Ronald Acuña Jr. fights back tears after the Braves' Division Series elimination by the Dodgers

Ronald Acuña Jr. cut his postgame media scrum short at his locker as his eyes welled up with tears.The former MVP and five-time All-Star was overcome with emotion as he tried to explain his role in the Atlanta Braves' exit from the NL Division Series with Thursday night's 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4.“I feel like I did nothing to help the team this series,” Acuña said through Braves interpreter Franco Garcia. “You know, I’m supposed to be a spark plug for my team out there, and I never lit that fire. And so, extremely disappointed.”Acuña said his sore knee, on which he had an MRI after Game 3 to check for a potential injury, was not a factor in his performance.Acuña was 2 for 15 in the series with no home runs and no RBIs. There was a smattering of boos at Truist Park after he grounded out in his final at-bat to finish the night 0 for 3.“It’s frustrating just because I know the talent that I have,” he said before he sat down and cut off questions.There was more to the