ATLANTA -- Jacob Turner made a strong bid to remain in the rotation, and he also provided the Marlins with a bit of offense.Turner allowed two runs in five innings, striking out five, and doubled and scored Tuesday night in Miami's 6-5 win over the Braves at Turner Field.The Marlins claimed the first two games in the four-game set, and have won three straight for the first time since they rolled off four in a row from June 2-5. 
Making his first start since June 11 at Texas, Turner kept the Braves in check for five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts. The 23-year-old was going strong, retiring 13 of the final 15 batters he faced.Prior to Tuesday, Turner was 2-4 with a 6.38 ERA in nine starts.The big blast he allowed was a solo homer to Justin Upton with two outs in the third inning.Miami carried a four-run lead into the eighth inning, but the Braves scored three times, with all the runs charged to Mike Dunn. Tommy La Stella delivered an RBI single, and with two outs off Bryan Morris, Jason Heyward slapped a two-run single.The Marlins rocked lefty Mike Minor for six runs on 10 hits in three-plus innings.Donovan Solano enjoyed a career-high four hits, including a ground-rule RBI double in the third inning. The utility infielder previously had 12 three-hit games.Christian Yelich's hustle on a slow grounder to second base led to an infield single to open the night for Miami. Yelich started a string of three straight singles. Solano and Giancarlo Stanton followed, loading the bases with no outs. The Marlins managed one run, which scored when Casey McGehee tapped into a 6-4-3 double play.Miami's early advantage was quickly erased. B.J. Upton dribbled a double down the first-base line, and with one out, Turner issued successive walks to Freddie Freeman and Justin Upton, loading the bases. Heyward's bloop single to center pulled Atlanta even at 1.Miami sent eight to the plate and scored three times in the third. Stanton had an RBI double, McGehee drove in a run with a groundout and Jeff Baker chipped in with a run-scoring single.Atlanta closed the gap to 4-2 in the third on Upton's home run.Miami tacked on two runs in the fourth inning, with Turner getting things going with a leadoff double. He scored on Yelich's single to center. Marcell Ozuna had a run-scoring grounder to short.Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
Making his first start since June 11 at Texas, Turner kept the Braves in check for five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with four strikeouts. The 23-year-old was going strong, retiring 13 of the final 15 batters he faced.Prior to Tuesday, Turner was 2-4 with a 6.38 ERA in nine starts.The big blast he allowed was a solo homer to Justin Upton with two outs in the third inning.Miami carried a four-run lead into the eighth inning, but the Braves scored three times, with all the runs charged to Mike Dunn. Tommy La Stella delivered an RBI single, and with two outs off Bryan Morris, Jason Heyward slapped a two-run single.The Marlins rocked lefty Mike Minor for six runs on 10 hits in three-plus innings.Donovan Solano enjoyed a career-high four hits, including a ground-rule RBI double in the third inning. The utility infielder previously had 12 three-hit games.Christian Yelich's hustle on a slow grounder to second base led to an infield single to open the night for Miami. Yelich started a string of three straight singles. Solano and Giancarlo Stanton followed, loading the bases with no outs. The Marlins managed one run, which scored when Casey McGehee tapped into a 6-4-3 double play.Miami's early advantage was quickly erased. B.J. Upton dribbled a double down the first-base line, and with one out, Turner issued successive walks to Freddie Freeman and Justin Upton, loading the bases. Heyward's bloop single to center pulled Atlanta even at 1.Miami sent eight to the plate and scored three times in the third. Stanton had an RBI double, McGehee drove in a run with a groundout and Jeff Baker chipped in with a run-scoring single.Atlanta closed the gap to 4-2 in the third on Upton's home run.Miami tacked on two runs in the fourth inning, with Turner getting things going with a leadoff double. He scored on Yelich's single to center. Marcell Ozuna had a run-scoring grounder to short.Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
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