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Braves at Marlins series recap: It’s onto October for Atlanta

The Atlanta Braves concluded their regular season schedule with a road trip against the Miami Marlins, a series that marked the final tune-up before the postseason begins. Having already secured the division crown and the third seed the previous weekend, Atlanta treated the weekend set as a preparatory holding pattern while their hosts fought to finish above a losing record.

The opening game on Friday saw Miami secure a three to zero victory behind a dominant complete-game one-hitter thrown by Eury Pérez on the ten-year anniversary of José Fernández's passing, with Sean Murphy collecting the lone hit for the visitors alongside pitching relief efforts from Ray Kerr and Grant Holmes. The visitors bounced back strongly in Saturday's contest, grabbing an eight to three win propelled by an early sacrifice fly from Matt Olson, scoring Michael Harris II, and subsequent offensive blows including a two-run home run from Dominic Smith.

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