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MIAMI -- Trying to gain ground in the wild-card race, the Miami Marlins lost their third straight following a three-game winning streak.Adonis Garcia hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Marlins 3-2 Friday night.This is really typical of the way we have played, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. We catch a little stretch where we win three in a row and you feel like you have a little bit of momentum, and then you lose three in a row. I think thats really been the story of our season.Miami lost for the fifth time in eight games and is five games back of San Francisco for the second NL wild card.Atlanta won its season-high seventh straight.Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 27 games with a sixth-inning double. Atlantas winning streak is its longest since it won nine in a row from June 27-July 5, 2014.Were a team that has to be reckoned with right now, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. I guarantee you teams dont want to play us.With the score 2-2, Emilio Bonifacio singled with one out off A.J. Ramos, stole his first base this season, took third on catcher J.T. Realmutos throwing error and came home on Garcias single to center.Brandon Cuniff (2-0) struck out two of three batters in a hitless eighth, and Mauricio Cabrera threw a hitless ninth for his sixth save in seven chances with the Braves. Tyler Flowers threw out pinch-runner Yefri Perez trying to steal second for the second out, and left fielder Mallex Smith made a game-ending diving catch on Justin Bours liner.Flowers drove in two runs for Atlanta and Martin Prado also drove in two for Miami, which has dropped three straight.Braves left fielder Matt Kemp, who turned 32, was ejected in the third inning by plate umpire Adam Hamari. And Braves interim manager Brian Snitker also was tossed. Kemp and Snitker argued with Hamari after the top of the third following a strikeout by Kemp and a bases-loaded flyout by Nick Markakis.The manager getting ejected gives you so much motivation, Garcia said through a translator. That lifted everyones emotions and made the team play better.Prado, who entered the game hitting an NL-best .377 with runners in scoring position, struck out with Ichiro Suzuki stranded at second in the bottom of the eighth.Atlantas Matt Wisler allowed two runs, two hits and three walks in six innings. Miamis Andrew Cashner gave up one run, three hits and three walks in six innings.Obviously you feel like youre going to put some runs on the board when you get a couple in the first, Mattingly said. We have seen their guy a couple of times and from there they make adjustments and were not able to.UP NEXTComing off his first big league win, RHP Aaron Blair (1-6) starts for the Braves on Saturday. 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She defeated No. 10 seed?Karolina Pliskova in a smashing final 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.The newly minted No. 1-ranked player, who this year made a commitment to being more assertive, has enjoyed a spectacular renaissance at the age of 28. Kerber becomes only the second woman to win her first two Grand Slam singles titles after turning 28, joining?Li Na, who won the 2011 French Open at 29 and, three years later, the Australian Open.But Li retired at the end of that 2014 season. Kerber isnt going anywhere.With Serena Williams turning 35 later this month, there are telling signs that her dominance is deteriorating. Kerber, the quintessential late bloomer, seems poised to play the role of perennial champion for the next several years.Patience was the virtue that rewarded Kerber in the end, as she came back from a 3-1 deficit in the third set. Afterward, she blew kisses to the crowd and sobbed, head in hands, on her changeover chair.Its just amazing, Kerber said in her on-court interview, voice breaking. I won my second Grand Slam in one year. That is the best year in my career.All the dreams came true this year.This was Kerbers third Grand Slam singles final of the year, having beaten Williams at the Australian Open before losing to her at Wimbledon. That winning check for $3.5 million surely will go a long way, but the confidence she draws from this smashing breakthrough? Priceless.The match ran 2 hours, 7 minutes with Kerber holding a narrow 97-90 margin in points. It was a rare competitive match in a womens final here, only the fourth three-setter in 22 years.Three weeks ago in Cincinnati, Pliskova carved up Kerber in the final 6-3, 6-1. But Kerber said she was tired after playing the Rio Olympics, where she won the silver medal. Pliskova elected to pass on Rio and prepare for Cincinnati and the US Open. This result suggests fatigue was a leading factor in their previous match.Kerber has a wonderfully complete game. Shes a relentless retriever and hits the ball hard off both wings. She artfully moved the spidery 6-foot-1 Czech player around the court, consistently working her into more untenable positions. And while her second serve remains a vulnerability -- Pliskova did little with her offerings of 75-77 mph -- Kerber rarely plays a loose point.The bottom-lline numbers confirmed this: Pliskova hit 40 winners, but they were countered by 47 unforced errors.dddddddddddd Kerber, on the other hand, was more efficient, hitting 21 winners and only 17 unforced errors -- 30 fewer than Pliskova.Make no mistake, Pliskova is a serious keeper.She was fatigued at the end, understandably, after her journey here. Interestingly, 10 of the past 13 players to beat Serena Williams at a major, now including Pliskova, lost their next match.Pliskovas first game in a Grand Slam singles final was a worst-case scenario. She made nervous errors on both wings that were almost painful to watch, missed four of six first serves -- and broke a string.For that one game, Pliskova suddenly seemed to realize where she was -- four rounds past anything she had ever experienced in a major. But after she lost the first set, something curious happened. Pliskova slipped back into that comfort zone that has enveloped her this fortnight.This summer alone she beat five of the WTAs top 10 players.I just found in myself some power in the second set, Pliskova said in her on-court interview. Even [though] I couldnt get the win, Im really happy.Hopefully many more finals to come.Pliskova has been a revelation this tournament, becoming only the fourth woman to defeat both Serena and Venus Williams in the same Grand Slam event. She saved a match point against Venus in the fourth round and, in the semifinals against Serena, out-served the best womens server of all time.Womens tennis finds itself in transition these days.Serena Williams and Roger Federer are about to be the same age;?Maria Sharapova, 29, is sitting out a two-year drug ban; and Victoria Azarenka, 27, is pregnant. A group of younger players have failed to create separation: Simona Halep, Agnieszka Radwanska, Madison Keys, Eugenie Bouchard and Sloane Stephens.In recent years, three young players have inserted themselves into the Grand Slam conversation: Petra Kvitova won the 2011 Wimbledon title at 21 and repeated there three years later. Azarenka won the 2012 Australian Open at age 22, then repeated the following year. Garbine Muguruza won the French Open earlier this year at the age of 22.And now, Angelique Kerber has won two of the past four majors. Shes seven months younger than Novak Djokovic, her No. 1 counterpart on the mens side.Get ready, tennis fans. Its Kerbers time. ' ' '