The Associated Press
PHILLIES 8, DIAMONDBACKS 1
PHILADELPHIA - Cliff Lee pitched a two-hitter, carrying a no-hit bid into the sixth inning, and Philadelphia beat Arizona 8-1 on Wednesday night.
Jayson Werth hit two solo homers, Ryan Howard hit a three-run shot and Chase Utley also connected for the NL East-leading Phillies, who have won seven of eight. Philadelphia (68-49) is a season-high 19 games over .500.
Lee (4-0) allowed an unearned run and tied a career high with 11 strikeouts to record his 12th career complete game and fifth this season.
The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has an 0.82 ERA and two complete games in four starts since coming to the Phillies in a trade with Cleveland.
Lee didn't allow a hit until pinch-hitter Chad Tracy lined a single to center with one out in the sixth.
All-Star right-hander Dan Haren (12-8) had his worst outing of the year. He allowed a season-high six runs in five innings.
Rockies 5, Nationals 4
WASHINGTON - Carlos Gonzalez homered for the fourth straight game and Clint Barmes connected in his third in a row for Colorado.
Gonzalez has homered in six of the last eight games. Before this stretch, he had six homers in 130 career games.
The NL wild card-leading Rockies (67-53) won despite leaving the bases loaded three times and improved to a season-high 14 games over .500.
Jason Marquis (14-8) gave up nine hits and three runs over six innings. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 31st save in 32 attempts. He has converted a team-record 23 consecutive save chances.
Colin Balester (1-3) walked the first three batters, and four of the first five and Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run double. He walked five in 1 1-3 innings, the shortest outing of Balester's career.
Braves 15, Mets 2
NEW YORK (AP) - Brian McCann hit a three-run homer as part of Atlanta's eight-run second inning.
The Braves had a season-high seven hits in the inning. Five runs scored after Luis Castillo of the Mets failed to cover second on Garret Anderson's two-out grounder to shortstop Anderson Hernandez with runners on the corners.
The Braves lost the series opener Tuesday night when New York had a season-high eight runs and a franchise-record 10 hits in the fourth inning of a 9-4 win.
Matt Diaz homered and drove in four runs for Atlanta, which had a season-high 18 hits in its highest scoring game of the year. Omar Infante had three hits and three RBIs.
Jair Jurrjens (10-8) allowed two runs and eight hits in six innings to earn his first win since July 22.
Bobby Parnell (3-5) allowed nine runs and nine hits over three innings in his third major league start.
Pirates 3, Brewers 1
PITTSBURGH - Paul Maholm allowed one run over 7.2 innings and Ronny Cedeno homered as Pittsburgh finished a sweep of Milwaukee.
Delwyn Young added two hits and an RBI and Matt Capps pitched a perfect ninth for his 22nd save for Pittsburgh, which entered this series on a four-game losing streak, having lost 12 of 13 and 17 of 20.
Mike Cameron and Alcides Escobar had two hits each for the Brewers, who have lost four straight and were swept for the first time since June 19-21, at Detroit.
The Pirates won their first series since taking two of three from Milwaukee from July 20-22 - having gone 0-6-1 in series since.
Maholm (7-7) allowed eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts to win for the first time since July 7, a span of seven starts.
Cedeno came to Pittsburgh in a July 29 trade with Seattle having hit only 18 career home runs in 388 games. He has four in 18 games with the Pirates after his two-run homer off Yovani Gallardo (11-10) in the second inning.