"Ricky Nolasco's balky knee was about the only thing that held up Saturday against the Braves.

The Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! followed up Friday's near flawless 7-1 win with an ugly 12-2 loss at Turner Field that saw Nolasco, pitching with a torn meniscus, turn in one of the shortest outings of his career. Done after two innings and 62 pitches, Nolasco watched the Braves score six times in the second and never look back.

"Just stunk pretty much," said Nolasco, adding the knee posed no problems. "I didn't throw anything where I wanted to … I felt fine coming off the mound and doing all my stuff, backing up bases."

Matt Diaz sparked the big inning with a solo homer and seven of the next eight Braves reached via hit or walk. Three of the six hits Nolasco gave up that inning didn't leave the infield, including one that caromed off Gaby Sanchez and nearly went into the Braves' dugout.

A .343 lifetime hitter (12-for-35) off Nolasco coming into the at-bat, Brian McCann delivered the game-breaker. He ripped a three-run double down the right-field line. Eight of McCann's 13 hits off Nolasco have gone for extra bases.

Martin Prado with the bases loaded drew the second of two Nolasco that inning. The only other time this season Nolasco walked more batters than he struck out was June 6 at Citi Field, where the Mets drew three bases on balls and struck out twice.

The last time Nolasco failed to strike out a batter in an outing: April 6, 2008 against the Pirates in a 2 2/3 inning relief outing. The last and only other start in which Nolasco didn't tally at least one strikeout: a four-inning no-decision at Washington on May 12, 2007.

"The good news is the knee is alright," manager Edwin Rodriguez said. "I would say that was the only good news today."

Nolasco counterpart Tim Hudson had little trouble with the Marlins. He set a new career high with 13 strikeouts through seven innings for his 11th career double-digit strikeout performance and first since May 2, 2008. Hudson's previous lifetime-best (12) also came against the Marlins on April 25, 2007 at Sun Life Stadium. Logan Morrison in the first inning was Hudson's second victim and gave him 1,500 for his career."