DENVER — Ronald Acuña Jr. left Saturday’s game against the Rockies at Coors Field with an apparent leg injury.
In the second inning, facing Rockies pitcher Chase Dollander, Acuña hit a ground ball toward second. A few steps out of the batter’s box, he winced and grabbed for his left hamstring. He walked off the field with Braves manager Walt Weiss and trainer Jeff Stevenson.
Eli White took over for Acuña in right field in the bottom of the second. The Braves officially announced Acuña left the game with “hamstring tightness.”
Acuña has opened the game with a solid single to right field. In Friday’s win, Acuña went 2-for-4 with a walk, stolen base and a run scored.
The 28-year-old former MVP was hitting .248 with nine RBIs and two home runs going into Saturday’s game.
A stint on the injured list would be more bad luck for Acuña who played just 49 games in 2024, after winning the MVP in 2023, because of a torn ACL in his left knee. He tore an ACL in his right knee in 2021.
Acuña had played in all 33 games for the Braves this season, as well as seven games in spring training and seven games with Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.
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