Albies’ double sends Braves past Marlins
ATLANTA — Ozzie Albies’ bloop double in the seventh inning drove in two runs to give the lead to the Atlanta Braves, who recovered after blowing an early three-run advantage to beat the Miami Marlins 6-4 on Friday night.
Miami led 4-3 before Ronald Acuña Jr. tied the game with a pinch-hit double down the left-field line off Anthony Bass (1-2). Matt Olson, who led off the seventh with a walk, scored from first base on the double.
After Bass walked Dansby Swanson, Albies hit a blooper that fell into shallow left field. As Marlins left fielder Jorge Soler held the ball too long, Acuña easily scored the go-ahead run and Swanson ran through third-base coach Ron Washington’s stop sign to also score.
Perhaps thinking Swanson would stop at third base, Soler threw the ball to a cutoff man instead of throwing to the plate.
Atlanta reliever Jackson Stephens (1-1) had two strikeouts and allowed no hits in two scoreless innings behind starter Ian Anderson.
Kenley Jansen gave up a one-out single to Brian Anderson in the ninth before recovering for his 11th save in 13 chances this season. Jansen struck out Jacob Stallings and Jesús Sánchez, each on called third strikes, to end the game.
Bass allowed two runs while recording two outs.
Jesús Aguilar hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning as Miami took a 4-3 lead after trailing 3-0.
Garrett Cooper also hit a two-run homer in the Marlins’ four-run sixth off Anderson. It was a quick answer by the Marlins to Atlanta’s three-run fifth against Trevor Rogers, who was perfect through four innings.
Austin Riley’s homer in the bottom of the fifth produced the game’s first run — and was Atlanta’s first hit. Travis d’Arnaud followed Riley’s homer with a double off the glove of shortstop Miguel Rojas into left field. With one out, William Contreras drove in d’Arnaud with a double to the wall in center field.
Travis Demeritte then snapped an 0-for-34 slump with a run-scoring single to left field for a 3-0 lead. After getting his first hit since May 14, a grateful Demeritte placed his hands together in a prayerful pose as he stood and smiled at first base.
Rogers allowed three runs on four hits and one walk in five innings.
Acuña, dealing with a strained right quadriceps, was held out of the starting lineup for the third straight game.