Braves bounce back with 8‑4 win over Marlins

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Matt Olson drove in three runs and Michael Harris II homered to help the Atlanta Braves overcome an early deficit and defeat the Miami Marlins 8-4 on Tuesday evening at loanDepot Park.

The Braves improved to 33-16, while the Marlins fell to 22-27. Atlanta avenged a 12-0 shutout loss to Miami the previous night.

Atlanta jumped ahead with two runs in the first inning against Marlins starter Braxton Garrett. Ronald Acuña Jr. walked, moved to second on a single by Mauricio Dubón and advanced to third when Olson walked. Ozzie Albies lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Acuña. After Austin Riley struck out, Harris singled to right to plate Dubón. José Azócar ended the inning with a groundout.

Miami responded immediately in the bottom of the first against Braves starter Martín Pérez. Xavier Edwards led off with a solo home run, his sixth of the season. Otto Lopez singled, and after two strikeouts, Esteury Ruiz walked. Kyle Stowers doubled to right, driving in Lopez and Ruiz to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead.

Both teams settled into a pitchers’ duel after that. Miami added a run in the third inning when Lopez walked, moved to third on a double by Christopher Morel and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ruiz. Atlanta cut the deficit to 4-3 in the fifth when Acuña doubled and scored on Olson’s double.

Harris tied the game in the sixth with a leadoff home run to center field, his ninth of the season. The solo shot off Marlins reliever Anthony Bender evened the score at 4-4.

The Braves broke the tie in the eighth inning against Miami reliever Calvin Faucher. Mike Yastrzemski walked, Ha-Seong Kim walked and Acuña walked to load the bases with one out. Dubón singled to first base, scoring Yastrzemski. Olson followed with a two-run single to left, scoring Kim and Acuña to make it 7-4.

Atlanta added an insurance run in the ninth against Lake Bachar. Austin Riley was hit by a pitch, moved to second on a single by Chadwick Tromp and scored on a single by Kim.

Miami threatened in the bottom of the ninth but could not score. Raisel Iglesias allowed a two-out single to Liam Hicks but struck out Jakob Marsee to end the game.

Dylan Lee earned the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing two hits and striking out two. Lee improved to 2-0. Faucher took the loss, falling to 4-3. He allowed three runs on two hits and three walks in two-thirds of an inning.

Pérez pitched five innings, allowing four runs on five hits while striking out 10. He did not factor in the decision. The Braves bullpen combined for four scoreless innings. Lee, Robert Suarez, Didier Fuentes and Iglesias held the Marlins scoreless after the third inning.

For Atlanta, Dubón went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a double. Olson finished 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs and two walks. Harris was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Acuña walked three times, scored twice and doubled.

Miami’s Edwards homered and singled. Stowers doubled and drove in two runs. Lopez had two hits and scored twice.

The game lasted 3 hours, 3 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 7,521.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami 7, Atlanta 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Atlanta a 59.10 percent probability to win. Atlanta was a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The combined 12 runs went under the over-under line of 8.