Chattanooga Times Free Press

Atlanta shut out at home

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ATLANTA — Dan Straily pitched seven scoreless innings and J.T. Realmuto had an RBI triple as the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 Friday night.

Straily (2-0) allowed three hits, walked three and struck out six to shut down the National League’s topscoring offense. He also beat Atlanta in his previous start a week prior.

Miami got both of its runs in the sixth. Martin Prado singled and scored on Realmuto’s triple, and Starlin Castro chased Matt Wisler (1-1) with a double.

Kyle Barracloug­h worked the eighth for the Marlins, and Brad Ziegler induced a double-play grounder from Tyler Flowers to retire the side in the ninth and earn his eighth save in eight chances. The Braves came in having scored an NL-best 76 runs in the seventh inning or later.

Straily’s best work came in the fourth. Freddie Freeman walked and advanced to third on Nick Markakis’s double. Straily intentiona­lly walked Ender Inciarte to load the bases, then escaped the jam by striking out Jose Bautista and getting Johan Camargo to fly out.

Markakis had three hits to improve his average to .343. Atlanta’s only other hit was a single in the second by Camargo, who was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

The Braves, who began the game with the NL’s best record, lost for the third time in 10 games. They were shut out for the second time this season and the first since the Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer blanked them on April 9.

Wisler, making a spot start after getting recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett when Thursday’s game against the Chicago Cubs was rained out, gave up two runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five.

Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson will likely return to the lineup today. The No. 1 overall draft pick of 2015 has been on the disabled list and missed 13 games since May 4 with left wrist inflammati­on. He went 2-for-4 in a rehab appearance Thursday at Single-A Rome. The team decided to give him an extra day of rest instead of putting him in Friday’s lineup.

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