Ronald Acuña Jr. (26, Atlanta Braves) hits and runs on his way to his first National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.

Atlanta hosted the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of a doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, on April 12 (ET).

Starting in right field for Atlanta, Acuña Jr. went 2-for-5 with a home run and a stolen base, including a double, two RBI, one run scored and one walk.

Atlanta won 10-8 in 10 extra innings. Kevin Pillar and Orlando Arcia had valuable RBIs in the extra innings.

With the win, Atlanta, which has already clinched a postseason berth, improved to 94-49 and a .657 winning percentage through the first round, extending its lead over second-place Philadelphia to 16 games.

Acuña led off the first inning with a walk and failed to steal second base, but stole second again in the third inning on an infield single for his 65th stolen base of the season.

The home run came in the sixth inning. Acuña Jr. hit a solo shot over the left field fence off Andrew Bellatti in the sixth inning with his team leading 7-4. Michael Harris II followed with a back-to-back home run.

It was his 36th of the season, giving Acuña Jr. a 36-homer-65-double line through this game. He is four homers and five doubles away from the 40-homer, 70-double club.

That puts him on a 40-homer, 73-RBI pace. If Acuña Jr. continues his upward trend this month, he could easily reach 40 HR and 70 RBI.

And it’s not just 40-70. In 143 games on the season leading up to this game, Acuña Jr. was batting .336 with 36 homers, 95 RBI, 130 runs scored, 195 runs batted in, a .418 OPS and a 1.006 slugging percentage.카지노사이트

Atlanta led 8-4 through six innings. However, after a two-run seventh inning, Raisel Iglesias gave up a two-run double to Bryce Harper in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game.

The game went to extra innings. Pilla and Arcea hit RBI singles in the 10th to make it 10-8, and Kirby Yates pitched a scoreless 10th to win the game by two runs.

Iglesias, who hit the tying homer, earned the blown save and the win, while Yates earned the save. Jose Alvarado, who hit the game-winner, took the loss.