DENVER -- Ronald Acuña Jr. left the middle game of the three-game set with the Rockies in the second inning Saturday with left hamstring tightness.
Acuña was running out a grounder to second and started limping and hopping on one foot about halfway to first base. The Braves’ trainer made a quick trip to the infield dirt beside first with manager Walt Weiss to check on Acuña, and the right fielder walked off the field with them and left the game.
The grounder advanced Jorge Mateo, who hit a one-out double off the fence in front of the Rockies’ bullpen. Drake Baldwin then plated Mateo with a single up the middle to give the Braves a 3-0 lead.
Acuña hit a leadoff single in the first frame, extending his on-base streak to 23 games, and scored the game’s first run on Baldwin’s two-run homer to left. He was replaced by Eli White in right field.