The Atlanta Braves dropped a gut-wrenching 2-1 game to the San Diego Padres on Friday night, and it wasn’t just the scoreline that had fans in disbelief. It was a ninth-inning baserunning gaffe by Eli White — one of the most inexplicable in recent memory — that sealed Atlanta’s fate and overshadowed the triumphant return of superstar Ronald Acuña Jr.
With the Braves trailing by a run in the bottom of the ninth and White representing the tying run at second base, Ozzie Albies lined a clear single to center field.