Nomar Garciaparra's one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday and a share of the lead in the National League's West Division.
Garciaparra lined a pitch just over the fence in left field for his sixth homer of the season and first this month. He was playing his second game since coming off the disabled list.
It was a third straight win for Los Angeles over Philadelphia, who dropped into a tie with New York for first place in the NL East.
The Dodgers trailed 6-1 in the middle of the second inning and only tied the game 6-6 in the eighth before Garciaparra's winner.
Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 5
In Denver, Colorado relief pitcher Brian Fuentes got the final out of the game with bases loaded to snatch a narrow win over Arizona.
Fuentes issued an intentional walk with two outs in the ninth to load the bases, then retired Adam Dunn on a ground ball.
Dunn, acquired from Cincinnati on Monday and tied for the major league lead with 32 homers, grounded out on a full-count pitch.
Defeat cost Arizona its outright lead in the West.
Cubs 10, Braves 2, 1st game
Cubs 8, Braves 0, 2nd game
In Atlanta, Chicago recorded its first road doubleheader sweep for 16 years by doubling up on Atlanta.
In the opener, Geovany Soto hit a two-run double in the second and a two-run homer in the ninth, while Jim Edmonds also homered.
In the second, Rich Harden allowed only two hits in five innings to steer Chicago to victory. He combined with four relief pitchers for a three-hit shutout _ the Cubs' fifth this season.
Kosuke Fukudome drove in two runs with two hits for the Cubs, who pushed their road winning streak to seven, their longest in four years.
Chicago has won all five of its games against Atlanta this season.
Cardinals 6, Marlins 4
In Miami, Troy Glaus went 4-for-4 at the plate to power St. Louis over Florida.
Jason LaRue hit a two-out two-run double with bases loaded in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie and put the Cardinals ahead to stay.
The Marlins scored twice in the eighth to pull within 5-4, but hit into an inning-ending double play with bases loaded.
Glaus hit an RBI double in the ninth to leave the Marlins 1-1/2 games off the NL East lead.
Brewers 7, Padres 1
In San Diego, Milwaukee extended its winning streak to eight games with an easy victory over San Diego.
C.C. Sabathia pitched seven solid innings. He has not lost in eight starts for the Brewers since being acquired from Cleveland. The reigning AL Cy Young winner won his 10th straight decision to extend his career high.
Sabathia lowered his ERA with Milwaukee to 1.55. He struck out eight and walked only one.
Mets 12, Nationals 0
In Washington, New York crushed Washington to take joint leadership of the NL East.
Daniel Murphy homered and drove in three runs for the Mets. He went 3-for-6 and is batting .467 since being called up from the New Orleans Zephyrs. His RBI single drove in the first run of the eight-run third that gave New York a 10-0 lead.
The Mets sent 13 batters to the plate in the third and scored eight runs on just four hits in a 51-pitch inning.
The Nationals walked 11 batters in their sixth straight loss.
Astros 6, Giants 2
In Houston, the home team beat San Francisco to notch a season-high seventh straight win.
Mark Loretta walked and was hit by a pitch during a wild sixth inning, in which the Astros scored six times. San Francisco tied a major league record by hitting three batters in the inning, and issued four walks.
Houston's winning streak is its longest for two years, and has moved them above .500 but still 8-1/2 games off the wildcard berth.
The Astros' six runs were driven in by two hit batters, two walks and two sacrifice flies.
Pirates 5, Reds 2
In Pittsburgh, Paul Maholm pitched an efficient eight innings to steer Pittsburgh past Cincinnati.
Jason Michaels and Brandon Moss homered and both had two hits for the Pirates.
Cincinnati has lost 15 of 18 games.
Maholm didn't walk a batter and struck out five. He has a 2.81 ERA in his past 14 starts and has gone at least six innings in his past 18 outings.
Dodgers down Phillies, take NL West leadNomar Garciaparra's one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday and a share of the lead in the National League's West Division.
Garciaparra lined a pitch just over the fence in left field for his sixth homer of the season and first this month. He was playing his second game since coming off the disabled list.
It was a third straight win for Los Angeles over Philadelphia, who dropped into a tie with New York for first place in the NL East.
The Dodgers trailed 6-1 in the middle of the second inning and only tied the game 6-6 in the eighth before Garciaparra's winner.
Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 5
In Denver, Colorado relief pitcher Brian Fuentes got the final out of the game with bases loaded to snatch a narrow win over Arizona.
Fuentes issued an intentional walk with two outs in the ninth to load the bases, then retired Adam Dunn on a ground ball.
Dunn, acquired from Cincinnati on Monday and tied for the major league lead with 32 homers, grounded out on a full-count pitch.
Defeat cost Arizona its outright lead in the West.
Cubs 10, Braves 2, 1st game
Cubs 8, Braves 0, 2nd game
In Atlanta, Chicago recorded its first road doubleheader sweep for 16 years by doubling up on Atlanta.
In the opener, Geovany Soto hit a two-run double in the second and a two-run homer in the ninth, while Jim Edmonds also homered.
In the second, Rich Harden allowed only two hits in five innings to steer Chicago to victory. He combined with four relief pitchers for a three-hit shutout _ the Cubs' fifth this season.
Kosuke Fukudome drove in two runs with two hits for the Cubs, who pushed their road winning streak to seven, their longest in four years.
Chicago has won all five of its games against Atlanta this season.
Cardinals 6, Marlins 4
In Miami, Troy Glaus went 4-for-4 at the plate to power St. Louis over Florida.
Jason LaRue hit a two-out two-run double with bases loaded in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie and put the Cardinals ahead to stay.
The Marlins scored twice in the eighth to pull within 5-4, but hit into an inning-ending double play with bases loaded.
Glaus hit an RBI double in the ninth to leave the Marlins 1-1/2 games off the NL East lead.
Brewers 7, Padres 1
In San Diego, Milwaukee extended its winning streak to eight games with an easy victory over San Diego.
C.C. Sabathia pitched seven solid innings. He has not lost in eight starts for the Brewers since being acquired from Cleveland. The reigning AL Cy Young winner won his 10th straight decision to extend his career high.
Sabathia lowered his ERA with Milwaukee to 1.55. He struck out eight and walked only one.
Mets 12, Nationals 0
In Washington, New York crushed Washington to take joint leadership of the NL East.
Daniel Murphy homered and drove in three runs for the Mets. He went 3-for-6 and is batting .467 since being called up from the New Orleans Zephyrs. His RBI single drove in the first run of the eight-run third that gave New York a 10-0 lead.
The Mets sent 13 batters to the plate in the third and scored eight runs on just four hits in a 51-pitch inning.
The Nationals walked 11 batters in their sixth straight loss.
Astros 6, Giants 2
In Houston, the home team beat San Francisco to notch a season-high seventh straight win.
Mark Loretta walked and was hit by a pitch during a wild sixth inning, in which the Astros scored six times. San Francisco tied a major league record by hitting three batters in the inning, and issued four walks.
Houston's winning streak is its longest for two years, and has moved them above .500 but still 8-1/2 games off the wildcard berth.
The Astros' six runs were driven in by two hit batters, two walks and two sacrifice flies.
Pirates 5, Reds 2
In Pittsburgh, Paul Maholm pitched an efficient eight innings to steer Pittsburgh past Cincinnati.
Jason Michaels and Brandon Moss homered and both had two hits for the Pirates.
Cincinnati has lost 15 of 18 games.
Maholm didn't walk a batter and struck out five. He has a 2.81 ERA in his past 14 starts and has gone at least six innings in his past 18 outings.
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