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Marlins Hope To Avoid Sweep By Braves On Mother’s Day

MIAMI (CBSMiami/Gracenote) – Teams dealing with tough stretches can find some relief when seeing a certain team on the schedule.

Even though victories have been few and far between for the Atlanta Braves this season, the middle of their lineup is producing as they eye a sweep of the host Miami Marlins on Sunday.

Right fielder Nick Markakis, who had three hits in Saturday’s 3-1 triumph, first baseman Freddie Freeman and left fielder Matt Kemp all bring batting averages above .300 into the series finale.

Freeman collected two hits Saturday and is batting .342 with a .