Atlanta Braves sweep doubleheader with Marlins as youth shines

Game Two

The night cap got off to a familiar start for Atlanta with Acuna tagging a leadoff home run. He became the youngest player in the modern era to hit a homer in four straight games. He also became only the fourth player in MLB history to lead off both games of a doubleheader with a home run.

Atlanta would eventually pull off a 6-1 win and a sweep of the day’s doubleheader, but not without another masterful pitching performance and a ton more offense.

Mike Foltynewicz pitched game two for the Braves and didn’t give up a run to the Marlins until the sixth inning.

For the Braves, bats stayed hot in the second contest of the day. Following Acuna’s leadoff homer, another young gun drove in a run when Camargo brought home Albies with a line-drive single putting Atlanta up 2-0 early.

Freeman drove in Acuna in the fifth to make it 3-0 Atlanta before Starlin Castro finally put the Marlins on the board with an RBI double in the sixth.

Atlanta got that run back and then some in the bottom half of the sixth with Folty helped himself to an RBI single, scoring Camargo. Acuna drove home Dansby Swanson later in the inning to give the Braves a 5-1 lead.

Freddie Freeman hit a solo shot in the seventh for his 19th home run of the season to give Atlanta a 6-1 lead.  His 14-game hitting streak was stopped in Game 1, but he started anew in the nightcap.

Foltynewicz would go eight innings with 113 pitches, giving up only a run on five hits. He struck out seven and walked three. Dan Winkler closed it out for Atlanta, pitching a scoreless, hitless ninth. He walked a batter, struck out a pair, and saved the bullpen.

Acuna finished Monday’s doubleheader with a total of five hits, five runs, five RBI and two home runs.

The Marlins and Braves get back to action Tuesday in a scheduled 7:35 p.m. ET start from SunTrust Park in game three of four in the series, featuring Trevor Richards (3-7, 3.98) against Anibal Sanchez (6-3, 2.83).