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09/27 17:18 CDT Alcantara gets another save, Hernndez, Conine homer as Marlins
beat playoff-bound Braves 5-3
Alcantara gets another save, Hernndez, Conine homer as Marlins beat
playoff-bound Braves 5-3
MIAMI (AP) --- Major league-innings leader Sandy Alcantara got his third save,
Heriberto Hernndez and Griffin Conine homered and the Miami Marlins beat the
the playoff-bound Atlanta Braves 5-3 in Sunday's regular-season finale.
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 Lpez 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 Dubn'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.
Dubn put Atlanta ahead 1-0 with a solo homer in the third before Miami tied it
on Hernndez'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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Probable pitchers for Tuesday had not been announced.
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