Atlanta beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 at Turroist Park home on the 9th and maintained its highest major league winning rate with 92 wins and 48 losses this season.
Top hitter Acuna Jr. raised his batting average to 0.334 with three hits, two RBIs, two runs and one walk in four at-bats, including his 35th home run of the season. Acuna Jr. currently has 35 - 63 home runs.
Only five batters have recorded more than 35 home runs and stolen bases in MLB history. Alfonso Soriano three times, Rich Bobby and Barry Bonds two times each, Willie Mace two times, and Acuna Jr. this time. He recorded 41 home runs and 37 steals in 2019.
The remaining task is to join the top 40-40 club (home run-stealing) of the Hotajun tribe in MLB history. At the end of 2019, he was unable to play due to injury and failed to steal a base.
There are only four 40-40 clubs in MLB history. Jose Canseco made it for the first time, including Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Alfonso Soriano. But the four are all suspected drug users. If Acuena Jr. achieves it, he will be the first pure non-drug hitter.
The MVP race is virtually over. Last weekendAcuna Jr. won a complete victory over Mookie Betts in the Atlanta Braves-LA Dodgers\' four-game series at Just Stadium. Acuna Jr. homered for the third straight game at Dodger Stadium, and Betts was silent. Betts will miss the Washington Nationals series over the weekend after being hit by a foul ball against the Miami Marlins on the 8th.
Acuna Jr. added a home run against Pittsburgh on the same day following a multi-home run against the St. Louis Cardinals the previous day. He has been hitting five home runs since September. The addition of five seems to be a matter of time. However, the psychological burden cannot be ignored in front of the record. In the 2019 season, he was almost at the end, so he was put on hold due to injury.
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