NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUNDU Marlins capture wild-card lead with 6-5 win on Cabrera's HR

Florida beat the Braves in the 11th inning to pull a half-game ahead of the Phillies.
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ATLANTA -- Miguel Cabrera homered in the 11th inning and the Florida Marlins took the NL wild-card lead with a 6-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves Saturday night.
The Marlins pulled a half-game ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies, who lost 2-0 to the Cincinnati Reds.
Cabrera lined a pitch from Will Cunnane (2-2) into the seats in left leading off the 11th.
The Braves tied it with two runs in the ninth off closer Braden Looper. Javy Lopez cut it to 5-4 with his 42nd homer of the season -- and 41st as a catcher. That tied the major league record for backstops set by Todd Hundley of the New York Mets in 1996.
Looper walked Vinny Castilla, who was replaced by pinch-runner Jesse Garcia, and pinch-hitter Julio Franco singled to move Garcia to third.
Then Mark DeRosa lined a single to left to bring in Garcia with the tying run. It was Looper's sixth blown save in 34 chances, and he's blown three saves in his past five appearances against the Braves.
Gary Sheffield singled leading off the 10th, the 2,000th hit of his career, and Altlanta eventually loaded the bases twice. But Michael Tejera retired Rafael Furcal on a pop-up and pinch-hitter Johnny Estrada flied out against Rick Helling (1-0).
FLORIDAATLANTA
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Pierre cf6010DeRosa ss6011
LCstillo 2b6000MGiles 2b6231
IRdrgz c5020Shffield rf5122
DeLee 1b3200CJones lf5000
JEcrcn rf4011AJones cf3000
Conine lf3100JvLopz c4131
Cbrera 3b4222MFrco 1b4000
AGnzlz ss4120Furcal ss1000
Penny p3013Castilla 3b3010
BBanks ph1000JGarca ss0100
Urbina p0000JEstda ph1000
Looper p0000Hssmn 1b0000
CFox p0000HRmrz p1000
Tejera p0000Hodges p0000
Helling p1010Bragg ph1000
Merckr p0000
Holmes p0000
RHrndz p0000
Fick ph1000
Smoltz p0000
King p0000
JuFrco ph1010
Lngrhn pr0000
Cnnane p0000
Bong p0000
Blanco ph1000
Totals406106Totals435115
Florida03001010001--6
Atlanta00010002200--5
E--Sheffield (4). DP--Florida 1, Atlanta 2. LOB--Florida 8, Atlanta 9. 2B--IRodriguez (35), AGonzalez (32), Penny (1), Helling (1), MGiles (49). HR--Cabrera (12), MGiles (20), Sheffield (37), JvLopez (42). SF--JEncarnacion.
IPHRERBBSO
Florida
Penny751112
Urbina122200
Looper2-332210
CFox2-310020
Tejera1-300000
Helling W,1-01 1-300001
Atlanta
HRamirez4 2-374450
Hodges1-310000
Mercker100000
Holmes101000
RHernandez100010
Smoltz1-300000
King2-300000
Cunnane L,2-21 1-321102
Bong2-300000
WP--CFox, HRamirez. Balk--HRamirez. Umpires--Home, Matt Hollowell; First, Wally Bell; Second, Bill Welke; Third, John Hirschbeck. T--3:45. A--42,496.
Diamondbacks 10, Brewers 4
MILWAUKEE -- Luis Gonzalez drove in three runs and Elmer Dessens won for the first time in almost a month.
Dessens (8-8), who lost and had four no-decisions since his last victory Aug. 21, gave up two runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out three and walked two as the Diamondbacks won for the sixth time in seven games.
Jose Valverde got four outs for his 10th save in 11 chances.
ARIZONAMILWAUKEE
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SFinley cf4122Pdsdnk cf4121
Spivey 2b6111Weeks 2b4010
LGnzlz lf4133BClark lf4010
Hlnbrn 1b5121Sexson 1b4111
Cintron ss5000KGintr 3b4010
Butista rf5220Conti rf5010
Kata 3b4121Osik c4000
Brajas c3111Clayton ss4110
Dssens p3100WFrkln p1010
JoPttsn p1001LVzcno p0000
Rndlph p0000Vn Wal ph1011
Vlverde p1110Cruz pr0100
Burba p0000
Zcclillo ph1000
Kschnk p0000
Hall ph0000
Estrla p0000
Totals41101410Totals364103
Arizona140030101--10
Milwaukee000020200--4
E--Bautista (5), Weeks (1), BClark (4), KGinter (8). DP--Arizona 2. LOB--Arizona 12, Milwaukee 12. 2B--Spivey (22), Hillenbrand (17), Bautista (14), Valverde (1), BClark (21), WFranklin (1), Vander Wal (25). HR--Sexson (41). SF--SFinley.
IPHRERBBSO
Arizona
Dessens W,8-8572223
JoPatterson232202
Randolph2-300031
Valverde S,101 1-300013
Milwaukee
WFranklin L,10-134 2-398325
LVizcaino1-300001
Burba100021
Kieschnick221122
Estrella131101
HBP--by Kieschnick (Kata), by Dessens (Weeks). WP--WFranklin. Umpires--Home, Laz Diaz; First, James Hoye; Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Jim Reynolds. T--3:22. A--27,823.
Reds 2, Phillies 0
PHILADELPHIA -- Todd Van Poppel and two relievers combined on a four-hitter.
Van Poppel, a former first-round pick by Oakland in 1990 pitching for his sixth team, allowed four hits in 61/3 innings, his longest outing in five years. Van Poppel (1-1) struck out five and walked two.
Wily Mo Pena had an RBI single and Ryan Freel drove in a run on a fielder's choice grounder for the injury-depleted Reds, the fourth-worst team in the NL.
Phil Norton pitched 12/3 scoreless innings and Chris Reitsma got three straight outs for his 10th save.
Amaury Telemaco (1-4) gave up two runs -- one earned -- and six hits in seven innings in his seventh start since replacing Brandon Duckworth in the rotation.
CINCINNATIPHILA
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Freel cf4011Byrd cf3010
JCastro 3b4000Planco 3b4000
DJmnz 2b4000BAbreu rf4000
Casey 1b4110Thome 1b3000
Brnyan lf4000Lbrthal c4010
WPena rf3011Ledee lf3010
LaRue c3110Rollins ss3000
Olmedo ss4010Utley 2b2000
Poppel p3010Mchels ph1000
PNortn p0000Plesac p0000
Stenson ph1000MWlms p0000
Ritsma p0000Tlmaco p2010
ToPerz 2b1000
Totals34262Totals30040
Cincinnati000100100--2
Philadelphia000000000--0
E--Polanco 2 (6). DP--Cincinnati 1. LOB--Cincinnati 7, Philadelphia 6. 2B--Casey (18), Telemaco (3).
IPHRERBBSO
Cincinnati
Poppel W,1-16 1-340025
PNorton1 2-300011
Reitsma S,10100002
Philadelphia
Telemaco L,1-4762118
Plesac100002
MiWilliams100001
HBP--by Telemaco (LaRue). Umpires--Home, Dan Iassogna; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Terry Craft. T--2:31. A--35,239.