To glimpse the Atlanta Braves on the night of May 23 was to briefly believe in comebacks, if not miracles. That was the Friday night that Ronald Acuna Jr. returned to play for the first time this season from his long rehab from knee surgery and sent the first pitch he faced in the opening inning some 467 feet into the Truist Field centerfield stands against San Diego.
Never mind that that was the only run the Braves produced in that 2-1 loss. Acuna also got a single that night.
Then he followed that the next day with another home run, which sparked a 7-1 Braves triumph to pull them within one game of .