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APLowell also contributed with the bat Wednesday, hitting a two-run double off Brad Halsey (8-8) in the bottom of the fifth to cap a three-run outburst and put the Marlins up 6-1.
“We didn’t play well and we didn’t win the ballgame,” Halsey said. “That’s what happens. I really don’t know what else to say about it.”
Troy Glaus keyed Arizona’s rally in the seventh with a three-run double off Guillermo Mota, after left-hander Ron Villone walked the bases loaded. Glaus advanced on a wild pitch and scored on Shawn Green’s sacrifice fly to draw the Diamondbacks to within 6-5.
After Terrero’s miscue the following inning, the Marlins broke it open with four runs in the eighth, capped by Alex Gonzalez’s three-run base-clearing double.
Jones completed his two-inning outing in the ninth for his 24th save in 26 opportunities.
Pierre stole his 39th and 40th bases of the season and reached safely in each of his first four plate appearances. He hit a leadoff single in the first and stole second. After advancing on Luis Castillo’s grounder to first he scored Florida’s first run when Halsey’s 58-footer bounced off catcher Kelly Stinnett for a wild pitch.
Halsey fielded Pierre’s leadoff bunt in the third but had no one to throw to when first base was left uncovered. One out later, Cabrera hit a 421-foot shot over the left-field scoreboard to make it 3-0.
Acquired from Seattle on July 31, Villone struggled in his Dolphins Stadium debut. After striking out Chris Snyder to begin the seventh, he walked Craig Counsell, Royce Clayton and Luis Gonzalez to load the bases. Mota relieved and Glaus slammed a drive over Pierre’s head for a bases-clearing double.
Mota threw a wild pitch — one of five in the game between the two teams — that allowed Glaus to advance to third. Green flied out to left and Glaus scored just ahead of Cabrera’s throw to the plate.
Clayton drove in Arizona’s first run with a double in the fifth.
Notes: Halsey hadn’t allowed a home run in 37 innings before Cabrera’s homer. ... The Marlins have scored first in 19 of their last 22 games, including each of their last five. ... Marlins RF Chris Aguila popped out to 2B Craig Counsell in each of his first three at-bats. ... Juan Encarnacion, who missed his seventh straight start because of a sore wrist, replaced Aguila in the field in the eighth. ... Jones got his last hit with Houston against Colorado.
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Silva: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for NFC teams.