Miami Marlins at Atlanta Braves

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

40-69, 18-35 Away

Final
2 - 4

Atlanta Braves

59-49, 31-21 Home

Austin Riley, Matt Olson, Orlando Arcia power the Braves past the Marlins, 4-2

The Braves have won five of their last six games.

“We’re hitting again,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “Bullpen continues to be really solid. Starting pitching has been really good. The biggest thing is the runs, putting something together consistently offensively. We’re kind of scratching the surface of doing that.”

Charlie Morton (6-6) allowed just one run on five hits in six innings. He had six strikeouts and two walks. Morton allowed the leadoff batter to reach five times in six innings, but kept the Marlins off the scoreboard with the exception of an unearned run in the fifth.

“I felt good about my delivery,” Morton said. “I felt good about my four-seamer, it was getting good spin off the top. I can afford to give up hits if my four-seamer is working and my breaking ball is there."

Marcell Ozuna was 2 for 4 with a run, and Olson was 1 for 4 with two RBI. Leadoff man Jorge Soler was 0 for 3 with a walk in his first home appearance after rejoining the Braves on Tuesday after a trade with the Giants. Soler was the MVP of the 2021 World Series for Atlanta.

Braves closer Raisel Iglesias picked up his 23rd save after A.J. Minter pitched a perfect eighth.

Jake Burger was 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Marlins.

Newly acquired Luke Jackson came on for the Braves with two on in the seventh inning. He gave up a run-scoring single to Burger but ended the inning by getting Jesús Sánchez to ground out.

The Braves jumped on Marlins rookie Max Meyer (2-1) early. Riley lifted a home run into the right field seats with one out in the first. Ozuna followed with a walk and then Olson hit another home run to right field, with this one traveling 374 feet. It was Olson's fifth home run in six games and 18th of the season.

Meyer went five innings, giving up four runs, seven hits and a walk while striking out seven.

“I was impressed with how he bounced back,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “A young pitcher, that could have easily gone sideways and not gotten through the first inning. He was good in the next four innings. He had a tough first inning, but it shows a good mentality and to get through five was pretty impressive today.”

Arcia's blast came in the third inning and gave him a career-best 12-game hitting streak.

“Hats off to him,” Snitker said. “He looks like his old self, and playing good defense, too. It’s good to see.”

The Braves are 16-4 in their last 20 home games against the Marlins and 4-0 this season.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Braves: Starting RHP Reynaldo López is day-to-day after leaving his last start on July 28 with forearm tightness. LHP Max Fried (forearm) is eligible to come off the IL on Friday. The Braves have yet to announce a starter for Sunday, but there is a chance it will be either López or Fried.

Braves rookie RHP Spencer Schwellenbach (4-5, 4.06) carries an eight-inning scoreless streak into Game 2 of the four-game series Friday. He will face Marlins rookie RHP Valente Bellozo (0-1, 4.50), who will make the third start of his career.

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Matchup Prediction

Braves: 67.7%

Marlins: 32.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fortes grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Hensley struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Gordon grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Iglesias relieved Minter
	8th Inning	Olson grounded out to first.
	8th Inning	Ozuna lined out to shortstop.

Statistics

MIA		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
10	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	17
36	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
1.6	Runs Created	4.2
.200	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.567
.133	Secondary Average	.367
.306	On Base Percentage	.258
.506	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.825
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
14.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.84
.000	Isolated Power	.333
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.032
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.133
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.0	MLB Rating	83.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0