MIAMI (AP) — Bryce Elder outpitched NL Cy Youthful Award winner Sandy Alcantara by throwing seven innings of 3-strike ball and the Atlanta Braves defeat the Miami Marlins 6- on Tuesday evening.
Ozzie Albies homered and doubled, while Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled, drove in a run and stole his NL-foremost 14th base for the Braves. Acuña played a working day immediately after sustaining a bruised remaining shoulder when he was plunked by a 93 mph fastball in the 2nd recreation of a doubleheader versus the New York Mets.
Elder (3-) struck out 6 and induced 10 groundouts in his longest commence of the season.
Alcantara (1-3) has a 7.40 Period and missing a few of his four starts due to the fact throwing a comprehensive match shutout in opposition to Minnesota on April 4.
The Braves chased Alcantara right after 5 innings and 103 pitches. Alcantara gave up 3 operates, 6 hits, walked 3, struck out five and strike two batters.
Albies gave the Braves an early guide with his solo shot in the second. He drove Alcantara’s fastball above the wall in proper for his eighth homer.
Atlanta loaded the bases with no out in the third in advance of Eddie Rosario grounded into a double participate in that scored Matt Olson from third.
Rosario’s two-out RBI solitary in the fifth manufactured it 3-.
Acuña hit a sacrifice fly and Austin Riley and Sean Murphy experienced consecutive walks with the bases loaded in opposition to Miami reliever Johan Quezada in the 8 to pad Atlanta’s lead.
Kirby Yates and Joe Jimenez adopted Elder and every single pitched one inning.
Creating UP THE PITCH Count
Olson assisted lower Alcantara’s outing with two prolonged plate appearances. In the very first, Olson fouled off 4 consecutive pitches before putting out on the ninth pitch. Olson then labored out of a 1-2 rely in the fifth and drew a wander by forcing Alcantara to throw 10 pitches.
ROSTER Move
The Marlins put OF Avisaíl García on the 15-day wounded and recalled INF Xavier Edwards from Triple-A Jacksonville. Edwards pinch hit in the ninth and flew out to center.
TRAINER’S Home
Braves: RHP Raisel Iglesias (proper shoulder swelling) is scheduled to toss all over again in the future couple days after two rehab outings with Triple-A Gwinnett.
Marlins: RHP Johnny Cueto (ideal biceps tightness) will toss in a rehab video game with Jacksonville on Saturday. … INF Garrett Cooper is nonetheless working with nausea soon after exiting in the fourth inning of the sequence finale in opposition to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
UP Following
Braves RHP Kyle Wright (-1, 4.86) will start the second match of the collection Wednesday towards Marlins LHP Braxton Garrett (1-, 2.45).
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