Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves

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Miami Marlins

48-37, 23-21 Away

Final
3 - 6

Atlanta Braves

56-27, 30-15 Home

Albies' hits go-ahead 2-run HR as streaking Braves beat Marlins 6-3 to complete sweep

With the Atlanta Braves' bats backing him, Strider had good reason to remain confident on the mound.

Ozzie Albies' two-run homer in the fifth gave Atlanta the lead and the Braves charged back to beat the Miami Marlins 6-3 on Sunday for their 16th win in 17 games.

“It just gives you confidence you don't have to be perfect,” Strider said of the Braves' offense, which outscored the Marlins 29-7 in the three-game sweep. “Having an offense like we do should make you more confident. ... It's unbelievable what our offense is capable of doing. Like today, we fell behind, but I just knew if I could just keep us in the game long enough, we're going to come through, and we did.”

The Braves won their eighth straight to extend their lead over second-place Miami in the NL East to nine games. Atlanta has won 10 in a row at home and 23 of 26 overall.

“It's huge. It's still early in the season, but they're all big games,” Strider said. “We try to show up every game and try to just kind of be as level-headed as we can. We kind of think of the first half as practice for the second half anyway. We like where we are and we're doing a good job of treating each day as its own certain task."

Travis d'Arnaud's two-run homer off Andrew Nardi in the eighth extended Atlanta's lead to three runs.

Luis Arráez drove in two runs with two hits, lifting his batting average to .389. Arráez gave Miami a 2-0 lead with a double that drove in Jonathan Davis in the second inning. Arráez added a run-scoring single in the seventh to trim the Braves' lead to 4-3.

Strider (10-2) stuck out nine while allowing six hits and three runs, two earned, in 6 2/3 innings. Raisel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his 14th save in 16 chances.

The Braves' 23-3 stretch includes nine straight series wins against such teams as Cincinnati, Minnesota, Arizona and the New York Mets. The Marlins were coming off a sweep of Boston before falling to 1-9 this season against Atlanta.

“We went into a lot of series against some really good teams playing really well,” said Braves manager Brian Snitker. “They don't get caught up in all that. They're about today's game.”

Strider struck out five consecutive batters before Albies bobbled a grounder by Davis with two outs in the seventh for an error. Strider left the game after walking Jacob Stallings, and Davis scored on a single by Arráez off A.J. Minter.

Orlando Arcia's homer in the second gave Atlanta its first run.

Michael Harris II singled to lead off Atlanta's three-run fifth. Harris stole second, moved to third on catcher Stallings' throwing error and scored on Sandy Alcantara's wild pitch. Acuña walked and scored on Albies' 20th homer, which barely cleared the right-field wall.

ALCANTARA LETDOWN

Alcantara (3-7) allowed four runs on five hits and two walks in five innings. The 2022 NL Cy Young winner's ERA rose to 4.93. He is 0-2 against the Braves this season.

39 AND COUNTING

Ronald Acuña Jr., a distant second behind Arráez in the NL batting race, had two hits, lifting his average to .336. Acuña stole two bases, giving him a career-best 39. He had 37 steals in 2019.

The Braves, who scored 11 first-inning runs in the first two games of the series, left the bases loaded in the first when Marcell Ozuna ended the inning with a groundout.

TRAINING ROOM

Marlins designated hitter Jazz Chisholm Jr. left the game with left oblique soreness. Chisholm appeared to show discomfort after striking out in the sixth. Yuli Gurriel pinch-hit for Chisholm in the eighth. ... Stallings was back in the lineup after missing Saturday's game with a shin injury sustained on Friday night.

Marlins: LHP Braxton Garrett (4-2, 3.53) is scheduled to face St. Louis RHP Miles Mikolas (4-5, 4.44) in Monday night's opener of a home series.

Braves: Atlanta opens a three-game series at Cleveland on Monday night as RHP Bryce Elder (6-2, 2.44) puts his NL-leading ERA on the line against RHP Gavin Williams (0-0, 2.84).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fortes flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Davis struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Segura grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Heller
	9th Inning	Pillar in left field.
	8th Inning	Arcia struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIA		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	9
12	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	3
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
8	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
143	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	20
36	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
1.7	Runs Created	6.8
.229	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.257	Slugging Percentage	.606
.029	Secondary Average	.485
.250	On Base Percentage	.314
.507	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.920
1.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.7
22.0	Batter Rating	47.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.029	Isolated Power	.333
0.08	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
-.200	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.212
6.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.3	MLB Rating	91.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0