Craig Kimbrel matches John Smoltz with 154th career save

Braves closer Craig Kimbrel matched a franchise record held by John Smoltz by recording his 154th career save in his team's 9-5 win over the Marlins Saturday.

The Braves called upon Kimbrel with one out and two men on the ninth inning, and after striking out the first batter he faced, the closer saw the game extended on an error by the second baseman, who failed to cleanly catch what would have been the final out on a throw from the third baseman. Kimbrel was able to induce another ground ball against the next batter to finish off the save.

Kimbrel hadn't recorded a strikeout in either of his previous two appearances before notching one Saturday. He owns an exemplary 1.77 ERA and 37:9 K:BB ratio in 20 1/3 innings.