Marlins 5, Braves 4 (12)

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.
Final/121st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thXRHE
Miami MarlinsMarlins10100200015132
Atlanta BravesBraves00011101004141
WP:Clay Hensley (MIA)
LP:Anthony Varvaro (ATL)
Season Series
Sep 21st 2011 Atlanta 0 @ Miami 4
Sep 20th 2011 Atlanta 4 @ Miami 0
Sep 19th 2011 Atlanta 5 @ Miami 6
Sep 14th 2011 Miami 1 @ Atlanta 4
Sep 13th 2011 Miami 1 @ Atlanta 7
Sep 12th 2011 Miami 5 @ Atlanta 4
Aug 10th 2011 Atlanta 6 @ Miami 2
Jul 31st 2011 Miami 3 @ Atlanta 1
Jul 30th 2011 Miami 1 @ Atlanta 5
Jul 29th 2011 Miami 0 @ Atlanta 5
Apr 14th 2011 Miami 6 @ Atlanta 5
Apr 13th 2011 Miami 5 @ Atlanta 1
Apr 12th 2011 Miami 0 @ Atlanta 5
AtlantaStatsMiami
12-6Vs6-12
.246Batting Average.209
3.9Runs / Game2.6
18Home Runs15
5Errors7