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 Freeman, who started the day 2-for-44 in 11 games against Miami
this season, homered during a four-run second as the Braves pulled
within one game of first-place Washington in the National League
East. Santana (9-6) won for the fourth time in his past five starts,
allowing one run on six hits, and B.J. Upton and Jason Heyward added
two hits each.
Christian Yelich extended his road hitting streak to 17 games with a
2-for-3 performance for the Marlins, and Adeiny Hechavarria and
Garrett Jones added two hits. Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) gave up five runs
on six hits – all in the first two innings – as Miami’s three-game
winning streak ended.
Upton led off the bottom of the first with a double for the second
consecutive night, scoring later in the frame on Justin Upton’s
sacrifice fly. The Braves scored four times in the second with Tommy
La Stella’s RBI single making it 2-0 before Freeman laced a 2-2
pitch over the fence in left-center with two outs to put Atlanta
ahead 5-0.
Yelich, who is 6-for-11 in the series, singled to right in the third
to plate Jarrod Saltalamacchia, but Santana got Donovan Solano to
ground into a double play to end the inning. The Atlanta
right-hander then fanned two hitters in each of the next three
innings, but Eovaldi was even better after the rough start, firing
five hitless innings.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Freeman hit his first homer since June 27 and his
first at home since May 19. … Miami manager Mike Redmond was ejected
in the bottom of the eighth for arguing that Heyward was tagged out
diving back to third base; Heyward scored on Gerald Laird's single
later in the inning. … Santana recorded double-digit strikeouts for
the 13th time in his career and fell one short of his career high of
11.
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