Marlins edge Braves at home behind Junk, bullpen
MIAMI, Fla. (Interstat) — Janson Junk allowed one earned run over 4 2/3 innings and Miami’s bullpen closed the door as the Marlins beat the visiting Braves 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at loanDepot Park. Junk gave up three hits, walked one and struck out five. Michael Petersen earned the win in relief, Sandy Alcantara pitched a scoreless inning for the save, and JR Ritchie took the loss for Atlanta. Miami improved to 80-82; Atlanta fell to 96-69. Atlanta scored one run in the second inning and two in the sixth. Miami answered with one in the third, three in the fifth and one in the sixth. The Braves finished with five hits, while Miami had eight. Mauricio Dubón went 2 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs for Atlanta. Heriberto Hernández was 2 for 4 with a home run and one RBI for Miami, and Jared Serna went 2 for 2 with two RBIs. Elieser Hernández struck out two in a scoreless inning for Atlanta. The game took 2 hours, 24 minutes and drew 35,730 fans.