MLB

Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins

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Atlanta Braves
83-71, 41-38 Away
Final
3 - 4
Miami Marlins
57-97, 30-49 Home

Braves' run of 6 straight NL East titles ends with 4-3 loss to Marlins

Atlanta (83-71) cannot mathematically win the division and trails by two games for the last NL wild-card spot. The Braves have eight games left, including three at home against a New York Mets team they are trying to overcome.

"What we do is we worry about today,” manager Brian Snitker said. “We're going to want to go 1-0 tomorrow. We control our own destiny, and we need to win the rest of them. We're down to eight, and we need to take care of business tomorrow.”

Kyle Stowers also singled and doubled for Miami (57-97), on track for its worst record since going 57-105 in 2019.

Valente Bellozo (3-4) allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings and Anthony Bender, Lake Bachar, Declan Cronin and Jesus Tinoco combined for two-hit relief. Tinoco got three straight outs for his second save.

Charlie Morton (8-9) gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings and threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the fifth. He is 0-2 in his last three starts.

Ozzie Albies, a switch-hitter batting right-handed only, was 0 for 4 in his return from a fractured left wrist that had sidelined him since July 21.

Burger hit a run-scoring ground-rule double in a three-run first that included Stowers' RBI single and Jonah Bride's sacrifice fly.

“The story of that game was the first inning," Morton said. "If I walk a couple guys, give up a couple hits, run my pitch count up or whatever, that's fine. Got to the fifth inning and I felt like I was in a position where I could limit that run, and I didn't.”

Added Morton: “It's like the first inning, you look back and it's like ‘man.’ But there's still a lot of baseball to be played. If I could limit them to three (runs) through six (innings), that's OK considering I gave up three runs in the first. So to give up that run in the fifth was more troubling and more frustrating than the ones in the first.”

Ramon Laureano and Orlando Arcia homered off Bellozo, with Laureano's 404-foot drive to center cutting Atlanta's deficit to 4-3 in the sixth. Former Marlin Jorge Soler had a sacrifice fly in the third.

The Marlins bounced back from a 20-4 loss to the Dodgers on Thursday, when star slugger Shohei Ohtani homered three times and stole two bases to become the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season.

“It speaks a lot to the guys in this clubhouse," Cronin said, "especially the pitching staff. We agreed to flush it and go after the Braves and try to spoil another playoff (contender’s) run. What you saw today was a perfect example of what baseball is all about. It doesn’t matter what you did the night before. You have another opportunity to come out here and compete.”

Burger was voted the Marlins' most valuable player for the 2024 season by South Florida's chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Cronin was voted top rookie.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Braves: INF Cavan Biggio was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett in the corresponding move as Albies was activated.

Marlins: RHP Sandy Alcantara (Tommy John) is playing light catch. ... RHP Eury Pérez (Tommy John surgery) began light throwing at 45 feet.

UP NEXT

LHP Max Fried (9-10, 3.49) will start the second game of the series for the Braves on Saturday against Marlins RHP Adam Oller (1-4, 5.40).

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Matchup Prediction

Marlins: 43.0%
Braves: 57.0%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Albies grounded out to third.
9th Inning Harris II lined out to left.
9th Inning Arcia flied out to center.
9th Inning Tinoco relieved Cronin
8th Inning Conine struck out swinging.
8th Inning Lopez struck out looking.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 9
5 Strikeouts 8
3 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 8
0 Stolen Bases 1
2 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
1 Ground Into Double Play 2
1 Sacrifice Flies 1
35 At Bats 29
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
15 Runners Left On Base 18
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
0 Doubles 2
16 Fly Balls 13
1 Caught Stealing 0
142 Pitches 133
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
15 Total Bases 10
38 Plate Appearances 35
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
2 Extra Base Hits 2
3.9 Runs Created 3.9
.257 Batting Average .276
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.429 Slugging Percentage .345
.200 Secondary Average .276
.289 On Base Percentage .371
.718 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .716
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.7
3.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.3
27.0 Batter Rating 27.0
17.5 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.74 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.80
.171 Isolated Power .069
0.40 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.63
.053 Walks Per Plate Appearance .143
-.057 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .000
6.0 Runs Produced 7.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
81.8 MLB Rating 78.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

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Location: Miami, Florida
Attendance: 17,139 | Capacity:

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4
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