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MIAMI -- Wei-Yin Chen of the Marlins was sharp through four innings in his first game since July 20.Chen allowed a three-run homer to Danny Espinosa in the fifth but Miami was able to score twice in the sixth and went on to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Monday night.Obviously, a good one for us being on life support, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said in reference to the teams slim playoff chances. A lot of good things happened. Wei-Yin was really good, the air came out of the balloon quick in the fifth.Miami trails San Francisco and St. Louis for the second wild card spot with 12 games left.Giancarlo Stanton hit his 26th home run and Christian Yelich, Ichiro Suzuki and Derek Dietrich also drove in a run for the Marlins.Brian Ellington (3-2) picked up the win with an inning of relief and A.J. Ramos pitched the ninth for his 38th save in 41 chances.The Nationals have lost three straight.A.J. Cole allowed two runs and four hits in four innings for the Nationals. He struck out three and walked two.I didnt have my best stuff, but I fought to keep my team in the game and I went out there and still tried to throw my stuff where I wanted to and battle through it, Cole said.Mat Latos (7-3) took the loss, allowing two runs in 1 1/3 innings.Chen made his first start in two months due to an elbow strain, and allowed three runs and four hits, ending his night after 4 1/3 innings. Chen threw 44 of 66 pitches for strikes.I havent been pitching in a game for a really long time and (my stamina) could have been a factor, Chen said through a translator.Washington trailed by a run to begin the ninth when Wilson Ramos led off with a double to left-center field. Michael Taylor pinch-ran for Ramos and was thrown out at third on a groundball to shortstop Miguel Rojas.I cant speak for what a guy was thinking, but that was a mistake, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.Pinch-hitters Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy flied out to end the game leaving a runner stranded at first.The Nationals trailed by a run in the seventh and had two on and no outs. Fernando Rodney was able to get out of the jam without allowing a run to score.The Marlins took an early 2-0 lead on Stantons solo home run and an RBI double by Yelich.Espinosas homer put the Nationals up 3-2.I was trying to get something out over the plate so I could get it to the outfield and ensure one run -- a fly ball or something like that, Espinosa said. He threw me a couple good changeups and I just tried to settle down and wait for a pitch that I could get at least one run in.Miami responded with two runs in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead behind an RBI double by pinch-hitter Dietrich and a failed fielders choice by Suzuki that allowed Justin Bour to score as second baseman Wilmer Difos throw was wide to home plate.These guys could have quit after the three-run homer but we put up good at-bats and kept going hard and we prevailed, Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon said.BOURS BUNTBour dropped a successful bunt to the open left side of the infield in the pivotal sixth inning with the Nationals in a shift for the left-handed hitter and he later scored the eventual game-winning run.It was Bours first bunt for a hit this season and he does not have a sacrifice bunt in 247 career games.I saw a situation and at this point every game is huge for us, Bour said. Whatever it takes to get the job done and I had an opportunity to bunt.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (elbow) played catch on Monday for the first time since leaving his Sept. 7 start early. ... C Jose Lobaton (ankle) has not played since Sept. 13 when he was a defensive replacement.Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (finger) is going to throw a simulated game on Wednesday and could re-join the team in some capacity before the end of the season. Hes feeling really good, Mattingly said. He came into my office and told me he feels totally healthy.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Tanner Roark (15-8, 2.75) will start the second game of the series with the Marlins. Roark is 2-1 with a 1.08 ERA over his last four starts.Marlins: RHP Jose Fernandez (15-8, 2.99) enters Tuesdays start with 174 1/3 innings on the season with the goal of keeping him in the 180-inning range. 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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky once again enters November needing just one game to ensure its season continues into December.The third time could be the charm for the Wildcats, who for third year in a row are attempting to become bowl eligible. This team is playing its best football of the season entering the stretch and the Wildcats believe they might finally clinch their first bowl bid since 2010.Kentucky coach Mark Stoops wont let his players get ahead of themselves and start talking about first-place and No. 10 Florida in the Southeastern Conferences Eastern Division. Right now, the Wildcats (5-3, 4-2 SEC) enter Saturday nights game against Georgia (4-4, 2-4) looking to extend their three-game winning streak and reach the six-win threshold for bowl eligibility.There will be no talk about that, Stoops said Monday when asked Kentuckys divisional prospects. We need to control what we can control, and thats playing Georgia well. ... Were in no position to look ahead against anybody.Were going to do the same things weve been doing and were going to try to do them better this week. And thats the great thing: I believe we have much better football in us.Kentucky certainly had room for improvement after starting 0-2 following a 45-7 shellacking at Florida on Sept. 10. The embarrassing contest was the middle of a three-game opening stretch in which the Wildcats yielded at least 500 yards a game. Stephen Johnson was also called into action at quarterback following a back injury to Drew Barker.The Wildcats, who have appear to have turned the tables, outgained Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Missouri and average 568 yards the past two weeks alone. That included 582 in Saturdays 35-21 win at Missouri that earned Kentuckys fourth SEC victory for the first time since 2006 and first 4-2 marrk in league play since 1993.dddddddddddd.A strong running game led by junior Boom Williams (821 yards, three touchdowns) and freshman Benny Snell (661 yards, eight TDs) has helped relieve some of the burden on Johnson. The duo combined for 374 yards rushing and three touchdowns at Mizzou, and Kentucky has averaged 299 yards per game on the ground during its winning streak.That output speaks volumes about the protection theyre getting up front.When you come together, you have some depth, you see some results, Stoops said of the offensive line. Theyre smart, good football players and theyre only gonna get better. Thats the beautiful thing.While the Wildcats remain a work in progress on both sides of the ball, theyre finally learning how to finish games.Just when Kentucky seemed headed for a loss that would have made the path to six wins tougher, the Wildcats rallied to beat Mississippi State 40-38 on Austin MacGinnis 51-yard field goal as time expired. They never trailed in Saturdays follow-up at Mizzou and enter a stretch determined to close better than they have recently.Kentuckys second-half schedule hasnt changed much from the past two years, when it went a combined 1-11 over the final six games and finished 5-7 both times. The Wildcats just seem better prepared this time around, even eager to attack it.There are so many things that have changed, Stoops said of the Wildcats mindset. It starts with a lot of things, but (its) their commitment level, the way they practice, their belief system and discipline. There are a lot of things that were doing better that makes all the difference in the world.---More AP college football: collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '