Braves Lose Acuña, Gain Strider, Keep NL East Lead

0:00It's May 3rd. Welcome in. This is MLB News Today, where the game meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. The Atlanta Braves are crushing it in the National League East, with a 7.5 game lead heading into Sunday. But they just took a big hit. Losing superstar outfielder, Ronald Acunia Jr., to the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring. It went down during Saturday's 9-1 blowout win over the Colorado Rockies, when Acunia hurt himself hustling out of grounder in the second. Inning. He had kicked things off with the lead off single in the first, stretching his on-base streak to 23 games and scoring early on a 2 run homer. Fans are feeling the sting since Acunia has been a spark plug this season, hitting 252 with a 362 on-base, a 378, slugging, two homers, and seven steals over 34 games. The Braves stay atop the division, but his speed and play discipline will be missed for at least 10 days. On a brighter note, Ace Wright-Hander Spencer Strider is back from his own left oblige rehab

1:02and makes his season-day views Sunday against the Rockies. They also called up outfielder Jose Azacar to bolster the roster. With Strider firing on the mound and depth pieces stepping up, the Braves look prime to keep rolling through this stretch without their star.