Braves 6, Marlins 3
MIAMI -- Adonis Garcia drove in three runs and the Atlanta Braves snapped a nine-game losing streak to start the season with a 6-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
The Braves avoided an 0-10 start that would have matched a club record set in 1988.
Atlanta took the lead with a four-run eighth inning against two Miami relievers.
Garcia atoned for a fielding and throwing error on consecutive batters in the third inning after his two-run single with the bases loaded in the eighth off Bryan Morris gave the Braves a 5-3 lead. Gordon Beckham's RBI single increased Atlanta's lead to 6-3.
The Braves began their rally on Nick Markakis' game-tying single to left off Chris Naverson that scored pinch-runner Mallex Smith. Naverson relieved David Phelps (2-1), who allowed two runs in one-plus innings.
Alexi Ogando (1-0) worked two scoreless innings for the win. Arodys Vizcaino pitched the final 1 1/3 innings around two walks and two hits for the save.
The Braves chased Marlins starter Wei-Yin Chen in the seventh after Garcia's one-out double scored Daniel Castro and advanced Freddie Freeman to third. Beckham's groundout against Phelps drove in Freeman and cut Miami's lead to 3-2.
In his second appearance with Miami, Chen (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits, struck out six and walked one before being lifted with one out in the seventh. Chen had missed a start after a line drive struck his left arm on opening day.
Chen kept the Braves hitless until Beckham's one-out single to left in the fifth. He retired 10 straight batters after giving up a leadoff to Markakis to start the game.
Marcell Ozuna and Christian Yelich each had three hits for Miami, which scored in the first, third and fifth.
The Marlins chased Braves starter Williams Perez (0-1) after 4 1/3 innings. Perez allowed three runs, eight hits and two walks and struck out one.
Giancarlo Stanton's single to center scored Ozuna for a 1-0 Miami lead in the first. Ozuna had doubled and advanced to third on Yelich's single to left.
Dee Gordon scored from third on Yelich's double play groundout in the third to give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.
The Marlins increased their lead to 3-0 on Martin Prado's RBI double in the fifth.
NOTES: Braves RHP Jose Ramirez was assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett after he cleared waivers Thursday. Before being designated for assignment on Monday, the reliever appeared in two games, allowing six runs and five hits in two innings. ... Braves OF Nick Markakis was used in the leadoff spot after OF Mallex Smith hit first in the four-game series against the Nationals. Smith went 1-for-14 against Washington. ... LHP Eric Jokisch joined the Marlins and was assigned to Triple-A New Orleans after being claimed off waivers from the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. Jokisch, 26, began the season at the Cubs' Triple-A affiliate in Iowa. To make room for Jokisch, the Marlins designated RHP Scott McGough for assignment. ... Marlins LHP Mike Dunn, on the disabled list since the start of the season, had a second MRI on his strained left forearm Monday. The test found no structural damage, Dunn said.