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Saltalamacchia peppers Braves, Marlins win
Marlins Braves Baseba Heal WEB
Miami Marlins' Jarrod Saltalamacchia, right, drives in the game-wining run with a base hit as Atlanta Braves catcher Evan Gattis looks on in the ninth inning on Thursday in Atlanta. The Marlins won 3-2. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — Jarrod Saltalamacchia drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, Henderson Alvarez won for the first time in three starts and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Thursday. In taking three of four games, the Marlins won just their second series in the last 10 against the Braves at Turner Field. Alvarez (7-5) gave up six hits, two runs and one walk with four strikeouts in eight innings.