Uggla homers, Braves beat Marlins 7-5

It was the fourth straight win for Atlanta, which moved within five games of idle Washington in the NL East.

"Three-run homer, but for me Danny saved us defensively," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Here's a guy that gets a bad rap at times defensively, and he saved the game for us today making a bunch of plays."

It was Uggla's first three-RBI game since Aug. 15. Uggla has 13 RBIs in 12 games against Miami this season, more than anyone else has managed against the Marlins.

And even though Miami's current stadium was never his home — he played up the road at Sun Life Stadium when he was a Marlin — Uggla clearly still has good feelings when he returns to South Florida.

Uggla has seven homers in 72 games this season at his home park, Turner Field. He's homered three times in only six games at Marlins Park.

"The fans here, I had a great relationship with them," Uggla said. "I felt like they liked the way I played, enjoyed and appreciated the way I played down here. It's always fun to come back and play in front of them."

Tim Hudson (15-6) allowed a season-high 10 hits in five innings, still beating the Marlins for the fifth straight time. Atlanta — which swept a three-game series from Washington over the weekend — moved within five games of the idle Nationals in the NL East.

Gorkys Hernandez had his first three-hit game for Miami, the rookie's average going from .157 to .178. Bryan Petersen and Hernandez hit consecutive triples in a four-run fourth inning for Miami.

Miami was without right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, out because of muscle soreness in his rib cage. Chipper Jones got the night off for Atlanta and Prado went 4 for 4 playing third base in his place, including an RBI single in the eighth.

"We battled. We make this game pretty fun," Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen said. "We went out and didn't give up. We battled back against good pitching. We just had one bad inning with a bad pitch to Uggla."

Craig Kimbrel gave up a one-out single to Miami's Jose Reyes in the ninth, but escaped for his 37th save in 40 chances.

The Braves wasted little time against Marlins starter Wade LeBlanc (2-5), getting four hits and four runs in the first. Prado's RBI single opened the scoring, and Uggla followed that with his 19th homer of the season.