Joaquin Benoit (8-5) benefited from Texas' four-run third to post his second straight victory in long relief since being removed from the rotation on Aug. 7.
National League
Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 9-7 victory Friday that knocked the Houston Astros out of first place.
Houston has lost four in a row, matching its worst slump of the season, and fallen out of the top spot in the NL Central for the first time since July 7. The Astros, who are a half-game behind the Chicago Cubs, hadn't lost four straight since June 23-27.
A day after they ended a 16-game losing streak against Arizona, the Reds broke a 10-game skid against the Astros by getting yet another game-ending hit.
D'Angelo Jimenez led off the 10th with a single off Brad Lidge (4-3). One out later, Dunn hit his 27th homer into the Astros' bullpen in right, his first RBI since July 30. It was the Reds' 13th game-ending hit of the season and their 27th win in their last at-bat, most in the majors.
Mets 5, Rockies 0
In New York, with the lights back on at Shea Stadium, Tom Glavine tossed six effective innings and New York got homers from rookies Jose Reyes and Jason Phillips.
After a blackout that affected much of the Northeast forced the postponement of New York's game against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night, the last-place Mets rewarded 28,081 fans who made it to the ballpark by winning for the seventh time in 10 games.
Cliff Floyd hustled on his sore Achilles' tendon and scored twice. Ty Wigginton hit a pair of RBI doubles. Glavine (8-11) allowed only three hits but walked four and pitched out of trouble all night.
Cubs 2, Dodgers 1
In Chicago, Mark Prior scattered seven hits in his third complete game of the season -- and second in a week against Los Angeles.
Sammy Sosa had three hits and drove in two runs as the Cubs won for the fifth time in six games, and moved into first place in the NL Central after Houston and St. Louis lost later in the night.
Prior (11-5) retired 18 of the first 21 he faced, including nine in a row between the fourth and sixth innings. He struck out five and walked none. Maso Kida (0-1), making his first career major league start and first appearance with the Dodgers, pitched five innings and allowed two runs and five hits.
Marlins 10, Padres 0
In Miami, Brad Penny pitched seven shutout innings, and Mike Lowell and rookie Miguel Cabrera homered for Florida.
Penny (11-9) allowed five hits and struck out seven, and Lowell drove in three runs to help Florida remain a half game behind Philadelphia in the NL wild-card race.
Ugueth Urbina pitched the eighth and Braden Looper allowed a hit in the ninth to finish the six-hitter.
Ivan Rodriguez's sharp grounder in the fifth bounced off Padres starter Oliver Perez's left forearm into right field, scoring Juan Pierre, who led off with a single and advanced on a balk.
Perez (4-6) was immediately removed and later diagnosed with a left wrist contusion.
He is day to day.
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