Braves Stunned By Marlins

     The Atlanta Braves fell to the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Friday night at loanDepot park. The Braves did not lose any ground to the New York Mets for the final National League postseason spot. 

     Miami(57-97) ruptured with three runs in the bottom of the first for a 3-0 lead. Jake Burger hit a ground-rule double to right field for Connor Norby to score. Kyle Stowers followed with a base hit into left-center field which scored Jesus Sanchez. Jonah Bride came up next and knocked in Burger with a sacrifice fly to right field. 

     Atlanta(83-71) slowly chipped away at the lead. Former Marlin Jorge Soler brought in Michael Harris on a sacrifice fly to center field in the top of the third. Orlando Arcia connected with his 17th home run of the season to left field in the fourth inning and they were down 3-2. The Fish expanded it to 4-2 in the fifth inning when Norby scored on a wild pitch in the 

     The Braves closed it to 4-3 in the top of the sixth. Ramon Laureano smacked a solo home run to right-center field on a 1-2 count or his 10th homer of the year.