MIAMI – William Contreras homered twice, and Ronald Acuña Jr. extended his two-season on-base streak to 28 games as the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Saturday night.
Acuña singled, walked twice, stole a base and scored a run. His string began last summer and was interrupted when the young outfielder injured his knee in Miami on July 10, ending his season just before he was due to make his second MLB All-Star Game appearance in four years in the majors.
The Braves led 4-2 when closer Kenley Jansen struck out the first two batters in the ninth. Pinch-hitter Jacob Stallings then walked, Jazz Chisholm Jr. had an infield single and Garrett Cooper hit an RBI double.
Jansen struck out Jorge Soler, the MVP of the World Series for Atlanta last year, to get his 10th save this season and the 360th of his career. It clinched a series win for Atlanta in a three-game set between National League East Division rivals.
“When you’ve got 350, 360 saves, I’m sure not all of them are pretty, not all of them are real clean” Braves manager Brian Snitker said. “In order to get that many you better be able to weather the storm like he does. He’s got another gear, too, when he gets in trouble.”