At Miami, Carlos Delgado ended a long power drought with two home runs and five RBIs and John Maine matched a career high with eight strikeouts in six innings for New York.
Delgado hit his first home run in 47 at-bats in the third inning, added a three-run shot in the fifth for his first multi-homer game since Aug. 22 and scored three times to help New York move a season-high three-and-a-half games ahead of Atlanta in the NL East.
Pirates 9, Reds 5
At Cincinnati, Xavier Nady hit a three-run homer during another rough first inning by right-hander Bronson Arroyo in Pittsburgh's win.
The Pirates scored four runs in their best first inning of the season, one day after scoring eight runs in the 10th inning for a 10-4 victory in the series opener.
Rockies 6, Giants 1
At San Francisco, Aaron Cook pitched a five-hitter to win his fourth straight decision, Willy Taveras had a pair of bunt singles and Matt Holliday hit a two-run single and had three RBIs in Colorado's fourth consecutive victory.
Cook (4-1) struck out two and walked four on the way to his first complete game of the season and fifth of his career a night after Colorado rallied against the San Francisco bullpen to take the series opener.
Cardinals 8, Nationals 6
At St. Louis, Jim Edmonds had two hits and three RBIs, helping St. Louis end the Washington's four-game winning streak.
Brad Thompson (3-1) allowed three runs and 10 hits in five innings and Albert Pujols was 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 10 games for the Cardinals, who have won four of five. Scott Rolen had a two-run double and Adam Kennedy had two hits and a bases-loaded walk for St. Louis.
Diamondbacks 5, Astros 4
At Phoenix, Brandon Webb allowed two runs through seven innings and Arizona held on to hand Houston its seventh loss in a row.
Webb (4-3) scattered seven hits, struck out eight and walked one. Only two outs against the sinker-ball specialist were fly balls.
With Arizona up 3-2, Eric Byrnes doubled in two runs with a bases-loaded double.
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