Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud moved into the cleanup spot on Sept. 9, putting him behind three of the best hitters in baseball: Ronald Acu?a Jr., Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna.

He looks at home there.

d¡¯Arnaud hit a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning of Wednesday afternoon¡¯s 2-0 victory over the Marlins in Game 2 of the National League Division Series at Minute Maid Park, putting Atlanta in position to sweep the best-of-five series with a victory Thursday. It followed his go-ahead, three-run home run Tuesday in Game 1. d¡¯Arnaud is 4-for-6 with one double, two home runs, five RBIs and two walks in the series, which mirrors the success he enjoyed in the regular season.

¡°I don¡¯t know that I can do it justice,¡± Braves manager Brian Snitker said about d¡¯Arnaud¡¯s impact in the cleanup spot, where he has hit 19 times in the past 22 games, including the postseason. ¡°He¡¯s been so big for our club. It doesn¡¯t matter where he hits, his at-bats are consistent. Hitting fourth, some guys try to be a fourth-place hitter. He just puts good at-bats up.

¡°This guy¡¯s a really good hitter. I had no idea he¡¯s the quality hitter that [he] is. He¡¯s consistent, has good at-bats. He¡¯s one of those boring pros that¡¯s just kind of a straight line; every day¡¯s the same [preparation-wise]. What he does is very professional and how he goes about it.¡±

d¡¯Arnaud quietly batted .321 with nine home runs, 34 RBIs and a .919 OPS this season. Quietly, because most of the offensive attention in Atlanta goes to Freeman, who is the presumed NL MVP Award front-runner, plus Acu?a and Ozuna. Those three went a combined 0-for-11 with five strikeouts (four by Acu?a) in Game 2, but the Braves won because of homers from d¡¯Arnaud and Dansby Swanson.

¡°I¡¯m blessed to be able to watch Freddie hit every day, to be able to watch Ozuna hit every day,¡± d¡¯Arnaud said. ¡°I get to pick their brains every day, so all the credit goes to them. They get the pitchers tired before I get up there, and I try not to do too much, just hit the ball on the barrel.¡±

d¡¯Arnaud¡¯s solo homer off Marlins right-hander Pablo L¨®pez in the fourth left his bat at 109.9 mph and traveled a projected 405 feet, according to Statcast. It was his second-hardest-hit homer since Statcast began tracking them in 2015, behind a 111.6-mph dart on April 28, 2017.

Lopez has allowed six home runs this season. d¡¯Arnaud has hit three of them.

¡°I think I just got lucky to be able to get a pitch to hit that one at-bat,¡± d¡¯Arnaud said.

d¡¯Arnaud is now tied for second in postseason home runs among active catchers with five. He trails only the Yankees¡¯ Gary S¨¢nchez, who has seven.