BRAVES SWEEP MARLINS IN DH FOR 5TH STRAIGHT VICTORY

Ronald Acuña homered on the first pitch of the game, Matt Olson hit his 24th homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 to sweep their doubleheader Saturday.

Rookie Vaughn Grissom

Braves 5-6, Marlins 2-2

also went deep for the surging Braves, who won their fifth straight after losing four of five to the NL Eastleading New York Mets.

In the first game, Chadwick Thompson doubled twice, singled and drove in three runs to lead Atlanta to a 5-2 win.

Acuña’s shot over the wall in center was his 26th career leadoff homer. He also has 10 career blasts on the first pitch, four against Miami.

Braves starter Ian Anderson,

who was optioned to Triple-a Gwinnett Aug. 7 only to return temporarily as the 27th man for the doubleheader, scattered two runs in six innings. Anderson (10-6) gave up five hits, walked one and struck out four.

Although he reached double-digit victories in a season for the first time in his career, Anderson has struggled with command, prompting the demotion to the minors.

The Marlins have lost 12 of 13 at home and scored 23 runs total through their first 12 games in August.

Grissom made it 3-0 with a two-run shot in the fifth. The 21-year-old Grissom hit Marlins reliever A.J. Ladwig’s first pitch over the wall in left-center for his second homer since being promoted from Double-a Mississippi on Monday.

Miami narrowed the deficit on Joey Wendle’s RBI single in the fifth, but the Braves responded with Olson’s solo blast in the sixth. Olson has homered in the first three games of the series.

Jesus Aguilar’s leadoff homer in the bottom half got the Marlins within 4-2 before Olson hit a two-run single in the seventh.

The Marlins loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth after Kirby Yates walked JJ Bleday and Jacob Staliings. Raisel Iglesias relieved and got the second out before walking Peyton Burdick. Pinch-hitter Garrett Cooper lined out to center for Iglesias’ 17th save and first with the Braves.

Tommy Nance pitched the first three innings of the planned bullpen game for Miami. Reinstated from the injured list before the second game, Nance (0-1) allowed one run, two hits, walked one and struck out six.

Notable

Rays CF Kevin Kiermaier expects to be ready for opening day next year following season-ending left hip surgery, but what team that will be with is yet to be determined. The 32-year-old Kiermaier is in the final season of a $53.5 million, sixyear contract agreed to in March 2017. The Rays have a team option for 2023, which they will likely decline.

• The Rays also said SS Wander Franco (right hamate surgery) and OFS Harold Ramirez (broken right thumb) and Manuel Margot (right patellar tendon strain) are all expected back this month.

• Brewers RHP Trevor Gott (forearm strain) was placed on the 15-IL retroactive to Aug. 11. RHP Trevor Rosenthal (left hamstring) begins a rehab assignment Tuesday at Triple-a Nashville. He hit 98 mph during a workout Friday.