Braves beat Marlins to end skid
MIAMI — Ender Inciarte hit two home runs and Tyler Flowers had a go-ahead single in the ninth inning Wednesday night to help the Atlanta Braves break a five-game losing streak by rallying past the Miami Marlins 5-4.
Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton hit a pair of two-run homers, his first of the year.
Freddie Freeman hit his third homer for the Braves.
The Braves went 2-6 on a season-opening trip before heading home to open their new ballpark Friday. They can only hope for the kind of success they’ve had at Marlins Park, where they’re 32-15.
Atlanta also hopes for a glitch-free day at SunTrust Park in the opener against San Diego. The retractable roof at Marlins Park couldn’t prevent a 27-minute delay in the fourth inning during a thunderstorm, which caused several banks of lights to go out.
Inciarte hit a two-run homer in the third, his first of the year. His solo homer in the eighth off Junichi Tazawa made it 4-all.
Brandon Phillips walked in the ninth against A.J. Ramos (0-1), advanced on a two-out wild pitch and came home on Flowers’ sharp single.
Jaime Garcia went five innings for Atlanta and gave up four runs, all on Stanton homers. Arodys Vizcaino (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jim Johnson worked a perfect ninth for the Braves’ first save of the year.
Miami starter Tom Koehler allowed three runs in six innings.
came Stanton’sin the third first inning, home whenrun he lofted a drive that bounced off the padding atop the wall in left-center field. His second homer, a line drive in the fifth, landed in the swimming pool in the nightclub beyond left field, and a fan jumped in to retrieve the ball.
Stanton’s 19th multihomer game extended his franchise record. He’s now 7-for-10 with three homers lifetime against Garcia.
Braves right-handed pitcher Julio Teheran is scheduled to start Friday when the Braves open their $622 million ballpark against the Padres.