Werth continues to bash the ball

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PHILADELPHIA - Jayson Werth homered for the fourth straight game, Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer and Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 9-6 on Thursday night.

Jamie Moyer (8-6) allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings, but Philadelphia's offense bailed him out again. The Phillies have averaged 8.1 runs in Moyer's wins.

DODGERS 11, METS 2

NEW YORK - Manny Ramirez hit two RBI singles to key an early outburst against struggling starter Livan Hernandez, and Los Angeles' Randy Wolf earned his first win in eight outings.

NATIONALS 11-4,

ASTROS 10,9

HOUSTON - An error by Houston second baseman Miguel Tejada in the 11th inning made former Nationals reliever Joel Hanrahan a winner in the completion of a suspended game.

Lance Berkman's three-run homer was one of Houston's 16 hits in the regularly scheduled contest.

GIANTS 9, PADRES 3

SAN FRANCISCO - Ace Tim Lincecum carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and won his fourth straight start for San Francisco.

ROCKIES 7, BRAVES 6

DENVER - Pinch-hitter Garrett Atkins hit a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning to lift Colorado to its fourth consecutive victory.

CARDS 5, BREWERS 1

MILWAUKEE - Joel Pineiro scattered three hits in his third complete game this year and Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer in St. Louis' five-run eighth inning.

ROYALS 8, RED SOX 6

BOSTON - David DeJesus hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the sixth inning and Kansas City rallied from an early four-run deficit and knocked Boston out of sole possession of first place.

MARINERS 3, RANGERS 1

SEATTLE - Franklin Gutierrez hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning for Seattle.

RAYS 3, BLUE JAYS 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Rookie David Price outpitched Roy Halladay, and Carlos Pena snapped a fifth-inning tie with a two-run double that helped Tampa Bay to a three-game sweep.

YANKEES 6, TWINS 4

MINNEAPOLIS - Mark Teixeira ended a 23-game homerless drought and New York completed a season sweep of the Twins.

INDIANS 10, W. SOX 8

CHICAGO - Kelly Shoppach hit a grand slam and had a career-high five RBIs, and five Cleveland relievers combined for 4 2-3 scoreless innings to preserve the early lead.

The White Sox also made two errors in losing for just the third time in their last 12 games.

MARLINS 14, D-BACKS 7

PHOENIX - Pinch-hitter Brett Carroll's three-run homer sparked a franchise-record 10-run eighth inning, and the Florida Marlins stormed back from a seven-run deficit to defeat Arizona.

When Florida's eighth inning finally ended with the last of the 14 batters who had gone to the plate, the remnants of a Chase Field crowd of 21,558 stood and applaud derisively.

Florida trailed 7-0 after five innings but rallied with three runs in the sixth and one in the seventh.

Then the Marlins hit Arizona with the 10-spot in the eighth to make a winner of Kiko Calero (2-0).