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ATLANTA -- It seems the Atlanta Braves can do no wrong, and Brandon Beachy couldnt be happier. Beachy, making his third start since coming back from major elbow surgery, won for the first time in nearly 15 months. As for his team, the Braves are surging and have won 14 straight games to seemingly take all the suspense out of the NL East race. "It makes pitching a little easier when those guys work their tails off and put five (runs) up there for me early," Beachy said. "I dont have to be fine. I can go right at guys, and I tip my cap to them. Glad theyre on my team." Justin Upton, Chris Johnson and Brian McCann homered and Beachy pitched eight strong innings to help Atlanta beat the Miami Marlins 5-0 Friday night. The Braves are one victory shy of tying their 2000 team for the longest winning streak since the franchise relocated to Atlanta in 1966. Beachy (1-0) scattered three hits, allowed one walk and struck out six in eight innings to win his third start back from elbow ligament replacement surgery on June 21, 2012. He made 67 of 99 pitches for strikes. With only 15 losses at Turner Field, Atlanta improved its home winning percentage to .722, best in the majors. The Braves were eight games ahead of second-place Washington in the NL East after losing their last game, July 24 at the New York, but now lead the division by 15 1/2 games. "We want to keep getting better every single day we come to the park and try to keep our foot on the gas as best we can," Johnson said. "We want to be playing good baseball going into the end of the season and into the post-season." The Marlins began the game having lost five straight by a total of seven runs, but their sixth consecutive loss unraveled early as Atlanta took a 4-0 lead in the first on Uptons 22nd homer and Johnsons three-run shot. After Johnson hit his eighth homer, Marlins starter Jacob Turner hit Dan Uggla in the upper left arm with a pitch, and Uggla yelled at the pitcher and catcher Jeff Mathis as he walked up the first base line. Home plate umpire Mike Estabrook issued a warning to both dugouts before Turner faced the next batter, and the game ended without another incident. "I would never try to throw at someones head like that, and I told him," Turner said. "I think it (Ugglas reaction) was just one of those in the heat of the moment." McCann led off the third with his 17th homer to make it 5-0. Turner (3-4) allowed five hits and five runs -- four earned -- with three walks and five strikeouts in five innings. The right-hander dropped to 0-7 with a 3.71 ERA in 11 career road starts. Beachy, who had gone seven straight starts without a win, allowed a leadoff single to Christian Yelich in the first, but retired the next 11 batters he faced before Logan Morrisons leadoff single in the fifth. The right-hander snapped a seven-start winless streak, earning a victory for the first time since pitching his first career shutout in a 7-0 victory over Miami on May 17, 2012. At the time of his injury one month later, Beachy had a 2.00 ERA that was tied for the major league lead. "I still have a lot of room for improvement with the curveball and especially the slider," Beachy said. "Fortunately I was able to command the (fastball and change-up) well enough to where I can get by and continue to work on the others and hopefully piece it all together, little by little, each start." Miamis third hit was a one-out double by pinch-hitter Juan Pierre in the sixth, but Beachy fielded a grounder from the next batter, Yelich, and threw Pierre out at third. Johnson, who leads the NL with a .338 average, went 1 for 4. Over his last 40 games, the Braves third baseman is hitting .367. Upton has six homers and 13 RBIs in his last eight games. He loves how Atlanta keeps putting pressure on opposing pitchers. "Hes got to make his pitches and knowing the next guy coming up is pretty dangerous, too," Upton said. "There are no holes to give that pitcher a break. I think that wears of them and allows us to settle in and get good pitches." Dan Jennings relieved Lucas to begin the sixth and allowed two hits over the next two innings. Scott Downs began the ninth for Atlanta, allowing a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Koyie Hill and striking out Yelich before Luis Ayala needed two pitches to end it on Jake Marisnicks double-play groundout. Notes: Braves RHP Tim Hudson said before the game that he hopes to return from full health from ankle surgery and play his 15th season in 2014. The 38-year-old Hudson added that he wants to return for a 10th year with Atlanta. ... Rob Brantly, the Marlins opening day catcher, was optioned to Triple-A New Orleans earlier in the day. 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ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- The Detroit Lions go into Sundays game at Houston on a three-game winning streak, all of them at home.Quarterback Matthew Stafford says the team has the same focus it had when it started the season 1-3.Were a pretty business-like team, whether we win or lose, Stafford said. We come in the next week ready to work, no matter what happened the week before or who were playing.That approach will be put to a test when the Lions meet a Texans team that is undefeated at home and coming off a poor performance in a 27-9 loss at Denver on Monday night.Lions coach Jim Caldwell said his teams winning streak is less important than Sundays game.We have a new challenge, he said. Thats what weve got to get focused on. What helps us is what we do this week, and we have to master the moment we have coming up. Its a big game in a tough place to play against a team that has not lost at home. Thats where our focus is.Both teams are 4-3, but more was expected from the Texans, who managed only three field goals against the Broncos.Lions safety Glover Quin has a healthy respect for the Houston offense led by 6-foot-8 quarterback Brock Osweiler and wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.When youre that big and have that much arm talent, you can make some throws with the playmakers he has, Quin said. Sometimes you get off to a slow start with new teams and new guys, (but) on any giiven Sunday, they can click, because they definitely have one of the top playmakers in the league.ddddddddddddThe Lions, meanwhile, have been getting stellar play from Stafford in a season where all seven games so far have been decided by seven points or less. In all four wins, Stafford has led his team to come-from-behind victories.Quin said there is confidence in the Lions locker room.Weve had to make plays in critical situations to get wins, he said. Once you start to do that, the trust and chemistry builds, because you see everything working, and players believe in it more.The Lions are on the road the next two weeks before their bye week. Caldwell says avoiding mistakes is crucial.Turnovers, penalties, mistakes, those kinds of things are accentuated on the road, he said. (Houston) has not lost a game in their stadium. It will take a heck of an effort.Game notes Caldwell declined to go into specifics as to why the team traded Kyle Van Noy earlier in the week. Its the best decision for us at this time. (Van Noy) works hard, does what hes asked to do, and sometimes a change of scenery can help. . Stafford, on talk of his being a possible MVP: Its not on my mind. I dont pay attention to it. I just go play for the guys in that locker room. ' ' '