Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins Match Player Stats On May 13, 2017

The Sports Xchange
May 13, 2017

MIAMI -- Marcell Ozuna, the left fielder for the slumping Miami Marlins, lost a ball in the lights, leading to a two-run Atlanta rally and a 3-1 Braves' victory on Saturday night at Marlins Park.

Ozuna's misplay was credited as a double for Freddie Freeman, who hit a pair of two-baggers and scored twice.

Braves right-hander Julio Teheran (3-3), who had struggled with an 8.02 ERA in his past four starts, pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks.

Jim Johnson pitched the ninth, earning his sixth save in eight chances.

Marlins right-hander Edinson Volquez (0-5), who had been on the disabled list due to a blister on his right thumb, pitched his first game since May 2. He allowed two runs, four hits and two walks in six innings and has yet to win a game with Miami.

The Braves (13-20) won their second straight game and moved past Miami, out of last place in the National League East.

It was the first series won by the Braves since they took two out of three from the Milwaukee Brewers on April 28-30.

The Marlins (13-22) are mired in a dreadful slump -- they have lost 14 of their past 17 games, including five in a row.

Atlanta opened the scoring in the fourth. Freeman led off by slicing his opposite-field double that Ozuna lost, with the ball landing about 30 feet behind him. Freeman scored on a one-out single by Nick Markakis. Dansby Swanson's two-out single on a 2-2 pitch scored Markakis from third to make it 2-0.

Justin Bour hit a solo homer in the seventh inning, cutting Miami's deficit to 2-1. The homer, which came on the first pitch of the night by reliever Eric O'Flaherty, was the seventh of the season for Bour. It was also the first career homer off a left-hander by the lefty-swinging Bour.

Atlanta extended its lead to 3-1 in the eighth. Freeman hit a clean two-out double to left-center and scored when third baseman Derek Dietrich scooped up a dribbler by Matt Kemp and bounced a throw that got by Bour at first base.

Kemp was credited with a hit, extending his streak to 13 games.

NOTES: Marlins LHP Wei-Yin Chen, who has been out since May 5 due to arm fatigue, was supposed to pitch on Tuesday but had a setback on Saturday during a bullpen session. ... In order to activate RHP Edinson Volquez (right thumb blister) off the disabled list on Saturday, Miami sent RHP Brian Ellington to Triple-A New Orleans. ... Braves RHP prospect Mike Soroka, who at 19 is the second-youngest player in the Double-A Southern League, carried a perfect game into the seventh inning on Friday. He finished his night by allowing one hit and one walk and lowering his ERA to 0.89. ... Braves RHP R.A. Dickey (3-2), who starts the series finale on Sunday, has a streak of five straight double-figure-wins seasons. ... Miami has not announced its Sunday starter, but LHP Justin Nicolino, who is at New Orleans, is a possibility.