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Tuesday, Jul. 18 7:35pm ET
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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 notesBrady 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. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Florida Clubhouse Baltimore Clubhouse RECAPS Colorado 18 Oakland 3
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