Riley, Acuña, Contreras go deep, Braves beat Phillies 9-5

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr. and William Contreras each hit a solo homer, and the Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-5 on Tuesday night.

Acuña also had a single, double and three RBIs as the reigning three-time NL East champion Braves evened their record at 29-29.

J.T. Realmuto and Bryce Harper hit solo homers for Philadelphia. Aaron Nola allowed four runs and seven hits, striking out seven in five innings.

Atlanta lefty Drew Smyly lasted 4 1/3 innings, yielding three runs — two earned — and five hits.

The Braves trailed 5-4 entering the eighth before Riley blasted a tying homer off Connor Brogdon (4-2). Dansby Swanson walked and Abraham Almonte followed with a single, chasing Brogdon. Contreras lined an RBI single off Sam Coonrod for a 6-5 lead. Another run scored when Guillermo Heredia hit a bouncer to the mound that Coonrod threw into center field.

Acuña's broken-bat single to left knocked in two more for a 9-5 lead.

Acuña slammed his 18th homer 460 feet into the second deck in left field for a 2-0 lead in the third.

After making a twisting catch to save a run and rob Ronald Torreyes of extra bases to end the fourth, Acuña hit a double in the fifth and scored on Freddie Freeman’s single that put Atlanta up 4-2.

Sean Newcomb (2-0) tossed a scoreless seventh for the win.

Realmuto’s opposite-field drive to right off Shane Greene in the sixth tied it at 4. Pinch-hitter Brad Miller’s RBI single off Tyler Matzek gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead.

Contreras connected in the fourth, sending an opposite-field shot out to right-center for a 3-1 lead.

Harper lined a 3-0 pitch out to right in the bottom half to make it 3-2, ending a streak of 47 at-bats without a homer. All eight of...

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