“I was even confused,” Harris said. “Diving back, I saw him not looking at me as I’m diving back. It was one of those weird situations I’ve never been in before.”

Of the play, Sánchez told reporters: “The game sped up on me there in the first inning. It was one where I was going to pick off to first base and I made a mistake. I just turned toward second.”

The Braves scored three runs off Sánchez across 2 2/3 innings in his return to a major-league mound.

— 5. In the third inning, Olson snapped a career-worst 0-for-25 skid with a double. The hitless streak dated to April 15 in Houston.

Stat to know

20 — Atlanta’s pitchers combined to hurl 20 scoreless innings from the ninth inning of Sunday’s game versus the Rangers through the first inning of Wednesday’s contest. This was the longest streak by the staff this season and had been the longest active run of its kind in the majors. Last year, the Braves had only one such streak that was longer (27 innings).

Quotable

“It still feels good. We came out with the win. Obviously, every game isn’t going to be pretty, but I’m just glad our defense gave us a chance to (only) just need one run at the end.” — Harris on a win that became a bit tougher than expected after the Marlins rallied

Up next

The Braves on Friday welcome the Guardians to Truist Park for three games. Chris Sale, Charlie Morton and Elder — in that order — will start for Atlanta. Friday’s game begins at 7:20 p.m.

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