American League
Greg Maddux will have to wait for win No. 300.
Maddux came out after six innings with Chicago trailing by a run Sunday, so he wasn't around for a rally that carried Nomar Garciaparra and the Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
The right-hander wound up with a no-decision, and his next attempt to become the 22nd major league pitcher to reach 300 wins probably will come Saturday in San Francisco against Barry Bonds and the Giants. He gave up six hits -- including first-inning homers to Jimmy Rollins and Bobby Abreu -- and three runs, two earned, in six innings.
After Maddux left, the Cubs scored four runs in the seventh, capped by an RBI single from Garciaparra -- Chicago's new star shortstop who was acquired from Boston in a four-team deal just before baseball's trade deadline Saturday.
But Sammy Sosa and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers off Randy Wolf (4-7) in the second. It was Sosa's 562nd homer, leaving him one behind Reggie Jackson for eighth on the career list.
Kent Mercker (2-0) got one out for the win. LaTroy Hawkins pitched the ninth for his 16th save.
Braves 6, Mets 5
In Atlanta, Andruw Jones homered and drove in four runs off former teammate Tom Glavine, and the Braves completed a three-game sweep.
Eli Marrero and Chipper Jones each had three hits for the Braves, who won their fifth straight, and seventh in eight games, to move a season-high 12 games over .500 (58-46).
Glavine (8-9) continued his recent slide, losing for the sixth time in eight starts, and he fell to 1-5 against Atlanta, where he played the first 16 seasons of his career. Andruw Jones improved to 7-for-15 (.467) against Glavine with three home runs.
Paul Byrd (3-3) retired 15 of the first 16 batters he faced through five hitless innings before faltering in the sixth with a 6-0 lead. He lost his bid for a no-hitter when David Wright led off with a solo homer to left, then left after Cliff Floyd's three-run shot later in the inning.
John Smoltz pitched the ninth for his 25th save.
Astros 7, Reds 5
In Cincinnati, Adam Everett's eighth-inning suicide squeeze drove in the go-ahead run, Roy Oswalt (11-8) beat the Cincinnati Reds again.
Morgan Ensberg had three RBIs for the Astros, including a sacrifice fly in the eighth that cut their deficit to 5-4. After Jeff Kent scored the tying run on a bases-loaded walk by John Riedling (4-3) to Craig Biggio, Everett laid down a terrific bunt just beyond the reach of reliever Todd Van Poppel for a base hit that allowed Jeff Bagwell to score from third.
Ensberg added an RBI double in the ninth to make it 7-5, sending slumping Cincinnati to its 10th loss in 11 games. Jacob Cruz hit a two-run homer for the Reds, and Wily Mo Pena had a two-run double.
Brad Lidge got three outs for his 11th save in 13 opportunities.
Rockies 10, Diamondbacks 2
In Denver, Jeromy Burnitz drove in four runs with a pair of homers to back Aaron Cook's second complete game, and Colorado completed a three-game sweep.
Vinny Castilla, Todd Helton and Aaron Miles also homered for the Rockies, who have won seven straight against the Diamondbacks.
Cook (6-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in his first complete game since April 18, 2003, against San Diego. He induced 15 groundball outs in winning for the fourth time in five decisions.
Edgar Gonzalez (0-4) lasted only four innings and allowed seven runs for the Diamondbacks, who have been swept twice by the Rockies and have won only twice in the last 21 games.
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