Atlanta moves closer to Colorado in wild-card race
at Atlanta 4, Florida 0: Jair Jurrjens pitched seven shutout innings, Chipper Jones homered and the Braves beat the Marlins for their 15th win in 17 games, moving within two games of the idle Colorado Rockies in the NL wild-card race with six remaining.
at Washington 2, New York 1: Mike Morse homered for the third straight game and Ross Detwiler earned his first career win as the Nationals beat the Mets.
at Pittsburgh 11, Dodgers 1: Andy LaRoche drove in six runs as the last-place Pirates again prevented the Dodgers from clinching the NL West.
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