ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - It took until the 183rd plate appearance of the season and the 215th plate appearance of his career for Nacho Alvarez to crank his first career home run, but he did so with a 347-foot blast in the third inning of Saturday’s 6-5 win against the Detroit Tigers.

In fact, he decided it was a good day to hit two.

Alvarez hit his second career home run in the eighth inning, a 388-foot shot off right-hander Kyle Finnegan that put the Braves within one run. He continued his heroics with a game-tying RBI single in the ninth inning. Jurickson Profar followed with a single that scored Ha-Seong Kim, putting the Braves in front, 6–5.

Raisel Iglesias pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to record his 27th save of the season.

Alvarez is slashing .249/.310/.355 with 14 RBIs

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