Roy Oswalt pitches Phillies past Dodgers in 5-1 victory

The Dodgers managed only three hits in support of Clayton Kershaw and didn't put up much of a struggle against Oswalt (10-13), who has been a valuable pennant-drive pickup for Philadelphia

The right-hander, who turned 33 on Sunday, held Los Angeles hitless until Casey Blake lined a clean single to right field with two outs in the sixth after Oswalt issued the fifth of his six walks.

Oswalt threw 115 pitches and struck out six. The three-time All-Star is 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA in seven starts since the Phillies acquired him in a trade with Houston on July 29.

Diamondbacks 5, Padres 2

At Phoenix, Brandon Allen had an impressive 2010 debut with Arizona, hitting a grand slam and making several rangy catches in left field to help the Diamondbacks send reeling San Diego to its seventh straight loss.

Called up from the minors before the game, Allen made a running, leaping catch against the fence on Chase Headley's slicing fly to the corner in the fourth inning and had an in-the-gap grab in the fifth to back Barry Enright (6-2). Allen punctuated his return to the majors in the seventh, hitting his first career grand slam to right off Luke Gregerson (3-7).

San Diego shortstop Miguel Tejada hit a solo homer but made an error on a potential double-play ball to set up Allen's slam.

Chris Young hit his 23rd homer, Enright allowed two runs in seven innings and Juan Gutierrez pitched the ninth for his sixth save to help Arizona complete a three-game sweep of the NL West leaders. The Diamondbacks have won six of seven.

Reds 6, Brewers 1 At Cincinnati, Aroldis Chapman hit 103 mph (166 kph) on the radar gun during another sizzling inning, then got his first big league win when Cincinnati rallied to beat Milwaukee.

The Cuban left-hander threw two pitches that clocked 103 mph — his fastest yet — in his second straight unhittable performance.

The Reds stretched their NL Central lead to a season-high eight games over St. Louis. Cincinnati hasn't enjoyed such a big edge since 1995, the last time it reached the playoffs.

Astros 5, Cardinals 2 At Houston, Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer and Houston completed a sweep of St. Louis, handing the fading Cardinals their fifth straight defeat and 13th in 16 games.

Nelson Figueroa (4-2) pitched out of two bases-loaded jams and lasted five innings for the win. Brandon Lyon worked a perfect ninth for his 11 save in 12 chances, sealing Houston's 14th victory in 20 games.

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