FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Having all manner of issues trying to beat the Braves in the civilian sector this season, the Miami Marlins grew teeth Sunday night in the first-ever major league game played on an active military base.
All Fort Bragg-ing rights belonged to the Marlins as they piled up 13 hits, plenty enough to hold off a little ninth-inning uprising and beat the Braves, 5-2, for only the fourth time in 12 meetings to date.
Numbing the loss for the Braves was the experience of playing the first-ever regular season baseball game at an active military base, and the day-long interaction they enjoyed with the troops.