Miami 5, Atlanta 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, September 12, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature:
82°
Umpires:
Home -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B -
Brian Knight, 2B -
Jerry Layne, 3B -
Bob Davidson
Attendance:
17216
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mike Stanton, who hadn't started in three days because of a sore hamstring, delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the 12th to give the visiting Florida Marlins a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday.
The loss keeps Atlanta's lead in the NL wild-card race at 4½ games over St. Louis, which lost a 6-5 decision at Pittsburgh on Monday.
Stanton lined a 1-2 pitch from reliever Cristhian Martinez into center field to score Brett Hayes, who walked to start the inning against losing pitcher Anthony Varvaro (0-2).
Clay Hensley (4-6) collected the win with two shutout innings and Leo Nunez picked up his 35th save with a scoreless 12th.
Twice the Braves erased two-run deficits to stay in the game, and they tied it in the eighth on a single by Alex Gonzalez. The Braves had the bases loaded with one out in the ninth, but Brian McCann and Martin Prado could not produce the winning run.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Miami
|
13 |
0 |
17 |
.277 |
25 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
| Atlanta
|
14 |
0 |
19 |
.304 |
36 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
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