Matt Kemp's September slugging won't get the Atlanta Braves into the postseason. It's a pleasant sign heading into 2017, however.
Kemp hit two homers to control the Braves to a 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night.
"He's a better than average player," Braves break administrator Brian Snitker said. "He's a major, solid man and when he swings that bat it goes."
Kemp is hitting .400 (22 of 55) in his last 14 amusements and has 33 grand slams and 104 RBIs on the season, his most astounding sums since the 2011 season when he was NL MVP runner-up with 39 homers and 126 RBIs.
"It's been great," Kemp said. "Truly I wish we could be in the playoffs at this moment and in a playoff race. It would be far more fun doing those sort of things and being in a race, yet for us to go out with a bang and show everyone what the offense and what this group is fit for going into the last weeks of the season is critical for one year from now."
Freddie Freeman singled in the third inning to extend his hitting streak to 26 diversions and drove in two keeps running for the Braves, who have won six straight for the third time this season.
"The entire program is helping the quite great week that we've had," Snitker said. "Simply playing with a considerable measure of excitement and vitality. We're down to nine diversions left in the season and they're getting after it. They're playing like we're attempting to get a special case."
Atlanta's Josh Collmenter (3-0) pitched seven innings and permitted two runs.
"I'm not going to pass up a great deal of folks," Collmenter said. "I'm not going to strike them out. It's utilizing my barrier further bolstering my good fortune and keep them reeling and uncomfortable in the player's crate as much as I can."
Mauricio Cabrera pitched the ninth for his fifth recovery in six shots.
Ender Inciarte, Wednesday's saint with the amusement sparing catch at the New York Mets, ran 2 for 4 with a triple and scored twice.
J.T. Realmuto homered for the Marlins, who slice the deficiency to 6-3 on a RBI twofold by Martin Prado in the eighth. Justin Bour flew out with two on to end the risk.
Kemp's multihomer amusement was the tenth of his vocation and third this season.
Kemp's second homer was a performance shot to left field in the 6th. It was gotten on a bob by Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow , who additionally tossed out the formal first pitch.
"Who goes to his first ball game in Miami and gets a baseball?" Kemp said. "That is quite cool."
Freeman's streak is the longest of his vocation and the longest dynamic streak in the majors. It is the fifth-longest for the Braves since moving to Atlanta in 1966. Freeman has additionally achieved base in 42 continuous recreations.
Freeman's two-run triple and Kemp's two-run homer tore the diversion open in the third, giving the Braves a 5-0 lead.
"You get down early it's extreme on your club," Marlins chief Don Mattingly said. "To be down five after several innings places you in a dilemma."
Marlins starter Jose Urena (4-8) permitted five runs and four hits in three innings.
"I've been leaving the ball somewhat high when I've been down in the number," Urena said.
INCIARTE'S CATCH
Inciarte's amazing catch in Wednesday's 4-3 win at the New York Mets is the highlight of his potential Gold Glove-winning season.
"In the event that that don't win him a Gold Glove, I don't recognize what will," Braves break supervisor Brian Snitker said. "I've been stating everything along, he's amazing."
Notwithstanding his noteworthy cautious plays in focus field, Inciarte is additionally one of the most sultry hitters in baseball since the All-Star break with a noteworthy association driving 94 hits.
"He's sort of burst onto the scene here and everyone knows about him now and which is all well and good," Snitker said. "He's more or less great."
NEXT UP
Overcomes: RHP Matt Wisler (7-12, 4.93 ERA) will begin Friday's amusement at Miami. Wisler has permitted two runs or less in three of his last four begins including an eight-inning, one-run execution at Arizona on Aug. 25.
Marlins: RHP Andrew Cashner (5-11, 5.27) will hope to hurl no less than six innings for simply the second time in his last nine begins.
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