Agustín Ramírez’s three-run home run broke a tie in the fifth, Liam Hicks drove in three, and the Marlins beat the Braves 10-4 at Truist Park to open the two-game series. Eight of Miami’s ten runs were driven in by international players. The NL East’s top two teams are also its two most internationally diverse rosters — and Miami struck first.
Sandy Alcantara carried a shutout into the ninth and flirted with another Maddux, but a bullpen collapse and extra-inning unraveling handed the Marlins a 6–3 loss to the Reds.
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