GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: ARIZONA (67-52) at FLORIDA (55-63)

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: T Clark at first base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
FLORIDA 14 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J Hermida (.263, 0-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 5 13 2
FLORIDA 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 14 14 1 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - AUGIE OJEDA
FLA - ROSS WOLF

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C JACKSON (.275, 1-FOR-4)
J UPTON (.289, 1-FOR-4)
M REYNOLDS (.276, 3-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">ARIZONA (5) VS FLORIDA (14) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 .233
O Hudson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292
S Drew ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
E Byrnes lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
b-M Montero ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .241
C Jackson 1b-lf-3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .275
J Upton rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .289
M Reynolds 3b-2b 4 2 3 0 0 1 1 .276
C Snyder c-1b-lf 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 .258
A Ojeda ss-2b-p 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .254
B Kim p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .050
Ed Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200
a-J Cirillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
J Kennedy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Cruz p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
D Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-T Clark ph-1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .233

Totals 38 5 13 5 1 11 18

a-struck out swinging for E Gonzalez in the 4th; b-singled to left for E
Byrnes in the 7th; c-grounded to first for D Slaten in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - C Snyder 2 (12, D Willis, R Wolf). HR - C Young 2 (21, 1st inning
off D Willis 0 on, 0 Out, 5th inning off D Willis 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - C Young 2
(42), A Ojeda 2 (7), T Clark (32). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Cirillo 1, C Young 3, M Montero 1. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: E - B Kim (3, throw); J Upton (4, dropped foul ball).


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 6 3 3 2 0 1 1 .343
A De Aza cf 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 .333
M Cabrera 3b 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 .336
A Amezaga 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
J Willingham lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .273
R Wolf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Jacobs 1b 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 .253
D Uggla 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 .247
M Treanor c 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .300
J Hermida rf 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 .262
D Willis p 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 .163
T Linden lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233

Totals 38 14 14 12 4 9 18

BATTING: 2B - H Ramirez (35, B Kim); M Cabrera (31, B Kim); A De Aza (6, Ed
Gonzalez). HR - M Cabrera (29, 2nd inning off Ed Gonzalez 1 on, 0 Out), M
Jacobs (9, 2nd inning off Ed Gonzalez 0 on, 1 Out). S - A De Aza. RBI - M
Cabrera 3 (86), J Willingham 2 (76), M Treanor (11), A De Aza (4), M Jacobs
(28), J Hermida (37), D Willis (4), H Ramirez 2 (61). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - D Willis 2, D Uggla 2. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Willingham 2 (7, 2nd base off B Kim/C Snyder, 3rd base
off B Kim/C Snyder).

FIELDING: E - H Ramirez (17, ground ball).


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ARIZONA - 100 011 02 -- 5
FLORIDA - 440 600 00 -- 14
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ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Kim 1/3 4 4 3 1 0 0 5.23
Ed Gonzalez 2 2/3 5 4 4 1 3 2 5.45
J Kennedy 1/3 3 6 6 2 0 0 20.25
J Cruz 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 5 0 3.15
D Slaten 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.37
A Ojeda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 7 10 3 3 0 11 2 4.93
R Wolf 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 18.00

WP - Ed Gonzalez, J Kennedy 2. HBP - D Uggla (by J Kennedy); J Hermida (by J
Kennedy); A De Aza (by J Kennedy). Pitches-strikes: B Kim 17-10; Ed Gonzalez
51-32; J Kennedy 37-16; J Cruz 44-30; D Slaten 10-8; A Ojeda 8-4; D Willis
119-81; R Wolf 25-13. Ground balls-fly balls: B Kim 1-1; Ed Gonzalez 2-3; J
Kennedy 1-0; J Cruz 2-1; D Slaten 1-1; A Ojeda 0-3; D Willis 8-3; R Wolf 2-1.
Batters faced: B Kim 7; Ed Gonzalez 14; J Kennedy 9; J Cruz 9; D Slaten 4; A
Ojeda 3; D Willis 32; R Wolf 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.

(Plus rain delay totaling 34 minutes in the 1st). Weather: 77 degrees,
drizzle. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - PITCHING CHANGE
FLA: ARMANDO BENITEZ (2-7, 5.36) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5, FLORIDA 14

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C JACKSON (.275, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Benitez relieved R Wolf.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
FLORIDA 14 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C Jackson (.275, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

Marlins offense helps Willis end nine-game skid

<h3>FLORIDA 14, ARIZONA 5</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- The Florida Marlins provided their ace withsome early support so he could easily end a long drought.

After serving up a leadoff home run to Chris Young, DontrelleWillis settled down as the Florida Marlins cruised to a 14-5victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.


Willis (8-13) allowed three runs on 10 hits over seven inningsto pick up his first win since May 29, when he beat the ChicagoCubs, 7-3. The lefthander struck out a season-high 11 battersin this one without surrendering a walk to end his career-highnine-game losing streak.


The Marlins ace escaped trouble in the second inning after theDiamondbacks loaded the bases with one out. Willis struck outpitcher Edgar Gonzalez and Young to end the threat.

Young hit his second home run of the game, and 21st of theseason, leading off the fifth inning. Willis allowed one morerun in the sixth when Augie Ojeda grounded out, allowing MarkReynolds to score after he led off the inning with a single andadvanced to third on Chris Snyder's double.


Despite taking the early lead, it all fell apart for Arizonawhen the Marlins scored four times off Byung-Hyun Kim in thefirst inning. Kim (6-6), who was 3-1 over his last sevenstarts, allowed four runs - three earned - on four hits and awalk as he recorded just one out before being lifted in favor ofGonzalez.


Hanley Ramirez, who leads the National League with a .343battling average, led off the inning with a double. AlejandroDe Aza followed with a sacrifice which Kim fielded cleanly butthrew away at first, allowing Ramirez to score and tie the game.Miguel Cabrera doubled to right field, plating De Aza, andscored when Josh Willingham singled up the middle.

After Mike Jacobs flied out, Willingham stole second, then thirdon Dan Uggla's walk. Matt Treanor capped off the scoring with abase hit, plating Willingham, and bouncing Kim from the game.

A bad situation got worse for the Diamondbacks in the secondinning. After De Aza doubled to drive in Ramirez, who singledto lead off the inning, Cabrera hit a two-run home run, his 29thof the season, as the Marlins' lead bulged to five.

Two batters later, Jacobs hit his ninth home run of the season,a solo blast, to give the Marlins an 8-1 lead.


The Marlins went quietly in the the third before putting up sixmore runs in the fourth, highlighted by Ramirez's third hit ofthe game, a two-run single with the bases loaded.


Arizona lost back-to-back games for the first time since losingto the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cubs on July 19-20.

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 13 2
FLORIDA 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 x 14 14 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ARI - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, EDGAR GONZALEZ (1ST), JOE KENNEDY (4TH), JUAN
CRUZ (4TH), DOUG SLATEN (7TH), AUGIE OJEDA (8TH) AND CHRIS
SNYDER, MIGUEL MONTERO (7TH)

FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS, ROSS WOLF (8TH), ARMANDO
BENITEZ (9TH) AND MATT TREANOR

HOME RUNS: ARI - CHRIS YOUNG (20) OFF DONTRELLE WILLIS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
CHRIS YOUNG (21) OFF DONTRELLE WILLIS IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

FLA - MIGUEL CABRERA (29) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
MIKE JACOBS (9) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 2ND, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 13 2
FLORIDA 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 x 14 14 1 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: ARI - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, EDGAR GONZALEZ (1ST), JOE KENNEDY (4TH), JUAN
CRUZ (4TH), DOUG SLATEN (7TH), AUGIE OJEDA (8TH) AND CHRIS
SNYDER, MIGUEL MONTERO (7TH)

FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS, ROSS WOLF (8TH), ARMANDO
BENITEZ (9TH) AND MATT TREANOR


WP - DONTRELLE WILLIS (8-12)
LP - BYUNG-HYUN KIM (6-6)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: ARI - CHRIS YOUNG (20) OFF DONTRELLE WILLIS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
CHRIS YOUNG (21) OFF DONTRELLE WILLIS IN THE 5TH, 0 ON

FLA - MIGUEL CABRERA (29) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 2ND, 1 ON
MIKE JACOBS (9) OFF EDGAR GONZALEZ IN THE 2ND, 0 ON


TIME: 3:04 ATT: 10,610

PROBABLES: ARI - DOUG DAVIS (9-10, 3.81)
FLA - SERGIO MITRE (5-5, 3.64)</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">ARIZONA (5) VS FLORIDA (14) - FINAL

ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 5 2 3 2 0 1 4 .233
O Hudson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292
S Drew ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
E Byrnes lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
b-M Montero ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 .241
C Jackson 1b-lf-3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .274
J Upton rf 5 0 1 0 0 4 2 .282
M Reynolds 3b-2b 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 .275
C Snyder c-1b-lf 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 .258
A Ojeda ss-2b-p 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .254
B Kim p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .050
Ed Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200
a-J Cirillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250
J Kennedy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Cruz p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
D Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-T Clark ph-1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .233

Totals 41 5 13 5 1 12 18

a-struck out swinging for E Gonzalez in the 4th; b-singled to left for E
Byrnes in the 7th; c-grounded to first for D Slaten in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - C Snyder 2 (12, D Willis, R Wolf). HR - C Young 2 (21, 1st inning
off D Willis 0 on, 0 Out, 5th inning off D Willis 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - C Young 2
(42), A Ojeda 2 (7), T Clark (32). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J
Cirillo 1, C Young 3, M Montero 1. Team LOB - 10.

FIELDING: E - B Kim (3, throw); J Upton (4, dropped foul ball).


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 3 3 2 0 1 1 .343
a-J Wood ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
A De Aza cf 3 2 1 1 0 2 2 .333
M Cabrera 3b 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 .336
T Linden lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
J Willingham lf 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .273
R Wolf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Jacobs 1b 5 2 3 1 0 1 4 .253
D Uggla 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 .247
M Treanor c 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .300
J Hermida rf 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 .262
D Willis p 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 .163
A Amezaga 3b-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268

Totals 38 14 14 12 4 9 18

a-lined out to third for H Ramirez in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - H Ramirez (35, B Kim); M Cabrera (31, B Kim); A De Aza (6, Ed
Gonzalez). HR - M Cabrera (29, 2nd inning off Ed Gonzalez 1 on, 0 Out), M
Jacobs (9, 2nd inning off Ed Gonzalez 0 on, 1 Out). S - A De Aza. RBI - M
Cabrera 3 (86), J Willingham 2 (76), M Treanor (11), A De Aza (4), M Jacobs
(28), J Hermida (37), D Willis (4), H Ramirez 2 (61). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - D Willis 2, D Uggla 2. Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Willingham 2 (7, 2nd base off B Kim/C Snyder, 3rd base
off B Kim/C Snyder).

FIELDING: E - H Ramirez (17, ground ball).


----------------------------------------------------
ARIZONA - 100 011 020 -- 5
FLORIDA - 440 600 00x -- 14
----------------------------------------------------

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Kim (L, 6-6) 1/3 4 4 3 1 0 0 5.23
Ed Gonzalez 2 2/3 5 4 4 1 3 2 5.45
J Kennedy 1/3 3 6 6 2 0 0 20.25
J Cruz 2 2/3 1 0 0 0 5 0 3.15
D Slaten 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.37
A Ojeda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis (W, 8-12) 7 10 3 3 0 11 2 4.93
R Wolf 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 18.00
A Benitez 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.24

WP - Ed Gonzalez, J Kennedy 2. HBP - D Uggla (by J Kennedy); J Hermida (by J
Kennedy); A De Aza (by J Kennedy). Pitches-strikes: B Kim 17-10; Ed Gonzalez
51-32; J Kennedy 37-16; J Cruz 44-30; D Slaten 10-8; A Ojeda 8-4; D Willis
119-81; R Wolf 25-13; A Benitez 7-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B Kim 1-1; Ed
Gonzalez 2-3; J Kennedy 1-0; J Cruz 2-1; D Slaten 1-1; A Ojeda 0-3; D Willis
8-3; R Wolf 2-1; A Benitez 0-2. Batters faced: B Kim 7; Ed Gonzalez 14; J
Kennedy 9; J Cruz 9; D Slaten 4; A Ojeda 3; D Willis 32; R Wolf 7; A Benitez 3.


UMPIRES: HP--Jim Wolf. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Jim Joyce.

T--3:04. (Plus rain delay totaling 34 minutes in the 1st). Att--10,610.

Weather: 77 degrees, drizzle. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
ARIZONA 5
FLORIDA 14 FINAL</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ARIZONA (5) AT FLORIDA (14) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ARIZONA 1ST: C Young homered to left. O Hudson struck out swinging.
E Byrnes flied out to center. C Jackson lined out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 0.

FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez doubled to deep right. A De Aza sacrificed to
catcher, H Ramirez to third, A De Aza safe at second, H Ramirez scored
on throwing error by pitcher B Kim. M Cabrera doubled to deep right,
A De Aza scored. J Willingham singled to center, M Cabrera scored.
M Jacobs flied out to left. J Willingham stole second. D Uggla walked,
J Willingham stole third. M Treanor singled to center, J Willingham
scored, D Uggla to second. Ed Gonzalez relieved B Kim. J Hermida struck
out looking. D Uggla to third, M Treanor to second on wild pitch by
Ed Gonzalez. D Willis struck out swinging. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error)
ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 4.

FLORIDA 2ND: H Ramirez reached on infield single to shortstop. A De Aza
doubled to deep left, H Ramirez scored. M Cabrera homered to left, A De Aza
scored. J Willingham grounded out to shortstop. M Jacobs homered to right.
D Uggla flied out to right. M Treanor walked. J Hermida flied out to right.
(4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 8.

FLORIDA 4TH: J Kennedy relieved Ed Gonzalez. J Willingham grounded out to
second. M Jacobs singled to center. M Jacobs to second on wild pitch by
J Kennedy. D Uggla hit by pitch. M Treanor singled to right, M Jacobs to third,
D Uggla to second. J Hermida hit by pitch, M Jacobs scored, D Uggla to third,
M Treanor to second. D Willis walked, D Uggla scored, M Treanor to third,
J Hermida to second. H Ramirez singled to center, M Treanor and J Hermida
scored, D Willis to third. A De Aza hit by pitch, H Ramirez to second.
D Willis scored, H Ramirez to third, A De Aza to second on wild pitch by
J Kennedy. M Cabrera walked. J Cruz relieved J Kennedy. J Willingham singled
to left, H Ramirez scored, A De Aza to third, M Cabrera to second. M Jacobs
struck out swinging. D Uggla grounded out to shortstop. (6 Runs, 4 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 5TH: C Young homered to left. O Hudson grounded out to shortstop.
E Byrnes grounded out to third. C Jackson singled to right. J Upton struck
out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 6TH: M Reynolds singled to center. C Snyder doubled to deep left,
M Reynolds to third. A Ojeda grounded out to shortstop, M Reynolds scored.
J Cruz struck out looking. C Young grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 8TH: A Amezaga at third base. R Wolf relieved D Willis. T Linden in
left field. M Reynolds singled to left. C Snyder doubled to deep left,
M Reynolds to third. A Ojeda grounded out to first, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder
to third. T Clark hit for D Slaten. T Clark grounded out to first, C Snyder
scored. C Young singled to shallow left. S Drew walked, C Young to second.
M Montero flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 5, FLORIDA 14.</div>

 

NL: ARIZONA at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ARIZONA (5) AT FLORIDA (14) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, O Hudson 2B, E Byrnes LF, C Jackson 1B,
J Upton RF, M Reynolds 3B, C Snyder C, A Ojeda SS, B Kim RHP.

Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, A De Aza CF, M Cabrera 3B,
J Willingham LF, M Jacobs 1B, D Uggla 2B, M Treanor C, J Hermida RF, D Willis LHP.

Umpires -- Jim Wolf (HP), Rob Drake (1B), Tim Tschida (2B), Jim Joyce (3B).


Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Drizzle, wind out to center at 9 mph.


ARIZONA 1ST: C Young homered to left. O Hudson struck out swinging.
E Byrnes flied out to center. C Jackson lined out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 0.

FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez doubled to deep right. A De Aza sacrificed to
catcher, H Ramirez to third, A De Aza safe at second, H Ramirez scored
on throwing error by pitcher B Kim. M Cabrera doubled to deep right,
A De Aza scored. J Willingham singled to center, M Cabrera scored.
M Jacobs flied out to left. J Willingham stole second. D Uggla walked,
J Willingham stole third. M Treanor singled to center, J Willingham
scored, D Uggla to second. Ed Gonzalez relieved B Kim. J Hermida struck
out looking. D Uggla to third, M Treanor to second on wild pitch by
Ed Gonzalez. D Willis struck out swinging. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error)
ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 4.

ARIZONA 2ND: J Upton singled to center. M Reynolds struck out swinging.
C Snyder singled to right, J Upton to second. A Ojeda singled to left, J Upton
to third, C Snyder to second. Ed Gonzalez struck out swinging. C Young struck
out swinging. (0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 4.

FLORIDA 2ND: H Ramirez reached on infield single to shortstop. A De Aza
doubled to deep left, H Ramirez scored. M Cabrera homered to left, A De Aza
scored. J Willingham grounded out to shortstop. M Jacobs homered to right.
D Uggla flied out to right. M Treanor walked. J Hermida flied out to right.
(4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 8.

ARIZONA 3RD: O Hudson grounded out to first. E Byrnes grounded out to
first. C Jackson flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1,
FLORIDA 8.

FLORIDA 3RD: D Willis reached on infield single to shortstop. H Ramirez
flied out to center. A De Aza struck out swinging. M Cabrera grounded out to
third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 8.

ARIZONA 4TH: J Upton struck out looking. M Reynolds singled to left
center. C Snyder struck out swinging. A Ojeda grounded into fielder's choice
to shortstop, M Reynolds safe at third on error by shortstop H Ramirez.
J Cirillo hit for Ed Gonzalez. J Cirillo struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
1 Error) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 8.

FLORIDA 4TH: J Kennedy relieved Ed Gonzalez. J Willingham grounded out to
second. M Jacobs singled to center. M Jacobs to second on wild pitch by
J Kennedy. D Uggla hit by pitch. M Treanor singled to right, M Jacobs to third,
D Uggla to second. J Hermida hit by pitch, M Jacobs scored, D Uggla to third,
M Treanor to second. D Willis walked, D Uggla scored, M Treanor to third,
J Hermida to second. H Ramirez singled to center, M Treanor and J Hermida
scored, D Willis to third. A De Aza hit by pitch, H Ramirez to second.
D Willis scored, H Ramirez to third, A De Aza to second on wild pitch by
J Kennedy. M Cabrera walked. J Cruz relieved J Kennedy. J Willingham singled to
left, H Ramirez scored, A De Aza to third, M Cabrera to second. M Jacobs
struck out swinging. D Uggla grounded out to shortstop. (6 Runs, 4 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 5TH: C Young homered to left. O Hudson grounded out to shortstop.
E Byrnes grounded out to third. C Jackson singled to right. J Upton struck
out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2, FLORIDA 14.

FLORIDA 5TH: S Drew at shortstop. A Ojeda at second base. M Treanor
grounded out to shortstop. J Hermida flied out to center. D Willis struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 2, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 6TH: M Reynolds singled to center. C Snyder doubled to deep left,
M Reynolds to third. A Ojeda grounded out to shortstop, M Reynolds scored.
J Cruz struck out looking. C Young grounded out to second. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, FLORIDA 14.

FLORIDA 6TH: H Ramirez continues to bat after dropped foul ball by right
fielder J Upton. H Ramirez struck out looking. A De Aza struck out swinging.
M Cabrera struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) ARIZONA 3, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 7TH: S Drew grounded out to first. M Montero hit for E Byrnes.
M Montero singled to left. C Jackson struck out swinging. J Upton struck out
looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, FLORIDA 14.

FLORIDA 7TH: M Montero catching. C Jackson in left field. C Snyder at first
base. D Slaten relieved J Cruz. J Willingham fouled out to first. M Jacobs
singled to right. D Uggla struck out swinging. M Treanor grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 8TH: A Amezaga at third base. R Wolf relieved D Willis. T Linden in
left field. M Reynolds singled to left. C Snyder doubled to deep left,
M Reynolds to third. A Ojeda grounded out to first, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder
to third. T Clark hit for D Slaten. T Clark grounded out to first, C Snyder
scored. C Young singled to shallow left. S Drew walked, C Young to second.
M Montero flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 5, FLORIDA 14.

FLORIDA 8TH: C Jackson at third base. M Reynolds at second base. C Snyder
in left field. A Ojeda relieved D Slaten. T Clark at first base. J Hermida
flied out to center. T Linden flied out to center. H Ramirez lined out to
third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 5, FLORIDA 14.

ARIZONA 9TH: J Wood at third base. A Benitez relieved R Wolf. A Amezaga at
shortstop. C Jackson flied out to center. J Upton struck out swinging.
M Reynolds popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 5,
FLORIDA 14.</div>

 

Marlins offense helps Willis end nine-game skid

<h3>FLORIDA 14, ARIZONA 5</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- The Florida Marlins provided their ace withsome early support so he could easily end a long drought.

After serving up a leadoff home run to Chris Young, DontrelleWillis settled down as the Florida Marlins cruised to a 14-5victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.


Willis (8-13) allowed three runs on 10 hits over seven inningsto pick up his first win since May 29, when he beat the ChicagoCubs, 7-3. The lefthander struck out a season-high 11 battersin this one without surrendering a walk to end his career-highnine-game losing streak.


"Everybody needs to win, but I always persevered througheverything with hard work," Willis said. "I was alwaysconfident out there. It wasn't anything different out there."

The Marlins ace escaped trouble in the second inning after theDiamondbacks loaded the bases with one out. Willis struck outpitcher Edgar Gonzalez and Young to end the threat.

"The game is all about momentum and they have a team that canput up some runs in a hurry, and they have been doing that as oflate so to be able to shut them down and get our bats back iskey," Willis said.


Young hit his second home run of the game, and 21st of theseason, leading off the fifth inning. Willis allowed one morerun in the sixth when Augie Ojeda grounded out, allowing MarkReynolds to score after he led off the inning with a single andadvanced to third on Chris Snyder's double.


Despite taking the early lead, it all fell apart for Arizonawhen the Marlins scored four times off Byung-Hyun Kim in thefirst inning. Kim (6-6), who was 3-1 over his last sevenstarts, allowed four runs - three earned - on four hits and awalk as he recorded just one out before being lifted in favor ofGonzalez.


Hanley Ramirez, who leads the National League with a .343batting average, led off the inning with a double. Alejandro DeAza followed with a sacrifice which Kim fielded cleanly butthrew away at first, allowing Ramirez to score and tie the game.Miguel Cabrera doubled to right field, plating De Aza, andscored when Josh Willingham singled up the middle.

After Mike Jacobs flied out, Willingham stole second, then thirdon Dan Uggla's walk. Matt Treanor capped off the scoring witha base hit, plating Willingham, and bouncing Kim from the game.

"We've done this game before," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said."We'll get over it. It's ugly early, you never want to play agame like that but we've played a few of them before. We gotpast it and we moved on."


A bad situation got worse for the Diamondbacks in the secondinning. After De Aza doubled to drive in Ramirez, who singledto lead off the inning, Cabrera hit a two-run home run, his 29thof the season, as the Marlins' lead bulged to five.

"Everybody swung the bats well," Florida manager Fredi Gonzalezsaid. "(Kim) is what he is and we got to him early."

Two batters later, Jacobs hit his ninth home run of the season,a solo blast, to give the Marlins an 8-1 lead.


"It was nice to put a couple good swings on the ball and to hitthe homer as well," said Jacobs, who had three hits in the game.

The Marlins went quietly in the the third before putting up sixmore runs in the fourth, highlighted by Ramirez's third hit ofthe game, a two-run single with the bases loaded.


"We definitely have a force," Willis said. "It has been fun toplay with these guys because they are electric and they are funto watch."


After winning 17-of-20 games, Arizona lost back-to-back gamesfor the first time since losing to the Milwaukee Brewers and theCubs on July 19-20.