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Sep 29, 2009 11:03 am US/Eastern

Marlins Fall To Braves 4-0; Playoff Hopes Fading

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS4) ― The long season for the Florida Marlins may finally be coming to a close as the team is one game away from missing the playoffs again. The Marlins were still mathematically in the race as Monday's game against the Braves went down, but by the end of the night, a 4-0 loss to the Braves all but ended the Marlins chances at the playoffs. With one more Rockies win or Marlins loss, the Marlins playoff hopes will end.

On Monday night, Jair Jurrjens pitched five-hit ball over seven innings, Chipper Jones hit a rare homer and the Atlanta Braves beat Florida 4-0 Monday night for their 15th win in 17 games, a stretch that has lifted them into contention with six games left in the regular season.

Atlanta closed within two games of idle Colorado in the wild-card race and four behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East. The Phillies lost 8-2 at home to Houston.

The Braves won their seventh straight, matching a season high set at the start of this run, behind another dominant performance by Jurrjens (14-10). The right-hander won his fourth in a row and has gone at least seven innings in seven straight starts, allowing only eight earned runs in 50 2-3 innings (a 1.42 ERA) during that stretch.

Peter Moylan and Rafael Soriano finished off the five-hitter with one inning apiece.

Jones hit a towering shot off Anibal Sanchez (3-8) in the third inning, striking the right-field foul pole about halfway up for his 18th homer of the season but just his second since Aug. 29.

Florida's third loss in four games all but finished off the Marlins, who dropped 5 1/2 games behind the Rockies.

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