A sight the Atlanta Braves and their fans never want to see occurred on Tuesday night during the club's 9-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Superstar outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. was forced to exit the game in the bottom of the sixth inning after he attempted to pursue a fly ball in foul territory and came up limping. Acuna jogged off the field under his own power, but the Braves star did not return to the game with what the team called right Achilles tightness.
After the contest, a tearful Acuna told reporters that he had initially felt pain while running the bases during Monday's game, but that he had wanted to play because of the time he had missed earlier in the season. Acuna missed much of the first two months of the season while recovering from knee surgery.
