Sutton delivers winning hit for Reds versus Cubs

Marmol (2-3), the Cubs closer, walked two straight batters with two outs before Sutton lined a ball into the right field corner to break the 5-5 tie. Arthur Rhodes (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the win. Francisco Cordero worked the ninth for his 34th save in 37 chances.

The Cubs made three infield errors in the third inning, helping the Reds score twice en route to a 5-0 lead after four innings.

Mets 10, Phillies 9 At Philadelphia, David Wright hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off new Philadelphia closer Ryan Madson to rally New York over the Phillies.

Wright homered twice for the first time this season and matched a career high with six RBIs. The Mets scored five runs off the Phillies bullpen in the final two innings to stun the NL East leaders. Madson blew his sixth save.

Braves 7, Cardinals 6 At St. Louis, Brian McCann hit a two-run double in the top of the ninth inning as Atlanta held on to beat St. Louis.

The Cardinals have dropped two straight games for the first time since July 25-26 when they lost consecutive games to Philadelphia.

Mike Gonzalez (4-4) got the win despite allowing two runs, one earned, in the eighth which gave the Cardinals a 6-5 lead.

Dodgers 9, Giants 1 At San Francisco, Russell Martin hit a three-run homer and Vicente Padilla pitched six strong innings and singled in a run as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Francisco to top their win total from 2008.

Astros 4, Pirates 2 At Houston, Miguel Tejada hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning to help Houston beat Pittsburgh. Carlos Lee also connected for a two-run home run as Houston won for the seventh time in nine games. The Astros have won 12 of 16 at home.

Pittsburgh's Ross Ohlendorf retired the first 10 batters of the game, and Houston's Brian Moehler set down 11 of the first 12 he faced.

Brewers 9, Diamondbacks 2 At Phoenix, rookie Casey McGehee homered twice, drove in six runs, and went 4 for 5, and David Bush earned his first victory in almost four months as Milwaukee routed Arizona.

McGehee hit a two-run homer in the third inning, an RBI single in the fifth, and a three-run homer in the sixth. He also singled in the eighth and is hitting .306 with 15 homers.

Marlins 11, Nationals 3 At Miami, Jorge Cantu doubled, homered and drove in five runs, and Cody Ross also doubled and homered to power Florida past Washington.

Gaby Sanchez added his first career home run for the Marlins, who won for the fourth time in five games — and eighth in 10 — following a 2-hour, 34-minute rain delay at the game's start.

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