Miami 6, Atlanta 2
When: 12:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
68°
Umpires:
Home -
Alan Porter, 1B -
Mark Ripperger, 2B -
Jeff Kellogg, 3B -
Brian O'Nora
Attendance:
18342
By The Sports Xchange
ATLANTA -- Miami shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria celebrated his 26th birthday with three hits, including a home run, to help the Marlins to a 6-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.
Hechavarria went 3-for-3 with a sacrifice fly, scored two runs, drove in three and hit his first home run of the season. The Marlins won the final two games of the three-game series at Turner Field.
Starting pitcher Dan Haren (1-0) started slowly and threw 28 pitches in the first inning. But the veteran right-hander settled down and pitched seven innings and allowed three hits and two walks, with five strikeouts. Two of the hits allowed were solo home runs and the Braves otherwise had only one runner reach second base.
Mike Dunn retired the Braves in order in the eighth inning and Steve Cishek pitched a scoreless ninth, with one strikeout, in a non-save situation.
Atlanta starter Eric Stults (0-1) allowed four runs on five hits and two walks, striking out one, in five innings.
The Marlins took the lead with two runs off Stults in the third inning. Catcher J.T. Realmuto walked and Hechavarria singled, and both moved up on Haren's sacrifice bunt. Second baseman Dee Gordon lined a double to left to score both and extend his hitting streak against the Braves to eight games.
Miami added two more in the fourth. Realmuto singled and Hechavarria hit a long homer to left.
The Marlins made it 5-0 in the sixth inning on a towering homer by first baseman Michael Morse, his first, off reliever Cody Martin.
The Braves put a run on the board in the sixth on a solo homer by center fielder Cameron Maybin, his second, and added another run in the seventh inning on right fielder Kelly Johnson's solo homer, his first.
NOTES: Miami LF Christian Yelich missed his second straight start with tightness in his back. Yelich was shaken up while making a diving catch on Monday. ... Atlanta shook up its lineup Wednesday. The Braves gave RF Nick Markakis the day off and moved 1B Freddie Freeman to No. 3 and C Christian Bethancourt to No. 4 in the batting order. Freeman had batted cleanup in the previous eight games. Kelly Johnson played right field in place of Markakis. ... The Braves begin a three-city road trip that will see them play nine games over the next 10 days. The trip begins Friday with three games in Toronto. The Braves are 5-9 on games in Toronto and split two games there in 2013. Atlanta will start RHP Julio Teheran (2-0, 1.50) against Toronto RHP Drew Hutchison (1.0, 6.97). ... Miami continues its road trip with four games in New York and three games in Philadelphia. Miami will start RHP Jarred Cosart (0-1, 1.50) in the opener with the Mets on Thursday against Philadelphia RHP Dillon Gee (0-1, 9.00).
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Miami |
|
Atlanta |
|
Dan Haren |
Player |
Eric Stults |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
3 |
Hits |
5 |
|
2.57 |
ERA |
7.20 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Miami
|
8 |
2 |
16 |
.267 |
10 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Atlanta
|
3 |
2 |
9 |
.100 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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