Atlanta 4 at Miami 6 - Recap

MIAMI -- Dee Gordon had two hits, three steals and scored twice as the Miami Marlins, hanging on to their slim NL wild-card playoff chances, defeated the Atlanta Braves 6-4 on Saturday night at Marlins Park.

Miami (77-78) snapped the Braves' seven-game winning streak, which was the longest run by Atlanta (63-92) since 2014.

Even so, the last-place Braves are 11-7 against the Marlins this year, with only Sunday's game left in the season series.

Worse yet for the Marlins, they started the day trailing the New York Mets by six games for the first NL wild-card berth and the San Francisco Giants by five games for the second and final spot. They are also behind the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates and have only seven games left.

Gordon led the NL in batting average and steals last season, but he has been limited this season due to an 80-game PED suspension.

On Saturday, he singled and scored in the first and singled and scored again in the third, snapping a 2-2 tie. He also walked twice.

Reliever Brian Ellington (4-2) got the win and A.J. Ramos notched his 39th save.

Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman had an RBI single and a solo home run. He has 32 homers this season, and he also extended his career-high hit streak to 28 games.

Freeman's hit streak is the longest by a Braves player since Dan Uggla went on a 33-game run in 2011. And the much-improved Braves, who also got three hits from Ender Inciarte, are 19-13 since August 21.

Inciarte, Atlanta's leadoff batter, helped the Braves score quickly. He led off the game with a single, advanced to second on a groundout and scored on Freeman's single.

Miami answered quickly, getting a two-run homer by Derek Dietrick in the bottom half. Gordon drew a leadoff walk and jogged home after Dietrich pulled a shot that was just inside the foul pole in right field.

Atlanta tied the score 2-2 in the second. Anthony Recker hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a fly out and scored on Gordon Beckham's sacrifice fly.

Miami took a 3-2 lead in the third off Atlanta starter Aaron Blair (1-7) when Giancarlo Stanton's swinging bunt groundout drove in Gordon.

The Marlins scored two more in the fourth. The first three batters -- Adeiny Hechavarria, rookie pinch-hitter Destin Hood and Gordon -- singled to load the bases with no outs. The Marlins cashed in with Marcell Ozuna's sacrifice fly and a wild pitch by reliever Jed Brantley.

Freeman homered on the first pitch of the sixth inning to cut Atlanta's deficit to 5-3.

The Braves made it 5-4 in the seventh. Pinch hitter Mallex Smith drew a leadoff walk and came around to score on reliever Fernando Rodney's wild pitch that sailed high.

Miami increased its advantage to 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh. Stanton singled and was replaced by rookie pinch-runner Yefri Perez, who stole second and scored on J.T. Realmuto's single

NOTES: Marlins LHP Adam Conley (8-6, 3.94 ERA) starts Sunday against Atlanta. Conley hasn't pitched since Aug. 13 because of a finger injury. ... Marlins RHP Jose Fernandez, who had been scheduled for the series finale Sunday, was moved back one day to face the New York Mets. Fernandez is 29-2 with a 1.49 ERA in his career at Marlins Park. ... Braves RHP Julio Teheran, who starts against the Marlins on Sunday, is 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA in three starts versus Miami this year. ... 1B Freddie Freeman on Friday became the second Braves' player since 1966 to get 80 extra-base hits in one season. Former Atlanta star 3B Chipper Jones set the franchise record with 87 extra-base hits in 1999, when he won NL MVP. ... Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow, who threw out the first pitch in Thursday's opener of the Braves-Marlins series, also caught -- on a bounce -- a homer by Braves LF Matt Kemp later that night.