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Florida Marlins' Chris Coghlan named NL Rookie of the Month

For Chris Coghlan , winning the National League Rookie of the Month award for August on Thursday was cool. But getting to slam a shaving cream pie in the face of teammate Wes Helms after Wednesday night's walk-off home run that beat the Braves was priceless.

``That was one of the coolest moments I've had in professional baseball,'' said Coghlan, who tag-teamed with outfielder Brett Carroll to ambush Helms after his solo blast in the ninth lifted the Marlins to an 8-7 victory.

Coghlan established a Marlins team record with 47 hits in 28 games in August and became only the second rookie in the past 60 years to record at least 47 hits in a month. He hit .385 with 21 runs scored, four homers, 18 RBI, six doubles and three triples.

Florida Marlins win 5th straight; edge Astros in 11th

The Florida Marlins' team hitting surge didn't let up Tuesday.

And none was bigger than second baseman Dan Uggla's two-out, game-winning line drive to left field with the bases loaded in the 11th inning that scored Chris Coghlan and secured a 9-8 victory against the Houston Astros.

The game lasted 4 hours 6 minutes and secured the Marlins' fifth consecutive victory, putting them seven games over .500 for the first time since April 22.

Sixth sense lifts Florida Marlins past Atlanta Braves

Hanley Ramirez watched his teammates put together an uplifting victory over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. Thursday, the gimpy All-Star shortstop grabbed a bat and provided a huge lift of his own for the Marlins.

Pinch-hitting in the sixth inning with a bum left hamstring, Ramirez ended an 0-for-14 slump by driving home the tying run in a six-run sixth inning, as the Marlins rallied for an 8-3 victory in front of 13,711 at Land Shark Stadium.

``I told the guys that [Wednesday] we needed every single guy to make this thing work -- from the first guy to the 30th guy now,'' Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. ``At any time anybody can contribute, and they all did [Thursday night].''

Florida Marlins' loss to Braves hinders playoff chances

The Marlins had another stellar August day at the office with their bats Sunday at Turner Field and yet another forgetful one on the mound, providing further proof that pitching remains the most important ingredient in the game.

The Marlins walked eight batters and gave up 11 hits -- including two big ones to Brian McCann -- to offset their 17th game this month with at least 10 hits in a 7-5 loss to the Braves that set them back again in the playoff race.

McCann belted a three-run home run in the first off starter Ricky Nolasco. Then, the All-Star catcher delivered the decisive two-run single in the eighth off Renyel Pinto with a drawn-in infield to match his career high for RBI and push the Braves (66-58) past the Marlins (65-59) and into second place in the National League East.

Ross Gload leads Florida Marlins to walk-off win

The last time the Marlins played at Land Shark Stadium, they were swept by the Philadelphia Phillies and not expected to be the subject of any playoff talk for the remainder of the season.

The Marlins that returned home Tuesday night have made a complete role reversal.

With a pivotal victory against the Atlanta Braves slipping away, backup first baseman Ross Gload delivered a pinch-hit, walk-off, two-run home run to right field with one out in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Marlins to a 4-3 comeback victory in front of a crowd of 13,128.