Agustin Ramirez drives in 4 as Miami Marlins beat up on Atlanta Braves

Agustin Ramirez hit a homer and drove in four runs to help the visiting Miami Marlins break out of a slump and beat the Atlanta Braves 10-4 on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.

The Marlins scored only three runs over the weekend while suffering a three- game sweep at Detroit.

On Monday, the Marlins banged out 16 hits and scored 10 runs, matching their season high.

Ramirez, who had gone 1-for-12 against the Tigers, turned it around against Atlanta.

He went 3-for-4 with a walk. He hit a 418-foot three-run homer, his first, and added an RBI single on an infield grounder in the sixth.

The winning pitcher was Andrew Nardi (1-0), who threw one scoreless inning of relief. Atlanta reliever Aaron Bummer (0-1) permitted three runs in his lone inning.

Neither starter figured in the decision. Atlanta's Grant Holmes was lifted after throwing 59 pitches in four innings. He allowed three runs on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Miami's Eury Perez was knocked out of the game after allowing the first two batters to reach in the fifth. He yielded four runs, three earned, on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Miami broke through for three runs in the fourth inning. The Marlins cashed in on a sacrifice fly by Liam Hicks and RBI singles from Otto Lopez and Connor Norby. Hicks went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs.

The Braves got all three runs back in the bottom of the inning to tie the game. Atlanta got RBI singles from Austin Riley and Mike Yastrzemski and a sacrifice fly from Dominic Smith.

The Marlins struck quickly in the fifth against southpaw reliever Bummer on Ramirez's three-run shot to left-center.

The Braves got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on Riley's infield grounder.

Miami responded with another three-run outburst in the sixth to take a 9-4 lead. Norby homered, his second, on the first pitch from Rolddy Munoz.

Ramirez pushed home another run with an infield hit, and Hicks knocked in a run on a single that deflected off Munoz.

--Field Level Media