Ronald Acuna’s home run leaves bat at 116 mph

Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna hit one of his grandest homers in the team’s 9-5 win over the Phillies Tuesday night.

In the third inning, Acuna launched a 460-foot blast. It was clocked at 116 mph, the hardest-hit home run by a Braves player in the Statcast era (since 2015). His previous hardest-hit homer registered at 115.9 mph. It highlighted a stat-stuffing night for Acuna, who had three hits, three RBIs and scored two runs.

“Just the pure power of what he did,” manager Brian Snitker said. “That might be the best one I’ve ever seen, really.”