We just weren’t able to get that last hit.”
”We got out of some jams and stayed in the game. “We tried to throw our best guys out there today and extend this thing,“ Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. But Nick Fortes, pinch-hitting for Sánchez, popped out to end the inning. Bryan De La Cruz and Avisaíl García walked to load the bases. Jon Berti hit a one-out double and stole his 41st base of the season. Minter escaped Miami’s threat in the eighth. I was only here for two months of it but it doesn’t make it less special. “It’s great to be a part of this,’ he said. He struck out six, and gave up only two hits, including a home run by Jesús Sánchez in the fourth. Starter Jake Odorizzi (6-6), who joined the team at the trade deadline, allowed one run in five innings. Kenley Jansen recorded his 41st save, working a perfect ninth to seal the win. The Mets swept the Washington Nationals in Tuesday’s doubleheader but had to settle for a wild-card spot. The Braves swept the Mets over the weekend to take the division lead and entered the Marlins series needing a win or a Mets loss to clinch the division crown. They didn’t get caught up that we were behind.” “Coming to work every day and worrying about today. “To keep plugging along and the consistency that these guys showed throughout the whole year,” Snitker said. Atlanta was 30-35 at one point last season before winning the World Series. The Braves were 10 1/2 games behind the New York Mets at the start of June and lost four of five to New York in early August. 2 seed in the NL, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. With the win, Atlanta earned a first-round bye as the No.
William Contreras drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in the fifth, and the Atlanta pitching staff turned in a solid performance. “It’s hard to win one,” manager Brian Snitker said. They earned it Tuesday night, beating the Miami Marlins 2-1 to take their fifth straight NL East title and finish the first leg of a trek they hope leads them to another crown.Īfterward, they popped Champagne and puffed cigars, basking in their accomplishment. and the World Series champion Atlanta Braves needed just one more win to complete a most stunning turnaround. MIAMI (AP) - Their sluggish start now far behind them, Ronald Acuña Jr.
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