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Atlanta (ss) 7, Florida 4

VIERA, Fla., March 10 (UPI) -- Paul Bako and Ozzie Timmons homered in the final two innings Sunday as the Atlanta Braves pulled away for a 7-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.

With the Braves protecting a 3-2 lead in the eighth, Bako drove a pitch from Blaine Neal over the right-center field fence for his first spring home run.

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One inning later, Timmons gave Atlanta two insurance runs with his first spring blast.

Marcus Giles and Vinny Castilla also hit homered for the Braves, who tagged Florida starter Ryan Dempster (0-1) for four runs and eight hits in four innings.

Korean prospect Jung Bong allowed one hit in three innings for the win.

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