Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins
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Alcantara gets another save, Hernández, Conine homer as Marlins beat playoff-bound Braves 5-3
Alcantara worked around an error in a hitless ninth to remain perfect in three save chances. The Marlins ace finished 13-11 with a 3.87 ERA in 33 starts and three relief appearances.
NL East champion Atlanta, which hosts Philadelphia in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday, finished 94-68 for an 18-win improvement over last year's fourth-place finish.
Miami improved by one win to 80-82 but finished with its third straight losing season and 15th in 17 years.
Braves slugger Matt Olson and infielder Ozzie Albies played in every game this season. Olson has not missed a game with Atlanta since he joined the club in 2022 and his consecutive games streak of 944 began on May 2, 2021, while with the Oakland Athletics.
Miami’s Otto López didn’t play, ending with a major league-best 191 hits.
The Marlins finished 29th in home attendance at 1,221,018.
Miami chased Atlanta starter JR Ritchie (1-5) during a three-run sixth. Esteury Ruiz hit an RBI single that snapped a 1-all tie and Jared Serna added a two-run double.
After DaShawn Keirsey’s RBI groundout and Mauricio Dubón’s run-scoring single narrowed the gap for Atlanta in the seventh, Conine connected with a 110.2 mph solo drive that landed in the upper deck seats.
Michael Petersen (4-4) threw 1 1/3 innings of relief.
Dubón put Atlanta ahead 1-0 with a solo homer in the third before Miami tied it on Hernández’s drive in the fourth.
Marlins starter Janson Junk gave up one run and three hits over 4 2/3 innings.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Keirsey Jr. struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Hicklen flied out to center. |
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9th Inning | Kim lined out to center. |
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9th Inning | Murphy safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Pauley. |
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9th Inning | Alcantara relieved Ekness |
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8th Inning | De Los Santos struck out swinging. |
Statistics
 ATL |
 MIA |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 16 |
| 9 | Strikeouts | 7 |
| 3 | Runs Batted In | 5 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 5 | Hits | 8 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
| 3 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 5 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 31 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 13 | Runners Left On Base | 11 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 2 |
| 15 | Fly Balls | 9 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 138 | Pitches | 117 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 8 | Total Bases | 16 |
| 36 | Plate Appearances | 34 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 1 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 1.5 | Runs Created | 5.2 |
| .152 | Batting Average | .258 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .242 | Slugging Percentage | .516 |
| .182 | Secondary Average | .355 |
| .222 | On Base Percentage | .303 |
| .465 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .819 |
| 0.6 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.8 |
| 1.5 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 5.8 |
| 20.0 | Batter Rating | 39.0 |
| 33.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 15.5 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
| 3.83 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.44 |
| .091 | Isolated Power | .258 |
| 0.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.29 |
| .083 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .059 |
| .030 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .097 |
| 6.0 | Runs Produced | 10.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.3 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 69.5 | MLB Rating | 86.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Miami, Florida
Attendance: 35,730 | Capacity:
2026 National League East Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta |
- | 68 | L1 | 0.5802469 | 94 |
 Philadelphia |
6 | 74 | W1 | 0.54320985 | 88 |
| Miami |
14 | 82 | W1 | 0.49382716 | 80 |
 Washington |
17 | 85 | W1 | 0.47530866 | 77 |
 New York |
20 | 88 | L1 | 0.45679012 | 74 |