The Braves' offense had ten hits but blew scoring chances again in the loss. Andrelton Simmons and Chris Johnson led the Braves with two hits and an RBI, Freddie Freeman also had two hits in the game. Brian McCann had one hit, but it was a solo homer, his tenth home run of the season. Dan Uggla, Jason Heyward and B.J. Upton also added a hit apiece in the loss.
Minor had his stuff going through the first four innings, but then after walking Ricky Nolasco in the fifth with two outs, he gave up a three-run homer to the Marlins Justin Ruggiano, and that was all they would need. Minor ended up pitching six innings and gave up four runs on six hits. He struck out nine batters in the game and suffered the loss, he is 8-4 on the year. David Carpenter pitched a perfect seventh inning before Cory Gearrin came in and gave up two runs on two hits in the eighth inning as his recent struggles continued. Anthony Varvaro came in and pitched a perfect ninth.
Atlanta is now 49-35 on the year and they will finish their series with the Marlins tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m. and the 4th of July. Julio Teheran (6-4) will get the ball against the Marlins' Henderson Alvarez (0-0) who will be making his Major League debut.
Brian McCann is congratulated after hitting a home run, but it wasn't enough as the Braves lost 6-3 to the Marlins on Wednesday night.
Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press
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