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MIAMI -- Ricky Nolasco followed his worst outing of the season with his best. It resulted in a rare win for the Miami Marlins. Nolasco struck out 11 and the Marlins stopped a season-high seven-game losing streak, holding off the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 Sunday. "Weve been playing close games, but it doesnt matter if you lose 10-0 or 2-1, you dont want to lose so it was good to snap that and try to get on a roll here," Nolasco said. The Diamondbacks scored once in the ninth. Mike Dunn, the Marlins third pitcher of the inning, got pinch-hitter A.J. Pollock to ground out on a 3-2 pitch with the bases loaded to end it. "Bend, but dont break, thats all that matters," Nolasco said. Marcell Ozuna broke a scoreless tie with a two-run double in the sixth. Didi Gregorius had three hits for Arizona, which had won four in a row. "Early in the game we had a few chances, but we couldnt get the big hit when we needed it and (Nolasco) got stronger," Gregorius said. Nolasco (3-5) was coming off an outing in which he allowed six runs in five innings in a loss to Cincinnati on Tuesday. "Ricky was great," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "Coming off a shaky last start, but thats Ricky. Rickys been solid all year and I really wanted him to finish that game. He looked good and was in complete control." But the Marlins all-time wins leader bounced back with his best, earning his 79th career victory. He gave up one run and five hits in eight-plus innings. "I felt good, good command of all my pitches," Nolasco said. "The curve ball was really good so that really helped a lot. I was able to spin it pretty much whenever I wanted to." After hitting Cody Ross with a pitch in the fourth, Nolasco retired the next 14 batters, striking out the side in the fifth and again in the eighth. Gregorius led off the ninth with a double, finishing Nolascos day after 110 pitches, 74 for strikes. Closer Steve Cishek relieved got Paul Goldschmidt to ground out as second baseman Derek Dietrich made a backhanded play up the middle. Jason Kubel hit a sacrifice fly that made it 2-1. "That was a huge play in the hole," Redmond said. After Eric Chavez followed with a pinch-hit single and Martin Prado walked, Dunn came in and walked Miguel Montero to load the bases. Dunn retired Pollock for his second career save. "We had a good finish and I thought we were in good shape with A.J. (Pollock) there," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "It just didnt work out." Wade Miley (3-3) gave up two runs and five hits in six innings while striking out six. He is 2-1 with a 0.89 ERA in three career starts against the Marlins. "I felt good out there," Miley said. "I was making pitches and throwing strikes. Just a couple of bad pitches cost you late in the game, especially in a game like that where its 0-0. Youve got to do better job." With the game scoreless until the sixth, Adeiny Hechavarria and Dietrich singled and Ozuna hit a double off the left-centre field wall near the 386-foot sign. It snapped a scoreless inning streak for the Marlins at 14 after Brandon McCarthy tossed a three-hit shutout on Saturday in a 1-0 win. "I thought it was a home run, but its OK, a double, Ill take it," Ozuna said. Ozuna, a 22-year-old rookie outfielder, is hitting .295 since being called up on April 30. After getting nine runs on 16 hits in a series-opening 9-2 win on Friday, Arizona scored just two runs on 10 hits in the final two games. "We got beat around a little bit, but we were able to pitch some really nice games the last couple of days," Redmond said. NOTES: Arizona pulled off a rare 2-1 putout in eighth when Hechavarria popped up a bunt that bounced off catcher Monteros glove and then corralled by pitcher Josh Collmenter after he bobbled it with his barehand. ... 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