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Ronald Acuna Jr. and Austin Riley homered in the first inning, and the Atlanta Braves defeated the host Washington Nationals 9-6 to move closer to the 100-win mark Friday night.
Marcell Ozuna smashed a three-run homer in the seventh, and Riley drove in runs on three separate plate appearances tofinish with four runs batted in for the National League East champion Braves (99-55).
Acuna led off the game with his 40th home run of the season. He became just the fifth player to join the 40-40 club with his 68 steals.