Atlanta’s Chipper Jones extended his hitting streak to 12 games but he hurt his right quadricep sliding into second base and didn’t return.
Reds 4, Brewers 3, 10 innings
At Cincinnati, Edwin Encarnacion and Paul Bako hit consecutive homers off Eric Gagne in the 10th inning, and Ken Griffey Jr. followed with a run-scoring single that gave Cincinnati the victory.
Encarnacion helped Milwaukee pull ahead 3-1 in the top of the 10th with his sixth fielding error.
Jared Burton (1-1) let in a run with a wild pitch, and J.J. Hardy singled home another.
Gagne (1-1) gave up Encarnacion’s second solo homer of the game and Bako’s first homer of the season to open the bottom half.
Marlins 6, Nationals 1
At Miami, Scott Olsen allowed only three hits in seven innings and Hanley Ramirez hit two home runs for Florida.
Olsen (3-0) gave up one run, won his third start in a row and lowered his ERA to 2.60.
Washington’s Odalis Perez pitched six innings but remained winless despite allowing only one run, which was unearned.
Ramirez homered near the 434-foot sign in center field on the first pitch from reliever Luis Ayala (0-1) to start the seventh, breaking a 1-1 tie.
Cubs 13, Pirates 6
At Chicago, Aramis Ramirez tied a career-high with four hits, including a two-run homer, and Chicago beat Pittsburgh to complete its second three-game sweep of them this season.
Ryan Theriot added four hits, scored three runs and drove in two in Chicago’s ninth straight win against the Pirates, matching the Cubs’ longest win streak against them since Sept. 5, 1938 to May 13, 1939.
Ryan Dempster (3-0) allowed five hits, walked two, struck out three and hit a batter in his shortest outing of the year for Chicago.
Zach Duke (0-1) allowed five runs and eight hits in four innings for Pittsburgh.
In other games, it was:
• Astros 6, Colorado 4
• Giants 8, Cardinals 2
• Padres 9, Diamondbacks 4
• Phillies 5, Mets 4
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