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Harris' 4 hits lift Braves to 8-3 win, assures Marlins 15th losing season in 17 years

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The Associated Press. (2026, September 26). Harris' 4 hits lift Braves to 8-3 win, assures Marlins 15th losing season in 17 years. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/harris-4-hits-lift-braves-to-8-3-win-assures-marlins-15th-losing-season-in-17-years/article_71938053-ab43-563e-a0da-4d776e327ea0.html

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Michael Harris II hit four times, including two doubles, as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Miami Marlins 8-3 on Saturday. The loss guaranteed the Marlins their third consecutive losing season and 15th in 17 years. Dominic Smith and Drake Baldwin also homered for Atlanta, who improved to 94-67 while the Marlins fell to 79-82.
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Michael Harris II had a standout performance with four hits, including two doubles, leading the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday. This win assured that the Marlins will have their third consecutive losing season and their 15th in the past 17 years. Dominic Smith and Drake Baldwin also contributed with home runs for Atlanta, who improved their record to 94-67. The Braves are set to host a Wild Card Series on Tuesday. Harris now has 11 career four-hit games and has hit 36 doubles since the All-Star break, leading the majors in that category this season.

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📰 Braves Win Assures Marlins Losing Season
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“The articles describe different games: Article A covers a game on September 26 where Michael Harris II had four hits, while Article B describes Austin Riley's performance in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series against the Philadelphia Phillies on September 29.”
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Atlanta Braves MIAMI Marlins the Atlanta Braves

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MIAMI GPE · 3× Atlanta GPE · 2× Braves ORG · 2× Marlins ORG · 2× Dominic Smith PERSON · 1× Drake Baldwin PERSON · 1× Michael Harris II PERSON · 1× NL East ORG · 1× the Atlanta Braves ORG · 1× the Miami Marlins ORG · 1×

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MIAMI (AP) — Michael Harris II had two doubles and a pair of singles, leading the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 win Saturday that assured the Miami Marlins of their third straight losing season and 15th in 17 years.
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🔮 Atlanta (94-67) will host a Wild Card Series starting Tuesday.

Claims (10 extracted, 0 hedged)

MIAMI (AP) — Michael Harris II had two doubles and a pair of singles, leading the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 win Saturday that assured the Miami Marlins of their third straight losing season and 15th in 17 years. asserted
that → have → years
Drake Baldwin homered and had two singles while Dominic Smith also went deep for the NL East champions. asserted
Smith → homer → champions
Atlanta (94-67) will host a Wild Card Series starting Tuesday. asserted
Atlanta → host → Tuesday
Harris has 11 career four-hit games and 20 doubles since the All-Star break, raising his season total to 36. Otto Lopez had two hits for the Marlins (79-82), increasing his major league-leading total to 191. asserted
Lopez → have → 191
Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. made a leaping catch at the right-field wall to rob Heriberto Hernández of a homer in the first. asserted
Jr. → make → first
Victor Mederos (6-1) pitched two scoreless innings of relief. asserted
Mederos → pitch → relief
Both clubs used openers in the bullpen game. asserted
clubs → use → game
Atlanta’s Brent Suter pitched the first three innings while Jack Ralston (0-3) gave up three runs and three hits over 1 1/3 innings for Miami. asserted
Ralston → pitch → Miami
Javier Sanoja had a solo homer for Miami. asserted
Sanoja → have → Miami
Up next RHP JR Ritchie (1-4, 4.79) will start Sunday’s regular season finale for the Braves while the Marlins go with RHP Janson Junk (6-9, 4.31). asserted
Marlins → start → Junk
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