Awaiting the imminent birth of his first child, Dontrelle Willis went about his business, pitching six innings and hitting a standup triple to help the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7 on Monday.
Willis (4-1) became the National League's first four-game winner.
Sitting at his locker three-and-a-half hours before the game, Willis said his wife, Natalee, was expected to deliver a daughter on Monday night. The expectant father with the big windup wasn't at his best, giving up eight hits and five runs. But he won his fourth consecutive start against Atlanta and improved to a career 13-2 in April.
Catcher Miguel Olivo hit a three-run homer and Dan Uggla homered and drove in three runs.
Kyle Davies (0-1) threw 90 pitches in four-plus innings, walked six and gave up five runs.
Mets 6, Rockies 1
At New York, Carlos Delgado hit his first home run of the season and John Maine pitched into the eighth inning, leading New York over punchless Colorado.
Jose Valentin had a three-run homer and four RBIs, while Moises Alou went 3-for-3 with a walk and two runs to help the Mets rebound after losing two of three to division rival Atlanta at home last weekend.
Matt Holliday had his third consecutive three-hit game for Colorado, which has lost 14 of 15 at Shea Stadium from 2003 on. The Rockies have not homered in six straight games, matching a franchise record.
Phillies 11, Astros 4
At Philadelphia, Jimmy Rollins hit a leadoff homer and fell a double shy of the cycle and Philadelphia had a season-high 20 hits.
Rollins homered, tripled, singled and drove in two runs in his first three at-bats and led the Phillies to their first three-game winning streak.
Brewers 5, Cubs 4, 12 innings
At Chicago, Prince Fielder homered twice, including a 12th-inning drive that capped a comeback from a four-run deficit to lead Milwaukee over Chicago.
Fielder's fourth homer of the season came with one out off Rocky Cherry (0-1), who entered to start the inning in his major league debut. Fielder has four multihomer games, including three against the Cubs, all at Wrigley Field.
Alex Rodriguez homered twice to tie Albert Pujols' major league record of 14 April homers, but the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat New York 10-8 and sent the Yankees to their fourth straight loss on Monday.
Rocco Baldelli hit a three-run homer off Kei Igawa (1-1) in the second inning. B.J. Upton lined a solo shot off the left-field foul pole in the fourth for a 5-3 lead, then added a three-run double against Luis Vizcaino in the seventh to finish with a career-high four RBIs.
White Sox 7, Royals 4
At Kansas City, Missouri, in his first start since last week's no-hitter against Texas, Mark Buehrle (2-0) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings.
Paul Konerko, who had not homered since opening day, hit a pair of two-run homers and drove in five runs for Chicago.
Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 3
At Boston, Frank Thomas hit his 490th homer, a go-ahead, two-run drive off Tim Wakefield (2-20) in the sixth.
Aaron Hill rapped out four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth, as Toronto ended a five-game losing streak and stopped Boston's five-game winning streak. Hill has four homers in 19 games after getting six in 155 last year.
Tomo Ohka (1-2) allowed three runs -- two earned -- and six hits in five-plus innings for his first win in eight starts since Aug. 24. Jason Frasor, filling in for injured closer B.J. Ryan, got his second save.
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