Braves’ top prospect Ronald Acuna has three-hit game
Top prospect Ronald Acuna had three more hits but the Gwinnett Braves fell to Norfolk 3-2 Tuesday in Lawrenceville.
Acuna’s hits came in five at-bats and pushed his average to .325 in Triple-A.
Shortstop Dansby Swanson went 1-for-5 with an RBI and is hitting .263 since being demoted by the big-league Braves.
Acuna had a double and scored a run. He played center field.
Former Braves player Chris Johnson hit two home runs for Norfolk off Gwinnett starter Kris Medlen.
Medlen pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs. He struck out nine and walked just one.
The G-Braves are 52-56.
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Mike Luck is an Audience Specialist on the sports team at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has worked at the AJC since 1980.
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