Janson Junk has handled his transition from the Marlins' bullpen to their rotation with ease, limiting home runs and walks to a historic degree.

Junk (4-2) yielded six runs (five earned) on six hits and a walk over five innings Sunday, striking out one and taking a loss against Kansas City. Junk worked through three shutout innings before his outing went south.

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Kris Bubic pitched five shutout innings, Salvador Perez homered and doubled and the Kansas City Royals beat Miami 7-4 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep and end the Marlins' winning streak at four.

Junk isn't a huge strikeout guy, at 7.6 per nine innings. But he has been getting the job done this season. The 29-year old does have a deep pitch mix. Junk throws his four-seam fastball 37.5% of the time. Then it's his slider (29.4%), sweeper (15.2%), curveball (12.8%) and changeup (5.0%).

Aptly named, Janson has some serious Junk. The 29-year-old journeyman has caught on with the Marlins over the last couple of months and pitched his way to a 3.12 ERA and 1.06 WHIP over 43 1/3 innings.

Janson Junk allowed five hits over seven innings to prevail in a pitcher's duel with former Marlins standout Trevor Rogers, Derek Hill drove in two runs and Xavier Edwards homered to help Miami beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-0.

Lake Bachar and Anthony Bender teamed to hold the Reds to just three hits as the Marlins won for the fourth time in their last seven.

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