Braves Briefing: Ronald Acuña Jr. keeps making history

Ronald Acuña Jr. keeps being a problem for opposing teams every single game this season. The Atlanta Braves leadoff man is now the first player with more than 15 home runs and more than 30 stolen bases in the first 70 games of a season.

By our count, that would have the outfielder with 69 stolen bases on the season. Acuña's resume keeps becoming more deserving of an MVP.

NL East Standings

Team	Record	GB	Action Today
Atlanta	44-26	-	Host Colorado
Miami	39-31	5.0	@ Washington
Philadelphia	36-34	8.0	@ Oakland
NYM	33-36	10.5	Host STL
Washington	27-41	16.0	Hosts Miami

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Jake Mastroianni tackled our coverage last night. He noted Jared Shuster's performance from the mound in his takeaways.

Since coming back up on May 16, Shuster has gone at least five innings in all six starts and he's given up three earned or less in all of them.
It's been a nice turnaround from the beginning of the season and much-needed for a rotation that is banged up and running out of options.
The next step for Shuster is to learn how to get through the batting order a third time.
Several times now he's been cruising through five innings with a low pitch count and then he runs into a wall in that sixth inning.

Check out the full list of takeaways.

How to watch the Atlanta Braves vs the Colorado Rockies

The Braves have now won four in a row and will look to keep that streak going and clinch the four-game series over the Rockies on Saturday with Bryce Elder taking the mound. First pitch it scheduled for 4:10 ET. The game broadcast, with Voice of the Braves Brandon Gaudin, is available inside Braves Country on Bally Sports Southeast and is available on MLB.TV outside of the broadcast area. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

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