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Atlanta Braves' Superstar Stealing His Way Up the Team Record Books

With his 64th stolen base of the season on Saturday, Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuna Jr. has passed another name in the all-time franchise record books.
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Atlanta Braves' Superstar Stealing His Way Up the Team Record Books
Atlanta Braves' Superstar Stealing His Way Up the Team Record Books

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The Atlanta Braves lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday afternoon 8-4 but Braves' star Ronald Acuna Jr. continued to move up the all-time franchise record books.

By stealing his 64th base of the year, Acuna Jr. now has the sixth-most steals in a single season of any player in team history.

Per @StatsCentre:

Most stolen bases in a season - Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta @Braves franchise history (1876-present): 

84- King Kelly (1887) 

83- Billy Hamilton (1896) 

72- Otis Nixon (1991) 

68- Kelly (1889)

66- Hamilton (1897) 

64- Ronald Acuna Jr. (2023 via 1 vs PIT on Saturday) 

63- Tom Brown (1889)

In addition to his stolen base, Acuna Jr. went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI. One of the favorites for the National League MVP award, Acuna Jr. is now hitting .336 with 35 homers and 91 RBI.

The 25-year-old is one of the best young players in all of baseball and is one of the reasons why the Braves have the best record in baseball at 92-49.

He'll be battling with Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts for the MVP award. Both of those players have already won an MVP award while Acuna Jr. is looking for his first.

The Braves will host the Pirates again on Sunday afternoon. First pitch from Truist Park is set for 1:35 p.m. ET.

Luis L. Ortiz gets the ball for Pittsburgh while Allan Winans pitches for Atlanta.

Ortiz is 4-4 with a 4.90 ERA while Winans is 1-1 with a 5.17.

The Pirates are 66-76 on the season.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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