Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jarred Cosart (23) delivers a pitch in his game against the Atlanta Braves, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, in Atlanta. The Marlins won 4-0.ATLANTA – Jarred Cosart pitched seven effective innings as the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Saturday night to stop a three-game losing streak.
Cosart (3-1) allowed seven hits, struck out five batters and walked one. The right-hander, who was acquired in a July 31 trade with Houston, is 3-0 with a sparkling 0.65 earned run average in his last four starts.
Donovan Solano hit a solo homer in the first and finished with three hits for Miami, which is 8-7 against Atlanta this year. Giancarlo Stanton had two hits and drove in a run.
Atlanta had won three in a row. Aaron Harang (10-9) yielded four runs, three earned, and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
The Braves were one game out in the wild-card race at the start of the day.