Backed by David Wright's two-run homer, Tom Glavine won for the first time in four tries this season against longtime teammate John Smoltz, beating Atlanta 3-2 on Sunday as the Mets completed a three-game sweep.
Dodgers 5, Padres 0
At San Diego, Chad Billingsley shut down San Diego's resurgent offense with seven brilliant innings of four-hit ball, beating the Padres for the third time this season as Los Angeles avoided a sweep.
Billingsley (10-4) matched his career-high with nine strikeouts against only one walk and allowed only one baserunner as far as second base.
Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 3
At Phoenix, Matt Holliday singled, homered and drove in two runs as Colorado beat Arizona and Brandon Webb.
Josh Fogg (8-9) pitched six solid innings for the Rockies, who won for the third time in four games to pull within five games of San Diego and Arizona.
Marlins 7, Phillies 6
At Miami, the Marlins tied a team record with five home runs, including two by Cody Ross and a go-ahead shot by Hanley Ramirez as Florida edged Philadelphia.
The score was 5-all before Ramirez and Dan Uggla hit back-to-back homers off Kane Davis (0-1) to start the seventh.
Cubs 6, Astros 5
At Chicago, Derrek Lee drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning as NL Central-leading Chicago rallied to beat Houston.
Trailing 5-4, Alfonso Soriano singled off Astros reliever Chad Qualls (6-4) and with two outs. Lee homered on an 0-1 pitch to left-center field to cap a four-run comeback by the Cubs.
Brewers 7, Pirates 4
At Milwaukee, Prince Fielder hit his National League-leading 40th home run of the season and Ryan Braun had three hits including a homer as Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep of Pittsburgh.
With the sweep, the struggling Brewers regained momentum in the NL Central after a 3-6 road trip that included a three-game sweep by lowly San Francisco and two losses in three games against division rival Chicago.
Cardinals 3, Reds 2
At St. Louis, Rick Ankiel homered for the second time in three days to snap a sixth-inning tie for St. Louis, capping a huge weekend series by the former pitcher.
Braden Looper allowed four hits in seven scoreless innings and Aaron Miles added an RBI double in the sixth as the Cardinals finally broke through against Bronson Arroyo. Looper (12-10) is 7-1 with an NL-best 1.74 ERA in day games and 4-9 with a 6.52 ERA at night.
Nationals 2, Giants 1
At Washington, Ryan Zimmerman hit a one-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning and Washington took two out of three from San Francisco.
Zimmerman's flare to right field off Brian Wilson (1-1) was just enough to score Felipe Lopez, who had doubled to left-center with one out. It was the sixth walk-off hit in Zimmerman's two-year major league career.
Chad Cordero (3-3) pitched the ninth inning for the win, surviving a two-out double by Rich Aurilla.
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