Matt Olson hits game-winning home run vs. Marlins

MIAMI — Matt Olson entered Atlanta’s weekend series in Miami just two long balls away from his fourth consecutive 30-homer season. The ball didn’t go Olson’s way on Friday, with the Braves as a whole struggling to hit with runners on base.

But on Saturday afternoon, it was Olson who played the hero, moving one step closer to that high-water mark with a game-winning two-run blast in the seventh inning of the Braves’ 6-2 victory over the Marlins at loanDepot park — a game Atlanta needed to win to stay in the hunt for a postseason berth.

Olson’s moonshot — part of his 2-for-4 night — was one of three Braves homers. Jorge Soler led off the second with a solo shot, negating the one-run lead Miami snatched in the bottom of the first inning. And just four batters after Olson went yard in the seventh, Gio Urshela followed suit with his own two-run home run.

And the offensive outpouring backed Max Fried, who delivered his 15th quality start of the season. Fried allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk over six innings, striking out six.