ATLANTA (AP) — The Miami Marlins rarely play well in Atlanta.

Against this Braves club, Miami could do no wrong.

“To come in and sweep a team that’s always played the Marlins tough and to sweep them here in their ballpark is big,” manager Dan Jennings said.

Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run homer, Martin Prado and Jeff Mathis each had two RBIs and the Marlins beat the reeling Braves 7-3 to finish a three-game sweep on Wednesday.

Moving past the Braves and into third place in the NL East for the first time since May 14, the Marlins earned just their second three-game sweep in Atlanta to improve to 64-101 at Turner Field.

“They’ve beat us up here over the last couple of years,” left fielder Christian Yelich said. “It was good for us, good for the team. We’re just trying to finish up this last month strong.”

The Braves have lost eight straight at home for the first time since opening the 1988 season 0-9 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Atlanta has dropped 19 of 22 overall and is 12-37 since July 8, worst in the majors. The Braves are 25 games under .500 for first time in 25 years.

“We’re in some kind of a perfect storm right now not scoring very many runs and allowing the other team to score a lot,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “It’s a tough combination.”

Hector Olivera, the Braves’ lone bright spot Wednesday, drove in two runs on his first career hit. The Cuban third baseman, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-team trade, gave Atlanta its only lead at 3-2 in the third.