MIAMI — Craig Kimbrel put his name in the Braves' record book Saturday.
The fireballing closer got the last two outs of Atlanta's 9-5 victory over the Marlins for his 15th save of the season, which tied him with John Smoltz for the most saves in franchise history with 154.
Kimbrel made sure to sound humble about it.
"I know if John would have done it his whole career he would have had a lot more," Kimbrel said. "It is nice to say I'm a part of something like that, but then again I've had a lot of opportunities and played on some good ball teams in the first three or four years. If it weren't for that case, we wouldn't be sitting here talking about this right now."
Kimbrel came on in the bottom of the ninth with two runners on and the game appeared to be over on a ground ball by Giancarlo Stanton, but Ramiro Pena dropped a routine throw to second on a fielder's choice, which loaded the bases for Miami.
Kimbrel calmly retired Casey McGehee to end the game.
"We played a good ball game today, we hit the ball when we needed to and we pitched when we needed to," Kimbrel said.
Kimbrel's save percentage of 90.1 (154-for-171) ranks third all time among major league pitchers with at least 150 opportunities.