Braves’ Lopez Continues Hitting Homers in Pairs

For Atlanta catcher Javy Lopez, two-homer games are becoming routine.

Lopez homered twice for the sixth time this season, hitting both against former teammate Kevin Millwood and the Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-3, Tuesday night at Atlanta.

Lopez has 23 homers and is tied with Florida’s Mike Lowell and Toronto’s Carlos Delgado for the major league lead.

Andruw Jones also homered against Millwood, who lost to the Braves for the second time in less than a week.

Arizona 12, Houston 5 -- Alex Cintron homered at Phoenix for the second consecutive game and the Diamondbacks won their season-high seventh in a row.

Chicago 9, Milwaukee 1 -- Sammy Sosa hit two of the Cubs’ six home runs at Wrigley Field, including a drive estimated at 520 feet, for his first multihomer game this season and 59th of his career.

Florida 8, New York 4 -- Luis Castillo triggered a four-run sixth inning with a two-run homer and Lowell drove in two runs to spark the Marlins at New York.

Brad Penny (6-5) had been 0-7 in 10 appearances against the Mets, and 0-5 at Shea Stadium.

Colorado 5, San Diego 2 -- Darren Oliver retired the first 13 batters at San Diego and Larry Walker homered for the second straight game to help the Rockies win their fourth in a row.

Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 4 -- Pinch-hitter Kelly Stinnett’s two-run single in the top of the 14th inning gave the Reds their seventh victory in eight games against the Cardinals.

Tino Martinez homered twice for the Cardinals, including a two-out, two-run blast in the ninth to tie the score, 4-4.