Marlins rally from 7 down but fall in opener

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ATLANTA — After squandering a seven-run lead, the Braves still found a way to frustrate the Marlins. Nick Markakis homered in the second and added the go-ahead RBI double in the sixth inning that lifted Atlanta to a 12-7 victory on Monday at Turner Field.

The Marlins were mounting what would have been their biggest comeback win of the season, pulling even in the sixth on Giancarlo Stanton’s pinch-hit sacrifice fly. But Atlanta regained the lead in the bottom half on Markakis’ two-out double off Brian Ellington and tacked on four more runs through the eighth.

Tyler Flowers drove in a game-high four RBIs as the Braves improved to 9-4 in the season series and delivered another blow to Miami’s shrinking postseason chances. The Marlins had a chance to gain ground on the Cardinals and Mets in the National League Wild Card race but instead fell to 71-73 and remained five games back on a night they could have gotten …

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