The final line: 14 hits for Atlanta against 8 for Miami, and zero Braves errors against 3 Marlins miscues. It was as clean a night as Atlanta has had all week, and it turned what started as a pitching matchup into a laugher by the middle innings.
This one completed a series finale, with Atlanta having already taken the first 2 meetings against Miami before Thursday's blowout put a bow on the sweep. The Braves have not lost since before this series started, riding that 5-game streak all the way through a Marlins team that had actually won 3 straight of its own against the Mets just days earlier before running into this buzzsaw.
Miami's rotation and bullpen depth are getting stretched thin, with Max Meyer, Robby Snelling and Adam Mazur all out for the season or close to it, and multiple relievers still working back from injury. Atlanta isn't exactly whole either — Robert Suarez, Reynaldo Lopez, Joe Jimenez and Joey Wentz are all sidelined, and Jurickson Profar is out for the year on suspension — but none of that mattered Thursday. The lineup and the bullpen both showed up.
For Atlanta, it's the kind of win that validates a hot stretch — no shaky innings, no bullpen scares, just a complete team win against a divisional-ish NL foe. For Miami, it's a series to forget, and a reminder that the gap between these two clubs right now is real.