Braves Walk By Marlins

     The Atlanta Braves defeated the Miami Marlins 11-9 at loanDepot park on Wednesday night. The Braves were able to sweep the three-game series from the Marlins. 

     Atlanta(65-56) put up four runs in the fourth inning. Austin Riley drove in Freddie Freeman with a base hit into center field. Riley and Dansby Swanson would both scored on bases-loaded walks. Ozzie Albies capped the frame on a sacrifice fly into right field to score Travis d'Arnaud. 

     In the fifth inning, the Braves increased it to 5-0. Adam Duvall doubled to center field and Freeman reached home. 

     Miami(51-70) got two runs in the bottom of the fifth and trailed 5-2. Jorge Alfaro grounded into a force out and Isan Diaz scored. Miguel Rojas then knocked in Alex Jackson with a single to right. 

     It became 7-2 for Atlanta in the top of the sixth. Freeman crushed a two-run homer to right field on a 2-1 pitch with Jorge Soler aboard for his 27th home run of the season. He also completed the cycle on that play for his second in his MLB career. 

     The Marlins picked up a run during the seventh inning. Brian Anderson grounded out to third and Isan Diaz scored. 

     The Braves piled on four runs in the top of the eighth to make it 11-3. The Fish prolonged the finish with six runs in the bottom of the ninth.