Chris Woodward, Mike Cameron and David Wright homered, and Mike Piazza went 4-for-4 as the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-6 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.
Cincinnati hasn't won its last 11 series. Woodward's second-inning homer off Eric Milton (2-5) marked the 17th straight game the Reds allowed a home run, matching the team record in June 2001. Danny Graves allowed two homers in a four-run eighth.
Cincinnati made a season-high four errors and manager Dave Miley was ejected for arguing a close call at first base in the fifth inning.
Sean Casey was just about the lone bright spot for Cincinnati, going 5-for-5 with a home run, a double and four RBIs. Ken Griffey Jr. hit a two-run homer in the ninth, his sixth of the year.
Two-time Cy Young pitching-award winner Tom Glavine (3-4) won consecutive starts for the first time in more than a year, allowing two runs and nine hits in six innings to improve to 26-12 against the Reds.
Following an offseason overhaul, New York was swept by the Reds in a season-opening three-game series en route to an 0-5 start.
Cubs 3, Pirates 2
At Pittsburgh, Jose Macias' sacrifice fly drove in the go-ahead run, and the Chicago Cubs rallied with two runs in the ninth against Pittsburgh closer Jose Mesa for the second time in less than 20 hours, ruining Kip Wells' solid start.
The Pirates had won 40 consecutive games when leading after eight innings and Mesa had converted 23 successive save opportunities, until the Cubs rallied in the ninth two days in a row. Chicago came into the two-game series with 10 losses in 14 games.
Michael Barrett doubled against Mesa (0-3), and pinch-hitter Todd Hollandsworth singled off first baseman Daryle Ward's glove to score Barrett for the tying score.
Michael Wuertz (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth for the victory before new Cubs closer Ryan Dempster pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his second save in two days.
Padres 8, Braves 4
At San Diego, Khalil Greene hit a pair of three-run homers for a career-high six RBIs and Adam Eaton won his fourth consecutive start for the Padres' first three-game sweep of the Braves since May 1991.
The Padres won for the 16th time in 19 games, a span that's vaulted them from fourth in the National League (NL) West to sole possession of the division lead.
Greene, the runner-up in last season's National League Rookie of the Year voting, homered in the second and third off Horacio Ramirez (2-3).
Eaton (6-1) held the Braves to two runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.
Marlins 8, Dodgers 3
At Los Angeles, Carlos Delgado, Miguel Cabrera and Damion Easley homered in a five-run sixth inning, powering Florida over Los Angeles.
Josh Beckett (6-3) allowed two runs and five hits in six innings and singled home a run for the Marlins, who took two of three from the defending NL West champions after getting swept in a three-game series at San Diego.
All three Florida homers came off Jeff Weaver (4-3), who was charged with six runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings and is 0-2 in four career starts against the Marlins.
Nationals 1, Brewers 0
In Washington, Jeffrey Hammonds singled home the winning run for the Nationals with one out in the ninth inning.
Hammonds, in an 0-for-13 slump entering the game, took advantage of a rare start to go 2-for-4, winning the game when he pulled a grounder down the third-base line with the bases loaded and the infield in.
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