Brewers 4, Nationals 3,
10 innings
At Milwaukee, Mike Stanton, making his first appearance for Washington, balked home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th .
Stanton, who signed Wednesday after being waived by the New York Yankees, tried to pick off Rickie Weeks from first base before he even threw a pitch.
Weeks was caught in a rundown but first base umpire Paul Schrieber ruled a balk, allowing Milwaukee's Chris Magruder to score from third.
Magruder led off the inning with a pinch-hit double off loser Luis Ayala (7-6) and advanced on Brady Clark's sacrifice. Ayala intentionally walked Weeks and gave way to Stanton.
Julio Santana (2-3) pitched a perfect 10th as the Brewers won for just the second time in 36 games in which they have trailed after seven innings.
Carlos Lee tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth with his 23rd home run of the season.
Cardinals 4, Astros 3, 13 innings
At St. Louis, Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer off Chad Harville in the bottom of the 13th inning as St. Louis edged Houston.
Mike Lamb had given the Astros a 3-2 lead in the top of the inning with an RBI single.
David Eckstein walked to lead off the bottom of the 13th. After Russ Springer struck out Jim Edmonds, Harville (0-1) was brought in to get his first save of the season and second of his career. Pujols worked Harville to a full count before hitting his 23rd home run into the Houston bullpen.
Lamb, who had tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with a sacrifice fly, singled off left-hander Ray King, who was brought in to the left-handed hitter, to make it 3-2. Brad Thompson (1-0) relieved King and got the final out to pick up his first major league win.
Padres 10, Diamondbacks 7
At San Diego, Mark Sweeney had three hits, including a homer, and Damian Jackson had three RBIs to lead San Diego past Arizona.
The Padres, who led 5-0 after five innings, let the Diamondbacks tie it in the sixth, then scored five runs off Arizona's bullpen in the bottom of the inning. Sweeney and Jackson each had a hit and scored during the sixth-inning rally.
Trevor Hoffman came in with runners on first and second and one out in the ninth, threw a wild pitch and walked Jose Cruz Jr. to load the bases. Royce Clayton hit a sacrifice fly before Hoffman struck out Kelly Stinnett for his 26th save in 28 chances and the 419th of his career.
Making just the second pinch-hitting appearance of his career, Arizona's Troy Glaus hit a three-run homer into the second deck in left off Scott Linebrink (4-1) to tie the game at 5 with two outs in the sixth.
Greg Aquino (0-1) was the loser.
Giants 6, Dodgers 0
In Los Angeles, Noah Lowry took a two-hitter into the eighth inning and Ray Durham had season highs with four hits and four RBIs as San Francisco handed Los Angeles its sixth straight loss.
Michael Tucker went 4-for-5 with a leadoff homer in the first inning and Pedro Feliz also homered for the Giants.
Lowry (6-9) struck out seven and walked three -- two in the eighth when he was lifted with one out. Scott Eyre pitched 1 2-3 innings to complete the two-hitter.
Derek Lowe (5-10) allowed six runs and 10 hits in 4 2-3 innings. He is 0-5 with a 6.34 ERA in seven starts since beating Detroit 5-3 on June 6.
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