Washington ends LA streak

LOS ANGELES " Nick Johnson and Adam Dunn both had three RBIs, and Washington rallied for 10 runs over the final three innings Thursday night to beat Los Angeles 11-9 on the first day of Manny Ramirez's 50-game drug suspension.

Josh Willingham homered for the Nationals, who had lost their previous 10 games at Dodger Stadium. Ryan Zimmerman was 2 for 4, extending the longest hitting streak in the majors this season to 25 games.

Matt Kemp hit his third career grand slam to highlight a six-run first inning for the defending NL West champion Dodgers, who lost at Chavez Ravine for the first time this season after setting a modern major league record Wednesday night with a 13-0 start at home.

Ramirez was penalized for violating baseball's performance-enhancing drug policy. He will lose $7,650,273 of his $25 million salary. Barring any postponements, the 12-time All-Star left fielder and 2004 World Series MVP will be able to return to the lineup on July 3 at San Diego.

Ron Villone (1-0), whose contract was purchased from Triple-A Syracuse earlier Thursday, pitched a scoreless seventh to get the victory.

Mets 7, Phillies 5

NEW YORK (AP) " Carlos Beltran and David Wright hit two-run homers in the first inning and New York won their fourth straight.

Jose Reyes added a solo shot in the second off an ineffective Jamie Moyer as the Mets again gave Mike Pelfrey the run support Johan Santana has lacked all season. Pelfrey (4-0) beat the rival Phillies for the second time this month, his only wins in 10 May decisions during his career.

Ramon Castro had a two-run double, Wright went 3 for 3 with a walk and the Mets made the 46-year-old Moyer (3-2) look his age by turning spacious Citi Field into a band box for one night.

Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth homered for Philadelphia.

Francisco Rodriguez saved his fourth game in four days, getting three outs to improve to 9 for 9 this season.

Pelfrey yielded three runs and eight hits in seven innings. The Mets (14-13) have scored 36 runs in Pelfrey's five starts, 24 more than they've managed in Santana's six outings.

Braves 4, Marlins 2

MIAMI (AP) " Jair Jurrjens gave up three hits in seven innings to help the Braves complete a two-game sweep of the slumping Florida Marlins, 4-2.

Casey Kotchman homered and hit an RBI double for Atlanta. David Ross had a two-run homer.

Jurrjens (3-2) allowed two runs, both on homers by Hanley Ramirez. The right-hander's ERA rose to 2.01.

Marlins right-hander Anibal Sanchez (1-4) allowed two homers and four runs in 4 2-3 innings before leaving the game because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder. Sanchez underwent surgery on the shoulder in June 2007 and returned last July.

Florida extended a club-record streak of 20 consecutive games without a win by a starting pitcher. During that span the starters are 0-10.

Reds 6, Brewers 5

CINCINNATI (AP) " Right-hander Micah Owings pitched six innings and had a tiebreaking triple, leading Cincinnati's flu-depleted lineup to the victory.

The Reds needed everything they could get from Owings (2-3), their fifth starter and occasional pinch hitter. The lineup was missing two starters with the flu, and the pitching staff was so worn out that shortstop Paul Janish worked the ninth inning of Milwaukee's 15-3 win on Thursday night.

Owings' run-scoring triple off Braden Looper (2-2) helped him turn a 6-5 lead over to the bullpen. Francisco Cordero retired the three batters he faced in the ninth, remaining perfect in eight save chances.

Jay Bruce and Willy Taveras homered for Cincinnati.

Prince Fielder had three hits for the Brewers, including a bases-loaded double in the fourth inning.

Cardinals 5, Pirates 2

ST. LOUIS (AP) " Todd Wellemeyer threw seven innings of four-hit ball and Jason LaRue hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth, leading St. Louis to the win.

Leadoff batter Skip Schumaker had three hits and scored twice for the Cardinals, who won two straight against the Pirates after opening a four-game homestand with two losses against the Philadelphia Phillies.

St. Louis batted around in a four-run fifth that started with LaRue's first homer of the season. Ross Ohlendorf (3-3) hit Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick in consecutive at-bats, the latter with the bases loaded. Chris Duncan had a sacrifice fly and Khalil Greene singled in a run.

Robinzon Diaz hit his first career homer for the Pirates, who have lost nine of 10.

Wellemeyer (3-2) allowed two runs in seven innings.

Giants 8, Rockies 3

DENVER (AP) " Bengie Molina homered twice and Matt Cain threw six innings of one-hit ball to help San Francisco get the win.

Molina was hitless in 12 career plate appearances against Jason Marquis (4-2) before lining a solo homer to left-center in the second and crushing a two-run shot to right the following inning. It was Molina's sixth multihomer game and first since July 22 against Washington.

Molina nearly had another homer in the fifth, but a gusty wind held the ball up and allowed Dexter Fowler to track it down in deep center.

Cain (3-1) fought his control early, walking four in the first two innings, then settled down. He retired nine of his last 10 before being lifted for a pinch runner in the seventh.

Brad Hawpe and Ian Stewart homered for Colorado.

Padres 4, Diamondbacks 3, 10 innings

SAN DIEGO (AP) " David Eckstein singled in the winning run for San Diego with one out in the 10th inning.

The Padres won for just the fourth time in 17 games.

Eckstein, who entered the game for defensive purposes in the top of the inning, lined a shot just past first baseman Josh Whitesell to bring in Kevin Kouzmanoff.

Kouzmanoff started the winning rally with a one-out double to left-center off Esmerling Vasquez (0-1), his third straight hit. Nick Hundley and Chris Burke, who was with Arizona last year, walked to load the bases and bring up Eckstein.

Cla Meredith (4-0) pitched a perfect 10th for the win.

Arizona's Justin Upton doubled and singled to extend his hitting streak to 14 games.

Cubs 8, Astros 5

HOUSTON (AP) " Alfonso Soriano homered twice to lead Chicago to the two-game sweep.

Soriano hit a solo home run in the fourth and a two-run shot in the ninth. He has nine home runs for the season.

Mike Fontenot had two RBIs and Milton Bradley, Micah Hoffpauir and Aramis Ramirez all drove in a run for the Cubs.

Chicago starter Ted Lilly (4-2) allowed four hits and two runs with five strikeouts in six innings to extend his winning streak against the Astros to five games.

Miguel Tejada had a two-run homer, two doubles and a single for the Astros.

Astros starter Russ Ortiz (2-1) allowed six hits and three runs with three walks in 2 1-3 innings.