Atlanta Braves Drop Near Comeback 12-11 to Fish

He tied a career high by allowing six earned runs in five innings.The Miami Marlins ace became the first pitcher in the modern era to win his first 17 career home decisions, overcoming a rough start Friday to beat the Atlanta Braves 12-11. But after being provided a 4-0 lead before his first pitch Friday, he looked like he didn’t know how to handle the unusual scoring largesse.

But the bows belonged to his supporting cast as the Marlins pounded out 20 hits, seven for extra bases.

The Marlins broke the game open with a four-run fourth inning, a rally that was started by left fielder Christian Yelich’s leadoff triple. Ramos would close things out by allowing only one hit in the ninth, and that was that. Atlanta came back with two runs, by nature of an RBI double from Andrelton Simmons and a sacrifice fly from Cameron Maybin, in the fifth inning, and Freddie Freeman pounded a two-run home run in the seventh inning to climb within a four-run deficit at 12-8. Bour, with 20 homers, ranks third among rookies in the majors, and has the most by a Marlins rookie since Giancarlo Stanton hit 22 in 2010. Mathis, who came in batting.143, drove in another run with a triple.

Usually it is dominance in this ballpark.

The right-hander is 1-0 with a 1.67 ERA in four starts this month while holding opponents to a.196 average and.556 OPS.

But Miami extended its lead in the bottom of the inning, getting an RBI single from Yelich.

Daniel Castro and Freddie Freeman followed with solid singles, and A.J. Pierzynski made it four consecutive hits with a grounder that second baseman Gordon got a glove on but couldn’t corral.

The Braves fell behind 11-4 through four innings and outscored the Marlins 7-1 the rest of the way, cutting the lead to 12-11 in he eighth when Nick Swisher drew a one-out, bases-loaded walk from reliever Mike Dunn. He went on the disabled list with a biceps strain following that outing. Teheran is 5-1 with a 2.69 ERA and 65 strikeouts in his career against the Marlins.

Fernandez (6-0) needed the offensive support. In total, the two teams used 14 pitchers (seven each) to navigate the nine innings, and it wasn’t the best advertisement for quality pitching. However, the play of backup Miguel Rojas – who recently strung together an eight-game hitting streak in addition to playing stellar defense – has allowed Hechavarria, whose hamstring is believed to be at about 85 percent healthy, to take his time. His fielders bailed him out of that jam as Derek Dietrich made a sliding catch on a liner to left and Martin Prado reached into the stands for a foul pop.