Flowers drives in four as Braves win
MIAMI — Tyler Flowers hit a home run and drove in four runs to help the Atlanta Braves end a six-game losing streak by beating the Miami Marlins 8-4 Friday night.
Flowers and Brandon Phillips both hit two-run singles during a six-run burst in the seventh inning that made it 8-1.
Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz (1-4) allowed one run in six innings.
J.T. Realmuto, Justin Bour and Derek Dietrich hit home runs for the Marlins, who have lost four straight.
Jose Urena (1-1) gave up two runs in six innings.
Atlanta’s Matt Kemp singled in the second to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. He is batting .358 (19-for-53) during the string.
Flowers hit a two-run shot in the second inning to give the Braves the early lead. Bour hit his sixth homer in the fourth.
Marlins reliever Brad Ziegler allowed four runs in the seventh while getting just one out. Kyle Barraclough’s balk and third baseman Derek Dietrich’s error helped the Braves.
Flowers, who led off the seventh by getting hit by a pitch, singled to cap the big inning.
Realmuto hit a two-run homer in the seventh, and Dietrich homered in the ninth.
The three-game series continues at 7:10 tonight. Righthander Julio Teheran (2-3, 4.69 ERA) will start for the Braves. He went 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in three starts against the Marlins last season.
Marlins right-hander Edinson Volquez (0-4, 4.71) is expected to be reinstated from the 10-day disabled list due to a blister on his right thumb and take the mound for his first start since May 2 against Tampa Bay.