Giancarlo Stanton launched one R.A. Dickey knuckleball 477 feet off the batter’s eye in center. He hit another 424 feet into the left field bleachers. But the Marlins didn’t make the most of his wallops, dropping a 5-3 decision to the Braves on Friday.
The Marlins and Adam Conley were done in by sloppy fielding and a Nick Markakis home run that sealed yet another loss to a division rival that has given them nothing but fits. The Marlins have gone 10-17 against the rebuilding Braves the past two seasons.
And Atlanta’s new SunTrust Park is proving to be just as unkind to the Marlins as Turner Field was for 20 years.