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MIAMI (Ticker) -- Rookie Jorge Campillo pitched seven innings of
two-hit ball to help lead the Atlanta Braves past the Florida
Marlins, 4-0, on Monday night.
Mark Kotsay, Chipper Jones, Mark Teixeira, and Martin Prado each
drove in a run for the Braves, who have won five of their last
six against the Marlins.
Campillo (5-4) retired the first 12 batters until walking Josh
Willingham to start the fifth inning. An out later, Mike
Jacobs singled to break up the no-hit bid.
"Everything I threw worked well," Campillo said. "I feel like I
had good command all game. I knew this win was very important
for us."
Campillo allowed two hits and struck out six while throwing 57
of his 91 pitches for strikes.
"It was Campy's night," Jones said. "He was in complete control
of a very good lineup."
"He's a right-handed Jamie Moyer -- that's a good analogy,"
Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "He kept throwing a
changeup and that little fastball that kept running away from
right-handed batters."
Kotsay delivered an RBI single with no outs and the bases loaded
in the second inning. Marlins starter Chris Volstad escaped the
jam with three straight fielder's choice plays, including two at
home plate.
"I felt OK. That second inning, I thought worked out of the jam
pretty well," Volstad said. "Bases loaded, nobody out, and only
giving up one run. I was trying to limit the damage."
The Braves stretched the lead to 3-0 in the fifth when Gregor
Blanco walked and scored on Jones' two-out single. Teixeira
followed with a double to right-center field to drive in Jones.
Prado pinch-hit for reliever Will Ohman in the ninth and knocked
in a run with a double to right .
Volstad (2-1), making his second major league start, pitched six
innings and gave up three runs. The 21-year-old righthander
allowed six hits, three walks and struck out three. His ERA is
2.16.
"It was crazy," said Volstad of facing Jones, a player he grew
up watching. "It was almost surreal to me to think that a guy
that I watched growing up the whole time that I'm out there
battling against him. It never crossed my mind that one day
this could happen, but it did and it was awesome."
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