The Atlanta Braves are anxiously awaiting news on outfielder Ronald Acuña, Jr. The star rookie is in the hospital after leaving left Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox early with injuries to his knee and back.
Acuna left today's game with knee and lower back pain. They did not indicate which knee.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 27, 2018
Acuna is at a nearby hospital undergoing further evaluation.
— Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 27, 2018
The good news is that Acuña did walk off of the field. The bad news is that the injury looked really ugly.
I really hope this is not as bad as it looks. https://t.co/IPwNgSIaWl
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) May 27, 2018
Acuña is hitting .265/.326/.453 with five home runs in 117 at-bats on the season.