Mike Foltynewicz responded to Giancarlo Stanton’s MLB-leading 36th home run by throwing a career-high 11 strikeouts, as the Braves’ offense ignited for seven runs to beat the Marlins, 7-2, on Saturday night at SunTrust Park.

“I kept the team in it and I knew that they would break out at the end, which it seems like they always do,” Foltynewicz said. “Overall, it was a great team win and I am very excited for it.”
Freddie Freeman got the Braves offense started as he got the first of his four RBIs with a single in the sixth inning. He broke the game open with a three-run homer in the seventh, finishing 2-for-4 on the night. He reached 20 home runs for the fifth time in his career.
“It feels good and I have been trying to be more consistent since the All-Star break,” Freeman said. “It hasn’t been what I wanted, but I am starting to feel a little bit better with multi-hit games in three of the last four.”
The Marlins responded in the eighth inning with an RBI double from Stanton. Miami also loaded the bases in the ninth, before Braves closer Arodys Vizcaino shut the door to secure Foltynewicz’s 10th win.
Foltynewicz recorded his second game with at least 10 strikeouts this season; the first was against the Reds on June 2. He is 5-2 with a 3.48 ERA in nine starts at SunTrust Park.”
Marlins manager Don Mattingly noted that Foltynewicz was on his game, but he also felt he benefited from a favorable strike zone from home-plate umpire Adam Hamari.
“Their guy was good early, for sure,” Mattingly said. “He’s 97-98 [mph], and he was good. And that zone was pretty favorable tonight for him. He probably got six to 10 balls off the plate. When a guy is throwing 98, there’s not a whole lot you’re going to do with that, when you’re getting that pitch.”
The Marlins got a solid start from Dan Straily, who allowed two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. However, he ran into trouble and turned it over to the bullpen, which gave up five earned runs. Straily has lost four straight games and has a 6.10 ERA in his last 20 2/3 innings.
Miami had miscues in Atlanta’s two-run sixth inning. Dee Gordon wasn’t at second base in time on Ender Inciarte’s steal of second, and on a pickoff attempt of Freeman, first baseman Tomas Telis dropped the ball. Freeman had an RBI single in the inning, scoring Inciarte, and Nick Markakis delivered an RBI double.
“It’s still up to me to get Markakis out,” Straily said. “It’s still up to me to get Freddie out, no matter what else happens. I’m the one who let go of the pitch that allowed the hits. It’s frustrating not being able to get those guys out in those situations.”
After Stanton gave the Marlins a brief lead, the Braves got two runs in the sixth inning as Freeman drove in Inciarte with a single. Markakis followed with a ringing double over center fielder Christian Yelich’s head to give the Braves the lead.
“He [Straily] had been rough on us in the past,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “It was good for [those] guys to come roaring back and get the runs back.”
Mattingly went to relievers Hunter Cervenka and Dustin McGowan with a one-run deficit in the seventh inning. Things didn’t end well as Cervenka walked three Braves and issued a two-run single to Brandon Phillips. A batter later, McGowan served a three-run homer to Freeman that proved insurmountable for the Marlins.
Foltynewicz became the first Braves pitcher since Julio Teheran, on May 24, 2016, to record at least 11 strikeouts without allowing a walk.
Lucas Sims makes his second career start against Miami as the series wraps in Sunday’s 12:35 p.m. CT matinee at SunTrust Park. Sims was solid in his MLB debut against the Dodgers, giving up three runs in six innings.

The Nashville Sounds jumped out to an early lead and held on late to defeat the Reno Aces in a Saturday night slugfest. The Sounds used a seven-run first inning to take the lead and survived an eight-run flurry by Reno to take a 2-1 series lead.
The Sounds did not waste any time getting the bats hot. They erupted in the opening inning to spot Ben Bracewell a 7-0 lead. Just like Friday night, Franklin Barreto cranked a one-out first inning home run to spark the rally. Matt Olson backed up Barreto with a solo blast of his own to give Nashville back-to-back jacks in the second straight game. Joey Wendle, Yairo Muñoz, and Kenny Wilson also got in on the act with run-scoring hits in the inning.
Four more runs crossed the plate in the second inning thanks to a pair of two-run blasts. Renato Nuñez smacked his 29th home run of the season to match a career-high. Muñoz slugged a two-run shot of his own four batters later to extend the Sounds lead to 11-0.
The Aces lit up the scoreboard in the bottom of the second inning. Five singles yielded by Bracewell led to a trio of Reno runs. The Aces continued to claw away at the Sounds lead in the third. They posted another three-run frame on four more hits to trim the deficit to 11-6.
Reno continued its comeback attempt with a pair of runs in the fourth inning as the pressure continued to mount on the Sounds pitching staff. Felix Doubrount quelled the Aces threat for an inning and a third as he kept Reno off the board despite allowing a pair of hits.
Nashville eased the tension in the sixth inning with a two-run frame. Olson got the inning started with a single, his third hit of the night. He came around to score two batters later as Wendle tripled off the left field fence. Matt McBride brought Wendle home with a sacrifice fly two batters after that to make it a 13-8 ball game.
Chris Carter flexed his muscles with a moon shot that left the premises of Greater Nevada Field in the eighth inning. The two-run blast was Carter’s second in as many nights. The Carter bomb was the fifth long ball of the game for Nashville, which matched a season-high.
The final game of the four-game series is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Greater Nevada Field. Right-hander Zach Neal (7-4, 5.43) starts for Nashville against left-hander Eric Jokisch (7-4, 4.38) for Reno. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. CST.

The Coffee County CHS Lady Raider soccer team is hosting a scrimmage play day on Saturday at Carden-Jarrell Field and the Raider Soccer Field.  Seven varsity teams and 4 JV teams will take part in a schedule of 20 games.  Games begin at 9 AM with the final game kicking off at 3 PM

Giancarlo Stanton added to his Major League-leading home run total by teeing off on a couple of R.A. Dickey knuckleballs, but Adam Conley’s successful run against Atlanta was halted by a Nick Markakis three-run shot that gave the Braves a 5-3 win over the Marlins on Friday night at SunTrust Park.

One night after recording his 2,000th career hit, Markakis delivered the decisive blow in the sixth against Conley, who entered the inning having not allowed an earned run over his past 19 innings versus Atlanta. Markakis’ sixth homer of the season erased the lead the Marlins had gained courtesy of Stanton’s 26th career multi-homer game and the eighth he has recorded this year. He leads the Majors with 35 home runs.

Stanton’s homers accounted for two of the three hits surrendered over six innings by Dickey, who otherwise quieted a Marlins club that had won six of its previous eight games. The veteran knuckleballer pitched with an early advantage courtesy of multiple defensive miscues that helped the Braves tally a run in the first.

The Nashville Sounds slugged their way to an 8-5 victory over the Reno Aces Friday night. The Sounds clobbered four home runs in the contest while three players recorded multi-hit games.

The Sounds gave Aces starter Taylor Clarke a rude welcome to the Triple-A level. Nashville tagged the young right-hander for eight runs on nine hits including all four of Nashville’s home runs.

Nashville spotted Corey Walter a 1-0 lead after the top half of the first inning. Franklin Barreto launched an opposite field home run to put the Sounds on top. For Barreto it was his 14th home run of the season between Nashville and Oakland, which set a new single-season high for the A’s top prospect.

The Sounds continued to play home run derby in the third inning. Barreto legged out an infield single to spark the two-out rally. Matt Olson drilled a no-doubter over the right field fence, which was followed up by Renato Nuñez with his Minor League-leading 28th home run of the season.

Reno responded in the home half of the third inning with a two out rally of its own. Walter retired the first eight batters he faced in the game before John Ryan Murphy stepped to the plate and ignited the Aces offense. Three consecutive singles from Murphy, Socrates Brito, and Christian Walker put the Aces on the scoreboard. Walker’s RBI single was his 100th run driven in on the season, which leads all of Minor League baseball. Walter was able to limit the damage following a walk to load the bases. The right-hander induced a slow ground ball to second base to avoid surrendering a crooked number.

The Aces cut the lead in half in the fourth inning. Kevin Medrano led off with a double and came around to score on an Evan Marzilli sacrifice fly. Following the third hit of the inning the Sounds turned to right-hander Tucker Healy who promptly retired the first two hitters he faced to extinguish the threat.

Three straight doubles and a home run extended the Sounds lead to 8-2 in the top of the fifth inning. Barreto got the inning started with a two-bagger. Then Olson and Nuñez each logged RBI doubles followed by a Chris Carter bomb, his first home run and first runs driven in in a Sounds uniform.

Chris Bassitt surrendered a pair of runs in his two innings of relief for the Sounds but Kyle Finnegan and Lou Trivino kept the Aces at bay with a pair of scoreless innings. The two right-handers combined the strike out five of the seven Aces they faced and allowed just one base runner, which came on an error.

Reno wrapped up the scoring in the bottom of the ninth inning with an RBI double from Zach Borenstein off Patrick Schuster.

Barreto, Olson, and Nuñez each posted multi-hit games for the Sounds led by Barreto’s trio of hits.

Game three of the four-game series is scheduled for Saturday night at Greater Nevada Field. Right-hander Ben Bracewell (1-2, 5.28) starts for Nashville against right-hander Matt Koch (1-1, 8.14) for Reno. First pitch is scheduled for 9:05 p.m. CST.