Dixie bracket: 2019 Braves defeat 2009 Marlins in six games

Game One: Marlins 8, Braves 3
WP: J Johnson (3-0)
LP: Fried (0-2)
HR: Swanson (3), Uggla (4)

Game Two: Braves 6, Marlins 4
WP: Teheran (3-0)
LP: Lindstrom (0-1)
Save: Jackson (4)
HR: H Ramirez (3), Swanson (4)

Game Three: Braves 4, Marlins 1
WP: Greene (1-0)
LP: Volstad (0-2)
Save: Jackson (5)
HR: Swanson (5), H. Ramirez (4)

Game Four: Braves 6, Marlins 5
WP: Swarzak (3-1)
LP: West (0-1)
Save: Jackson (6)
HR: Albies (4)

Game Five: Marlins 3, Braves 2 (11 innings)
WP: Nunez (1-0)
LP: Tomlin (1-1)

Game Six: Braves 8, Marlins 4
WP: Tomlin (2-1)
LP: Nolasco (1-3)
HR: Hechavarria (2), Markakis 2 (4), Coghlan (1)

In the end, the Atlanta bullpen was less leaky than that of the Marlins.

Florida opened the series with an emphatic 8-3 win in Sun Trust Park. Chris Coghlan doubled home three runs in the fourth, and Jorge Cantu and Wes Helms each drove in a pair with singles. Cody Ross gunned down Ozzie Albies at the plate on what appeared to be a certain sac fly in the fifth. Josh Johnson went five innings for his third win.

The Marlins led Game Two 4-0 going into the bottom of the third, but there the Fish stopped hitting. Atlanta scored two in the third and four in the sixth, blasting three extra base hits off relievers Dan Meyer and Matt Lindstrom. Julio Teheran went six innings for the win.

The series moved to 2009 and Land Shark Stadium. Shortstops Dansby Swanson and Hanley Ramirez swaped solo homers and the score was 1-1 after six innings. In the top of the seventh, Atlanta loaded the bases against Florida starter Chris Volstad, and Meyer entered with two out to face Ender Inciarte, who drove in all three runs with a double. Shane Greene, who got the last two outs of the sixth, was credited with the win.

Albies homered and doubled twice in Game Four, scoring three runs and driving in three, as the Braves took a 3-1 series lead. Dallas Keuchel, staked to a 5-0 lead after three innings, was pulled in the fifth after allowing five straight men to reach base. Anthony Swarzak stranded the inherited runners and was credited with the win. Atlanta went through five relievers.

Florida staved off elimination with an 11-inning win in Game Five. Atlanta took a 2-0 lead in the fifth with Tyler Flowers hitting a triple. Cantu drove in a pair in the sixth to even the score. The two bullpens kept the hitters at bay for four innings until Nick Markakis committed a rare error in the bottom of the 11th to make Josh Tomlin a hard-luck loser.

But Markakis and Tomlin made up for it in the clinching Game Six. Markakis homered twice, in the sixth and eighth innings. Tomlin was the first reliever in for the Braves and was credited for the win when Adeiny Hechavarria clubbed a pinch-hit three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth. Loser Ricky Nolasco three five shutout innings but did not get an out in the sixth.

Player availability: Even with two off days, Sean Newcomb should be avoided in Game One of the fourth round.

Projected rotation: Foltynewicz-Keuchel-Teheran-Soroka-(Foltynewicz)-(Keuchel)-(Teheran). It's Fried's turn to sit out a series.