.
GIANTS 10, NATIONALS 4: All-Star Brandon Crawford had three hits, including his 18th home run, and San Francisco thumped Washington at home. Anthony DeSclafani pitched three-hit ball over six scoreless innings.
WHITE SOX 8, ORIOLES 3: Brian Goodwin had four hits, including a solo homer, and drove in three runs as Chicago won at Baltimore.
REDS 4, BREWERS 3: Eugenio Suarez hit a home run in the ninth inning against All-Star closer Josh Hader and Cincinnati won at Milwaukee.
MARINERS 2, ANGELS 0: Seattle starter Chris Flexen held Los Angeles to three hits in seven scoreless innings and Luis Torrens added an RBI triple as the Mariners won at home.
CARDINALS 6, CUBS 0: Paul Goldschmidt, Paul DeJong and Tommy Edman homered in the fifth inning and Kwang Hyun Kim struck out seven in six innings as St. Louis won at Chicago.
TWINS 9, TIGERS 4: Jorge Polanco hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning and Minnesota rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Detroit at Minneapolis.
INDIANS 14, ROYALS 6: Cesar Hernandez and Oscar Mercado each hit a three-run homer, and Cleveland won at home. Hernandez’s 15th homer capped a six-run fourth inning against Mike Minor (6-8).
PIRATES, METS SPLIT A PAIR: Pete Alonso homered, Jeff McNeil drove in two runs and the New York Mets beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 for a doubleheader split. In the opener, Tyler Anderson pitched five innings and hit a tie-breaking homer, leading Pittsburgh to a 6-2 victory at New York.