{"id":11348,"date":"2025-06-18T22:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T02:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/acuna-jr-and-sale-dominate-braves-crush-mets-5-0-with-home-run-and-brilliant-pitching\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T22:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T02:51:37","slug":"acuna-jr-and-sale-dominate-braves-crush-mets-5-0-with-home-run-and-brilliant-pitching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/acuna-jr-and-sale-dominate-braves-crush-mets-5-0-with-home-run-and-brilliant-pitching\/","title":{"rendered":"Acu\u00f1a Jr. and Sale Dominate: Braves Crush Mets 5-0 with Home Run and Brilliant Pitching"},"content":{"rendered":"The Atlanta Braves put on a memorable night, with an outstanding performance from their key players, achieving a resounding 5-0 victory over the New York Mets at Truist Park.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acu\u00f1a Jr. and Sale: Dynamic Duo<\/h2>\n\n\nThe game started in an electrifying way thanks to Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., who hit a home run on the first pitch of the game, marking his 36th home run of the season and igniting the Braves&#8217; offense.\n\nAcu\u00f1a Jr.&#8217;s hit not only drove in runs, but also injected energy into the team and the home crowd, setting the tone for the rest of the game.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mlbespanol\/status\/1803073014837726237\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\nChris Sale&#8217;s performance on the mound was equally impressive. The pitcher was close to completing a shutout, dominating the Mets&#8217; hitters for 8.2 innings. Sale limited his opponent to only five hits, demonstrating exceptional control and effectiveness.\n\nDespite the public&#8217;s frustration at being substituted, Sale thanked manager Brian Snitker for his trust, who allowed him to seek his first shutout since 2019.\n\nSale accumulates an effectiveness of 1.23 in its last 10 outings, consolidating itself as one of the most outstanding arms of 2025.\n\nThe victory represents a significant boost for Atlanta, especially after a complicated period where the team suffered 14 losses in 17 games. Although the Braves are some distance from the Mets in the East Division, recent history shows that a comeback is possible.\n\nWith the Mets currently on a five-game losing streak, the Braves are seizing the moment to strengthen their postseason aspirations.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Atlanta Braves put on a memorable night, with an outstanding performance from their key players, achieving a resounding 5-0 victory over the New York Mets at Truist Park. Acu\u00f1a Jr. and Sale: Dynamic Duo The game started in an electrifying way thanks to Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., who hit a home run on the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[4332,1792,1122,3905],"class_list":{"0":"post-11348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-acuna-jr","9":"tag-bravos","10":"tag-chris-sale","11":"tag-jonron"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}