Braves lose to Marlins in 4-3 in 11 innings, failing to take advantage of Mets' loss

<p>Shuffling their rotation to line up John Smoltz to pitch against the New York Mets this weekend didn't work out too well for the Atlanta Braves.</p><p>After Smoltz fell behind early and the Braves rallied on Chipper Jones' two-run homer, Alejandro De Aza's 11th-inning sacrifice fly gave the Florida Marlins a 4-3 victory over Atlanta on Tuesday night.</p><p>Atlanta struck out 19 times as the Marlins _ who have the worst record in the National League _ won for just the second time in 14 games. The strikeouts matched a season high for the Braves, set July 18 in a 15-inning games against Cincinnati. These are only times Atlanta has struck out that many times in a game since 1978, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.</p><p>With the score 3-all, Oscar Villarreal (2-2) walked Alfredo Amezaga with one out in the 11th and Jeremy Hermida moved Amezaga to third with a double off the left-center field scoreboard. Villarreal intentionally walked Matt Treanor, loading the bases for De Aza, who flied to right.</p><p>Atlanta remained six games back of the NL East-leading Mets. Philadelphia defeated New York 4-2 in 10 innings to close within four games of the lead.</p><p>By moving up a day to Tuesday, Smoltz is lined up to pitch against former teammate Tom Glavine on Sunday in Atlanta. It was the first time this season Smoltz started on three days' rest.</p><p>Byung-Hyun Kim (6-3) pitched a one-hit 11th for the win.</p>