Miami Marlins' Marcell Ozuna hits a double during his game in Miami against the Atlanta Braves, Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. The Marlins won 11-3.MIAMI - The Atlanta Braves haven't been able to figure out Jarred Cosart.
Not many teams have lately.
Cosart pitched into the eighth inning, Marcell Ozuna had four hits and four RBIs, and the Miami Marlins beat the Braves 11-3 on Friday night.
Cosart (4-1) is 3-0 with a 1.66 ERA in three starts against the Braves this season.
"I feel like he was better in Atlanta than he was tonight," Braves right fielder Jason Heyward said. "But with his stuff, it's not hard to get into a groove. He was able to get a lead early and settle in."
Giancarlo Stanton drove in two runs and Donovan Solano also had four hits for the Marlins, who had a season-high 18 hits.
"I hope the Marlins got all their hits out of the way," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said.
Freddie Freeman hit his 18th home run for the Braves, who have lost three of four.
Cosart, who came into the game with the lowest ERA (0.65) in the majors since Aug. 12, retired 13 batters in a row during one stretch and allowed five hits and two runs in 7 2-3 innings. He struck out six and walked one.
"(Jarred) did exactly what we needed him to do, come out in the first game of the series, set the tone," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "Our offense answered the bell, too."
Casey McGehee and Ozuna had RBI singles off Aaron Harang (10-10) in the first inning and Ozuna and Justin Bour had RBI doubles in the third to give the Marlins a 4-0 lead.
Stanton's two-run double extended the lead to 6-0 and gave him 104 RBIs on the season.
"It's really comfortable as a starter when we go out there and just jump on the other guy early," Cosart said.
Harang allowed six runs in 3 2-3 innings, which was his shortest outing since Aug. 7, 2013 when he pitched two innings against Toronto while with Seattle.
"Warming up for the game, I felt awesome," Harang said. "I couldn't miss a pitch. As a pitcher, usually those are the nights you have to bite your lip and get through it. Tonight was one of those days."
Solano's third hit of the game drove in a run for a 7-0 advantage before Freeman's solo home run to left-center field made it 7-1.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Adeiny Hechavarria added RBI singles in the seventh for the Marlins.
Andrelton Simmons hit an RBI single in the eighth to end Cosart's night.
"I've came out the same way the last three games so that's wearing on me a little bit," Cosart said. "It might be that I'm looking ahead because I really want to finish the game."
Ozuna's two-run double capped the scoring.