CINCINNATI 8, ATLANTA 2
CINCINNATI Jay Bruce homered twice and drove in four runs, Micah Owings earned his first win in nearly a year with seven strong innings and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Atlanta Braves, 8-2.
Joey Votto had two doubles and three RBIs to help the Reds salvage the finale of the three-game series after losing the first two.
Owings (1-2), acquired in the trade that sent Adam Dunn to Arizona, also had two hits while earning his first win in 15 appearances, including 11 starts, since a 9-3 win at Atlanta for
Arizona May 25. The righthander, who was 0-9 with an 8.53 ERA in that span, limited the Braves to six hits and one run with three walks and six strikeouts Sunday.
COLORADO 10, LA DODGERS 4
DENVER Ryan Spilborghs homered and drove in three runs and Clint Barmes added a two-run shot as the Colorado Rockies avoided being swept with a 10-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Jeff Baker had a bases-loaded triple for the Rockies, who dropped the first five meetings between the two teams this year.
Jason Marquis (3-1) worked 7 1-3 innings and gave up three runs and six hits.
Clayton Kershaw (0-2) lasted only 4 2-3 innings, allowing nine runs on eight hits. In his last start, he gave up six runs and eight hits to Houston in 4 1-3 innings.
Orlando Hudson had his 11-game hitting streak snapped, going 0-for-4 with a walk. James Loney was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs.
The Dodgers had won three straight and 11 of 13.
PHILADELPHIA 13, FLORIDA 2
MIAMI Shane Victorino drove in four runs, Jamie Moyer pitched six solid innings and the Philadelphia Phillies extended the Florida Marlins skid to six with a 13-2 victory.
Florida, which began the season 11-1, is mired in its longest losing streak since an eight-game slide from August 15-22, 2007.
Moyer (3-1) allowed one run and seven hits to improve to 7-0 at Dolphin Stadium and 12-1 against the Marlins overall.
Pedro Feliz had three hits, two RBIs and scored two runs for Philadelphia.
HOUSTON 3, MILWAUKEE 2
HOUSTON Ivan Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer in the fourth inning, and the Houston Astros snapped the Milwaukee Brewers four-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory.
Rodriguez helped the Astros end a three-game skid with a full-count drive over the left-field wall off Manny Parra (0-4).
It was Rodriguezs second homer of the season.
Russ Ortiz (2-0) pitched five innings for the Astros and improved his record at Minute Maid Park to 6-0. He allowed four hits, two earned runs with four walks and three strikeouts.
Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his second save in four opportunities. He struck out Ryan Braun looking and got Prince Fielder to ground out for the final two outs.
WASHINGTON 8, NY METS 1
FLUSHING, New York Jordan Zimmermann showed off the sharp stuff that has Washington so excited about his future, and the Nationals routed the New York Mets 8-1 for their first road victory this season.
Jesus Flores homered and drove in three runs against his former club, Austin Kearns also teed off on an ineffective Oliver Perez and the Nationals improved the majors worst record to 4-13 by snapping a three-game skid.
One of baseballs top prospects, the 22-year-old Zimmermann (2-0) beat Atlanta 3-2 in his major league debut last Monday and stifled the inconsistent Mets, too. He struck out slumping David Wright three times and allowed one run with six hits in 5 1-3 innings.
PITTSBURGH 8, SAN DIEGO 3
SAN DIEGO Ross Ohlendorf pitched into the eighth inning and Adam LaRoche hit two home runs, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-3 win over the San Diego Padres.
Ohlendorf (2-2) gave up a long two-run homer to Adrian Gonzalez in the first inning before settling down. He allowed only two more hits over the next six innings before Edgar Gonzalez
knocked him out of the game with a pinch-hit homer leading off the eighth.
LaRoche hit a three-run shot off Jake Peavy (2-3) that broke a 2-all tie in the fifth. He later added a solo homer in the ninth off rookie Luis Perdomo for his fifth home run as the Pirates won for the fifth time in six games. LaRoche also walked twice and scored two runs.
Gonzalez put San Diego ahead 2-0 when he hit his seventh homer an estimated 458 feet to center field, the longest home run in Petco Parks six seasons.
Pirates rookie Robinson Diaz made his second major league start and had a two-run single that tied the score in the fourth inning. Brian Bixler, who was recalled earlier in the day from the minors, added a two-run double in the eighth.
CHI CUBS 10, ST LOUIS 3
ST. LOUIS Kosuke Fukudome hit a three-run homer and drove in five on his 32nd birthday, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 10-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Fukudome went 3-for-4 to hike his average to .371 after hitting .257 last season. He hit his fourth homer in the eighth to finish the scoring.
Rich Harden (2-1) struck out nine in six innings for Chicago, which ended a four-game skid. He allowed four hits, including two solo homers.
St. Louis lost its nine-game home winning streak. The Cardinals have won 10 of their 13 home games this season and are 13-6 overall, good for first in the NL Central.
ARIZONA 5, SAN FRANCISCO 4 (12 INNINGS)
PHOENIX Conor Jackson hit a bases-loaded single in the 12th inning, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
The Diamondbacks tied it at 4 with a three-run ninth inning, capped by Justin Uptons two-run homer off Giants closer Brian Wilson.
The winning rally began when former Diamondbacks reliever Brandon Medders (0-1) walked leadoff man Miguel Montero. Montero moved up on Chris Youngs bunt, and then Medders walked Felipe Lopez intentionally and Augie Ojeda unintentionally to load the bases.
San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy summoned Justin Miller, who gave up a line drive single to Jackson to deep left field.
Juan Gutierrez (1-1) pitched 12th for the Diamondbacks.
