ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud loves how home runs are supercharging the team this season.
The Braves are hitting plenty of them and winning most nights.
“It’s fun, it’s exciting, not only for the person who hits it but for everyone in the clubhouse because everybody loses it and laughs and has fun, too,” d’Arnaud said. “I think it’s better that we’re playing good baseball and winning and having good at-bats, and the homers are just a byproduct of having a good game plan and trying to execute that.”
The veteran d’Arnaud and rookie Vaughn Grissom homered off Sandy Alcantara in a four-run fourth inning, rookie Michael Harris II homered in the sixth, and the Braves posted their third straight win, tying a season-high with five long balls in an 8-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.