Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 6, Miami 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 27, 2012
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - D.J. Reyburn
Attendance: 27270

Braves 6, Marlins 2: Dan Uggla drove in three runs and a key two-run error sparked streaking Atlanta to a series sweep of visiting Miami.

Bryan Petersen dropped Martin Prado’s line drive, allowing two unearned runs to score in a four-run fourth as the Braves won their fifth in a row and 10th in their past 12 games. Atlanta, which has clinched the top National League wild-card spot, remained four games behind first-place Washington in the NL East.

Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson (13-9) overcame a sluggish start, allowing two runs (one earned) and six hits in 5 1/3 innings. Miami starter Justin Turner (1-4) gave up four runs (two earned) and six hits in six innings.

Doubles by Carlos Lee and Gil Velazquez staked the Marlins to a 2-0 lead. Atlanta sent nine hitters to the plate in the fourth. Uggla doubled home a run, Andrelton Simmons drove home Uggla with a double and Petersen’s error on Prado’s drive to left plated David Ross and Simmons.

Uggla’s seventh-inning single to right-center scored Prado and Jason Heyward to make it 6-2. Uggla, Ross and Simmons finished with two hits each for the Braves.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Atlanta LHP Jonny Venters pitched two scoreless innings, allowing one hit with two strikeouts. … The Braves won the season series from Miami 14-4. … Velazquez went 2-for-3 for the Marlins, who finished 31-50 on the road.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Miami   Atlanta
Jacob Turner Player Tommy Hanson
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 5.1
5 Strikeouts 4
6 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 1.69
Hitting
Miami   Atlanta
Gil VelazquezPlayer David Ross
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Miami 7 0 10 .200 18 6 2 2 0 1
Atlanta 8 0 11 .258 18 9 4 5 0 2