NL roundup: Utley drives in four runs in Phillies' win

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CINCINNATI (AP) " Chase Utley homered and drove in four runs, and the Philadelphia Phillies' powerful offense overcame another disappointing performance by a starter on Thursday in a 12-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Utley had a two-run single and a double off Micah Owings (3-5), who got nine outs and showed the strain of throwing a lot of innings lately. Utley also had one of the Phillies' four solo homers " Greg Dobbs, Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez connected, as well.

Jimmy Rollins had four hits, scored twice and drove in a run as he and Utley " the top two batters in the order " led the NL's highest-scoring offense.

Nationals 5, Pirates 4

WASHINGTON (AP) " Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Dunn had RBI singles in the eighth inning, helping the Nationals end a seven-game skid with a come-from-behind victory over the Pirates.

Cristian Guzman started the decisive rally in the eighth with a one-out single off Tom Gorzelanny (1-1) and moved to second on Nick Johnson's single to center. Zimmerman followed with a tying single to right, the 39th straight game he has reached base safely. Dunn put Washington ahead with the fourth straight single of the inning.

Julian Tavarez (1-3) got the victory with 1 2-3 innings of scoreless relief. Joel Hanrahan got three outs for his fourth save in seven opportunities.

Adam LaRoche homered for the Pirates, who had won five straight.

Rockies 9, Braves 0

ATLANTA (AP) " Aaron Cook pitched a four-hit shutout and Todd Helton's grand slam ended Colorado's power slump as the Rockies spoiled Kris Medlen's debut with a win over Atlanta.

Cook (3-1) retired the final 16 batters for his second career shutout. He had 20 groundouts and did not allow a baserunner to advance past second for his first win in eight career starts against Atlanta.

Jeff Francoeur, who had two of the hits against Cook, singled with two outs in the fourth. It was the last Braves player to reach base against Cook.

Medlen gave up five runs and five hits in three plus innings.

Diamondbacks 4, Marlins 3

MIAMI (AP) " Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Diamondbacks took advantage of the Marlins' weary bullpen to rally for a victory.

Reynolds' home run came off Cristhian Martinez, making his major league debut. Florida's relief corps was spent after a doubleheader split Wednesday, capped by Arizona's victory in a 13-inning nightcap that ended at 1:48 a.m.

In the wake of that marathon, Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez declared all of his veteran relievers unavailable Thursday.

The Diamondbacks' Clay Zavada (1-0) also made his major league debut and pitched a perfect seventh.

Cardinals 3, Cubs 1

ST. LOUIS (AP) " Adam Wainwright came within an out of the St. Louis Cardinals' second complete game during a three-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs and Albert Pujols hit a first-inning homer that knocked out the "I" on the Big Mac Land sign in left field.

Wainwright (4-2) allowed five hits in 8 2-3 innings, striking out seven with one walk before Ryan Franklin got Milton Bradley to line out with a man on for his 11th save in 12 chances. The Cubs were limited to two runs in the series and have lost four in a row for the second time this season, and also have dropped five of six to the Cardinals.

Joel Pineiro threw a three-hitter in the series opener Tuesday and Chris Carpenter worked five scoreless innings on Wednesday.

Brewers 4, Astros 3

HOUSTON (AP) " Prince Fielder drove in two with a single and Corey Hart had an RBI double in a three-run seventh, and the Brewers rallied for a win over the Astros.

Hunter Pence and Miguel Tejada homered for the Astros, who blew a 3-0 lead after manager Cecil Cooper and first baseman Lance Berkman were ejected for arguing a close call at home plate.

Fielder tied the game with his hit against Houston reliever Tim Byrdak and Hart's hit off Chris Sampson gave Milwaukee its first lead. Astros reliever Jeff Fulchino (0-1) took the loss after hitting Ryan Braun with a pitch earlier in the inning.

Padres 3, Giants 2

SAN DIEGO (AP) " Scott Hairston singled in the winning run to cap a two-run rally in the ninth inning and give San Diego a victory over the Giants.

Hairston's bases-loaded single with two outs off Brian Wilson (2-3) gave the Padres their season-high sixth straight win on a day when ace pitcher Jake Peavy nixed a trade so that he could stay with the Padres.

Before extending its winning streak, San Diego retained Peavy when he turned down a trade to the Chicago White Sox, choosing Thursday to remain with his longtime team. The Padres and White Sox had reached an agreement, but needed the 2007 Cy Young Award winner to waive his no-trade clause.