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MLB: Cincinnati 3, Arizona 2 (10 innings)

PHOENIX, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Micah Owings beat his former team with a pinch RBI double in the top of the 10th inning Saturday when the Cincinnati Reds edged Arizona 3-2.

Owings, called major league baseball's best hitting pitcher, was batting for winner David Weathers (3-6) with two outs in the inning.

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Joey Votto knocked in a run with a first-inning double. A run scored on Miguel Montero's ninth-inning fielding error, while Ryan Hanigan had two of the eight hits for the Reds, who ended a two-game skid.

Closer Francisco Cordero earned his 30th save.

Arizona scored on Augie Ojeda's fifth-inning RBI groundout and one run scored when Adam Dunn was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh.

Justin Upton scored both runs and had two of the seven hits for the struggling Diamondbacks, who fell 4 ½ games back of the NL West-leading LA Dodgers after the seventh loss in their last 10 games.

The losing pitcher was Tony Pena (1-2).

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