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WATCH: Ronald Acuña hits a three-run home run vs the St. Louis Cardinals

Ronald Acuña went deep for the Atlanta Braves during his second time to the plate Monday night.

Zac Blackerby

Ronald Acuña reached 300 career RBIs with style Monday night. 

He was the third Atlanta Brave to get a home run off of St. Louis pitcher Jake Woodford in the first two innings of action. Austin Riley had a solo shot in the first. Ozzie Albies had a two-run homer. Acuña scored three with his deep shot to extend Atlanta's lead to 6-1.

Acuña singled to lead off the game.

The Atlanta Braves tweeted a highlight of the three-run home run with the caption, "Our favorite new rule is the one where we have to hit home runs every inning." Can't argue with that...

The Atlanta Braves won the first series of the season, winning two of three against the Washington Nationals. They look to take the second series of the 2023 season against the St. Louis Cardinals. Both series are away from Atlanta, Georgia - The Braves don't have a home game until this Thursday.

Cardinals pitcher Woodford entered the rotation to replace Adam Wainwright, on the IL after a groin injury suffered at the World Baseball Classic while representing Team USA. Woodford's only start last year, coming on August 23rd against the Cubs in game two of a doubleheader, was 5.1 innings of four hit, one run ball with one walk and one strikeout.

How to watch

The game broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports Southeast, and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

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Zac Blackerby
ZAC BLACKERBY

Zac Blackerby is the publisher of Auburn Daily and Braves Today. He is also the host of Locked On Auburn and the College Channel Manager for the Locked On Podcast Network. Blackerby was previously the program director of the Auburn Network and hosted shows on ESPN 106.7 and WANI. He also used to be the editor for Auburn Wire and Fly War Eagle.

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