Owings takes loss as Arizona falls to Florida

MIAMI - Gainesville's Micah Owings struck out 10 Marlins but fell to 5-2 on the season Tuesday night as the Arizona Diamondbacks lost to Florida 3-2.

Dan Uggla hit his 14th home run and Kevin Gregg escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning to help the Marlins take the opening game in a series between the two division leaders.

The game was the Marlins' first against an opponent that has a winning record since May 1, and the widespread assumption is the team with baseball's smallest payroll will fold as the schedule becomes more difficult.

But Florida did lots of little things right against NL West leader Arizona, which began the week with the best record in the majors. Jeremy Hermida and Luis Gonzalez had two-out RBIs, the worst defense in the majors was errorless and Gregg came to the rescue to protect the one-run lead.