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Takeaways as Burger and Jazz home runs lead Marlins to series-clinching win vs Braves

hit a go-ahead two-run home run in the eighth inning and Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a grand slam to lift the Miami Marlins to an 11-5, series-clinching win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday at loanDepot park.

The Marlins improve to 77-72 on the season and became just the first National League East team to win a series against the Braves (96-52) this season. Atlanta, which won the division for a sixth consecutive season, entered the weekend having gone 11-0-1 in series against divisional opponents.

Burger’s home run, his 32nd of the season and seventh since being acquired by the Marlins at the Aug.