Travis d’Arnaud strike his fifth residence run in four video games and Bryce Elder pitched 6 2/3 spotless innings in his return from the minors as the Atlanta Braves conquer the Miami Marlins 3- on Monday evening.
David Fletcher capped a 3-run fourth with an RBI one to support the Braves get for the seventh time in eight games.
Recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett earlier in the day, Elder (1-) scattered 8 hits in his initially main league begin this season. The proper-hander struck out 4 and walked none.
Elder was picked for the NL All-Star group past calendar year, when he built 31 starts for Atlanta and concluded 12-4 with a 3.81 Period. But he struggled in the 2nd 50 %, got hit hard in his lone playoff look in opposition to Philadelphia and started the 2024 year in the minors.
Pierce Johnson received one out and A.J. Minter pitched the eighth. Raisel Iglesias labored a ideal ninth for his seventh conserve in 7 odds, ending an 8-hitter that marked Atlanta’s initially shutout of the time.
Ryan Weathers (2-2) gave up 3 operates and 6 hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out just one and walked a few.
In the fourth, d’Arnaud released a two-run homer to open up the scoring. He strike a few property operates Friday, an additional on Saturday and 1 on Monday — all in a span of eight at-bats.
The catcher extra a solitary Monday, soon after his preceding 5 hits ended up dwelling runs.
Ronald Acuña Jr. singled and stole 2nd in the initial inning, his 190th vocation steal. That established an Atlanta-era report for the Braves, surpassing Rafael Furcal. Herman Prolonged retains the franchise mark with 434.
Elder gave up a few hits in the initially inning, but some inadequate baserunning by Luis Arraez cost the Marlins a operate. Elder finished the next and sixth with double performs as he retained all 9 Marlins baserunners he allowed from scoring.
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Braves LHP Max Fried (1-, 7.71 Era) will facial area Marlins LHP Trevor Rogers (-2, 3.92) in the middle match of the series Tuesday.
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