Acuña hits 2 homers, Olson adds blast as Braves beat Marlins 11-3 for season-best 8th straight win

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two home runs, including one assisted by Miami's defense, and Matt Olson added a blast as the Atlanta Braves beat the Marlins 11-3 to complete a three-game sweep on Thursday night.

The Braves extended their season-best winning streak to eight games and continued their string of strong pitching in the rain-delayed game. Left-hander Martín Pérez and five relievers, including Víctor Mederos (2-0), combined to allow seven hits.

Marlins center fielder Esteury Ruiz and left fielder Heriberto Hernández combined to help push Acuña's homer off Janson Junk (5-7) over the wall in left-center in the third inning. The outfielders' gloves overlapped as they collided near the wall.

While Hernández looked for the ball, Acuña paused at first base as neither immediately realized the deflection had cleared the fence. Olson's 32nd homer sparked a four-run sixth against left-hander John King. Acuña added another shot, his 11th, in the eighth.

Ozzie Albies, who started the first 114 games at second base, was rested until taking over at designated hitter in the sixth. Manager Walt Weiss acknowledged Albies didn't want the break.

“After he crossed my name off his Christmas list, he was all right,” Weiss said. “I had to talk him into it.”

Mauricio Dubón had four hits and drove in two runs in his first start of the season at second base. Michael Harris II had three hits, including two doubles.

Pérez gave up no hits with one walk in three innings before a rain delay of an hour and 24 minutes.

Marlins: RHP Tyler Phillips (3-5, 3.53 ERA) is scheduled to start as Miami opens a home series against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

Braves: RHP Tyler Mahle (3-9, 5.13) will make his Braves debut in a challenging matchup at the New York Yankees, who are scheduled to start former Braves LHP Max Fried (4-3, 3.12).

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Miami Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez (6) makes the tag on Atlanta Braves' Mauricio Dubón (14) in the second inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Spectators watch the field during a rain delay in the third inning of a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Miami Marlins, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Miami Marlins pitcher Janson Junk (26) speaks with catcher Brian Navarreto in the third inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. (13) celebrates after hitting a two-run homer against the Miami Marlins in the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. (13) hits a two-run homer against the Miami Marlins in the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing three teachers and three students and wounding several others, police said.

The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press.

He later told news broadcaster Channel 3 the shooter was being hospitalized in serious condition and 15 others were injured, with two in critical condition.

He said the motive was still being investigated. He said the gun was believed to have been taken from a member of the student’s family.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul offered his condolences and said he had ordered relevant officials to take care of the victims.

Images from the scene about an hour after the shooting showed people standing outside the school comforting one another and police and first responders walking around inside the school.

A witness told reporters that students hid inside a classroom while they heard gunshots from another building before police officers knocked on the door and cleared a way for them to leave the building.

In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and injured two others.

In 2023, a 14-year-old boy was accused of a shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall.

A parent leaves after picking his child after a shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

First responders and others stand inside after a shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A crowd gathers outside a school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)