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MLB: Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 19 (UPI) -- Aubrey Huff homered in the bottom of the 10th Friday as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Florida Marlins, 5-4.

Huff's homer came after Toby Hall tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with a deep fly to left off Joe Borowski, in relief of Logan Kensing.

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Huff -- who is just 6-for-47 with six RBI since coming off the disabled list on May 4 -- went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI, and Travis Lee and Joey Gathright each had an RBI for the Devil Rays, who ended a seven-game losing streak to Florida.

Tyler Walker (1-3) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Casey Fossum threw four innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts and a walk before leaving after the fourth with a mild left groin strain.

Joe Borchard drove in a pair of runs and Dan Uggla homered for the Marlins, who have lost five straight games.

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Yusmeiro Petit (0-1) took the loss in relief of Brian Moehler, who pitched the first seven innings, yielding three runs on six hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

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