Braves Beat Marlins, 2-1

The Atlanta Braves had some great pitching and got some clutch offense late to win 2-1 over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. They did receive a scare though when Kris Medlen was hit by a batted ball and taken out of the game.
The Braves offense only collected four hits in the victory. B.J. Upton had two of those hits, including a double, but it was Freddie Freeman and Chris Johnson who delivered the damage. Freeman hit a solo home run in the second inning, it was his third homer so far of spring training. Johnson had a bloop single with two outs in the ninth inning that drove in Tyler Pastornicky for the winning run.
As for the pitching, Medlen was having a great day before being hit by a Casey Kotchman liner. The ball hit Medlen in the triceps on his throwing arm and manager Fredi Gonzalez removed him from the game for precautionary reasons. Medlen did say he will be ready to go the next time he is scheduled to pitch. He finished his day against the Marlins giving up only two hits in four plus scoreless innings. Jonny Venters replaced Medlen and gave up a run when he walked four straight batters, other than that he did fine in his inning and a third of relief. Dusty Hughes also pitched a scoreless inning in the seventh.
The Braves are now 11-9 on the spring. They will play the St. Louis Cardinals again tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. Mike Minor is scheduled to make the start for the Braves.

Freddie Freeman watches as his solo home run sails over the fence in the second inning. His homer helped the Braves down the Marlins, 2-1.
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