Acuña injures knee, is done for season

Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. will have seasonending surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee after he was injured during Atlanta’s 54 win over the host Miami Marlins on Saturday.

An MRI exam showed the severity of the injury and the Braves announced shortly before midnight EDT that their threetime AllStar will be out until at least next year.

Acuña landed awkwardly on his right leg after jumping on the warning track in right field going for a drive from Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the fifth inning. The 23yearold hit the wall and crumpled on the warning track, grabbing his right knee while Chisholm ran out an insidethepark homer.

Acuña is hitting .283 with 24 home runs and 52 RBIs for the threetime defending NL East champs. His place on the NL AllStar team was filled by Padres third baseman Manny Machado.

Yankees 1, Astros 0: In Houston, Yankees ace Gerrit Cole demanded on the mound that manager Aaron Boone let him get the final out, then struck out Yordan Alvarez with a 99 mph fastball on his career-high 129th pitch to cap the shutout. Aaron Judge hit a homer in the third inning.

Rays 5, Blue Jays 2: Brandon Lowe homered twice as host Tampa Bay won its sixth straight game.

Twins 9, Detroit 4: Jorge Polanco hit a go-ahead threerun homer in the seventh inning and host Minnesota rallied from down 4-0 to win.

White Sox 8, Orioles 3: Brian Goodwin had four hits, including a solo homer, and three RBIs as visiting Chicago got its fourth straight win.

Philles 11, Red Sox 2: Jean Segura and Alec Bohm homered, and Philadelphia snapped Boston’s nine-game home winning streak.

Pirates, Mets split: Pete Alonso homered, Jeff McNeil had two RBIs and host New York beat Pittsburgh 4-2 for a doubleheader split. In Game 1, Tyler Anderson pitched five innings and hit a tie-breaking homer in the Pirates’ 6-2 win.

Indians 14, Royals 6: Cesar Hernandez and Oscar Mercado each hit a three-run homer for host Cleveland. The Royals have dropped 15 of 18 games.

Reds 4, Brewers 3: Eugenio Suarez hit a solo shot in the ninth for visiting Cincinnati, which got a three-run shot from Nicholas Castellanos.

Cardinals 6, Cubs 0: Paul Goldschmidt, Tommy Edman and Paul DeJong homered, and four pitchers combined to shut out host Chicago.