Tuesday's Braves Report: Soroka struggles, but bottom of the lineup sizzles; and more

Tuesday's Braves Report

Soroka so-so, but Braves' bats wide awake

          Mike Soroka's homecoming wasn't personally gratifying, but Johan Camargo's grand slam made it a good team night in Atlanta's 11-4 win at Toronto.

          Atlanta's lead is now 3.5 games, thanks to a strong night from the bottom of the lineup.

Culberson has breathtaking catch, breathtaking smack up against the wall

(Pregame) Soroka set for return to Canada

Braves likely to be patient around trade deadline

From beat writers David O'Brien and Gabe Burns/Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Mark Bowman/MLB.com on Twitter

Acuna has done 2 days of increased activity in workouts in Florida, ramping up towards a rehab assignment sooner than later. Still no specific date, but it'll be real soon, then should not be too long after that before he rejoins./DOB

Sean Newcomb has completed six scoreless starts that have consisted of at least six innings. Julio Teheran, Jake Arrieta and Jose Quintana have totaled four such starts. No other NL pitcher has more than three./MB

Tomorrow's #Braves vs. #BlueJays game, for those who planned to tune in, won't be on regular TV. It's a Facebook-only special, and Mark DeRosa will be in the booth as part of the broadcasting team. It'll be on the MLB Live show page or the Atlanta Braves page on Facebook.//DOB

Snitker on the progress Acuna has made while working out the past two days at the Braves' ST complex:  "He’s doing really well. I’m not sure when he’ll go out (on a rehab assignment). But I think it’s going to be sooner than later."/MB

Soroka matched career-highs for hits (8) and earned runs (4) in his 5th start. His line: 4 2/3 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP. Threw 48 strikes in 77 pitches./DOB

Snit on what he was thinking when Culberson collided with the outfield wall: “I was just wondering if I was going to be able to make it out there.  I said, ‘He’ll be healed by the time I get out there.’”/MB

Before Camargo's 2nd-inning grand slam off Jaime Garcia tonight, the last #Braves player to  hit a grand slam from the No. 9 spot in the lineup was...Jaime Garcia. The lefty did it last July in a game at Dodger Stadium./DOB

Three times through the lineup:

Braves' first five hitters:  0-for-13 with two walks

Braves' bottom four hitters: 8-for-10 with two homers, two doubles and two walks/MB

Next

At Toronto, Wednesday, 12:37 p.m., Facebook watch