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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Jesus Sanchez pitched an eight-hitter in his
first complete game as the Florida Marlins beat Mike Mussina and
the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 Tuesday night to avert a three-game
sweep.
Preston Wilson and Kevin Millar homered for the Marlins in a
four-run eighth inning against Darren Holmes. Wilson drove in seven
runs in the series to boost his team-high total to 76.
Sanchez (6-7) struck out five and walked none. The left-hander
permitted only three runners past second base in his first complete
game in 58 major league starts.
It was his second straight win after six successive losses.
Mussina (6-9) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven
innings, but lost his second straight start since the All-Star
break.
Mussina's sub-.500 record belies his 3.82 ERA. He has been
victimized by a lack of offensive support -- the Orioles are
averaging 3.2 runs in his 21 starts and 5.6 runs in their other 71
games.
The Marlins got five hits in a three-run second inning,
including an RBI double by Millar and run-scoring singles by Alex
Gonzalez and Luis Castillo.
The Orioles didn't get a runner to second base until the sixth,
when rookie Luis Matos led off with a double. He moved to third on
a groundout before Sanchez struck out Mike Bordick and retired Will
Clark on a fly ball.
Albert Belle hit an opposite-field double to right to open the
seventh, but he too was stranded.
After Mussina left, the Marlins pulled away. Cliff Floyd led off
the eighth with a single and Wilson followed with his 21st homer.
Derrek Lee then singled and Millar hit a shot to left.
Game
notes
Brady Anderson started in RF for the Orioles. Baltimore's
regular CF since 1996, Anderson last played RF in August 1994. ...
Floyd recorded the Marlins' major league high 103rd steal in the
fifth inning. ... Castillo went 2-for-5 and is 21-for-45 (.467)
during a 10-game hitting streak.
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