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Watch: Braves have a good day, beat Blue Jays

Sean Newcomb allowed one run (a homer) in three innings. Ronald Acuna played center field and was 1-for-3. He’s hitting .423. Mike Soroka struck out two in two scoreless innings. Austin Riley hit his second home run and is hitting .222. Catcher Alex Jackson was 1-for-3 and has a .188 average. Rio Ruiz hit his first homer and is batting .172. Matt Wisler fanned two in two scoreless innings. First baseman Carlos Franco had 2 hits, one of them his second homer. The Braves are 6-6.
March 6, 2018

The Braves beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 in a spring training game Tuesday afternoon.

It was a good day to be a Brave. Five pitched well and three hit home runs.

Watch the video above to quickly learn nine things about the game and the team.

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