Roger Clemens' bid for his 11th victory was blown by Dan Miceli, who allowed Michael Barrett's eighth-inning homer, which tied it 2-all.
Reds 2, Mets 0
In Cincinnati, Cory Lidle topped stingy Tom Glavine and shut down New York for the second time in a week for Cincinnati.
Adam Dunn homered and Ryan Freel hit an RBI single off Glavine (7-5), whose 2.16 ERA run average is by far the best in the majors.
The Reds snapped a three-game losing streak behind Lidle (6-5), who has beaten his former team in each of his last two starts. The right-hander gave up three singles in seven shutout innings.
Giants 7, Dodgers 1
In Los Angeles, Barry Bonds hit a three-run homer for his 1,300th career extra-base hit and Brett Tomko came within two outs of his first major league shutout for San Francisco in beating Los Angeles.
A.J. Pierzynski went 4-for-4 with a two-run double, helping the first-place Giants increase their lead over San Diego in the NL West to 2 1/2 games. The Dodgers dropped 3 1/2 games back. Ray Durham and former Dodger Marquis Grissom also homered off Hideo Nomo (3-10), who has given up 16 homers this season, the most by a Dodgers pitcher.
Tomko (3-4) allowed one run and seven hits, struck out six and walked two in 8 1-3 innings. He gave up three singles in the ninth, including Milton Bradley's run-scoring hit up the middle on Tomko's 118th -- and final -- pitch.
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