ATLANTA _ Caleb Smith's highlight performance on Wednesday came in the batter's box, not on the mound. The Miami Marlins' left-handed hitter roped a pair of doubles in his two at-bats, the first to left field in the third and the second to right field with one out in the fifth.
He had little support otherwise, though, and coughed up a pair of home runs as the Marlins lost 5-0 to the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park. The Marlins (46-79) have lost 11 consecutive road games and 15 of their last 18 overall. They have been shut out 18 times this year.
The Braves (76-52) opened scoring in the third with a Tyler Flowers RBI triple and an Adeiny Hechavarria home run. Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a two-run homer in the fifth.
Those were the only three hits Smith gave up over six innings, but four walks and five full counts raised his pitch count early. Smith struck out seven.
Smith, the first Marlins pitcher with multiple doubles in a game since A.J. Burnett in 2002, was the only Miami player to get in scoring position until Lewis Brinson's two-out double in the ninth. The Marlins went 0 for 15 with runners on base.
