Ronald Acuna Jr. made one of the best throws you’ll ever see Friday night during the Atlanta Braves’ game against the New York Yankees.
Fresh off representing the Braves in the All-Star Game played in Atlanta, the right fielder caught a fly ball hit by Cody Bellinger just on the grass in the right field corner. He then turned and fired the ball all the way to third base on the fly to nail Jorbit Vivas, who was attempting to tag up.
Acuna and the Braves were aided in part by some terrible baserunning by Vivas, who seemed to decelerate into the bag and failed to slide. Still, the Yankees third baseman wouldn’t have been out had Acuna not made an unbelievable throw. The Yankees did not challenge, and the double play ended the top of the third inning.
Acuna helped the Braves take a 3-0 lead after the first inning with an RBI double and he scored a run on an Ozzie Albies sacrifice fly. He finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI as the Braves went on to win 7-3.
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