Braves beat Marlins as Fried throws a complete game
>> Max Fried pitched a three-hitter for Atlanta's first nine-inning complete game since 2022, Adam Duvall had a tworun homer and and the Atlanta Braves blanked the Miami Marlins for the second night in a row, 5-0 on Tuesday.
After a dismal start, Fried (2-0) has recaptured the form that makes him one of baseball's top starters. It helped to be facing the struggling Marlins, who dropped to 6-19 and have gone 20 innings without scoring a run.
They remained 0-for-Atlanta after getting blanked 3-0 in the series opener Monday. With a week still to go in April, Miami is already 11 1/2 games behind the Braves in the NL East.
Fried breezed through the night, throwing 69 of 92 pitches for strikes. He fanned six, didn't walk anyone and needed only 1 hour, 54 minutes to dispatch the Marlins in the major leagues' fourth complete game this season.
PIRATES 2, BREWERS 1 >> Andrew McCutchen led off the bottom of the first with a home run for the second straight game, Bailey Falter took a shutout into the eighth inning and Pittsburgh beat Milwaukee.
TIGERS 4, RAYS 2 >> Riley Greene went deep twice for his first multi-homer game, Mark Canha added a homer and Detroit Tigers beat Tampa Bay.
GUARDIANS 4, RED SOX 1 >> Tyler Freeman and Bryan Rocchio had RBIs in the seventh inning when Cleveland finally scored against Boston's Tanner Houck, and José Ramírez homered as Cleveland kept up their scorching start with a win over Boston.
REDS 8, PHILLIES 1 >> Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run home run, Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and Cincinnati ended Philadelphia's seven-game win streak with a victory.
CUBS 7, ASTROS 2 >> Mike Tauchman hit his first two homers of the season, and Chicago took a five-run first-inning lead in a win over Houston that dropped the Astros 10 games under .500 for the first time since 2016.
TWINS 6, WHITE SOX 5 >> Alex Kirilloff hit a two-out, game-ending single after Byron Buxton led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, and major leagueworst Chicago fell to 3-20 with a loss to Minnesota.
MARINERS 4, RANGERS 0 >> Logan Gilbert allowed only two hits pitching into the seventh inning, Julio Rodríguez hit his first homer and Seattle beat Texas, knocking the World Series champion Rangers out of first place for the first time this season.
ROYALS 3, BLUE JAYS 2 >> Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the go-ahead double in the fifth inning for Kansas City after a costly error by Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and the Royals' bullpen shut down Toronto the rest of the way.
DIAMONDBACKS 14, CARDINALS 1 >> Pavin Smith hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs to help Arizona Diamondbacks to a win over St. Louis.
DODGERS 4, NATIONALS 1 >> Shohei Ohtani hit a 450foot homer to the second deck in right field in his first visit to Nationals Park, and Los Angeles beat Washington.