Braves All-Star Ronald Acuña Jr. leaves game with Achilles tendon injury

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was removed from Tuesday night's loss at Kansas City with tightness in his right Achilles tendon and will be placed on the 10-day injured list.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. was removed from Tuesday night's loss at Kansas City with tightness in his right Achilles tendon and will be placed on the 10-day injured list.

Acuña experienced discomfort after chasing down a ball in right field. He'll be evaluated further on Wednesday.

"It's an Achilles thing, it's going to take a while," manager Brian Snitker said after the Braves fell 9-6 to the Royals. "He'll go on the IL and hopefully in 10 days or so it'll clear up."

Acuña said he initially felt pain while running the bases on Monday night.

"It happened when I scored from first to home on that play," Acuña said through an interpreter. "They are going to examine me tomorrow so we'll see how it goes."