Braves hand reeling Marlins another loss
Jair Jurrjens gave up three hits in seven innings Thursday to help the Atlanta Braves complete a two-game sweep of the slumping Florida Marlins, 4-2.
Casey Kotchman homered and hit an RBI double for Atlanta. David Ross had a two-run homer.
Jurrjens (3-2) gave up two runs, both on homers by Hanley Ramirez.
Marlins right-hander Anibal Sanchez (1-4) gave up four runs in 4 2/3 innings before leaving the game because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder.
Florida, which started 11-1 but is now 15-14, extended a club-record streak of 20 consecutive games without a win by a starting pitcher. During that span the starters are 0-10.
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