Jurickson Profar provided a boost to the lineup out of the gate in his return from his 80-game suspension. Leading off the bottom of the seventh, he belted a solo home run down the right field line to give the Atlanta Braves an 8-0 lead over the Los Angeles Angels.
It just about hugged the foul pole, but he hit it high, and that ball had the distance.
.@JURICKSONPROFAR sends a souvenir to the Chop House!#BravesCountry pic.twitter.com/0LQd3TI1xp
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 3, 2025
At the time of his home run, Profar is 2-for-4 in the game with the RBI and two runs scored. He was driven in by Sean Murphy's three-run blast in the bottom of the sixth. His two-out single bought the Braves time to get a rally going that brought in seven runs that inning. Great start to his return.
He finished his 13-game stint with Triple-A Gwinnett batting .333 with a .990 OPS, three home runs, six total base hits and nine RBIs. It was a promising stint that included a strong finish in his final games. He batted .375 with a .687 slugging over his last five games.
In his first game back, that production is translating.
Profar is in his first game back from serving an 80-game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
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