John Smoltz silenced a sellout crowd eager to see another home run by Barry Bonds, keeping him at 753 in the Atlanta Braves' 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday.
Bonds returned from a seven-game trip two homers shy of tying Hank Aaron's career record but was 1-for-3 with a single and a walk.
Commissioner Bud Selig was a no-show for Bonds' welcome home party.
Brian McCann hit a three-run double in the first to stake Smoltz (10-5) to a quick lead. Smoltz has surrendered eight home runs to Bonds, but none since giving up two on Aug. 9, 1998.
San Francisco's Mark Sweeney received a curtain call when he doubled leading off the seventh to tie with Manny Mota for second place with 150 pinch hits, trailing only Lenny Harris (212).
Smoltz allowed two runs -- one earned -- and seven hits in seven innings. Bob Wickman finished for his 17th save.
Dodgers 10, Astros 2
At Houston, Chad Billingsley threw a five-hitter for his first complete game and Jeff Kent had four hits and two RBIs as Los Angeles trounced Houston
Billingsley took a shutout into the ninth inning and had two outs when Luke Scott hit a two-run homer.
Luis Gonzalez and James Loney both had three RBIs for the Dodgers, who came in having lost three of four.
Reds 2, Brewers 1
At Cincinnati, Aaron Harang pitched 10 innings after returning from his grandfather's funeral and Javier Valentin's pinch-hit single in the 12th gave Cincinnati the victory over Milwaukee.
Valentin's single with the bases loaded was off Grant Balfour (0-2), who walked Jeff Conine and Pedro Lopez to start the inning, then threw to third base too late on David Ross' bunt to get an out.
Reds closer David Weathers pitched out of a bases loaded, no-out threat in the 11th, inducing Johnny Estrada to ground into a home-to-first double play. Rookie Jared Burton (1-1) got the final two outs in the 12th for his first major league win.
Rockies 7, Padres 5
At Denver, Brad Hawpe's 18th homer, a two-run shot off Cla Meredith, capped a five-run eighth-inning rally that put Colorado ahead of San Diego.
Greg Maddux was in line for his 341st career win until Matt Holliday hit a three-run homer, his 17th, off Scott Linebrink (3-3) with one out in the eighth, erasing a 5-2 deficit. Linebrink allowed four runs in two-thirds of an inning.
Milton Bradley and Kevin Kouzmanoff homered in support of Maddux, who left with a 5-2 lead after six innings in which he yielded two runs and five hits.
Diamondbacks 4, Marlins 3
At Phoenix, Florida's Dontrelle Willis allowed four runs, including Orlando Hudson's two-run homer, and lost his career-high seventh straight decision.
Willis (7-10), who opened the season with three straight wins and five victories in six starts, is 0-7 in 10 starts since winning at Wrigley Field on May 29. He gave up nine hits, walked two and struck out four in six innings.
Doug Davis (7-1) scattered five hits and struck out eight over six innings. Jose Valverde pitched the ninth for his third save in as many days, and 31st overall, tying him with Milwaukee's Francisco Cordero for the major league lead.
Jon Lester, whose rookie season ended suddenly when he was diagnosed with cancer, pitched six innings to win his first game in 11 months, leading Boston to a 6-2 victory over Cleveland on Monday.
Lester allowed two runs and five hits to easily handle the Indians, the American League's best team at home. The 23-year-old left-hander was diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a highly treatable form of cancer, just days after he improved to 7-2 with a win over the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 23 last year. He underwent six chemotherapy sessions that eventually eradicated the disease.
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