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MLB: Florida 5, Pittsburgh 2

MIAMI, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Dan Uggla smacked a two-run homer, driving in a total of three runs, and the Florida Marlins downed Pittsburgh 5-2 Sunday in both teams' season finales.

Osvaldo Martinez collected a pair of hits and scored twice and Wes Helms drove in a run with a ground-rule double for Florida, which took three of four games in its season-ending series and finished with an 80-82 mark.

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Anibal Sanchez (13-12) yielded only one earned run on four hits, issuing a pair of walks and striking out seven.

Pirates starter Brian Burres (4-5) surrendered three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 frames for the Pirates, who tied the 1963 New York Mets' mark for the worst road record (17-64) at finished at 57-105.

The Pirates will announce next week that Manager John Russell is being let go while General Manager Neal Huntington will apparently be retained, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

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