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ATLANTA -- Marlins manager Mike Redmond believes his team pitched well enough to win a three-game series at Turner Field. Unfortunately, Miamis batters produced just four runs. "We had several chances," Redmond said. "We were 1 for 7 today with runners in scoring position. Really, we scored on a blooper. Other than that -- 16 strikeouts -- thats a lot of strikeouts. We needed that big hit and didnt get it, and they did." Pinch-hitter Evan Gattis broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run double off A.J. Ramos, and the Marlins lost 3-1 to Atlanta on Wednesday. With the score 1-all in the eighth, Mike Dunn (1-3) walked Chris Johnson with one out after the batter fell behind 0-2 in the count. Dan Uggla reached on a two-out infield single, Ramos relieved and Gattis, hitting for Jordan Schafer, doubled to left. "I had faith in my fastball, but when you throw it that far down the plate, anybody can hit it and hit it like he did," Ramos said. "It was just a bad pitch over the middle and he did what he was supposed to do with it." Gattis two-run, 10th-inning homer beat the Marlins 4-2 in the series opener. He is hitting .351 with five homers and 10 RBIs in his last 10 games, a span of 37 at-bats. "Today I saw three pitches and got one I could handle," Gattis said. "I was just trying to stay loose. It was the same thing as the other day with the home run. Just trying to stay loose against a guy with a lot of velocity." Aaron Harang allowed one run and six hits in six innings with 11 strikeouts and one walk, raising his ERA from 0.70 to 0.85. Braves pitchers struck out 16 in all, giving them 41 strikeouts and five walks -- one intentional -- in the three-game series. Miami pitchers struck out 37 and walked nine. "Especially against a team like this that can really pitch, you know that youre not going to get a whole lot of opportunities," Redmond said. "When you do, you need to take advantage of them." David Carpenter (1-0) relieved with two on and two outs in the eighth and retired Casey McGehee on a flyout. Making his first appearance since his first blown save of the season on Monday, Craig Kimbrel retired Derek Dietrich on a flyout, then struck out Adeiny Hechavarria and Jarrod Saltalamacchia for his sixth save. Nathan Eovaldi gave up one run -- unearned -- and five hits in six innings. Miami lost two of three in the series, dropping to 1-8 on the road this year. Marlins reliever Carlos Marmol left in the seventh after straining his right hamstring on a walk to Jason Heyward. Ryan Doumits run-scoring single put the Braves ahead in the fourth. Giancarlo Stanton tied the score in the sixth with a bloop RBI double to left-centre. "We could have won the game," Ramos said. "We just didnt execute pitches like on my part, and some plays werent made and some things went their way. Thats the way the series was, and they took advantage of the mistakes that we made. We kind of just kept making them." NOTES: Jose Fernandezs 1-0 victory Tuesday over Alex Wood was the first game in which teams combined for at least 28 strikeouts and no walks since 1900, the teams said, citing the Elias Sports Bureau ... Fernandez, at 21 years, 265 days old, became the fourth-youngest pitcher with at least 14 strikeouts and no walks in a game. The others were Cincinnatis Gary Nolan in 1967, Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets twice in 1984 and the Chicago Cubs Kerry Wood in 1998. ... Miamis Christian Yelich has a 17-game hitting streak. ... Freddie Freeman went 0 for 10 in the series. ... The Marlins optioned RHP Arquimedes Caminero to Triple-A New Orleans and recalled RHP Carter Capps. ... Braves C Gerald Laird threw out Hechavarria at second on the games only stolen base attempt, ending the third. Mika Zibanejad Jersey . -- Phil Mickelson will be watching the final two rounds of the Masters from home for the first time in 17 years. Mark Messier Jersey . Thaddeus Young scored seven of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Evan Turner added 22 points, and the 76ers hung on for their first road win since Nov. 1, beating the depleted Los Angeles Lakers 111-104 on Sunday night. http://www.rangershockeyonlineshop.com/. Still, Inter moved one point ahead of Parma in the race for fifth place and the final Europa League spot. Udinese remained 14th, 11 points above the relegation zone. Inter was beaten 2-1 by Atalanta at home on Sunday and has won only seven of 16 matches at the San Siro this season, as the squad seems to still be searching for its identity under new owner Erick Thohir and first-year manager Walter Mazzarri. Brian Leetch Jersey . Azarenka needed exactly one hour in a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Austrian Yvonne Meusburger to start the night session at Laver Arena. Sharapova had a much easier time earlier in the day with cooler conditions and took full advantage in 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) win over Frenchwoman Alize Cornet, while Radwanska had to rally for a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Rod Gilbert Jersey . This is the final meeting of the season between these teams.? The Capitals were 5-4 winners in a shootout Oct.OAKLAND, Calif. - While Derek Carr and the Oakland Raiders put together their best performance of a rough season, his Bay Area counterpart Colin Kaeperkick has rarely looked worse than he has the past two weeks.Carr threw for 254 yards and three touchdowns and the Raiders bounced back from a shellacking last week by beating the 49ers 24-13 Sunday and putting a major dent in San Franciscos dwindling playoff hopes.I know the kind of talent we have, I know the kind of team we have, Carr said. We havent put it together, obviously, throughout the season. ... I felt for the first time there wasnt the little detailed mistakes that just ruined it.Carr threw TD passes to offensive lineman Donald Penn, Marcel Reece and Mychal Rivera as the Raiders (2-11) capped of a three-week roller-coaster by beating San Francisco (7-6).The win follows a 52-0 loss at St. Louis, which came after an exhilarating 24-20 home win over the Chiefs as the Raiders seek some consistency to end the season.This game goes in highs and lows, interim coach Tony Sparano said. One week you can be on top of the mountain and the next week you can be at the bottom of that thing really fast. Its important that our team keeps learning here.There have only been lows for San Francisco the past weeks with a 19-3 Thanksgiving night loss to rival Seattle and then this performance against the Raiders.Now the 49ers are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in coach Jim Harbaughs four-year tenure. San Francisco trails three teams by two games in the NFC wild-card race with three games remaining after making three straight NFC title games.There is no surrendering, Harbaugh said. You look for the next thing to win at.Here are some other takeaways from the game:KAP CONTAINED: Kaepernick threw an interception on the first play from scrimmage, was sacked on San Franciscos last and wasnt much better in between. He finished 18 for 33 for 174 yards with one touchdown, ttwo interceptions and five sacks as San Francisco failed to score 20 points for the sixth time in seven games.ddddddddddddBIG MAN SCORES: Oakland left tackle Donald Penn got on the score sheet when he lined up as an eligible receiver in the second quarter. He reached down to catch a pass from Carr and bowled over Eric Reid on the way to the 3-yard touchdown. Penn leaped into the Black Hole for a beer-doused celebration following his third career TD catch and second against the Niners, having also caught one in 2010.Im happy Im able to live every big mans dream, Penn said.BENCHED BROOKS: 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks had a streak of 60 consecutive starts snapped when he was benched the entire game for missing a meeting Tuesday. Brooks said nobody told him he wouldnt start or play at all Sunday.Its frustrating, very frustrating, he said. They have their plan of what they want to do and all I can do as a player is just abide by the rules. No, I do not agree. Im just a player, Im just a number, you know what I mean?CLEAN CARR: Carr was sacked just one time and was given ample time to throw the ball by a line that bounced back from a rough performance last week in St. Louis. The clean pocket played a big role in Carrs big day.I told them I was like, Wherever we have to go to dinner. You guys deserve so much, Carr said. Im a little worried about that one, but, I think my wife is more worried than I am especially with Christmas around the corner. But, they deserve so much credit.HOMECOMING: Harbaugh even sparked some chatter where he might wind up next season when he walked out of the tunnel and straight to Raiders owner Mark Davis for a quick chat before his first game in Oakland since his tenure as an assistant with the Raiders in 2002-03. Harbaugh once again repeated he is not worried about his future.My priorities are winning games, Harbaugh said.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '