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Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. Aggravates Injured Knee, Plans to Play Through It

Ronald Acuña Jr. made his return to the Atlanta Braves' lineup Wednesday night at the Colorado Rockies, filling the Braves' designated hitter spot, after missing the club's last three games with right-knee soreness.

Acuña returned from a torn right ACL that he sustained last year, sidelining him for the entire second-half of the season, as well as the Braves' World Series run.

Acuña smoked a 444-foot home run to dead centerfield off Colorado Rockies' starting pitcher Ryan Feltner. In doing so, he aggravated his right knee.

"It's terrible," Acuña told reporters after Wednesday's game. "We're just going to play through it until the season's over.