ATLANTA _ The clock struck midnight, and players made their way back to the field.
A nearly two-and-a-half hour rain delay that followed two-and-a-half hours of scoreless baseball at SunTrust Park finally subsided. In mere minutes, action would resume.
The Atlanta Braves took full advantage.
Brian McCann hit a walk-off single off Jose Quijada to score Freddie Freeman and lead the Braves to a 1-0 win over the Miami Marlins to begin a three-game series.
It capped a baseball game that began at 7:20 p.m. Friday night, went into a rain delay at 9:42 p.m., started again at 12:10 a.m. Saturday and lasted 39 more minutes.
The Braves (53-36) have now won nine of 10 games against the Marlins (32-54) this season.
It spoiled a strong outing from starting pitcher Jordan Yamamoto, who went toe-for-toe with the Braves' Julio Teheran.
Yamamoto's latest line: Six shutout innings, two hits and three walks (one intentional) while striking out seven.
It was a needed rebound performance for Yamamoto, who six days earlier gave up four runs (two earned) in four innings at home against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Through five starts, Yamamoto now has a 1.24 ERA, giving up four earned runs (six runs total) on 11 hits and 15 walks while striking out 30 in 29 innings of work.
He showed poise throughout his start Friday, holding a potent Braves lineup without a hit until Brian McCann landed a soft line drive into center field with two outs in the fifth. His fastball topped out at 94.7 mph, and he once again effectively used his five-pitch mix to keep hitters off balance.
He showed moxie in the sixth working out of a self-induced jam. Yamamoto started the frame by walking pinch-hitter Matt Joyce and giving up a single to Ronald Acuna to put runners on first and second. Ozzie Albies then hit a ground ball to Garrett Cooper at first base, which induced a double play but moved Joyce to third base. An intentional walk to Freddie Freeman put runners on the corners before Josh Donaldson hit a soft grounder to the pitcher's mound to end the inning.
The lone problem for Yamamoto: He earned a no-decision in the stellar start because he received no run support. The Marlins stranded seven runners over the first seven innings before the delay and nine runners overall.
