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Brian Snitker Pulls Ronald Acuna Jr. for Lack of Hustle: 'You've Got to Run'

Ronald Acuna Jr. is one of the best young players in baseball, but he had to be taught a hard lesson Sunday.

The outfielder hit a long fly ball off the wall in the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers but failed to run it out, thinking it was a home run. It ended up being a single, and he failed to score in the inning.

Manager Brian Snitker decided to pull him from the game to teach him to hustle on every fair ball:

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#Braves' Brian Snitker on his decision to pull Ronald Acuña Jr.