Tom Glavine and the New York Mets ended Livan Hernandez's two-and-a-half-month winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday over the Washington Nationals.
The Mets tagged Hernandez for four runs and eight hits in seven-plus innings, ending the All-Star right-hander's run of 11 consecutive winning decisions that equaled the franchise record. Hernandez (12-3) lost for the first time since April 19.
Mike Cameron homered for the Mets, and Marlon Anderson and Ramon Castro had two hits and two RBIs apiece.
Glavine (6-7) pitched 5 2-3 innings, allowing three runs and nine hits in his 268th victory, tying Jim Palmer for 31st on the career list. Braden Looper worked the ninth for his 19th save.
Phillies 5, Pirates 0
At Pittsburgh, Vicente Padilla pitched six innings for Philadelphia.
Mike Lieberthal doubled and scored on Jason Michaels' pop-fly single that fell among three Pirates in the third inning, then drove in the first run of a four-run seventh with a sacrifice fly.
First baseman Daryle Ward's throwing error and reliever Rick White's wild pitch scored two other runs.
Padilla (4-8) ended a three-game losing streak, limiting Pittsburgh to four hits. Mark Redman (4-8) gave up only three hits in six-plus innings for the Pirates.
Marlins 5, Brewers 4, 12 innings
At Miami, Juan Encarnacion's single won the game in the 12th inning after A.J. Burnett had 14 of Florida's 22 strikeouts in six innings on the mound.
Encarnacion lined a single to center with one out off Wes Obermueller (1-2). Valerio De Los Santos (1-0) pitched one scoreless inning.
Burnett matched his career high and the Marlins' team record with the 14 strikeouts.
Paul Lo Duca's sacrifice fly in the eighth scored Encarnacion, who had tripled with one out, to tie it 4-4. Geoff Jenkins' two-run single highlighted Milwaukee's three-run first.
Astros 5, Padres 4
At Houston, Andy Pettitte won despite an elbow problem, and the surging Astros beat slumping San Diego.
The Astros have won seven of eight and San Diego has lost nine of 14. Houston got to All-Star Jake Peavy for three runs in the first inning on run-scoring singles by Lance Berkman and Adam Everett and an RBI double by Morgan Ensberg.
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