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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Homers Wednesday
Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a pair of walks in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Nationals.Ozuna cut Atlanta's deficit to 4-2 in the eighth inning with a 404-foot blast off Jackson Rutledge. It was Ozuna's 21st homer of the year and his first in 33 games. It's been a disappointing year overall for the 34-year-old Ozuna, though he's swung the bat better of late, going 13-for-42 (.310) with an .884 OPS in his last 12 contests.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Resting Saturday
Marcell Ozuna isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Detroit.Ozuna will retreat to the dugout Saturday after going 0-for-4 with a strikeout in Friday's series opener. Drake Baldwin will replace him as Atlanta's designated hitter, allowing Sandy Leon to start at catcher.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Drives in three in big win
Marcell Ozuna went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Nationals.The veteran DH has fallen to eighth in the order in most of Atlanta's recent lineups, but he was able to make an impact from that spot Wednesday with a two-run single in the sixth inning and an RBI double in the eighth. The RBI were his first since Aug. 26, and Ozuna has gone 28 games without a home run, leaving him stalled at 20 on the season. His bat has been showing signs of life of late, however -- he's batting .360 (9-for-25) over his last seven contests with four doubles.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Sitting out first game
Marcell Ozuna is not in the lineup for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Nationals.Atlanta will go with Ronald Acuna in the designated-hitter spot and Eli White in right field for the first game of the twin bill. Ozuna will likely be back in the lineup for the nightcap.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: On bench Saturday
Marcell Ozuna isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Seattle.Ozuna will retreat to the bench Saturday after going 1-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts in Friday's series opener. Drake Baldwin will work as Atlanta's designated hitter instead with Sean Murphy behind the plate.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Sitting out third straight
Marcell Ozuna is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Cubs.Ozuna will take a seat for the third straight game and for the fourth time over the past six contests. Jurickson Profar will serve as Atlanta's designated hitter, and Jake Fraley will play left field while Ozuna is on the bench. Atlanta could continue to rotate multiple players in at DH down the stretch, resulting in unsteady playing time for Ozuna.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: On bench again Sunday
Marcell Ozuna is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies.It's the second straight lineup absence for Ozuna, who is batting .108 (4-for-37) over his past 12 games and is without a homer since Aug. 13. Ronald Acuna is resting his legs as the designated hitter Sunday, which opens up right field for Eli White.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Not starting Saturday
Marcell Ozuna isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Phillies.Ozuna will retreat to the dugout to begin Saturday's contest after going 1-for-6 with a walk and two strikeouts over the first two games of the series. Sean Murphy will act as Atlanta's designated hitter while batting sixth.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Taking seat Wednesday
Marcell Ozuna is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game in Miami.Ozuna has followed a hot stretch with another slump, having gone 3-for-30 with 13 strikeouts over his last nine contests. He'll get a day off to regroup while Ronald Acuna serves as Atlanta's designated hitter and Jake Fraley (knee) plays right field.
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Braves' Marcell Ozuna: Continues offensive surge
Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two total runs and three total RBI in an 11-6 win against the Mets on Wednesday.The Mets raced out to an early 6-0 lead, but Atlanta came back with a nine-run fourth frame that included Ozuna's RBI single. The veteran slugger tacked on two insurance runs in the sixth with a home run to left field. Ozuna took a hit to his playing time just after the All-Star break, but he's responded loudly by batting .302 with seven homers, 17 RBI and 12 runs over 14 games since July 28. As a result, he's back to being a lineup regular, staring seven of Atlanta's past eight contests.
Marcell Ozuna
#20 DH / Atlanta Braves / EXP: 13YRS Height: 6-1 Weight: 225 lb Age: 35 College: None Bats/Throws -/-Fantasy Points by Week
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- 75%
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- 3