Thanks to a dominant start from Spencer Schwellenbach and some consistent hitting all night, the Atlanta Braves were finally able to break through and pick up their first win of the season in extremely comfortable fashion, 10-0.

Both teams stayed relatively quiet to start off tonight’s game, as the first two innings came and went without a ton of fireworks as far as offense went. Michael Harris II led of the bottom of the first with a double (the first of three hits on the night for Harris) but was stranded at third base after making it there with one out — that’s certainly something that we’ve already seen a bit too much of when it comes to the Braves and hitting with runners in scoring position.

Fortunately, the Braves were able to break through in the third inning and get themselves in the position of being the aggressor once again instead of having to play from behind like they did so many times during that road trip. Money Mike picked up his second leadoff single of the game and then Ozzie Albies followed that up with a single of his own. Then it was time for Marcell Ozuna to make something happen and in what was absolutely a sight for sore eyes, Ozuna hit a gapper that saw both Harris and Albies speed around the basepaths for a two-run double.

It was even better to see Austin Riley come through with an RBI knock later on in that inning. If anybody on this squad has needed something to go his way, it’s Riley. Sure enough, he looped one into right field to make it 3-0 Braves. As you can see in the clip, his excitement and relief was clear to see.

While the Braves piled on the hits for the rest of the game, they weren’t able to put any more runs on the board during the middle portion of the game. The good news is that they didn’t need to do so since Spencer Schwellenbach was absolutely dealing. From the words “Play Ball,” Schwellenbach was absolutely locked in and ready to go in this one. He sat down the Marlins in order to start this game and he just continued to set them down in order.

In fact, Schwellenbach retired the first 14 batters he saw in order until Liam Hicks ruined the perfect game bid with a single out to left. Fortunately, that did little to get Schwellenbach out of his groove as he simply struck out Jonah Bride to get out of the inning without taking any more damage than the single.

There was a scary moment in the fifth when Austin Riley got hit by a pitch on his hands once again. Fortunately, he was able to stay in the game and while I’m sure that it was painful, he didn’t get injured — which would’ve been the last thing he needed after he finally broke through with an RBI earlier in the game.

Meanwhile on the other side, Spencer Schwellenbach continued to deal as he sat down the next four batters he saw before giving up a one-out single to Griffin Conine. The good news is that this was once again a situation where Schwellenbach clamped down on the Marlins immediately and snuffed out any chance they had of turning things into a rally.

Things stayed quiet until the seventh inning, which is when the Braves roared back to life and because this season has been anything other than normal, we had quite the bizarre moment in this frame. Marcell Ozuna led off the inning with a deep fly to right-center that Dane Myers tried to rob. The ball bounced out of his glove, bounced off the top of the yellow line and then Griffin Conine caught the ricochet. Marcell Ozuna went ahead and trotted home but the call on the field was an out. Of course this went to Replay and after a way-longer-than-it-should’ve-been wait, the umpires overturned the call and Marcell Ozuna had delivered his first big fly of the season.

With hilarious timing, Matt Olson simply crushed the fourth pitch he saw from George Soriano and sent it soaring into the Chop House to push Atlanta’s lead to five — there was no drama involved with that one! It was certainly satisfying to see those two go-back-to-back and it certainly took a little bit of pressure off of Spencer Schwellenbach, who went back out there for the top of the eighth.

The eighth inning proved to be more of the same for Schwellenbach against the Marlins this evening, as he sat down the Marlins in order for the sixth time in eight innings. In fact, Schwellenbach’s line for the night ended up being eight innings pitched, two hits allowed, no walks allowed, ten strikeouts (which was his third time in his career reaching double digits in strikeouts) and zero runs given up. Plain and simple, Spencer Schwellenbach was completely dominant tonight and it was the type of dominant start that the Braves have needed lately.

Even though Schwellenbach may have been done for the night, the Braves lineup still some more damage to do on their opponents from South Florida. Luarbert Arias entered the game after George Soriano exited and the Braves jumped on him just like they did Soriano. Nick Allen got things started with a walk and after Jarred Kelenic struck out for the third time tonight, the conga line began. Michael Harris II, Ozzie Albies, Matt Olson, and Austin Riley each hit singles and by the time pinch hitter Eli White popped out, it was 9-0 Braves and Javier Sanoja came on to pitch.

Folks, Sanoja is an outfielder but I’m sure Drake Baldwin didn’t care as he picked up his first career RBI to make it a perfect 10 for the Atlanta Braves on the night. If there was any team that needed a win like this (or any win, really), it was the Braves. It’s the type of offensive performance that serves as a reminder that while that trip out West was incredibly poor, it’s probably not reflective of who the Braves are as a team or what they will be going forward.

While a win like this didn’t wipe out the losing streak, it was a nice confidence boost moving forward. Aaron Bummer was called upon to pitch the ninth inning — probably as a way to boost his confidence more than anything since he’s certainly had a rough go of it so far. Bummer gave up a couple of hits but he kept the Marlins off the board in order to preserve the shutout win for the Braves.

This was a perfect way to open up the home portion of the season for the Braves and here’s hoping that this won’t be a flash-in-the-pan win, either. Hopefully AJ Smith-Shawver will be able to pick up where Spencer Schwellenbach left off as the Braves look to make it two wins in a row once tomorrow night’s game starts at 7:15 p.m. ET. For now, savor this win because it was badly needed.