NL roundup: Moyer relieves Pedro, gets win

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jamie Moyer pitched six scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez, who took his spot in the starting rotation, and Philadelphia beat Arizona 5-1 on Tuesday night.

A 66-minute rain delay ruined Martinez's home debut with the Phillies. The three-time Cy Young Award winner allowed one run in three innings in his second start since returning to the majors. He struck out three and retired the last eight batters he faced, but left after the long delay.

Pitching in a steady rain, Moyer (11-9) gave up two singles and struck out five in his first relief appearance in five years. He chipped in with two hits.

Jayson Werth hit his career-best 25th homer and Carlos Ruiz also connected, helping the NL East-leading Phillies win for the sixth time in seven games.

Diamondbacks starter Jon Garland (6-11) allowed five runs and 11 hits in 5 1-3 innings.

Dodgers 7, Cardinals 3

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chad Billingsley allowed three hits over six innings and added an RBI single and Los Angeles snapped St. Louis' five-game winning streak in a meeting of first-place clubs.

Andre Ethier went 3 for 4 with a triple and a late run-scoring double for the Dodgers, who improved the NL's best record to 71-49 with their fourth win in 11 games.

Billingsley (12-6) who missed his previous scheduled start after straining his left hamstring Aug. 7, has yielded three earned runs and nine hits in his last three starts.

Manny Ramirez and James Loney had run-scoring singles as seven Dodgers drove in one run apiece in a 14-hit attack. Los Angeles remained 4 1/2 games ahead of Colorado atop the NL West.

Jonathan Broxton got four outs for his 26th save.

Brendan Ryan and Khalil Greene drove in runs for the Cardinals, who have lost twice in 11 games and remained six games in front of Chicago in the NL Central.

Mitchell Boggs (1-2) gave up nine hits and five runs while failing to escape the fourth inning and is winless in his last six starts.

Padres 6, Cubs 3

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Rookie Kyle Blanks hit a two-run inside the park homer, and rookie Cesar Carrillo earned his first major league victory for San Diego.

Blanks, who hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth in Monday's 4-1 win over the Cubs, hit a ball off the top of the wall in center in the eighth that ricocheted to right-center. The 6-foot-6, 285-pound Blanks easily beat the throw home with a headfirst slide for his eighth homer.

Chicago lost for the ninth time in 12 games.

Adrian Gonzalez hit his 33rd homer off Ryan Dempster (6-7) in the fifth to put the Padres ahead to stay.

Carrillo (1-1) allowed three runs, seven hits and four walks in six innings.

Heath Bell pitched a perfect ninth for his 30th save.

Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits, including an RBI single in the first and a run-scoring single in the third when the Padres scored twice for a 3-1 lead.

Marlins 6, Astros 2

HOUSTON (AP) - Ricky Nolasco struck out 10 in his second complete game of the season and Florida had 10 hits for the 14th consecutive game.

Dan Uggla, Jorge Cantu and Jeremy Hermida hit solo homers for the Marlins, who have won nine of 11.

Florida's streak of 10-hit games is the longest since the 1937 St. Louis Browns reached that figure in 15 straight, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Nolasco (9-8) retired 23 in a row after Carlos Lee's two-run homer in the first inning. He threw 115 pitches for the Marlins' fifth complete game.

The Astros lost for the sixth time in eight games after trading catcher Ivan Rodriguez to Texas earlier in the day.

Rookie Bud Norris (3-1) gave up five runs and nine hits in 5 2-3 innings to lose for the first time in four major-league starts.

Mets 9, Braves 4

NEW YORK (AP) - Gary Sheffield doubled twice in an eight-run fourth inning and New York battered Atlanta's Derek Lowe.

Luis Castillo had two hits and two RBIs during the big outburst off Lowe (12-8), who squandered a 4-0 lead against New York's injury-depleted lineup. The Mets pounded out 10 hits in the fourth, setting a franchise record for one inning.

Oliver Perez (3-3) won for the first time in seven starts since July 8. He gave up a three-run homer to Matt Diaz and a solo shot to Adam LaRoche, but walked only one in five innings.

The Mets had 17 hits without a home run. Sheffield, Castillo and Jeff Francoeur each had three.

Elmer Dessens, Pedro Feliciano and Brian Stokes combined for four innings of scoreless relief.

Lowe yielded 11 hits in 3 2-3 innings without a walk or strikeout.

Rockies 4, Nationals 3

WASHINGTON (AP) - Colorado's Carlos Gonzalez homered for the third consecutive game, breaking a tie in the eighth inning.

Brad Hawpe and Clint Barmes also homered for Colorado, which leads the NL wild-card race. Ubaldo Jimenez (11-9) went eight innings to win his fifth consecutive decision, allowing two runs and seven hits.

Houston Street earned his 30th save, allowing three hits in the ninth, including Cristian Guzman's RBI single.

Last-place Washington's three-game winning streak ended.

Gonzalez greeted lefty reliever Sean Burnett (2-3) with the homer that put Colorado ahead 3-2. It was his seventh of the season.

Pirates 5, Brewers 2

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ross Ohlendorf allowed one run over seven-plus innings, and Delwyn Young and Lastings Milledge homered for Pittsburgh.

Garret Jones had two hits and scored twice and Andy LaRoche was on base four times with a run and an RBI for Pittsburgh, which won for the fifth time since July 24.

Ohlendorf (11-8) has three of those victories and is 4-1 with a 2.72 ERA since the All-Star break.

Prince Fielder of the Brewers homered for third consecutive game to give him 32 and a majors-high 108 RBIs.

Ohlendorf gave up five hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Pittsburgh did not hit a home run during a 1-4 trip last week, but has five in two nights against the Brewers at home.

The Brewers tied the game at 1 on Fielder's shot that gave him 13 RBIs in his past 10 games. Milledge hit his first homer in nearly a year with two outs in the fifth to give the Pirates a 4-1 lead.

Manny Parra (8-9) lost for the first time in six decisions dating to June 13.

Giants 8, Reds 5, 10 innings

CINCINNATI (AP) - Ryan Garko's two-run double in the 10th completed San Francisco's comeback from a four-run deficit.

With Pablo Sandoval on second and Randy Winn on first, Garko hit a line drive up the left-center field gap off Francisco Cordero (1-3). He finished with four RBIs, as many as he had in his first 17 games after being acquired by San Francisco from Cleveland on July 27.

Juan Uribe added a sacrifice fly as the Giants sent the Reds to their fourth straight loss and fifth in the last six games.

Bob Howry (1-5) pitched a perfect ninth to get the win. Brian Wilson allowed a double, but picked up his 29th save.

It was the Giants' third win in four games but Tim Lincecum, who went into the game leading the majors with a 2.19 ERA, gave up as many earned runs in Cincinnati's four-run second inning as he had in his last four starts combined.