One that got away
Marlins wiggle off hook, rally to beat Braves in 10
MIAMI — Martin Prado hit a sacrifice fly that scored Harold Ramirez in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Miami Marlins rallied for a 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.
Playing in front of a season-high home crowd of 29,720, the Marlins erased a 6-2 deficit by scoring four runs in the ninth.
Ramirez, a rookie, led off the 10th with a single off Atlanta reliever Sean Newcomb (5-2). Ramirez advanced two bases on an errant pickoff throw by Newcomb. Prado, who started his MLB career with the Braves from 2006 to 2012, lifted a fly ball deep to left field that scored Ramirez for the winning run.
Jeff Brigham (2-1) pitched a perfect 10th for the win.
Miami made it 6-all in the ninth when Starlin Castro hit a two-run double with the bases loaded off Atlanta reliever Shane Greene. Miami’s Isan Diaz attempted to score from first on the hit but was thrown out at the plate on shortstop Charlie Culberson’s relay throw from left fielder Adam Duvall. A video review confirmed the call.
Braves reliever Mark Melancon started the ninth and got the first out before allowing four consecutive singles that cut Atlanta’s lead to 6-3. Greene relieved Melancon and allowed Diaz’s bases-loaded single.
Atlanta right-hander Mike Soroka had a solid start against the last-place team in the National League’s East Division. Soroka pitched seven shutout innings, allowed three hits, struck out six batters and walked one. He lowered his ERA to 0.41 against Miami in 2019.
Ozzie Albies hit a twoout double off Miami starter Sandy Alcantara in the eighth that gave the Braves a 1-0 lead. In the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Albies hit a shot off Alcantara’s left heel that
caromed into left field and allowed Culberson to score from second. Ronald Acuña Jr. advanced to third.
Alcantara was lifted after Albies’ hit, and Freddie Freeman drove the first pitch from reliever Jarlin Garcia into center field for a single that scored Acuña and Albies.
The outing was Alcantara’s longest since a similar 7 2/3-inning effort against the host Philadelphia Phillies on June 21. Alcantara allowed three runs, five hits and two walks and struck out six batters.
Curtis Granderson’s one-out pinch hit home run off Braves reliever Anthony Swarzak in the eighth got Miami to within 3-1. Luke Jackson relieved Swarzak and allowed Brian Anderson’s run-scoring single before striking out Garrett Cooper to end the inning.
Atlanta padded its lead in the ninth when Johan Camargo hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer off Miami reliever Ryne Stanek. Camargo’s blast, his fifth of the season, landed in the Braves’ bullpen behind the fence in right-center field.
After losing the opener 9-2 and winning 8-4 on Friday, the Braves will try to earn a split of the series in South Florida today.
Atlanta right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (3-5, 6.26) will make his second start since being recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett. Once cleared to pitch after beginning the season on the injured list, Foltynewicz was ineffective for most of his 11 starts and was demoted to the minors.
The scheduled starter for the Marlins is right-hander Hector Noesi (0-1. 9.00), who goes again five days after his season debut in which he allowed five runs in as many innings against the New York Mets.