after the first inning. &qquot;It was a pretty good pitch and off the

  HOUSTON -- Courtney Lee scored 20 points, Goran Dragic added 18 points and seven assists and the Houston Rockets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 99-96 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night. . Luis Scola had 13 points and Chase Budinger added 11 for the Rockets, who came into the game in the 10th spot in the Western Conference, one game behind Utah and Phoenix. Houston went 10 for 26 from 3-point range to snap a four-game home losing streak and beat the Warriors for the 14th time in the last 16 meetings. Klay Thompson scored 24 points and Brandon Rush added 19 for the Warriors, who have lost eight straight and 20 of their last 24. The Warriors got within two points midway through the fourth quarter, but Lee hit two 3-pointers to help Houston close it out. Houston is still mathematically alive for the final playoff spot in the West with games left at Miami on Sunday and New Orleans next week. The Rockets made 14 of 26 shots in the first quarter to lead by as many as 12 points. They continued to shoot well to start the second and also controlled the boards early, after getting outrebounded in five of their previous six games. Houston coach Kevin McHale cited poor defence as a factor in the Rockets recent slide, and the Warriors hit several open shots in the second quarter to keep pace. Rush hit a 3 and Charles Jenkins made two free throws to draw Golden State within five. Golden State scored the final six points of the half from the free-throw line and trailed 58-55. Rush had 13 points and Jenkins had 12 in the first half, while Scola led Houston with 11. Mickell Gladness started the second half with a free throw and a mid-range jumper to tie it. The Rockets missed 11 of their first 14 shots out of halftime, and Mikki Moores free throws with 4:27 left in the third quarter gave Golden State its first lead, 65-64. Houston finished the quarter with a flurry, with Budinger and Dragic hitting consecutive 3s for a 77-71 lead. Golden State mustered only 16 points in the third quarter on 5-for-17 shooting. Dragic and Lee hit 3-pointers in the first 90 seconds of the final quarter, and the Rockets pushed the lead to 87-77. The Warriors surged again, with Richard Jefferson hitting a running jumper and Thompson making a 3. Rush added another 3, Dominic McGuire cut inside for a layup and Houston led only 88-86 with 6 minutes left. Lee made his third 3-pointer and Patrick Patterson banked in a jumper to put Houston up 93-86. But Patterson missed an uncontested dunk, and Rush converted a three-point play to draw Golden State closer again. Lee swished a corner 3 with 2:38 remaining, but Rush broke inside for a dunk and Thompson hit a floater to close the gap to two. Budinger made a free throw with 1:07 remaining, and Dragic picked off a bad pass from Jefferson with 50 seconds left. Patterson tipped in a miss by Dragic with 7 seconds left to finally put it away for Houston. Notes: Houston had a 40-36 edge in rebounds. ... The Rockets scored 13 points off 18 Golden State turnovers. ... Houston held the Warriors to eight offensive rebounds and nine second-chance points. ... Jenkins scored 16 points. ... The Warriors have lost eight straight games in Houston since December 2007. . Falling behind by four runs in the first inning hardly helped. "I was going to pitch as long as I could," he said. . This week they discuss Dwayne De Rosario, the NBA lockout, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the potential sale of MLSE. . The Jays halted the five-game skid by topping the New York Yankees, 10-7, on Sunday in the finale of a three-game set. Rajai Davis drove in five runs and made a superb defensive play, as Toronto avoided the sweep. . With his team playing the middle game in a stretch of three in three nights, Suns coach Alvin Gentry had Steve Nash and Grant Hill both sit out in street clothes. Last month, when the 38-year-old Nash and the 39-year-old Hill sat out, they watched their teammates lose 109-92 at Denver. . -- There was nobody White Sox manager Robin Ventura would rather have had at the plate with runners on the corners in the 14th inning than his gritty new third baseman.Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Adrian Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and two runs scored to lead the San Diego Padres past the Florida Marlins, 7-2, in the second installment of a three-game set. Tadahito Iguchi finished 2-for-5 with two RBI for the Padres, who halted their recent two-game skid. Kevin Kouzmanoff and Jim Edmonds both recorded a pair of hits, while Brian Giles scored twice. Jake Peavy (4-1) got the win after he went 5 2/3 innings and gave up just two runs on five hits, while striking out eight. "Peavy pitched good," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We tried to go deep in the pitch count and we did, but he gave them six strong innings and we couldnt get anything going offensively. He was good tonight." Mike Jacobs hit a two-run home run for Florida, which has dropped four of its last five games. Jeremy Hermida went 3-for-4 and scored a run in defeat. Alfredo Amezaga and Mike Rabelo were the only other Marlins to record a hit. Ricky Nolasco (1-3) was dealt the loss after he was touched for six runs on 10 hits in just 4 2/3 frames. San Diego wasted no time in putting a run on the board. Giles led off the game with a walk, moved to second on Iguchis single and held at third as Adrian Gonzalez grounded into a double play. A Kouzmanoff single to left field plated Giles, and the Padres were up 1-0 after a half an inning of baseball. Jacobs put the Marlins on top in the home first. Hermida got on base with a single, and two batters later, Jacobs launched a 1-1 fastball over the fence in left. Florida was up 2-1 after the first inning. &qquot;It was a pretty good pitch and off the plate," Peavy said of home-run ball to Jacobs. . "Obviously he had to be trying to do that. Ive gotten a lot of outs on that pitch over the last few years. It was just the wrong pitch to throw there." Paul McAnulty started a Padre rally in the second after he was hit by a pitch. Giles single made it first and third, and Iguchi then launched a two-run double over the head of Luis Gonzalez in left field. San Diego went up 3-2. San Diego added some insurance runs in the fifth. With one out, Adrian Gonzalez, Kouzmanoff and Edmonds all got on to load the bases. Khalil Greene then grounded into what looked like an inning-ending double play, but Hanley Ramirez misplayed it and only got Edmonds at second. Adrian Gonzalez and Kouzmanoff scored on the play and Greene stayed at first. Josh Bard then cracked a double to left field to plate Greene, and Nolasco was chased in favor of Doug Waechter, who got out of the inning. The damage had been done though, and the Padres were up 6-2. Adrian Gonzalez added a solo shot in the ninth for the 7-2 San Diego lead. Joe Thatcher toed the rubber for the Padres in the ninth, and issued a lead off walk to Rabelo, but got pinch-hitter Wes Helms to ground into a 4-6-3 double play. Amezaga grounded out to end the game. Game Notes The Padres are 12-9 in the last 21 matchups in this series..Floridas Ramirezs streak of reaching base safely in 47 straight games at Dolphins Stadium was snapped, he went 0-4..Adrian Gonzalez has three homers in four games..Attendance was 37,689. ' ' '