MIAMI -- Eury Perez pitched a one-hitter for just the 11th complete-game shutout in the major leagues this season, and the Miami Marlins beat the playoff-bound Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Friday night.
A 23-year-old right-hander, Perez (8-11) allowed his only hit when Sean Murphy lined a single to left on a first-pitch sinker starting the sixth.
Perez struck out eight and walked one, throwing 105 pitches for his first complete game in 68 big league starts. Perez entered 0-3 with a 9.76 ERA in six career starts against the Braves.
This year's MLB shutout total is one below last year. The only seasons with fewer were from 1871 to 1873.
Perez threw the 21st complete game. There were a record-low 28 in 2024 and 29 last year.
Joe Mack and Griffin Conine homered for the Marlins, who snapped a six-game skid against the National League East champion Braves. Miami (79-81) equaled last season's wins total and is trying to avoid a third straight losing season.
Mack homered in the seventh off Grant Holmes (10-6), his 14th this season. Holmes made his second relief appearance of the season after 29 starts.
Heriberto Hernandez had an RBI single, and Conine homered off Didier Fuentes in a two-run eighth.
Before the game, there was a moment of silence for former Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez on the 10th anniversary of the two-time All-Star's death in a boating accident.
