Pedro Martinez became the seventh active pitcher with 200 victories, and the New York Mets edged the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Monday in the first of 18 meetings this season between the National League East rivals.
Carlos Delgado and Xavier Nady each homered against Jorge Sosa to help the Mets (10-2) improve the best record in Major League Baseball and extended the fastest start in franchise history.
They did it without star center fielder Carlos Beltran, who sat out with a tight right hamstring. New York also lost left fielder Cliff Floyd to a strained muscle in his rib cage.
Andruw Jones hit his fifth homer and second in two days for the Braves, missing injured third baseman Chipper Jones and shortstop Edgar Renteria.
Martinez (3-0) struck out eight in 6 2-3 innings, allowing three runs and six hits. He is 200-84, the fewest losses for any pitcher with 200 wins.
Duaner Sanchez struck out two of his four batters, and Billy Wagner worked the ninth for his fourth save.
Cardinals 2, Pirates 1
At Pittsburgh, Albert Pujols tied a major-league record with a home run in his fourth consecutive at-bat, Jason Marquis pitched eight innings of three-hit ball and St. Louis Cardinals won its third straight.
A day after hitting three homers, including a gamer-winner, Pujols homered to center off Pirates starter Paul Maholm (0-2) in the top of the first to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. It was the 35th time in Major League history that a player has homered in four straight at-bats. Carlos Delgado, then with the Toronto Blue Jays, last did it on Sept. 25, 2003.
Reds 9, Marlins 1
At Cincinnati, Adam Dunn hit his eighth homer and Brandon Claussen pitched seven shutout innings, leading Cincinnati to a victory over Florida.
Dunn extended his week-long power surge with a two-run homer in the first inning -- his last six hits have been homers. Austin Kearns also had a solo shot, and Brandon Phillips drove in four runs with a double and a pair of singles.
Claussen (1-1) gave up five hits and striking out seven in seven innings. Brian Moehler (0-3) gave up eight runs in five-plus innings.
Padres 5, Rockies 2
At Denver, Chris Young pitched seven strong innings and added an RBI double, and Josh Barfield hit his first career homer to lift San Diego to the win.
Young (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits to win his second straight start after coming to San Diego in a trade with Texas this past offseason.
Barfield hit his homer to the deepest part of Coors Field in the first inning, putting him 240 behind his father, former AL home run champ Jesse Barfield.
Trevor Hoffman pitched the ninth for his second save in two tries. Garrett Atkins homered and drove in both of Colorado's runs, but had two errors. Starter Jeff Francis (0-2) gave up five runs in six innings.
Astros 8, Brewers 7
At Houston, Jason Lane hit a three-run homer to help Houston rally for the win.
Houston scored five runs in the seventh. Lance Berkman and Morgan Ensberg had back-to-back RBI singles before Lane hit his third homer deep into left-field bleachers off Matt Wise (1-1) to put the Astros up 8-6.
Brad Lidge worked the ninth for his fourth save. Ensberg also had a solo home run in the sixth inning, his third in as many days.
Ezequiel Astacio (1-0) retired one batter to get the win.
Cubs 4, Dodgers 1
At Los Angeles, Greg Maddux threw eight innings of three-hit ball in his first start since turning 40, leading Chicago to the win.
Off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 1994, Maddux struck out six and didn't walk a batter. His landmark birthday was on Friday.
Ryan Dempster pitched the ninth for his third save of the season, tying Joe Borowski's team record of 22 straight saves.
Brett Tomko (1-1) made his home debut with Los Angeles, allowing four runs on seven hits, while striking out two and walking one. Todd Walker had a solo homer and a sacrifice fly for Chicago.
Giants 10, Diamondbacks 9
At Phoenix, Mark Sweeney hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth and Steve Finley hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth to lift San Francisco after Arizona overcame a seven-run deficit to go up 9-7 on Luis Gonzalez' three-run homer in the sixth.
Barry Bonds was 1-for-3 with two walks, extending his homerless streak to 12 games -- the longest he has gone into a season when healthy without a homer since 1998, when he didn't hit one out until San Francisco's 13th game.
Steve Kline (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and Tim Worrell worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save in as many opportunities.
The Giants pushed across three runs in the final two innings against two Arizona relievers. Luis Vizcaino walked Omar Vizquel with two outs in the eighth, then gave way to closer Jose Valverde (0-1). Sweeney then hit a two-run homer to tie it. Ray Durham drew a walk off Valverde to lead off the ninth and scored two batters later on a sacrifice fly by Finley, a former Diamondback.
Mark Loretta hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied past the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Monday.
David Ortiz homered twice for Boston. Carl Everett connected for Seattle, which took a 6-5 lead in the ninth on pinch-hitter Roberto Petagine's RBI grounder.
Mariners reliever Eddie Guardado struck out the first two batters in the ninth. Kevin Youkilis then hit a grounder up the middle and second baseman Jose Lopez made a diving stop, but his throw to first was a shade late.
Loretta followed with his first home run for the Red Sox into the Monster Seats, where moments earlier fans turned around to watch the women's leader of the Boston Marathon running through Kenmore Square.
"I've never hit a walkoff home run at any level," Loretta said.
Mike Timlin (1-0) got the win and Guardado (0-1) took the loss.
Ortiz hit his fifth and sixth homers for the Red Sox, the second a two-run shot that tied it at 4 in the sixth. Trot Nixon doubled twice and singled for Boston.
Indians 10, Tigers 2
At Detroit, Paul Byrd pitched seven solid innings and Casey Blake's solo homer sparked a six-run third inning for Cleveland.
Chris Shelton hit his ninth homer for Detroit. He is tied for the major league lead.
The Indians won without manager Eric Wedge, who was back in Cleveland for the birth of his first child earlier in the day.
Byrd (2-1) also gave up a solo homer to Carlos Guillen, which made it 8-2 in the fourth, but quieted Detroit's bats for the most part. He gave up four hits -- after allowing 11 runs in his two previous starts.
Nate Robertson (1-2) gave up seven runs -- six earned -- and eight hits over 2 1-3 innings for the Tigers.
White Sox 9, Royals 0
At Chicago, Jose Contreras and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, sending Kansas City to its eighth straight loss.
Paul Konerko and Joe Crede homered in a five-run first off Joe Mays (0-2) as Chicago sailed to its seventh win in eighth games.
Contreras (2-0), now 6-0 in his career against Kansas City, retired the first 10 batters before Mark Grudzielanek doubled past third base with one out in the fourth.
Contreras, who won his final eight starts of the 2005 regular season to lead the White Sox into the playoffs, walked one and struck out six in seven strong innings. Boone Logan and Cliff Politte completed the shutout with one inning each.
Orioles 4, Angels 2
At Baltimore, Miguel Tejada hit a two-run homer and Daniel Cabrera allowed one run in seven innings for Baltimore.
Brian Roberts drove in two runs for Baltimore, which built a 4-0 lead in the first two innings against Jeff Weaver (0-2). Baltimore took three of four from Los Angeles after going 2-4 against Los Angeles a year ago.
Cabrera (1-1) came in with an 11.37 ERA after issuing 16 walks over 6 1-3 innings during his first two starts. The right-hander struck out six, did not allow an earned run and yielded his only walk with two outs in the seventh.
Chris Ray got three outs for his fifth save in five tries.
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