Marcell Ozuna, Braves power past Marlins

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Atlanta's Marcell Ozuna homered for the third straight game, one of three home runs hit by the visiting Braves en route to a 5-3 win over the Miami Marlins to open a three-game set on Friday.

Dansby Swanson and Travis d'Arnaud added solo home runs for the Braves, who have 50 for the season. Ozuna went 2-for-5 and extended his hitting streak to seven games, during which he is batting .310 (9-for-29).

Atlanta's Charlie Morton (3-3) turned in his third consecutive solid outing. Morton, making his 300th career start, pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on seven hits, one walk and five strikeouts.

Collin McHugh (2/3 inning), Spencer Strider (one inning) and A.J. Minter…