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MIAMI -- Paul Goldschmidt is one of the hottest hitters in baseball. Goldschmidt homered twice, tied his career high with four hits and drove in four runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday night. "Watch the kid, watch the way he stays with his approach, hes dangerous," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer in the first, a 428-foot drive to left on an 0-2 pitch, before Chavez homered to right on the very next pitch. He later fouled off six straight pitches in the third before hitting another two-run homer, a drive to left on the 13th pitch of the at-bat that made it 5-0. "However many I fouled off, all of them were down and away, mostly really good pitches, and fortunately for me he made a mistake," Goldschmidt said. It was the second career multihomer game for Goldschmidt, who also connected twice May 18 at the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is hitting .414 (29 for 70) with nine homers and 26 RBIs on the road, but .272 with three homers and nine RBIs at Chase Field. "Its still early in the season so the stats are skewed one way or another so if you get hot for a week or something when youre on the road compared to home," Goldschmidt said. "You just try to go out there and play well. If it happens to be on the road, good. If its at home, thats good, as well." Goldschmidt doubled to lead off the seventh and singled in the ninth. He is hitting .440 (22 for 50) in his last 15 games with seven homers, six doubles, and 17 RBIs. "Hes got a lot of talent," said Martin Prado. "We are expecting a lot of things from him. Every time he goes to home plate, were just waiting for something to happen." Eric Chavez homered and also had four hits, and Gerardo Parra and Prado had three hits apiece for Arizona, which had 16 hits in all and won its third straight game. "I just hope we can do this more often, it would sure help our pitching staff," Gibson said. Trevor Cahill (3-4) won for the third time in four decisions following an 0-3 start, allowing one run, five hits and four walks in eight innings. He walked his first two batters in the third before retiring 13 in a row, 10 on groundballs. "As the game went along I was able to find my arm slot and worked down in the zone," Cahill said. Last-place Miami matched its season-high losing streak at six and at 11-31 equaled the 2006 Marlins for the worst 42-game start in franchise history, according to STATS. "Unfortunately we got down and obviously with our offence were just not able to make up that much ground," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. Kevin Slowey (1-4) gave up six runs and seven hits in three innings. "It was the second time in a week that I havent given my team a chance to win and thats disappointing," Slowey said. Arizona led 7-0 before Rob Brantly had an RBI single for Miami. Greg Dobbs had three hits. NOTES: Following the game, Marlins RHP Jon Rauch was designated for assignment and recalled LHP Duane Below from Triple-A New Orleans. ... Diamondbacks OF Jason Kubel (quadriceps) didnt play. "Its not great. Its kind of finicky," Gibson said. "Some days its OK. Some days its not." ... Miami OF Giancarlo Stanton (hamstring), who has been on the DL since April 30, has been doing some hitting in a batting cage and thinks he will be back before the All-Star break. . ... Arizona RHP Brandon McCarthy (0-3, 5.63 ERA) faces Miami RHP Tom Koehler (0-1, 3.31 ERA) on Saturday. Vans Old Skool Blanche Et Noir . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss. Vans Femme Rose Pale . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. http://www.basketsliponpascher.fr/air-max-98-13-cv/ . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Air Max 270 Flyknit Homme . The 25-year-old Japanese star has officially been posted by his club team, the Rakuten Golden Eagles. Slip On Femme Pas Cher . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. The last two times the Denver Nuggets faced the Brooklyn Nets, they wound up with frustrating one-point losses.If the Nuggets defend like they did in the second half Monday in Philadelphia, a last-second shot might not be a concern.Defending consistently is a question mark for a team that has allowed less than 100 points three times and is in the bottom 10th in points allowed and defensive rating.The Nuggets continue their East Coast road trip Wednesday night and look to snap a five-game losing streak to the Nets.Brooklyn is 6-2 in the last eight games in the series and the five straight wins equal its longest winning streak in the series (also Feb. 17, 2002 to March 10, 2004).On March 5, Brook Lopez hit the game-winning tip-in with four-tenths of a second left in overtime to give Brooklyn a 121-120 win in Denver. On Feb. 8 in Brooklyn, Joe Johnson hit the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Nets a 105-104 win.Denver assured there would not be any dramatics during Mondays 106-98 win the 76ers. The Nuggets stopped a three-game losing streak and won for the second time in seven games by forcing 14 turnovers in the second half.Besides the active hands, the Nuggets had multiple contributors offensively. Danilo Gallinari scored a season-high 24 points, rookie Jamal Murray added 22 and Will Barton contributed 16 of his 22 in the fourth.I was just trying to be aggressive, Gallinari said after going to the foul line 11 times. So I thought I did a good job with that. Im just glad we got this W because we needed it more than anything.Gallinari is averaging 17.3 points in his last four games after missing three contests with a bruised thigh. Barton has posted consecutive 20-point games for the first time this season while Murray came alive after shooting 28 percent (7-of-25) in his previous four games.You have to take a deep breath, enjoy the win and understand why you win, Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. When we winn is when we defend at a high level for four quarters.dddddddddddd We have lot of different guys that can step up and help you win. Its nice to get on that bus to New York City off a win.Since Lopezs overtime game winner in Denver, the Nets are 8-32 in their last 40 regular-season games. Brooklyn won three of its last 20 games last season and is 5-15 this season.The Nets were 4-5 on Nov. 12 but have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Brooklyn snapped a seven-game losing streak with last Tuesdays double-overtime thriller against the Los Angeles Clippers but has collapsed at various points in the second half in its last three losses.The latest instance might have been the worst. The Nets were handed a 118-113 loss to the Washington Wizards on Monday as they squandered a 15-point halftime lead, allowed 35 points off 22 turnovers and scored 15 times in the third quarter.The third quarters are kind of crazy, Nets guard Sean Kilpatrick said. It has to be a situation where everyone wants to take the third quarter seriously. We (get) lax in the third quarter and thats when teams come back and bite us.It was the 10th time this season the Nets have been outscored by double digits in a third quarter and the 16th instance they committed at least 15 giveaways.We show them a lot of film, Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson said. We have a phrase, play with the pass. Its real important when they do something, youve got to make that next pass and youre got to make that next read and its decision making.Eleven of those games with at least 15 turnovers have occurred since Jeremy Lin injured his left hamstring in the first half Nov. 2 against Detroit. Since Lin was hurt, the Nets are 3-12 and the team is being cautious with his return.Lin has yet to participate in a full practice and has only done shooting drills so far. ' ' '