Smolz, Braves nick skidding Marlins 2-1
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John Smoltz won for the first time in four starts, and Marcus Giles had an RBI double in the seventh to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 2-1 on Saturday night.
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Philadelphia's 4-1 loss Thursday night to the Atlanta Braves left San Diego with a 2 1/2-game lead in the NL wild-card race over the Phillies and San Francisco Giants.
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Chipper Jones hit a three-run homer  and J.D. Drew also went deep as the Atlanta Braves continued to  close in on another division title with an 8-1 win over the  Florida Marlins in Miami on Friday.
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The Cubs continued their bid for a Wild Card spot Monday with an easy victory against the Marlins in the first game of a doubleheader which made up games washed out earlier by Hurricane Frances.
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Cody Ross ties Florida records with three home runs and seven RBIs, while Anibal Sanchez allows four hits and strikes out eight as the Marlins beat the New York Mets, 16-5.
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Brian McCann hits an RBI single off Jason Bergmann and a three-run homer off Billy Traber, carrying the Braves to a 4-1 victory over the Nationals.
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Chris Young strikes out nine and Mike Cameron scores on an error at home in the ninth to give San Diego a 1-0 victory over the Marlins.
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Juan Pierre had three hits and AJ Burnett pitched eight solid innings as the Florida Marlins salvaged a split of their key four-game series against the Chicago Cubs with an 11-1 win in the series finale in National League play Sunday.
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A strikeout worked out just fine for Florida. The Marlins scored four runs off Tim Hudson during a strange fifth inning and went on to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-4 Monday night, benefiting from a strikeout that didn't result in an out.
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The box score says John Smoltz and Brad Lidge did not figure in this Game 2 thriller. Typical of the &quot;win-at-all-costs&quot; mind-set that the Astros and Braves carried into
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John Smoltz has accomplished plenty in his career. A no-hitter will have to wait. The 40-year-old Smoltz didn't allow a hit through seven innings, but Washington's Ronnie Belliard led off the eighth with a clean single to right in the Atlanta Braves 7-1 win over the Nationals on Friday night.
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Chipper Jones hit a three-run homer to help Atlanta overcome an early deficit last night, and the Braves reduced their magic number for clinching the NL East to eight by beating the Florida Marlins 8-1.
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MIAMI - Mark Prior allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings to out-pitch Carl Pavano, and the Chicago Cubs moved one percentage point ahead of San Francisco atop the NL wild-card standings by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader
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The Cubs&#39; glass had to be half empty because these were two games they should have swept. The Marlins&#39; wound up half full because these were two games they had every excuse to surrender.
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Miguel Cabrera hit two solo home runs and Josh Willingham added another to help the Florida Marlins defeat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Sunday.
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Rookie Ricky Nolasco didn't allow a hit through 6 2-3 innings and combined with two relievers on a three-hitter to lead the Florida Marlins to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
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Braves pitcher John Smoltz is getting a divorce.