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MIAMI, May 20 (UPI) -- Dan Uggla drove in four runs Wednesday, three on a fifth-inning homer, to help Florida beat Arizona 8-6 in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader.
Uggla's blast gave Florida a 7-3 lead with one out in the bottom of the fifth. In the third, he drew a bases-loaded walk.
Three other Florida players had one RBI and a fifth-inning run scored on a wild pitch by reliever Jon Rauch. Both Jorge Cantu and Cody Ross had two hits for the Marlins, who have won three in a row for the first time this season.
The winner was starter Chris Volstad (3-3).
Closer Matt Lindstrom earned his eighth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
Arizona scored on Chris Snyder's fifth-inning two-run homer, Chad Tracy's seventh-inning solo shot, an RBI groundout by Stephen Drew and an RBI single by Gerardo Parra.
The losing pitcher was starter Doug Davis (2-6).
The Diamondbacks had won two straight.
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