The former MVP became the third switch hitter with 1,500 RBIs, joining Eddie Murray (1,917) and Mickey Mantle (1,509).
Chris Coghlan had three hits, including a two-run single in a three-run second. Johnson contributed an RBI single and Logan Morrison hit his third homer.
Tim Hudson (2-1) gave up seven hits and five runs in six innings.
Attendance was 14,351, one day after the series opener drew only 13,856, the smallest in Turner Field history.
Johnson came close to a no-hitter in the Marlins' opener, blanking the Mets until Willie Harris led off the seventh inning with a double.
The two-time all-star who led the NL in ERA last year came even closer this time. With his pitch count rising, Johnson needed only eight pitches to retire the Braves in order in the seventh.
Martin Prado grounded back to Johnson to open the eighth before Freeman's double.
Johnson was trying for Florida's first no-hitter since Anibal Sanchez threw one against Arizona on Sept. 6, 2006. Al Leiter, Kevin Brown, and A.J. Burnett also have pitched no-hitters for Florida.
The Braves avoided being no-hit only a few days away from the one-year anniversary of Ubaldo Jimenez throwing a no-hitter at Turner Field on April 17, 2010, in a 4-0 Colorado win.
Coghlan led off the night with his team-leading sixth double but the Marlins didn't have another two-base hit, ending their streak of at least two doubles in 10 straight games.
Hanley Ramirez drove in Coghlan with a single up the middle. Coghlan added a two-run single in the second after Johnson drove in a run with a single, a hit that came after John Buck was intentionally walked to load the bases.
Morrison's homer in the third pushed the lead to 5-0.
The Braves' only base runners through seven innings were walks by Jones in the first, Brian McCann in the fourth and Nate McLouth in the sixth.
Marlins 5, Braves 1
Florida 131 000 000–5 8 0
Atlanta 000 000 001–1 2 0
Florida AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Coghlan cf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .271
Infante 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222
H.Ramirez ss 3 0 1 1 1 0 .194
Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Cousins rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Morrison lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .317
G.Sanchez 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .317
Dobbs 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .500
c-Do.Murphy ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .148
J.Buck c 3 1 0 0 1 0 .214
Jo.Johnson p 3 0 1 1 0 1 .125
R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Choate p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 32 5 8 5 3 3
Atlanta AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Prado lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275
McLouth cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .220
C.Jones 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .310
McCann c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .326
Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152
Heyward rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Ale.Gonzalez ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .233
Freeman 1b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .205
T.Hudson p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
a-Ma.Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125
C.Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Hinske ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 29 1 2 1 3 12
a-grounded out for T.Hudson in the 6th. b-struck out for C.Martinez in the 8th. c-fouled out for Dobbs in the 9th. LOB: Florida 3, Atlanta 4. 2B: Coghlan (6), Freeman (2). HR: Morrison (3), off T.Hudson; C.Jones (1), off Choate. RBIs: Coghlan 2 (5), H.Ramirez (3), Morrison (7), Jo.Johnson (1), C.Jones (9). RLSP: Florida 1 (H.Ramirez); Atlanta 1 (Prado). RA: Infante. GIDP: Stanton, Morrison. DP: Atlanta 2 (Ale.Gonzalez, Uggla, Freeman), (Uggla, Ale.Gonzalez, Freeman).
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Johnson (W 2-0) 71/3 1 0 0 3 9 109 1.35
R.Webb 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 7 4.05
Choate 1 1 1 1 0 2 20 3.38
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
T.Hudson (L 2-1) 6 7 5 5 2 2 82 3.48
C.Martinez 2 1 0 0 1 1 21 2.57
Sherrill 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 6.75
IR-S: R.Webb 1-0. IBB: off T.Hudson (J.Buck). WP: T.Hudson. Umpires: Home, Mark Wegner; First, Chris Guccione; Second, Mike Winters; Third, Mike Everitt.
T: 2:20. A: 14,351 (49,586).
Padres 3, Reds 2
SAN DIEGO - Orlando Hudson hit a bases-loaded, opposite-field single with two outs in the ninth and San Diego beat Cincinnati to avoid a three-game sweep.
Hudson hit the first pitch he saw from Nick Masset (0-3) over third baseman Juan Francisco's head and into left field.
The Padres loaded the bases on a walk, a single and an intentional walk, before a force at the plate brought up Hudson.
Heath Bell pitched the ninth for the win.
Cincinnati 000 110 000 – 2 8 2
San Diego 000 000 111 – 3 7 0
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Stubbs cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .265
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .354
Cairo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Votto 1b 4 1 3 1 0 1 .444
Gomes lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .273
J.Francisco 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .143
Heisey rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300
R.Hernandez c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .231
Masset p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Janish ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316
T.Wood p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Jor.Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chapman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Hanigan c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304
Totals 34 2 8 2 3 7
San Diego AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Maybin cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .243
c-Venable ph-rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .156
Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .129
O.Hudson 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .317
Cantu 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .160
Ludwick lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .114
Headley 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .243
Denorfia rf-cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .158
Ro.Johnson c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .286
Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
d-Hawpe ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .138
Stauffer p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
a-E.Patterson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Frieri p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Hundley ph-c 1 1 1 1 0 0 .406
Totals 31 3 7 3 7 5
Two outs when winning run scored.a-grounded into a fielder's choice for Qualls in the 5th. b-hit a sacrifice fly for Frieri in the 7th. c-flied out for Maybin in the 7th. d-walked for Bell in the 9th. E: Hanigan (1), Chapman (1). LOB: Cincinnati 8, San Diego 10. 2B: Votto (4), Heisey (1), R.Hernandez (1). RBIs: Votto (7), J.Francisco (1), O.Hudson (3), Cantu (3), Hundley (8). SB: Votto (2), O.Hudson (5). SF: Hundley. RLSP: Cincinnati 4 (T.Wood 3, J.Francisco); San Diego 2 (Maybin, Venable). RA: Phillips, Janish, Cantu. GIDP: J.Francisco, Denorfia. DP: Cincinnati 1 (Janish, Phillips, Votto); San Diego 1 (Qualls, Bartlett, Cantu).
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
T.Wood 62/3 5 1 1 3 5 98 3.86
Jor.Smith (H 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.35
Chapman (H 4) 1/3 0 1 0 1 0 10 0.00
Masset (L 0-3) BS, 3-3 11/3 2 1 1 3 0 34 9.95
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Stauffer 41/3 6 2 2 2 4 99 4.80
Qualls 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.00
Frieri 2 2 0 0 0 1 27 2.57
Adams 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 1.50
Bell (W 1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0.00
IR-S: Jor.Smith 2-0, Masset 1-1, Qualls 1-0. IBB: off Masset (Venable), off Stauffer (R.Hernandez). Umpires: Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Paul Schrieber; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Joe West. T: 2:57. A: 17,057 (42,691).
Brewers 6, Pirates 0
PITTSBURGH - Shaun Marcum pitched seven shutout innings, Prince Fielder homered for the third time in four games and Milwaukee won for the sixth time in seven games, blanking Pittsburgh.
Marcum (2-1) was perfect through four and kept the Pirates off-balance with his changeup, allowing only four singles with four strikeouts and a walk. Acquired in a trade with Toronto, Marcum lowered his ERA to 2.55 through three starts.
Zach Braddock, Kameron Loe and Mitch Stetter finished up Milwaukee's third shutout this season and second in three games.
Pirates starter Kevin Correia (2-1) took a no-hitter into the sixth, but his outing quickly unraveled from there.
Milwaukee 000 004 200 – 6 6 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 – 0 4 1
Milwaukee AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Weeks 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273
Gomez cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .194
Braun lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .342
Fielder 1b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .385
McGehee 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .211
Loe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Stetter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Kotsay rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200
1-Morgan pr-rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 .450
Y.Betancourt ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .216
Lucroy c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .250
Marcum p 3 1 1 1 0 0 .143
Braddock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Counsell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 6 6 6 2 3
Pittsburgh AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Tabata lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .325
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273
A.McCutchen cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Overbay 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238
Diaz rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .263
Alvarez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200
Doumit c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Cedeno ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 .167
Correia p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Crotta p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Resop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
a-Pearce ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Meek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 30 0 4 0 3 5
a-grounded out for Resop in the 8th.1-ran for Kotsay in the 7th. E: Alvarez (3). LOB: Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 6. 2B: Y.Betancourt (3), Lucroy (1). HR: Fielder (3), off Correia. RBIs: Gomez (2), Fielder 3 (14), Y.Betancourt (2), Marcum (1). CS: McGehee (1). SF: Gomez. RLSP: Pittsburgh 3 (Cedeno, Doumit, A.McCutchen). RA: Marcum. GIDP: Doumit. DP: Milwaukee 1 (Fielder, Y.Betancourt, Marcum).
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Marcum (W 2-1) 7 4 0 0 1 4 94 2.55
Braddock 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 18 2.45
Loe 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 15 1.35
Stetter 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.86
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Correia (L 2-1) 6 5 6 4 2 1 78 2.70
Crotta 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 1.93
Resop 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.70
Meek 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 9.82
Correia pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. IR-S: Loe 2-0, Crotta 1-1. WP: Braddock. Umpires: Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Adrian Johnson; Second, Gary Cederstrom; Third, Lance Barksdale.
T: 2:38. A: 8,755 (38,362).
Rockies 5, Mets 4
NEW YORK - Troy Tulowitzki hit a go-ahead homer through thick fog and Colorado extended the best start in club history by beating New York.
Ryan Spilborghs also connected and Esmil Rogers (2-0) won his second straight as Colorado earned its fourth consecutive victory - all on the road.
The NL West leaders improved to 8-2, with the only two losses coming in extra innings. The Rockies, who opened 7-3 in 1995 and '97, are 5-1 away from Coors Field after going 31-50 on the road last year.
The Mets have dropped six of seven following a three-game winning streak.
Colorado 000 131 000 – 5 8 0
New York 110 100 100 – 4 9 0
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
S.Smith rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .324
Herrera 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .474
C.Gonzalez lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .268
Tulowitzki ss 4 2 3 3 1 1 .306
Jo.Lopez 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .206
Helton 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .304
Spilborghs cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .200
Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Street p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Iannetta c 1 0 0 0 3 0 .192
Rogers p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .167
Mat.Reynolds p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
F.Paulino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Fowler ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 34 5 8 5 6 10
New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Jos.Reyes ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .327
Dan.Murphy 2b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .227
D.Wright 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .311
Beltran rf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .265
I.Davis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .341
Pagan cf 2 1 2 1 1 0 .220
Harris lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .267
Thole c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .242
Niese p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Emaus ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200
T.Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Beato p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Hairston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .063
D.Carrasco p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 34 4 9 3 4 3
a-singled for Niese in the 6th. b-grounded into a fielder's choice for F.Paulino in the 8th. c-flied out for Beato in the 8th. LOB: Colorado 9, New York 9. 2B: Herrera (3), Tulowitzki (3), Helton (1), Jos.Reyes (4), Dan.Murphy (2), Beltran (4). 3B: Pagan (1). HR: Tulowitzki (5), off Niese; Spilborghs (1), off Niese. RBIs: Tulowitzki 3 (12), Helton (5), Spilborghs (2), Dan.Murphy (4), Beltran (6), Pagan (5). SB: Herrera 2 (4). S: Rogers, Niese. SF: Pagan. RLSP: Colorado 5 (Rogers 2, S.Smith, Jo.Lopez 2); New York 7 (I.Davis, Jos.Reyes, Harris 3, D.Wright, Dan.Murphy). RA: C.Gonzalez, Jo.Lopez, Jos.Reyes.
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Rogers (W 2-0) 52/3 7 3 3 4 2 106 2.77
Reynolds (H 3) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.40
F.Paulino (H 2) 1 2 1 1 0 1 18 1.93
Lindstrom (H 3) 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.80
Street (S 6-6) 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0.90
New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Niese (L 0-2) 6 7 5 5 3 5 101 6.88
T.Buchholz 1 0 0 0 1 2 15 1.35
Beato 1 0 0 0 1 2 16 0.00
D.Carrasco 1 1 0 0 1 1 19 4.05
IR-S: Mat.Reynolds 1-0. IBB: off D.Carrasco (Tulowitzki). WP: Rogers 2. Umpires: Home, Jim Wolf; First, Derryl Cousins; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Ron Kulpa. T: 2:52. A: 25,878 (41,800).
Cubs 9, Astros 5
HOUSTON - Pitcher Carlos Zambrano extended a franchise record for pitchers with his 22d career homer and ran his winning streak to 10 games, leading Chicago to a series win over Houston.
Alfonso Soriano's home run off Wandy Rodriguez (0-2) capped a five-run first inning for the Cubs. Zambrano's homer made it 6-0 in the sixth.
Chicago got three insurance runs on three hits off Wilton Lopez in the ninth.
Chicago 500 001 003 – 9 14 0
Houston 000 005 000 – 5 7 1
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
S.Castro ss 5 1 3 0 0 0 .389
Barney 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .345
Byrd cf 5 2 0 0 0 1 .353
Ar.Ramirez 3b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .326
Je.Baker 1b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .385
Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Soto c 4 1 2 0 1 0 .220
A.Soriano lf 4 1 1 3 0 2 .250
Colvin rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .147
K.Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
C.Pena 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Zambrano p 3 1 1 1 0 1 .375
Mateo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Re.Johnson rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Totals 40 9 14 8 2 7
Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bourn cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .244
Ang.Sanchez ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .383
Pence rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300
Ca.Lee lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .204
Wallace 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .256
Hall 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .233
M.Downs 3b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .417
Towles c 3 0 1 0 1 2 .368
W.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Inglett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Abad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Del Rosario p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Melancon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
W.Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
An.Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
c-Bourgeois ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364
Totals 32 5 7 5 4 7
a-flied out for W.Rodriguez in the 5th. b-fouled out for Abad in the 6th. c-popped out for An.Rodriguez in the 9th. E: W.Lopez (1). LOB: Chicago 6, Houston 5. 2B: Barney (1), Je.Baker (2), M.Downs (3). HR: A.Soriano (4), off W.Rodriguez; Zambrano (1), off Abad; M.Downs (1), off Zambrano. RBIs: Barney (4), Ar.Ramirez (6), Je.Baker 2 (6), A.Soriano 3 (10), Zambrano (1), Ca.Lee (7), Wallace (6), Hall (4), M.Downs 2 (5). SB: S.Castro (2). S: W.Rodriguez. RLSP: Chicago 2 (Colvin 2); Houston 1 (Ang.Sanchez). RA: Pence. GIDP: A.Soriano. DP: Houston 2 (M.Downs, Towles, Wallace), (Ca.Lee, Ang.Sanchez, Hall).
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Zmbrno (W 2-0) 52/3 7 5 5 3 4 99 6.11
Mateo (H 2) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.93
Marshall (H 5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 1.50
K.Wood (H 4) 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 3.00
Marmol 1 0 0 0 1 1 22 2.84
Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
W.Rodgz (L 0-2) 5 9 5 5 2 4 86 7.31
Abad 1 2 1 1 0 0 14 5.06
Del Rosario 1 0 0 0 0 1 10 2.70
Melancon 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 0.00
W.Lopez 1/3 3 3 2 0 0 26 7.71
An.Rodriguez 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 8 11.25
IR-S: Mateo 1-0, An.Rodriguez 1-0. Umpires: Home, Paul Emmel; First, Rob Drake; Second, Gary Darling; Third, Bruce Dreckman.
T: 2:54. A: 20,987 (40,963).
