Inciarte, Braves rally to knock off Marlins
A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.
Wednesday’s scores
Atlanta 5, Miami 4
St. Louis 6, Washington 1
N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4
Thursday’s game
N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 0-1) at Miami (Chen 1-0), 7:10 p.m.
New York Mets 6-3
▪ Zack Wheeler got his first win in more than two years Wednesday against the Phillies.
▪ Yoenis Cespedes and Asdrubal Cabrera each drove in two runs as the Mets completed a three-game sweep.
▪ The Mets are 29-12 against the Phillies since 2015.
Washington Nationals 5-4, 1 GB
▪ Max Scherzer (1-1) allowed three runs, four hits and two walks in six innings, and he had three wild pitches in a loss to St. Louis on Wednesday.
▪ Scherzer struck out 10, the 50th time in his career he has reached double figures in strikeouts.
Miami Marlins 4-4, 1.5 GB
▪ Giancarlo Stanton had his 19th multi-homer game Wednesday to extend his franchise record.
▪ Stanton is 7-for-10 with three homers in his career against Jaime Garcia.
Philadelphia Phillies 3-6, 3 GB
▪ Vince Velasquez (0-2) allowed five runs and five hits in five innings. He had seven strikeouts and has 17 in two starts, but his ERA is 9.00. He hasn’t won since July 8.
▪ All four of the Phillies’ runs came on a Maikel Franco grand slam in the sixth.
Atlanta Braves 2-6, 3.5 GB
▪ Ender Inciarte hit his first two home runs of the season Wednesday against Miami (he had three last year).
▪ Tyler Flowers had a go-ahead single in the ninth inning to complete the Braves’ rally.
▪ Freddie Freeman hit his third home run of the season.
▪ The Braves went 2-6 on their season-opening road trip before they open SunTrust Park on Friday.
Around the Division
An update on parking for the Braves’ home opener.
Wheeler erases doubts for the Mets with his solid outing.
The Nationals’ starters have held their own so far.
Vince Velasquez wasn’t happy with his start Wednesday.
J.T. Riddle’s first career hit wasn’t exactly planned that way.
This story was originally published April 13, 2017 at 9:15 AM with the headline "Inciarte, Braves rally to knock off Marlins."