Acuna hits a pair of leadoff homers, Braves sweep Marlins

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    Perfect games? Unassisted triple plays? They're not even as rare as what Ronald Acuna Jr. pulled off Monday night.

    His legend growing with each game, the 20-year-old rookie hit leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader to lead the first-place Atlanta Braves to a sweep of the Miami Marlins.

    Acuna appeared to be only the fourth player in baseball history to accomplish the feat, and certainly the youngest.

    Two others, Rickey Henderson and Harry Hooper, are in the Hall of Fame.

    By comparison, there have been 23 perfect games and 15 unassisted triple plays.

    "It's pretty special," said Braves star Freddie Freeman, who also homered in Game 2. "He's some kind of hot right now. What he's doing at the plate, you just don't see it very often."

    Acuna hit an opposite-field drive into the Braves' bullpen in the opener, powering Atlanta to a 9-1 victory. Haitian-American Touki Toussaint pitched six strong innings to claim the win in his major league debut.

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