The Braves had eight hits in the game but could never string a rally together. Eight different players got a hit for Atlanta; Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Elliot Johnson, Justin Upton, Gerald Laird, Paul Janish, Jose Constanza and Chris Johnson all had the hits. It just wasn't a good day for the offense as Marlins' pitcher Nathan Eovaldi dominated the Braves, as he always does, for eight innings.
Alex Wood had the worst outing of his short Major League career and he suffered the loss to fall to 3-3 on the year. He pitched two and a third innings and gave up seven runs on eight hits, including a homer to Jeff Mathis. Freddy Garcia, who was called up earlier in the day, made his Braves debut in a good way by replacing Wood and pitching four and two-thirds innings and giving up three hits and no runs. Anthony Varvaro then pitched the final two innings and gave up two hits and no runs.
The Braves are now 83-53 on the season. They will welcome the New York Mets to town for a three-game series starting tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. Paul Maholm (9-10) will take the mound for Atlanta in the opener against Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-2) for New York.
Alex Wood had the worst start of his Major League career on Sunday, giving up seven runs in only two innings to the Marlins in the Braves' loss.
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