Braves continue winning ways vs. Marlins
ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves have a winning record against just one team, but they made the Miami Marlins pay for their struggles against everyone else.
Brandon Snyder drove in two with a pinch-hit triple in a four-run sixth inning and the Braves' 8-5 victory Thursday night improved their record to 7-2 against the Marlins.
Nearly a fourth of the wins for the Braves (27-52) have come against Miami (41-38).
Tyler Flowers had three doubles for the Braves, while Jace Peterson, Freddie Freeman, Nick Markakis, Erick Aybar and Chase d'Arnaud all had two hits in the 14-hit outburst.
Arodys Vizcaino gave up a pair of two-out walks in the ninth inning and catcher Flowers was ejected by home plate umpire Larry Vanover for arguing before Adeiny Hechavarria doubled in a run.
Maurico Cabrerra, making his third major league appearance, got pinch-hitter Cole Gillespie to end the game with a fly ball, recording his first save.
Justin Bour hit a three-run homer in the second inning for the Marlins. It was his 15th homer of the season and the eighth of his career against the Braves.
Miami starter Wei-Yin Chen (4-3) was pulled after a walk and single with one out in the sixth inning and Braves went to work against reliever Mike Dunn.
Aybar had a run-scoring single, Snyder delivered his pinch two-run triple and d'Arnaud drove in the final run with a hit off Dunn's glove.
Chen was charged with four runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. The left-hander struck out two and walked two, leaving after 82 pitches.
Left-handed reliever Dario Alvarez (2-1) was credited with the victory after getting the last two outs in the top of the sixth inning.
Flowers' double in the seventh inning off Kyle Barraclough scored Markakis, who had singled, and pushed the Braves' lead to four runs.
Ichiro Suzuki had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly for the Marlins in the eighth inning off Jim Johnson, but the Braves scored an unearned run in the bottom of the inning on d'Arnaud's double against Brian Ellington.
J.T. Realmuto had three of the Marlins' seven hits off seven Braves pitchers.
Braves starter Mike Foltynewicz, back on the mound after nearly a month on the disabled list because of elbow soreness, didn't return after a 68-minute rain delay in the middle of the third inning.
An error by Braves third baseman Adonis Garcia and a walk preceded Bour's three-run homer in the second inning. Foltynewicz left a 3-2 fastball in the middle of the plate and Bour sent a towering drive into the center-field seats.
Foltynewicz, who made just one rehab start, allowed only one runner to reach in the first and third innings. He gave up two hits, walked two, hit a batter and struck out two, with one of the three runs unearned.
The Braves scored twice in the third inning against Chen. Freeman had an RBI triple and Markakis a run-scoring single after Peterson started things with a leadoff hit.
NOTES: The Marlins acquired RHP Fernando Rodney, who was 17 for 17 in save opportunities with the Padres, in exchange for RHP Chris Paddack, a prospect pitching in Class A. Rodney, 39, had a 0.31 ERA in 28 appearances, striking out 33 in 28 2/3 innings. ... The Braves traded RHP Bud Norris to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Double-A OF Dion Toscano, a player to be named and about $1 million for two bullpen prospects -- LHP Phil Pfeifer and RHP Caleb Dirks. Norris, 31, was 2-1 with a 2.15 ERA in his last five starts. ... The Braves signed 2B Omar Infante, released by Kansas City, to a minor league contract. ... RHP Julio Teheran (3-7, 2.46 ERA) takeS a 23-inning scoreless streak into his Friday night start for the Braves. Miami has not named its starter. ... The finale of the four-game series on Sunday night will be played at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.