Brewers dismantle Pirates, 20-0

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jim Edmonds, Ryan Braun and the Milwaukee Brewers went batty, piling up 25 hits and trouncing Pittsburgh 20-0 Thursday in the most-lopsided loss in Pirates history.

Milwaukee matched a club mark for margin of victory and set a record for its biggest shutout win.

Prince Fielder hit his first home run of the season and Edmonds, Braun and George Kottaras also connected - they were among 10 players with an RBI. The Brewers finished with 12 extra-base hits.

Milwaukee led 10-0 after five innings, then scored six runs in the seventh and four more in the ninth. The rout came a day after the Brewers beat up Pittsburgh 8-0.

Edmonds doubled twice and singled, while Braun added a double and single to drive in five runs. Rickie Weeks doubled twice, singled and scored four times.

Randy Wolf (2-1) pitched six sharp innings and three relievers finished up. The Brewers won their fourth in a row and handed Pittsburgh its third straight loss.

Daniel McCutchen (0-2) was tagged for six runs and eight hits in 3 2-3 innings. Remarkably, his ERA stayed the same as it was entering the game, 14.73.

Rockies 2, Nationals 0

WASHINGTON (AP) - Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez followed up his no-hitter by tossing 7 1-3 shutout innings, and Miguel Olivo and Ian Stewart hit solo homers for the first runs allowed this season by Washington's Livan Hernandez.

Overpowering at times, Jimenez (4-0) allowed five hits, struck out five and got 15 of his 22 outs via grounders while lowering his ERA to 0.95 ERA. He is responsible for half of the Rockies' wins this season.

In his previous start, the right-hander threw the first no-hitter in Rockies history, Saturday against Atlanta

Hernandez (2-1) gave up only four hits across eight innings, but made two crucial mistakes.

Joe Beimel got two outs in the eighth and Franklin Morales pitched the ninth for his third save.

Phillies 8, Braves 3

ATLANTA (AP) - Jamie Moyer gave up no earned runs in six innings and Philadelphia beat the weak-hitting Atlanta Braves to win the season's first series between the NL East rivals.

The Braves took a .227 team batting average into the game after being shut out 2-0 by Roy Halladay on Wednesday night. They had nine hits, including only four against the 47-year-old Moyer (2-1), who struck out four and walked two.

Philadelphia's starting pitchers allowed no earned runs as the Phillies won two of three from the Braves.

Juan Castro had three hits and Shane Victorino drove in two runs for Philadelphia.

Derek Lowe (3-1) gave up six hits and five runs, four earned, in five innings.

Mets 5, Cubs 2

NEW YORK (AP) - Johan Santana fought through mild trouble for six innings to keep the game scoreless before David Wright came through with an RBI double, and New York beat Chicago for its first series win of the season.

Jeff Francoeur broke an 0-for-24 slump with an RBI single in the Mets' four-run sixth, helped by second baseman Mike Fontenot's error. Ike Davis had three hits and New York took three of four from the Cubs after dropping its first four series this season.

Santana (2-1) allowed a run and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings. Francisco Rodriguez got five outs for his first save of the year.

Tom Gorzelanny (0-2) gave up four runs - two earned - in 5 2-3 innings.

Reds 8, Dodgers 5

CINCINNATI (AP) - Scott Rolen hit a go-ahead, two-run double to spark a seventh-inning rally and rookie Mike Leake earned his first major league victory in Cincinnati's win over Los Angeles.

Leake (1-0) was making his third professional start - all in the major leagues this year. He went seven innings and became the first Cincinnati starter to win this season.

Jay Bruce hit a two-run homer for the Reds, who came from behind twice for their seventh victory of the year.

Dodgers left fielder Manny Ramirez left in the sixth after straining his right calf while running out a single. It was not immediately known how long the slugger will be sidelined.

Andre Ethier and pinch-hitter Garret Anderson each had a two-run homer for Los Angeles.

The Dodgers were leading 5-4 when Rolen smacked a two-run double off the left-center wall with two outs in the seventh. Drew Stubbs and Ryan Hanigan added run-scoring singles as the Reds sent nine batters to the plate against Los Angeles relievers Hong-Chih Kuo (0-1) and Ronald Belisario.