Edward Cabrera struck out a season-high 11 and gave up just two hits while pitching the Miami Marlins to a 5-1 win over the host Atlanta Braves on Friday night.

The win evens the five-game series at one game apiece and gives Miami a 4-3 season-series lead.

Cabrera (6-5) matched his career high with eight innings pitched — first set Aug. 2, 2022, against the Oakland A’s — and gave up one run and walked one on Friday. He struck out the final five batters he faced and fell one strikeout shy of matching his career high.

The right-hander has permitted one run or none in eight starts this year, and he lowered his ERA to 3.08.

Calvin Faucher pitched a scoreless ninth inning in a non-save situation.

The Miami offense was sparked by designated hitter Heriberto Hernandez and second baseman Xavier Edwards.

Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs. The rookie, who went deep for the second game in a row, is batting .311 with seven homers and 22 RBIs in 43 games.

Edwards went 3-for-5 with an RBI and raised his average to .303. He recorded his 34th multi-hit game and is 5-for-10 in the series.

Atlanta starter Bryce Elder (4-9) worked six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts. Elder has lost three straight decisions. Dylan Dodd followed and pitched three scoreless innings, striking out four.

The Marlins scored first on Edwards’ RBI single in the third inning.

Miami got two in the fourth on an RBI double by Jakob Marsee and a run-scoring single by Troy Johnston.

Miami made it 5-0 in the fifth when Hernandez hit his seventh homer, a two-run shot that carried 404 feet into the Marlins’ bullpen in left field.

Atlanta got its run in the sixth inning on a 416-foot solo homer by Jurickson Profar, his sixth.

–Field Level Media