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MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Florida 3

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Published: July 26, 2009 at 2:07 AM

LOS ANGELES, July 26 (UPI) -- Casey Blake drove in the winning run Saturday with a two-out, bases-loaded single in the ninth to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-3 win over Florida.

Blake also walked and scored a run, while Andre Ethier had three hits, one RBI and one run scored for the Dodgers, who also got RBI from Orlando Hudson, James Loney and Russell Martin. Rafael Furcal had two hits and scored twice for LA.

Hiroki Kuroda started for the Dodgers, going six innings and allowing three runs on six hits with one walk and nine strikeouts.

Guillermo Mota pitched two innings of scoreless relief and Jonathan Broxton (7-0) pitched a scoreless ninth to get the win.

Marlins' starter Rick VandenHurk went five innings, allowing one run on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

Reliever Dan Meyer (2-1) took the loss for Florida.

Jorge Cantu, Jeremy Hermida and Cody Ross drove in runs for the Marlins.

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