ATLANTA (AP) — Edward Cabrera struck out 11 and allowed two hits in eight innings, Xavier Edwards went 3 for 5 with an RBI and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Friday night.
Cabrera (6-5), in his 20th start of the season, did not allow a run until Jurickson Profar’s homer in the sixth inning. Cabrera struck out the side in the eighth.
Edwards singled up the middle in the third, scoring Dane Myers for a 1-0 lead. Edwards had his 34th multi-hit game.
Rookies Jakob Marsee and Troy Johnston added RBI hits in the fourth for a 3-0 lead. Marsee doubled down the left field line and Johnston singled up the middle.
Heriberto Hernandez, another rookie, hit a two-run homer to left in the fifth for his seventh of the season.