The Braves only had five hits in the game and for the second night in a row all the scoring was provided with one swing. Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the first inning and that held up throughout the remainder of the game. Freeman's seventeenth homer of the year was one of two hits he had in the game to lead the team. Elliot Johnson, Dan Uggla and B.J. Upton had the other hits for the offense. Evan Gattis walked in his only plate appearance on "El Oso Blanco Night", his nickname in a night to celebrate the rookie. It wasn't a night filled of celebration though for Gattis, as he didn't start on his night and was then sent to Triple-A Gwinnett following the Braves' win.
Julio Teheran matched Marlins' rookie Jose Fernandez inning for inning and came out on top to earn the win and improve his record to 11-7 on the year. He pitched six and a third innings and gave up a run on four hits while striking out eight batters. Scott Downs and Luis Ayala combined to pitch the rest of the seventh inning and they did well. Anthony Varvaro then pitched the eighth and ninth innings and gave up only a hit to earn the first save of his career.
The Braves are now 82-52 on the season and they will play the Marlins in game two of the series tomorrow night at 7:10 p.m. Mike Minor (13-5) will make the start for Atlanta against Jacob Turner (3-5) for Miami.
Freddie Freeman gets a hit, he also hit a two-run homer earlier in the game to propel the Braves to a 2-1 victory on Friday night over Miami.
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