MIAMI — Ozzie Albies homered twice, doubled and drove in 4 runs and the Atlanta Braves used a nine-run ninth inning to beat the Miami Marlins 11-2 on Tuesday night time.
Drake Baldwin and Eli White every drove in two runs for the Braves.
Tyler Kinley (3-3) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win. Atlanta starter Hurston Waldrep gave up a run on eight hits with a stroll in 5 1/3 innings.
Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara gave up two runs in seven innings. Tyler Zuber (0-1) allowed two runs and recorded an out within the ninth.
Albies fouled off six consecutive pitches earlier than he hit a solo homer with two out within the fourth that gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead.
Jacob Marsee singled to drive in Xavier Edwards within the first. Javier Sanoja doubled to steer off the seventh and later scored on a wild pitch by Dylan Lee to make it 2-2.
Jurickson Profar walked to steer off the sport and later scored when Marcell Ozuna grounded out with the bases loaded.
Key second
Zuber gave up a leadoff double within the ninth to Ozuna, who was changed by pinch-runner White. After Albies popped out and Nacho Alvarez Jr. walked, Josh Simpson changed Zuber. Vidal Bruján hit the following pitch to left subject for a double that drove in White and Baldwin adopted with a two-run single. Ronald Acuña Jr. drew a bases-loaded stroll, White hit a two-run single and Albies capped Atlanta’s nine-run ninth with a three-run homer.
Key stat
Sanoja, a 24-year-old who began the sport at third base, made his fifth pitching look of the season with two out within the ninth inning and retired the one batter he confronted when Alvarez flied out.
Up subsequent
Braves LHP Joey Wentz (4-4, 5.25 ERA) is scheduled to start out towards Marlins RHP Ryan Gusto (7-6, 5.05) on Wednesday.
