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MLB: Arizona 6, Philadelphia 4

PHILADELPHIA, May 1 (UPI) -- Carlos Baerga, batting for Randy Johnson, hit a three-run homer off Vicente Padilla in the top of the sixth Saturday as Arizona beat Philadelphia, 6-4.

It was the first homer since July 8 for Baerga, who was just 1-for-12 this season.

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Danny Bautista went 0-for-3, ending his career-high 21-game hitting streak, but contributed a pair of sacrifice flies for Arizona.

Padilla (0-4) took a 3-0 lead into the sixth. But center fielder Doug Glanville misplayed Steve Finley's deep fly ball into a triple, starting a four-run rally.

After Finley scored on Bautista's sacrifice fly, rookie Chad Tracy walked and Rob Hammock doubled, setting the stage for Baerga, who drilled a 3-2 offering over the center field wall.

The homer made a winner of Johnson (3-2), who allowed three runs and four hits in five innings with a walk and nine strikeouts.

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