Vazquez leads Braves in dominating Cardinals

Vazquez allowed a leadoff single to Skip Schumaker and then retired the next 17 batters before Schumaker reached on an infield single in the sixth. It was the 25th complete game of Vazquez's career and his second of the season.

Vazquez (13-9) has won his last three decisions. He stuck out eight while walking none. He threw just 94 pitches.

Carpenter (16-4) had his worst outing of the season. He allowed seven earned runs on nine hits in six innings pitched.

Giants 7, Dodgers 2 At San Francisco, Brad Penny kept his emotions in check and pitched seven strong innings to beat his former club, and Juan Uribe hit a two-run homer as San Fransico avoided a sweep by with a victory over the first-place Dodgers.

Los Angeles' lead in the NL West remained at three over Colorado after the Rockies lost again at San Diego. The Giants moved within 4 games of Colorado in the NL wild-card race.

Uribe had three hits, as did Travis Ishikawa, who added an RBI double for San Francisco, which ended a four-game home losing streak.

Phillies 5, Mets 4, 1st game

Phillies 1, Mets 0, 2nd game

At Philadelphia, Kyle Kendrick (1-1) pitched into the eighth inning, and Shane Victorino and Ben Francisco each homered to lead Philadelphia over New York in the opener of a day-night doubleheader. Brad Lidge, who was temporarily demoted from his Phillies closer role this week, gave up two runs in the ninth but finished for his 29th save in 39 opportunities. Ryan Madson had blown the save in Saturday's loss to the Mets.

Madson closed out Pedro Martinez's gem in the nightcap, after the former Mets ace outdueled Tim Redding (2-6) with six hits in eight scoreless innings.

Padres 7, Rockies 3 At San Diego, Tony Gwynn drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in a three-run sixth inning, lifting San Diego to a win over Jason Marquis and Colorado.

Marquis (15-11) carried a 3-2 lead into the sixth when San Diego rallied. Marquis walked four batters in the inning, including one with the bases loaded.

The Rockies lead in the wild-card race fell to 4 games after the Giants beat the Dodgers.

Pirates 2, Astros 1 At Houston, Paul Maholm pitched eight shutout innings as Pittsburgh beat Houston to snap a 13-game road losing streak.

Ryan Doumit homered and Garrett Jones had an RBI single for the last-place Pirates, who had dropped five in a row overall.

Maholm (8-8), who lost four of his previous five decisions, scattered six hits and two walks. He struck out two.

Matt Capps allowed Lance Berkman's leadoff homer in the ninth before earning his 25th save.

Cubs 5, Reds 2 At Chicago, Ted Lilly pitched six scoreless innings and Derrek Lee homered and singled twice, helping Chicago beat Cincinnati.

Andres Blanco had three hits and two RBIs for the Cubs, who won the season series 10-5.

The Reds were officially eliminated from the NL Central race. They were 26-20 and 11/2 games out of first place on May 28 but are 38-58 since and have fallen 19 behind St. Louis.

Nationals 7, Marlins 2, 8 1/2 innings At Miami, John Lannan won for the first time in seven starts and Pete Orr hit his first home run of the season as Washington downed Florida.

The game was called after a 53-minute delay in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Marlins had a runner on base with nobody out. Rain also halted play for 2 hours, 10 minutes in the sixth.

Lannan (9-11) allowed one run and six hits in five innings.

Brewers 5, Diamondbacks 3 At Phoenix, Prince Fielder homered to tie Milwaukee's single-season RBI record, Alcides Escobar had a two-run single in a four-run seventh inning as Milwaukee completed a three-game sweep of Arizona. Fielder's fourth-inning home run, his 39th of the season, gave him a major league-leading 126 RBIs and tied him with Cecil.

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