Braves defeat Marlins for fifth straight win

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Max Fried threw five no-hit innings and rookie Michael Harris II paced the attack with three hits in a 7-1 Atlanta victory that gave the Braves a three-game series sweep.

The win was the fifth straight for Atlanta, which improved to 12-4 against Miami. The victory, along with New York's loss, allowed the Braves to move to within one game of the Mets in the National League East

Fried (13-5) gave up a walk to Nick Forbes to lead off the fifth inning, but he got fleet Joey Wendle to ground into an inning-ending double play. Moments later the game was halted because of heavy rain. Fried did not return after a delay of one hour and 51 minutes.

Fried struck out six in his fifth…