MIAMI (SportsDirect Inc.) — Adonis Garcia did not factor heavily into the Atlanta Braves’ rebuilding efforts, but as the Braves play the third game of a four-game series Saturday at the Miami Marlins, their third baseman continues to bolster his opportunity to return in 2017.
Garcia collected three hits Friday night and drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning in the Braves’ 3-2 victory, Atlanta’s season-best seventh victory in a row and 15th in its past 23 games.
Garcia, who was demoted to the minors in May to play left field because his defense at third was so shaky in the season’s first month, has been solid at third since returning and is 12-for-32 with eight RBIs during Atlanta’s winning streak.