ATLANTA — Michael Harris II, Matt Olson and Marcell Ozuna hit home runs to support a strong start by Joey Wentz on the mound, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-1 on Sunday at Truist Park.
Wentz (1-2) allowed one run, four hits and three walks with a pair of strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, and the left-hander picked up his first win since being claimed by the Braves off waivers from the Minnesota Twins on July 11.
The Braves, who swept Saturday’s doubleheader against the Marlins, won four of five games in the series between National League East Division rivals that included a rescheduled game forced by a rain postponement on April 6.
Miami’s Derek Hill hit a two-out double off Wentz in the second inning and scored on Liam Hicks’ single for the game’s first run.
Miami right-hander Cal Quantrill was pulled after throwing only 47 pitches. Quantrill gave up one run on three hits — including Olson’s homer in the fourth — with no walks in four innings. It was his second-fewest pitches in a start this season.
Jurickson Profar, who had two hits, gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead with a run-scoring double off Tyler Phillips (1-1) in the fifth. Profar scored on Phillips’ second wild pitch.
Ozuna hit a three-run homer and Harris added a solo shot off Tyler Zuber in the seventh.
Jen Pawol, who made history in Saturday’s doubleheader as the first female umpire to work an MLB regular-season game, was behind the plate Sunday after working at first base and then third base in her first two games. Pawol earned compliments for her work on the bases Saturday, and she received more support from fans Sunday. Some held up “Way to go Jen!” signs.
Though she was more in the spotlight while calling balls and strikes, Pawol made her work look routine. The 48-year-old Pawol was called up as a rover umpire, so her next assignment in the majors has not been announced.
The Braves are off Monday before visiting the New York Mets on Tuesday night with Spencer Strider (5-9, 4.04 ERA) scheduled to face Clay Holmes (9-6, 3.46) in the opener to a three-game series at Citi Field.
The Mets (63-55) are second in the NL East, but they have lost seven straight games and 11 of their past 12 since winning seven in a row. That has dropped them 5 1/2 games behind the Philadelphia Phillies, who won the division last year to end Atlanta’s six-year reign.
Third-place Miami (57-61), which is 11 1/2 games out of first place, has been unable to capitalize on an opportunity to gain ground on New York, with the Marlins instead losing ground to the fourth-place Braves (51-67). Atlanta is 17 1/2 games out of first place and ahead of only the Washington Nationals (47-70) in the division.