MIAMI (AP) — Atlanta Braves newcomer Jose Bautista is starting to look more comfortable at the plate, if not at third base.
The six-time All-Star atoned for a costly error with his first homer of the season, and Freddie Freeman went deep twice to help Atlanta beat the Miami Marlins 10-5 Saturday night.
Bautista made his first error of the year when he bobbled Brian Anderson’s two-out grounder in the fifth. One run scored on the play, and Derek Dietrich followed with a three-run double to put Miami ahead 5-4.
All four runs in the inning were unearned, but Bautista led off the sixth with the 332nd homer of his career.