Takeaways from Atlanta's comeback victory against the Marlins on Wednesday night

Atlanta scored the last six runs of the game to win the series and set themselves up for the sweep

Author:
Lindsay Crosby
Apr 26, 2023 10:12 PM EDT

This lineup, man. There are no innings or at-bats off.

The Atlanta Braves put up the final six runs of the game to come back and defeat the Miami Marlins, 6-4, to win the series and set themselves up for a sweep to close the homestand on Thursday afternoon.

Here's what you need to know from the contest:

There is no quit in the Braves lineup

Atlanta's bats were held fairly quiet by Sandy Alcantara, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner. He was cruising through five innings, allowing only three hits and one walk, staked to a 4-0 lead thanks to three solo home runs and a bases-loaded walk.

Ronald Acuña Jr decided to slam the breaks on Alcantara in the 6th inning.

RAJ hit a first pitch home run to centerfield, opening the floodgates on Alcantara. An Austin Riley double and two walks later, Alcantara was leaving the game with the Braves on the verge of breaking it open.

Atlanta went on to score the final six runs of the contest, two in the 6th and four more in the 8th to take an 8-6 lead that AJ Minter closed out in 12 pitches for his fifth save of the season.

For the game, Atlanta had six runs on nine hits, with all of those runs and 2/3rds of those hits coming in the 6th inning or later.

Bryce Elder pitched well

Elder got a no-decision for the game, leaving in the top of the 6th inning with one out and runners on 1st and 2nd...but he did his job, limiting the damage to three solo shots by the Marlins (Jesus Sanchez with a mammoth shot in the 2nd, Jazz Chisholm in the 3rd, and Avisail Garcia in the 4th) and an inherited runner being walked in by Michael Tonkin.

The man who was optioned down to AAA Gwinnett midway through camp so that Dylan Dodd and Jared Shuster could compete for the 5th starter's job has outlasted them all in Atlanta, allowing only six earned runs in his first five starts in the 2023 season. There's not going to be a shuttle back and forth to Gwinnett for Elder, who has pitched himself into a rotation spot every 5th day as long as he's healthy. It's reminiscent of Kyle Wright's emergence last year as a reliable starter that resulted in him leading all of MLB in wins, with 21, on his way to a 10th place finish in the Cy Young Award race in the National League.

Elder's final line was 5.1 innings pitched with five hits, four runs (all earned) and two walks to three strikeouts.

Vaughn Grissom continues to be clutch at the plate

The overall statline isn't great for Grissom (.270/.308/.297 entering tonight), but he's getting more confident by the day with a bat in his hands. He's picked up hits in all but two of the team's games he's played in since being called up to replace an injured Orlando Arcia, and is making believers out of Braves fans.

He's picked up three RBIs and a run in the two games of this Marlins series he's played in, and seems to be growing more comfortable in high-leverage situations. He was officially 2-4 tonight with two RBIs, including the eventual game-winner.

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What's next?

Atlanta's goes for the series sweep tomorrow afternoon at 12:20 ET, broadcast on Bally Sports South. The radio call, with Ben Ingram, is available locally on 680 AM/93.7 FM The Fan or outside the Atlanta market on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network or MLB.com.

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WATCH: Ronald Acuña Jr ends the shutout with a bomb off of Sandy Alcantara

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WATCH: Ozzie Albies extends the lead with a solo homer

WATCH: Braves string together a big fourth-inning rally

WATCH: Speed kills as Ronald Acuña Jr. scores first run of the night for Atlanta

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