Colon, Braves struggle against Marlins

A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.

Tuesday’s scores

Miami 8, Atlanta 4

N.Y. Mets 14, Philadelphia 4

Washington 8, St. Louis 3

Wednesday’s games

St. Louis (Leake 0-1) at Washington (Scherzer 1-0), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-1) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 0-1), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Garcia 0-1) at Miami (Koehler 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Washington Nationals 5-3

▪ Daniel Murphy homered, doubled twice and tied career highs with five RBI and four hits against the Cardinals on Tuesday.

▪ Gio Gonzalez allowed two runs — one earned — in seven innings and retired his final 11 batters for his first win of the season.

New York Mets 5-3

▪ Yoenis Cespedes had three of the Mets’ seven home runs against the Phillies on Tuesday.

▪ Jose Reyes is 2-for-33 this season.

Miami Marlins 4-3, .5 GB

▪ Marcell Ozuna homered twice and had a career-high six RBI against Atlanta on Tuesday.

▪ Three members of the Marlins’ 1997 World Series championship team threw out the ceremonial first pitch — Livan Hernandez, Edgar Renteria and Charles Johnson.

Philadelphia Phillies 3-5, 2 GB

▪ Odubel Herrera has a hit in all eight games.

▪ Clay Buchholz (0-1) left the game because of a strained right forearm. He gave up six runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Atlanta Braves 1-6, 3.5 GB

▪ Bartolo Colon (0-1) needed 35 pitches to get through the first inning. He allowed six runs in four innings.

▪ Julio Teheran was announced as the Braves’ starter for their home opener in their new stadium, SunTrust Park, Friday against San Diego.

Around the Division

Colon struggled for the Braves against the Marlins.

A rally cat helped the Marlins’ case against the Braves.

Cespedes had a huge night for the Mets.

Pitching issues lead the Phillies’ loss to Mets.

Nationals got a big game from Murphy and Gonzalez for their win over Cardinals.

This story was originally published April 12, 2017 at 10:27 AM with the headline "Colon, Braves struggle against Marlins."