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Acuna's home run landed in the first row of the
stands in left-center field with one out in the third inning. It
was his 19th of the season and made him the sixth-quickest
player in major league history to get to 100, reaching the
milestone in his 378th game.
It was Acuna's first home run since June 8 against Philadelphia,
a stretch of 10 games.
Smyly didn't allow a hit until Paul Goldschmidt legged out an
infield hit with two outs in the sixth inning, barely beating
the throw from Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies.
Smyly, who had thrown 85 pitches, was immediately lifted in
favor of reliever Luke Jackson. The right-hander gave up a sharp
single to Nolan Arenado that third baseman Austin Riley knocked
down to prevent a possible run-scoring double. Jackson then
struck out Tyler O'Neill to end the inning.
Will Smith pitched the seventh inning and to close out the game
and earned his 13th save. Smith struck out two and fanned Andrew
Knizner to end the game.
In 5 2/3 innings, Smyly (4-3) allowed one hit, three walks and
struck out five to earn his first career win against St. Louis.
It was his first scoreless outing in 12 starts this season.
St. Louis starter Kwang Hyun Kim (1-5) pitched well in the loss.
He worked four innings and allowed one run on three hits and a
walk, and he struck out two.
St. Louis won the first game 9-1 when Adam Wainwright limited
the Braves to three hits and struck out 11 for his 10th career
victory against Atlanta.
Atlanta won three of four games in the weekend series. The clubs
don't meet again until Aug. 3-5 in St. Louis.
--Field Level Media
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