MIAMI (AP) _ The Boston Red Sox have seen enough of Florida's Cliff Floyd to last a lifetime.

Floyd homered for the third straight game, this time in a winning effort, as the Marlins beat the Red Sox 6-2 on Wednesday.

Floyd's third-inning homer, a three-run shot off Brian Rose, helped Florida avenge a pair of one-run defeats against Boston.

"Whenever you contribute and the team wins, the attitude is different," Floyd said. "When you lose, your wife tells you how well you did, but you still lost and you don't feel as well."

Floyd has 12 home runs and 39 RBIs this season.

"He's only scratched the surface," Marlins manager John Boles said. "He's just now coming into his own. If Cliff keeps it going and we get some other guys to pick us up, we'll be OK."

Floyd's blast put the Marlins ahead 3-1. They added a pair of runs in the sixth against reliever Dan Smith. Derrek Lee and Dave Berg each had sacrifice flies to stretch the lead to 5-1.

Florida's Vic Darrensbourg worked four innings in relief for the win. Brad Penny started and pitched two innings before a heavy thunderstorm delayed the game for 2 hours and 15 minutes.

Darrensbourg (2-0) allowed one run and three hits.

"I threw my changeup a lot more," Darrensbourg said. "I like that pitch when I go long.

"I'm working on my sinker, and it's better for me. Overall, though, my changeup was the key. It kept them off balance."

After the delay, the Red Sox scored to open the third. Trot Nixon reached on a one-out triple, and scored on Nomar Garciaparra's fly out.

Rose began the third impressively, retiring Paul Bako and Darrensbourg. Luis Castillo then reached on a single, and Mark Kotsay walked. Floyd followed with his home run to right.

"I know he didn't want to face Preston (Wilson) with the bases loaded, so he had to pitch to me," Floyd said. "He threw me a pitch that was up, and I hit it."

Rose said he felt fine after the rain delay and was happy for the opportunity to keep pitching. He just made one mistake, and it was costly.

"It came down to one pitch _ a slider that didn't slide," Rose said.

The Red Sox outhit the Marlins 10-5, but didn't produce timely hits. Trailing 6-1 in the eighth, Boston loaded the bases, but the inning fizzled when Darren Lewis and Jason Varitek both struck out against Armando Almanza.

"Somebody has to start stepping up for us besides Nomar and Carl (Everett)," first baseman Brian Daubach said. "As a team, we have to start swinging the bat better in that situation."

Notes: The Red Sox are 7-4 against the Marlins. ... Boston 1B Brian Daubach, a former Marlins prospect, is hitting .333 with a double and two RBIs against Florida. ... Marlins pitcher A.J. Burnett, recovering from a ruptured thumb ligament, is expected to throw in the bullpen within 10 days. ... Boston OF Everett angered a few Marlins with his comments about Florida pitcher Ricky Bones following his game-winning home run Monday night. "I can't believe he challenged me inside because he doesn't throw like he used to," Everett said. "The only guy I know who can walk the walk and talk the talk like that is Barry Bonds, but he's not Barry Bonds," Florida pitcher Ryan Dempster said.