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A host of details go into an outfielder’s ability to throw out a runner tagging up on a fly ball. Those details begin with getting a good read on the ball off the bat, so the outfielder can settle into position under the fly ball as it drops from the sky. You’ll want to get “behind the ball” as it …

ATLANTA — Ronald Acuña Jr. had a triple and a double Friday, but everyone was talking afterward about his spectacular defensive play to end the third inning. With one out and two on, Cody Bellinger hit a fly ball to the right-field corner. Acuña made what looked like a casual catch, then stunned the Yankees’ Jorbit Vivas and everyone else …

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. caught the New York Yankees off-guard with a spectacular throw to end the third inning in the Atlanta Braves’ series-opening 7-3 victory Friday night. The All-Star right fielder threw out Jorbit Vivas at third base when Vivas was trying to tag up on a deep fly to the corner in right. “His accuracy is …

Braves superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. made a show-stopping defensive play on Friday — but that didn’t stop the Yankees’ broadcast team from calling out the Bronx Bombers’ baserunning. In the top of the third inning, Acuña caught a fly ball from Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger and nailed a Jorbit Vivas tagging from second to third base on a perfect, no-hop …